Kay, Christopher

George Orwell by Gordon Bowker( Sound Recording )
6 editions published between 2002 and 2004 in English and held by 715 libraries worldwide
One of the greatest writers of the 20th century, George Orwell left an enduring mark on our language and culture, with concepts such as "Big Brother," "Room 101," and "Newspeak." His reputation rests not only on his political shrewdness and his sharp satires, but also on his clear writing style and his essays.

Leonardo the first scientist by Michael White( Sound Recording )
4 editions published between 2002 and 2005 in English and held by 700 libraries worldwide
White weaves the history of early scientific endeavor, Leonardo's colorful personal life, including his deprived childhood, homosexuality, and relationships with contemporaries such as Machiavelli and Borgia.

To lie with lions by Dorothy Dunnett( Sound Recording )
6 editions published between 2004 and 2011 in English and held by 677 libraries worldwide
This novel of the 15th century centers on Nicholas vander Poele who, in 1471, is acclaimed by all the great courts of Europe, but whose personal life is tumultuous. He and his passionate rival--his wife--embark on a deadly competition for control of their mutual destiny.

The villa of mysteries by David Hewson( Sound Recording )
7 editions published between 2004 and 2005 in English and held by 293 libraries worldwide
When a young woman is found dead in a peat bog near the banks of the river Tiber, Teresa Lupo, a maverick pathologist, thinks she is the victim of an ancient pagan ritual. Leo Falcone, however, knows this case is recent history and the horror is still very much alive.

River of darkness by Rennie Airth( Sound Recording )
4 editions published between 2002 and 2003 in English and held by 293 libraries worldwide
"It's 1912 when the bloodied bodies of Colonel Fletcher, his wife, and two staff are found in a manor house in Surrey. The police have put the murders down to a violent robbery, but Detective Inspector madden from Scotland Yard has his own suspicions." -- Container.

Black dog by Stephen Booth( Sound Recording )
5 editions published between 2002 and 2005 in English and held by 233 libraries worldwide
When teenager Laura Vernon goes missing during a hot summer in the Peak District, local policd mount a full-scale search. But it's retired miner Harry Dickinson who finally discovers Laura's body, and he seems determined to obstruct the investigation. Ben Cooper, a young D.C. has known the villagers all his life, but his instinctive feelings about the case are called into question by the arrival of Diane Fry, a ruthlessly ambitious detective from another division. As the investigation twists and turns, Ben and Diane discover that to understand the present, they must also understand the past; and in a world where no one is entirely innocent, no one can avoid pain.

Blind to the bones by Stephen Booth( Sound Recording )
4 editions published between 2003 and 2005 in English and held by 231 libraries worldwide
On the desolate moors of Dark Peak, villagers of Withens are being murdered. And one has been dead for two years--though not everyone will believe it. As far as the parents of missing student Emma Renshaw are concerned, their daughter is alive--which doesn't help DS Diane Fry in her efforts to re-open the case. DC Ben Cooper's attempts to solve the killings come up against an equally impenetrable barrier in the shape of the Oxley family. They stick to their own area like the hefted sheep on the hillsides, passing on secret knowledge through generations and guarding their traditions from the likes of Cooper.

Leave the grave green by Deborah Crombie( Sound Recording )
4 editions published in 2001 in English and held by 229 libraries worldwide
When a body is found floating in the Thames, could it be connected to an earlier family drowning, twenty years ago? Scotland Yard superintendent, Duncan Kincaid, and his sergeant, Gemma Jones, investigate. Zest is added to the probe by the growing attraction between Kincaid and the victim's widow, something which his lady sergeant frowns upon.

The secret hunters by Ranulph Fiennes( Sound Recording )
4 editions published between 2002 and 2003 in English and held by 227 libraries worldwide
"The journal is found in Antarctica. Travelling back to England, the finder reads Derek Jacobs' amazing diary of his horrific childhood in Nazi concentration camps with his mother, Jacobs survives and is brought up in Canada, where he joins The Secret Hunters, a group who exact their revenge on perpetrators of genocide." -- Container.

Traitor's kiss by Gerald Seymour( Sound Recording )
3 editions published between 2003 and 2007 in English and held by 209 libraries worldwide
Officially, the Cold War is over and the hand of friendship has been exchanged in public. In private, the intelligence war continues. A British trawler strays into Russian waters. On its return, the captain has a package for British Intelligence. For the next four years, a high-ranking Russian naval officer provides M16 with priceless information. But suddenly he goes quiet. Clearly under suspicion, the decision is made to get him out, but his controllers in London know nothing about him.