Thorn, David

Heroes of the valley by Jonathan Stroud ( Recording )
5 editions published in 2009 in English and held by 505 libraries worldwide
Halli Sveinsson has grown up a peaceful society where the violence of the past has been outlawed and disputes are settled by the Council. But young Halli has never quite seemed to fit in with the others and when a practical joke goes too far, he sets in motion a chain of events that will forever alter his destiny.

The ice princess by Camilla Läckberg ( Recording )
7 editions published between 2010 and 2011 in English and held by 357 libraries worldwide
Winner of the 2008 Le Grand Prix de Litt & eacute;rature Polici & egrave;re, France's most prestigious award for crime fiction. The dark secrets of a small community are revealed as a woman returns to her hometown after the death of her parents and the suicide of a childhood friend. Returning to her hometown after the funeral of her parents, writer Erica Falck finds a community on the brink of tragedy. The death of her childhood friend, Alex, is just the beginning ...

The last siege by Jonathan Stroud ( Recording )
5 editions published between 2006 and 2007 in English and held by 332 libraries worldwide
A chance encounter on the snowy slopes of a castle moat throws together three lonely teenagers: Emily, Simon, and the highly imaginative and enigmatic Marcus. Despite the freezing conditions, they spend the night in the castle, to experience the power of occupation. But when the reenactment gets out of control a very real siege ensues, and their playful dare soon turns into a frenzy of nightmarish action.

The devil's breath by David Gilman ( Recording )
5 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 266 libraries worldwide
When fifteen-year-old Max Gordon's environmentalist-adventurer father goes missing while working in Namibia and Max becomes the target of a would-be assassin at his school in England, he decides he must follow his father to Africa and find him before they both are killed.

The mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens ( Recording )
9 editions published between 2005 and 2008 in English and held by 203 libraries worldwide
Edwin Drood is contracted to marry Orphan Rosa, but they break the engagement off and soon afterwards Edwin disappears. Is it murder? And is his jealous uncle, a sinister choirmaster with a double life and designs on Rosa, the killer? Dickens died before completing the story, leaving the mystery unsolved and encouraging successive generations of readers to turn detective. In addition to its tantalizing crime, the novel also offers a characteristically Dickensian mix of the fantastical world of the imagination and a vibrantly journalistic depiction of gritty reality.

The preacher by Camilla Läckberg ( Recording )
4 editions published in 2011 in English and held by 157 libraries worldwide
In the small Swedish fishing community of Fjallbacka, life is remote, peaceful, and, for some, tragically short. Foul play was always suspected in the disappearance twenty years ago of two young tourists in the area. Now a young boy out playing has confirmed this grim truth. His discovery of their skeletal remains, along with the body of a fresh victim, sends the town into shock.

The Cossacks by Leo Tolstoy ( Recording )
8 editions published between 2006 and 2008 in English and held by 148 libraries worldwide
Olenin, a young Russian aristocrat finds himself as a Russian army officer, serving at a remote Cossack outpost in the Caucasus. Here among the Tatars, the Chechens, and the Old Believers, is the place where Olenin will find his love, a beautiful Cossack girl. The only problem is she is promised to a Cossack warrior.

The vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith ( Recording )
7 editions published between 2006 and 2007 in English and held by 124 libraries worldwide
The kindly Vicar, Dr. Primrose's idyllic life with his good family in the country parsonage is suddenly devastated by many misfortunes. Even when jailed he keeps his Christian faith uppermost, and his nobility of spirit helps to bring justice to himself, his wife and his children.

The lost prince by Frances Hodgson Burnett ( Recording )
7 editions published between 2006 and 2010 in English and held by 115 libraries worldwide
Twelve-year-old Marco and his friend, The Rat, play a vital and dangerous part in restoring the lost prince to his throne in war-torn Samavia.

John Ransom's diary, Andersonville by John L Ransom ( Recording )
8 editions published between 2004 and 2010 in English and held by 113 libraries worldwide
This book is an day-to-day documentary of the Civil War's most infamous Confederate prison, Camp Sumter, better known as Andersonville. Here 13,000 wretched Union prisoners died within barely fourteen months, from starvation, scurvy, and other diseases that spread through the camp. There was little shelter but makeshift tents; little in the way of blankets, warm clothing, or even shoes; and a scarcity of food and fresh water. Often they were forced to sleep on the muddy ground in very crowded conditions. While the deplorable conditions bear witness to man's inhumanity to man, they also are witness to one man's undaunted spirit to survive to tell the dreadful tale.