Art audiobooks

Hallowe'en Party

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Full Cast, John Moffatt & Stephanie Cole

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Famous crime novelist Ariadne Oliver, visiting her friend Judith Butler in the little town of Woodleigh Common, is invited to a Hallowe'en Party put on by society hostess Mrs Rowena Drake for the local teenagers. During her preparations for the party, the conversation turns to Ariadne's grisly novels. One of the teenagers, Joyce Reynolds,... Read more

The Last Séance

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Andrew Sachs & Full Cast

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Having lost her husband and only child to the war in Afghanistan, a young woman turns to an Irish couple for hope in the form of a miracle. But dark forces are at work, and the price to pay for salvation may be too much to bear. Read more

Death On The Nile

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Full Cast & John Moffatt

Length: 2 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Linnet Ridgeway has led a charmed life. Blessed with beauty, enormous wealth and a devoted husband, she has everything anyone could wish for. But as the happy couple set out on an idyllic honeymoon cruise on the Nile, storm clouds are gathering... Linnet's former friend, Jacqueline de Bellefort, follows her and Simon wherever they go and... Read more

Death In The Clouds

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Full Cast, John Moffatt & Philip Jackson

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: No

To distract himself from his fear of flying, Hercule Poirot observes his fellow passengers on the noon flight from Le Bourget to Croydon. On his right sits a pretty young woman, clearly very aware of the handsome man opposite her; ahead of him is a nervous aristocrat and her maid; and across the aisle is a writer of detective novels, troubled by... Read more

Cards On The Table

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Donald Sinden, Full Cast, John Moffatt & Stepha...

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Hercule Poirot, along with three other luminaries from the world of crime detection, is invited to dinner by the renowned London socialite Dr Shaitana. Also on the guest list are four members of what Shaitana calls his Black Museum - a collection of murderers who have each succeeded in 'getting away with it'. An elegant dinner is followed by a... Read more

At Bertram's Hotel

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Full Cast, June Whitfield, Maurice Denham & Siâ...

Length: 2 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Jane Marple is being treated to a few days' holiday by her niece, staying at Bertram's Hotel - a dignified, establishment tucked away in a back street of busy Mayfair. It is a place where sedate upper-class ladies, retired military gentlemen and the higher echelons of the clergy can indulge in the comforts of a bygone age. But Miss Marple... Read more

Appointment With Death

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Full Cast & John Moffatt

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: No

'You do see, don't you, that she's got to be killed? It's the only solution.' Even when on holiday in Jerusalem - the so-called City of Peace - Hercule Poirot can't seem to escape the strains of death and murder. His first evening at the King Solomon Hotel finds the above phrase floating into his room from outside. What does it mean? Who is... Read more

The ABC Murders

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Full Cast, John Moffatt, Philip Jackson & Simon...

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Alice Ascher, a poor, elderly shopkeeper, is murdered in Andover. Betty Barnard, a young waitress, is strangled with her own belt at Bexhill-on-Sea. Next comes Carmichael Clarke, collector of Chinese art, clubbed to death in Churston. Only in Doncaster does the pattern vary: the man found stabbed in the Regal Cinema is called George Earsfield. ... Read more

The Gypsy

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

War-wounded sailor Dickie Carpenter is haunted by strange visitations from a ghostly woman. When his friend Robert tries to solve the mystery, though, he ultimately has to fight his own terrifying battle between love and death. Read more

A Pocket Full Of Rye

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Full Cast & June Whitfield

Length: 1 hour 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Wealthy businessman Rex Fortescue is found dead with rye grain in his pocket. His death is followed in quick succession by a woman dying while eating bread and honey, and a maid in her garden. Inspector Neele, in charge of investigating the spate of murders, consults with Miss Marple, who has an interesting and surprising theory to offer. She... Read more

Hercule Poirot's Christmas

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Full Cast & Peter Sallis

Length: 1 hour 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Tyrannical millionaire Simeon Lee has been estranged from most of his family for years. But now, on Christmas Eve, the old man calls them all together once more. Unable to disobey, the children gather uneasily and wonder what their father's intentions are. Does he want to clear up past misunderstandings or cause fresh mischief? Before they can... Read more

Towards Zero

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Full Cast, Hugh Bonneville, Marcia Warren & Phi...

Length: 1 hour 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Lady Tresselian invites several guests to stay at her seaside house at Gull’s Point. Against her better judgment she has allowed her late husband’s ward, handsome tennis ace Neville Strange, and his wife Kay to come at the same time as Neville’s ex-wife Audrey. Other guests include Mary, Lady Tresselian’s companion; Ted, Kay’s ever-present... Read more

4.50 From Paddington

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Full Cast, Ian Lavender, Joan Sims & June Whitf...

Length: 1 hour 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Elspeth McGillicuddy is down from Scotland for a holiday and boards the 4:50 train from Paddington station to visit her friend, Miss Marple. During the journey, another train pulls alongside, and through the window Mrs McGillicuddy witnesses a tall, dark man strangling a blonde woman. She reports what she has seen, yet no one takes any notice.... Read more

A Murder Is Announced

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Full Cast, Ian Lavender, Jamie Glover & June Wh...

Length: 2 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

'A murder is announced and will take place on Friday, October 29, at Little Paddocks, at 6:30pm. Friends please accept this, the only intimation.' Nestled among the usual notices about dogs for sale and appeals for domestic help, the startling entry in the personal column of the Chipping Cleghorn Gazette has the entire village agog with... Read more

Philomel Cottage

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Full Cast, Lizzie McInnerny & Tom Hollander

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

When Alex and Terry set up their own e-commerce company in Philomel Cottage, everything looks rosy until money goes missing from Alex's account. Soon she is questioning her partner - and, indeed, the cottage itself. Read more

Magnolia Blossom

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Alex Jennings, Emilia Fox, Full Cast & Julian R...

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Theo is determined to seek happiness with her husband's business rival, Vincent. Having fled London for Paris, however, she soon learns of Richard's financial collapse - and discovers that rather more than just his job is at stake. Starring Emilia Fox as Theo, Alex Jennings as Richard and Julian Rhind-Tutt as Vincent. Dramatised by Mike Walker. Read more

The Gates Of Baghdad

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

A group of adventurers set out from Damascus to visit the legendary Gate of Baghdad, also known as the Gate of Death. When one of the party is found dead, the others look to the seemingly unimpeachable Mr Parker Pyne. Read more

The Hound Of Death

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

The year is 1920, and an ambitious doctor meets a nun apparently traumatised by what she witnessed in the Great War. An attempt to restore the woman's sanity results in the uncovering of something very sinister indeed. Read more

The Way Hollywood Tells It

By: David Bordwell

Narrated by: Lloyd James

Length: 8 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Hollywood moviemaking is one of the constants of American life, but how much has it changed since the glory days of the big studios? David Bordwell argues that the principles of visual storytelling created in the studio era are alive and well, even in today's bloated blockbusters. American filmmakers have created a durable tradition - one that... Read more

JLS - Abridged

By: JLS

Narrated by: JLS

Length: 2 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: Yes

With a no.1 album selling over 1.5 million copies, three no. 1 singles, two Brit awards, two MOBO awards, a sell-out UK tour and a no. 1 bestselling book, it has been quite a year for JLS! Download the audiobook and hear their full story so far and discover what life is like as the UK's hottest boy band! In this, the first... Read more

NPR Holiday Favorites

By: NPR

Length: 2 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

David Sedaris contributes his now classic “Santaland Diaries,” his account of his experiences playing Santa’s little helper at Macy’s in New York.Susan Stamberg sneaks her mother-in-law’s recipe for cranberry relish onto the air—again. Storyteller Kevin Kling finds an invitation to participate in a production of The Nutcracker too tempting to... Read more

Remembering Kenneth Williams

By: Kenneth Williams

Narrated by: Kenneth Williams

Length: 2 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

This compilation brings together wonderful highlights of Kenneth Williams’ career. For more than 30 years, Kenneth Williams kept the nation in stitches with his outrageous gallery of comic creations and an effortlessly brilliant barrage of repartee and innuendo on radio and television. In 'Beyond Our Ken' and 'Round the Horne', Kenneth Williams... Read more

The Dressmaker's Doll

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Octavia's triumphant new dress designs are the only thing on her mind - but is it safe to ignore the ominous dressmaker's doll which appears in her workshop? Today's cut-throat fashion industry provides this story's backdrop. Read more

Fresh Air: Just For Laughs

By: Terry Gross

Length: 3 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Terry Gross brings out the best in the greatest minds on the planet—including the funny ones. Drawn from her long-running, award-winning public radio show, this new collection features in-depth interviews with the bright, shining wits of our time. One of the nation’s leading interviewers, Gross is incisive, respectful, and always well-informed.... Read more