Unlimited audiobooks for January 2023
Looking for a new book to listen to without the wait? Here are our top unlimited audiobooks available on our eLibrary for you to borrow right away!
On BorrowBox:
The jealousy man, by Jo Nesbo
Meet a Greek detective who has become an expert on jealousy thanks to some hard-earned lessons from his private life. Far away, in another country, a taxi driver finds his wife’s earring in a car belonging to his boss and sets out to discover how it ended up there. High in the skies above, a woman is on board a plane heading to London, about to end her own life in the wake of her husband’s affair with her best friend. But who is the man sitting next to her?
In a near-future, dystopian America the upper-class elite is waiting atop a skyscraper to be evacuated while the masses fight for survival in the streets below. Two best friends on their way to the running of the bulls in Pamplona fall in love with the same girl and, in the epic and vicious finale, we meet a psychologist who also happens to be an assassin.
In his first ever collection of short stories, Nesbo skilfully draws you in as you watch the potentially fatal outcomes of humanity’s most powerful emotions play out.
Apple tree yard, by Louise Doughty
Yvonne Carmichael has a high-flying career, a beautiful home and a good marriage. But when she meets a stranger she is drawn into a passionate affair. Keeping the two halves of her life separate seems easy at first. But she can't control what happens next.
Almost everything: notes on hope, by Anne Lamott
Despair and uncertainty surround us – in the news, in our families and in ourselves. But even when life is at its bleakest, Anne Lamott shows how we can rediscover the hope and wisdom that are buried within us and that can make life sweeter than we ever imagined. Divided into short chapters that explore life's essential truths, Almost Everything pinpoints these moments of insight and, with warmth and humour, offers a path forward.
On OverDrive/Libby:
You're family now, by Jack Stainton
He only had to do one thing. Love her family... Matt Walker was a chancer; he'd spent his entire profession chasing the next job. His personal life took on a similar mantra; a succession of one-night stands and brief relationships. Life was slowly drifting him by. Until one evening, in a hotel bar, following a fortuitous meeting with the quiet and unassuming Julia. She knew of an opportunity that would be the perfect fit for Matt; one he simply couldn't let go.
Not only did the subsequent interview provide him his with dream job; it would also be where he met the love of his life. Matt and Amelia spent each day working hand-in-hand, and every evening in premarital bliss. Finally, Matt's life was taking shape. Following years of turmoil and heartbreak, the future looked full of promise and hope. And then Amelia introduced him to her family... Will you ever look at your in-laws in the same way again?
The weather woman, by Sally Gardner
Neva Friezland is born into a world of trickery and illusion, where fortunes can be won and lost on the turn of a card. She is also born with an extraordinary gift. She can predict the weather. In Regency England, where the proper goal for a gentlewoman is marriage and only God knows the weather this is dangerous. It is also potentially very lucrative.
In order to debate with the men of science and move about freely, Neva adopts a sophisticated male disguise. She foretells the weather from inside an automaton created by her brilliant clockmaker father. But what will happen when the disguised Neva falls in love with a charismatic young man? It can be very dangerous to be ahead of your time. Especially as a woman.
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