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  1. The Front Patricia Cornwell
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  3. Tribute Nora Roberts
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  1. The Second Husband Louise Candlish
  2. Operation Sunshine Jenny Colgan
  3. Book of the Dead Patricia Cornwell
  4. Death Message Mark Billingham
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  1. Book of the Dead Patricia Cornwell Read by Mary Stuart Masterson
  2. Long Way Down Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman Read by Mark Bonnar and Rupert Degas
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  4. Rubicon Tom Holland Read by Andrew Sachs
  5. The Careful Use of Compliments Alexander McCall Smith Read by Hilary Neville

Ken Alder

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Ken Alder has a PhD from Harvard in History of Science as well as a Physics degree. In 1998 he won the Dexter Prize for the best book on the history of technology.

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