Action Thrillers

The Romanov Ransom: Fargo Adventures, Book 9

• UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 25 mins)
• By Clive Cussler, Robin Burcell
• Narrated By Scott Brick

The discovery of a long-lost airliner...a modern-day kidnapping...and the return of the most terrifying evil the world has ever seen. When a kidnapping captures the attention of treasure-hunting team Sam and Remi Fargo, they find themselves on the trail of the legendary Romanov Ransom - a Russian fortune stolen by the Nazis during World War II. Hunting a neo-Nazi faction across Europe, North Africa and South America is their greatest quest yet.

The Spy: Jed Walker Series, Book 1

• UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 47 mins)
• By James Phelan
• Narrated By Mulraney Adrian

A sinister group - code-named Zodiac - has launched devastating global attacks. Twelve targets across the world, 12 code-named missions. Operating distinct sleeper cells, they are the ultimate terrorist organisation, watching and waiting for a precise attack to activate the next group. It is a frightening and deadly efficient way to stay one step ahead. And cause the most chaos. For ex-CIA operative Jed Walker, chaos is his profession. On the outer, burned by his former agency, he is determined to clear his name.

The Hard Way: Jack Reacher 10

• UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 54 mins)
• By Lee Child
• Narrated By Jeff Harding
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Late at night in a New York café army-cop-turned-drifter Jack Reacher orders coffee in a cup made of foam, not china, so that he can move on at a moment’s notice.He owns nothing, carries less, has never encountered a female colleague he can’t bed, or a case he can’t solve.But now Reacher is confronted by a situation so disturbing and deceptive that the truth eludes him.Has he painted targets on the good guys’ backs?So Reacher starts over at square one. He sweats the details and works the clues.

A Wanted Man: Jack Reacher 17

• UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 50 mins)
• By Lee Child
• Narrated By Jeff Harding
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When you're as big and rough as Jack Reacher - and you have a badly-set, freshly-busted nose patched with silver duct tape - it isn't easy to hitch a ride. But Reacher has some unfinished business in Virginia, so he doesn't quit. And at last, he's picked up by three strangers - two men and a woman. But within minutes it becomes clear they're all lying about everything - and then they run into a police roadblock on the highway. There has been an incident, and the cops are looking for the bad guys....

Hunter-Killer: Danny Black, Book 2

• UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 54 mins)
• By Chris Ryan
• Narrated By Michael Fenner
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Following a suicide bombing in central London, series SAS hero Danny Black is recruited to be part of an assassination squad, directed by a joint MI5/MI6/CIA committee and tasked with hunting down and killing the terrorist cells believed to be planning further atrocities.

Inferno

• UNABRIDGED (17 hrs and 17 mins)
• By Dan Brown
• Narrated By Paul Michael
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Dan Brown’s new novel, Inferno, features renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon and is set in the heart of Europe, where Langdon is drawn into a harrowing world centred around one of history’s most enduring and mysterious literary masterpieces. As Dan Brown comments: "Although I studied Dante’s Inferno as a student, it wasn't until recently, while researching in Florence, that I came to appreciate the enduring influence of Dante's work on the modern world."

Kill Switch: Jed Walker Series, Book 3

• UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 44 mins)
• By James Phelan
• Narrated By Adrian Mulraney

The world is under cyber-attack. The secretive terror outfit of linked lone-wolf operatives known as Zodiac has activated another terrorist cell. Chaos will be unleashed at six-hour intervals, with each event more catastrophic than the last, culminating in a devastating global catastrophe within 48 hours. Consequences are unthinkable. The US president has the power to enact the Internet Freedom Act - the 'kill switch'. Turning off the net will stop the attacks and give the CIA and the Pentagon time, but it's not that simple.

The Lost Symbol

• UNABRIDGED (17 hrs and 46 mins)
• By Dan Brown
• Narrated By Paul Michael
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Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to deliver an evening lecture in the U.S. Capitol. Within minutes of his arrival, the night takes a bizarre turn. A disturbing object is discovered in the Capitol Building. The object is an ancient invitation, meant to usher its recipient into a long-lost world of hidden esoteric wisdom. And when Langdon's mentor is kidnapped, Langdon's only hope of saving him is to accept this invitation and follow wherever it leads him.

The Alamo: John Milton, Book 11

• UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 24 mins)
• By Mark Dawson
• Narrated By David Thorpe
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New York isn't ready for Britain's most dangerous ex-assassin.... John Milton has finally found a place to escape the bloodshed: off-season Coney Island. No tourists. No special ops. Just peace and quiet. But when a local boy witnesses a grisly murder, Milton can't resist investigating. Milton uncovers a vicious drug kingpin and a group of crooked cops from a notorious precinct known as The Alamo. Against such dangerous foes, Milton's quest for redemption could come to an end.

Masters of War: Danny Black, Book 1

• UNABRIDGED (13 hrs and 1 min)
• By Chris Ryan
• Narrated By Jamie Parker

In Paris, an elderly man is assassinated as he takes his morning walk. In the war-torn cities of Syria, government forces wage a bloody war against their own people. The Russians are propping up the government, the French are backing one rebel fraction and the British are backing another. And in north Africa, young SAS trooper Jamie Truman is coming to the end of a gruelling tour of duty, or so he thinks. Jamie has a new mission.

Hard Landing: Dan Shepherd, Book 1

• UNABRIDGED (15 hrs and 8 mins)
• By Stephen Leather
• Narrated By Martyn Read
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As a detective working for an elite undercover squad, Dan "Spider" Shepherd has lied, cheated, and conned in order to bring Britain's most wanted criminals to justice. When a powerful drugs baron starts to kill off witnesses to his crimes, Shepherd is given his most dangerous assignment yet. He has to go undercover in a top-security prison - a world where one wrong move will mean certain death. Playing his role to perfection, Shepherd gambles everything to move in on his quarry - only to realise that the man he is set to trap is even more dangerous than the police anticipated.…

Night Without End

• UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 13 mins)
• By Alistair MacLean
• Narrated By Jonathan Oliver

From the acclaimed master of action and suspense. The all-time classic. An airliner crashes in the polar ice cap. In temperatures 40 degrees below zero, six men and four women survive. But for the members of a remote scientific research station who rescue them, there are some sinister questions to answer – the first one being, who shot the pilot before the crash?

The Cleaner: John Milton, Book 1

• UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 58 mins)
• By Mark Dawson
• Narrated By David Thorpe
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Meet John Milton. He considers himself an artisan. A craftsman. His trade is murder. Milton is the man the government sends after you when everything else has failed. Ruthless. Brilliant. Anonymous. Lethal. You wouldn't pick him out of a crowd but you wouldn't want to be on his list. But now, after ten years, he's had enough - there's blood on his hands and he wants out. Trouble is, this job is not one you can just walk away from. He goes on the run, seeking atonement for his sins by helping the people he meets along the way.

Hellfire: Danny Black, Book 3

• UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 52 mins)
• By Chris Ryan
• Narrated By Michael Fenner

Islamic State is here, all around us. There is no defence. Only attack. On the Syria/Iraq border, a British hostage is beheaded by IS terrorists. When the executioner breaks down, he is led into a nearby tent, where a masked figure is waiting for him. This mysterious person is treated with a mixture of respect and terror. They call him the Caliph.

The Nowhere Man: Orphan X, Book 2

• UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 11 mins)
• By Gregg Hurwitz
• Narrated By Scott Brick
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Ambushed and drugged, Evan Smoak wakes up in a locked room with no idea where he is or who has captured him. As he tries to piece together what's happened, he receives a desperate call for help. With time running out, he will need to out-manoeuvre a powerful opponent to have any chance of escape. He's got to save himself to protect those whose lives depend on him...or die trying.

The Last Mile

• UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 48 mins)
• By David Baldacci
• Narrated By Kyf Brewer, Orlagh Cassidy
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Memories can be a real killer. Melvin Mars awaits his fate on death row. He was one of America's most promising football stars until, aged 20 years old, he was arrested and convicted for the murder of his parents - just as he was due to begin a very lucrative contract with the NFL.

The Screaming Staircase: Lockwood & Co., Book 1

• UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 6 mins)
• By Jonathan Stroud
• Narrated By Miranda Raison
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For more than fifty years, the country has been affected by a horrifying epidemic of ghosts. A number of Psychic Investigations Agencies have sprung up to destroy the dangerous apparitions. Lucy Carlyle, a talented young agent, arrives in London hoping for a notable career. Instead she finds herself joining the smallest most ramshackle agency in the city, run by the charismatic Anthony Lockwood.

Burning Angels

• UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 48 mins)
• By Bear Grylls
• Narrated By Rupert Degas
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A prehistoric corpse entombed within an Arctic glacier, crying tears of blood. A jungle island overrun by rabid primates - escapees from a research laboratory's hot zone. A massive seaplane hidden beneath a mountain, packed with a Nazi cargo of mind-blowing evil. A penniless orphan kidnapped from an African slum, holding the key to the world's survival. Four terrifying journeys. One impossible path. Only one man to attempt it. Will Jaeger. The Hunter. Read by Rupert Degas.

Spartan Gold: Fargo Adventures, Book 1

• UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 22 mins)
• By Clive Cussler, Grant Blackwood
• Narrated By Scott Brick
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In 1800, while crossing the Pennine Alps, Napoleon Bonaparte and his army stumbled across the pillars. Unable to transport them, Napoleon created an inscrutable map on the labels of twelve bottles of rare wine. When Napoleon died, the bottles disappeared - and the gold pillars were lost once again. Treasure-hunters Sam and Remi Fargo are exploring the Great Pocomoke Swamp in Delaware when they are shocked to discover a German U-boat. Inside, they find a bottle taken from Napoleon's 'lost cellar'.

Avenger

• UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 11 mins)
• By Frederick Forsyth
• Narrated By Eric Conger

Canadian billionaire Steven Edmond's grandson was an aid volunteer in the former Yugoslavia. After he was murdered, Edmond sought revenge by hiring an ex-Vietnam special forces agent to hunt the killer down: Cal Dexter, ex-Vietnam Special Forces, the one man who could bring the killer to justice. But what starts as a personal, domestic tragedy soon explodes into a terrifying drama on the centre stage of world terrorism.

The Romanov Ransom: Fargo Adventures, Book 9

• UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 25 mins)
• By Clive Cussler, Robin Burcell
• Narrated By Scott Brick

The discovery of a long-lost airliner...a modern-day kidnapping...and the return of the most terrifying evil the world has ever seen. When a kidnapping captures the attention of treasure-hunting team Sam and Remi Fargo, they find themselves on the trail of the legendary Romanov Ransom - a Russian fortune stolen by the Nazis during World War II. Hunting a neo-Nazi faction across Europe, North Africa and South America is their greatest quest yet.

Winter Warriors: Drenai, Book 8

• UNABRIDGED (13 hrs and 4 mins)
• By David Gemmell
• Narrated By Sean Barrett
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The prophecy was clear. Upon the death of three kings, the world will be plunged into chaos, and all the cast-out demons of history will return to bring blood and horror to the world. Two of the kings are dead. The third, about to be born, is hunted by the Demon Riders of the Krayakin, Lords of the Undead. All the terrifying forces of evil range against a pregnant queen at bay in a haunted forest. But she is not alone. Three warriors stand with her, the last remnants of the once proud Drenai army.

When Eight Bells Toll

• UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 22 mins)
• By Alistair MacLean
• Narrated By Jonathan Oliver
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From the acclaimed master of action and suspense. The all-time classic. Millions of pounds in gold bullion are being pirated in the Irish Sea. Investigations by the British Secret Service, and a sixth sense, have bought Philip Calvert to a bleak, lonely bay in the Western Highlands. But the sleepy atmosphere of Torbay is deceptive. The place is the focal point of many mysterious disappearances. Even the unimaginative Highland Police Sergeant seems to be acting a part. But why?

Ravenhill: Jackie Shaw, Book 1

• UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 6 mins)
• By John Steele
• Narrated By Drew Dillon
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Belfast, 1993: Jackie Shaw is a young tearaway running with paramilitaries in Belfast. He treads a fine line keeping psychotic hard-man Rab Simpson in check while sleeping with gang leader Billy Tyrie's beautiful wife on the side. When a bomb claims nine lives, he is given the role of getaway driver in a planned reprisal killing, a key role in a major operation. But Jackie may not be who he seems....

The Alamo: John Milton, Book 11

• UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 24 mins)
• By Mark Dawson
• Narrated By David Thorpe
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

New York isn't ready for Britain's most dangerous ex-assassin.... John Milton has finally found a place to escape the bloodshed: off-season Coney Island. No tourists. No special ops. Just peace and quiet. But when a local boy witnesses a grisly murder, Milton can't resist investigating. Milton uncovers a vicious drug kingpin and a group of crooked cops from a notorious precinct known as The Alamo. Against such dangerous foes, Milton's quest for redemption could come to an end.

The Midas Legacy: Wilde/Chase 12

• UNABRIDGED (16 hrs and 57 mins)
• By Andy McDermott
• Narrated By Gareth Armstrong
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A return to Atlantis. The lost city has defined Nina Wilde's life. Her parents' obsession with Atlantis cost them their lives, but finding it brought Nina to her husband, Eddie Chase, and a series of archaeological treasures. A decade later the International Heritage Agency needs their help to locate the Secret Codex, an account of ancient Atlantean explorer Talonor's journeys, thought to be located in the dangerous underwater ruins of Atlantis. Unable to resist one more adventure, the couple join the mission.

The Golden Gate

• UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 40 mins)
• By Alistair MacLean
• Narrated By Jonathan Oliver
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A tense and nerve-shattering classic from the highly acclaimed master of action and suspense. A rolling for Knox. is how the journalists describe the Presidential motorcade as it enters San Francisco across the Golden Gate. Even the ever-watchful FBI believe it is impregnable - as it has to be with the President and two Arab potentates aboard. But halfway across the bridge the unthinkable happens. Before the eyes of the world a master criminal pulls off the most spectacular kidnapping in modern times....

Every Day Above Ground: Van Shaw, Book 3

• UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 38 mins)
• By Glen Erik Hamilton
• Narrated By Jeff Harding
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It sounds like a thief's dream to Van Shaw: a terminally ill ex-con tells him of a fortune in gold, abandoned after the original owner died in prison. To rebuild his destroyed house and to help the dying man leave a legacy for his daughter, Van agrees to the job. But the safe holding the fortune is a trap set by a mysterious player. Soon, Van's partner is abducted, and he must figure out who the hunters are really after, whilst being hunted himself.