A world that hangs suspended between triumph & catastrophe, between the dismantling of the Wall & the fall of the Twin Towers, frozen in the shadow of suicide terrorism & global financial collapse, such a world requires a firm hand & a guiding light. But does it need the Concern?

A boy firebombs a building as he listens to Vivaldi's Winter Concerto splicing behind an R'n'B track. A veteran musician is found dead in an alley with the pulse of an old reggae classic playing in his pocket. Rap sensation Lord Tribulation soon has his stardom threatened when he finds himself in the middle of both incidents.

Elizabeth Egan is too busy for friends. As a reluctant mother to her sister Saoirse's young son Luke and with her own business to run, every precious moment is made to count. But with Saoirse crashing in and out of their lives, leaving both her sister and her son reeling, Luke and Elizabeth are desperately in need of some magic. Enter Ivan. Wild, spontaneous and always looking for adventure, in no time at all Ivan has changed Elizabeth in ways she...

Pregnant women, students and journalists, farmers and birdwatchers, ex-wives, adolescent lovers - and dancing girls. All ordinary people - or are they?

A revenge killing. A dead public attorney. A family caught in the crossfire. For Ty Hauck, the local detective who gets caught in the cross-fire, it seems as if inner-city violence has invaded his quiet Greenwich suburb. But has it?

Read by Derek Jacobi and Michael Morpurgo. Grandpa?s nature and his touching relationship with the boy is evoked superbly by Michael Morpurgo?s writing.This two-voice read brings the characters to life as the story of Grandpa?s ?shame? (the fact that he cannot read and write) unfolds.Derek Jacobi is sensitive and compelling in the role of Grandpa, inspiring a true sense of achievement and triumph as he finally tells his own story in his own words....

A woman is brutally murdered and buried in the woods. Suspicion falls on her husband - the former mayor of a small town south of Berlin. They had been married almost 50 years and were considered the perfect couple. Award-winning journalist Anja Reich-Osang covered the trial. She spoke with relatives and friends of the victim and the accused - and with the former mayor himself, who denies his guilt to this day. But there is more to this story than...