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Raskolnikov is a poor student living in St Petersburg. Desperate to escape his poverty, he kills two people and flees with a few watches and some jewelry. Although at first nobody suspects him, his own conscience plagues him, and it isn't long before an intelligent police detective by the name of Petrovich begins to have his doubts about Raskolnikov's innocence and is determined to make him confess.

Hailed as “the heir to Roald Dahl” by The Spectator, the UK’s #1 bestselling children’s author, David Walliams, will have fans of Jeff Kinney and Rachel Renee Russell in stitches! Performed by a wonderful cast: David Walliams, Peter Serafinowicz, Nitin Ganatra, Sarah Alexander, and...

Meet everyone's favourite crime-busting ladybird in this collection of four brilliantly funny stories from the bestselling What the Ladybird Heard series, read by Alexander Armstrong – perfect for listening to at home, in the car, at bedtime or any time at all! Join in the fun with the clever...

Bloomsbury presents Small Steps by Louis Sachar, read by Curtis McClarin. A sequel to international bestseller Holes, in which favourite character Armpit tries to turn his life around in a brilliantly plotted and masterfully told adventure story Armpit is living in Austin, Texas. It is three...

A fantastically funny farmyard adventure, perfect for listening to at home, in the car, at bedtime – or any time at all! Once upon a farm lived a ladybird, And these are the things that she saw and heard... Those crafty robbers Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len are out of jail, and they're heading back...

From the creator of the New York Times bestselling Wildwood Chronicles comes an original, humorous, and fast-paced middle grade novel about a band of child pickpockets—imagine The Invention of Hugo Cabret meets Oliver Twist. It is an ordinary Tuesday morning in April when bored, lonely Charlie...

A powerful novel by Carnegie Medal–winning author Beverley Naidoo that is in turns heart-wrenching, infuriating, and inspiring—and at its core, a call to readers to make a better world than they have found. Adam and his sister, Leila, are Nons—second-class citizens, living under the...

From the critically acclaimed author of Waiting for Normal and All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook, Leslie Connor, comes a deeply poignant and beautifully crafted story about self-reliance, redemption, and hope. Mason Buttle is the biggest, sweatiest kid in his grade, and everyone knows he...

Do you need something? Mac can get it for you. It's what he does—he and his best friend and business manager, Vince. Their methods might sometimes run afoul of the law, or at least the school code of conduct, but if you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can pay him, Mac is on...

Officer Jack is in Hamilton Township airport when a woman screams, “Help Me! My baby’s not breathing! Somebody, help me!” His partner, Officer Kate, knows how to help, but a scanner system blocks her path to the frantic mother. Can she get there in time to save the baby? Officer Jack and...

Five Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam seven-minute stories in one pawsitively exciting audio collection! Come and join the adventures of the two baker-dogs who used to be robbers, but now solve mysteries and sniff out crimes!

Privatdetektiv Vic Baskerstreet bliver inviteret ud på et slot, hvis ejer er hunderæd. Han siger, at slottet bliver hjemsøgt af et genfærd, og at han er bange for, at det vil ham til livs. Vic og hans trofaste hjælper Edgar går straks i gang med den uhyggelige opgave at finde ud af, hvad genfærdet vil have, hvis det da overhovedet er virkeligt! Mesterdetektiv Vic Baskerstreet er byens bedste sporhund. Hans assistent, Edgar Poulardrovsky, er godmodig og pligtopfyldende, men måske ikke lige "den skarpeste kniv i skuffen"...

Dan can see ghosts. See them, speak to them, and sometimes help them - for a price. Dan and his ghostly sidekick, Simon, help the unquiet dead solve their problems and move on. But when they take on the case of a teenage shoplifter, things start to spin out of control. Soon Dan is up against a dangerous and badly dressed gangster, a rather unusual vicar, the ghost of a Victorian stage magician who cut off his own head, and a spot of grave robbing!

Det er en mørk og dunkel nat. Uvejret raser og vinden får træernes grene til at slå imod ruderne. Fritz ligger i sin seng og kan høre alle slottets lyde. Men pludselig er der en lyd udover det sædvanlige. Fritz står op for at undersøge, hvad det er, og ser en kvinde stå ude ved voldgraven. Pludselig begynder hun at skrige af sine lungers fulde kraft! Fritz løber forskrækket væk fra vinduet, men mysteriet er først lige begyndt.

Eine gemeine Bande von Dieben nutzt den Hafen, um geklaute Kunstwerke außer Landes zu schaffen. Da Zollmitarbeiterin Luise keiner glaubt, helfen ihr die Playmos, den Gangstern auf die Schliche zu kommen. Als sich Emil, Liv und Sam in einem Container auf einem Containerschiff wiederfinden, treffen sie dort nicht nur auf Luise, sondern auch auf den Drahtzieher hinter den Schmugglern.