Podcasts: books

Let's follow Anne Alexander Sieder to Los Angeles for a mystery lover's tour of the city. As you listen, try to find the answer to this question: in what year did L.A.'s biggest unsolved murder mystery happen?

This week on the podcast we have a modern version of A Christmas Carol for you to enjoy. Sit back, relax and enjoy "A Christmas Carol for 2008" by Vanessa Clark. Here to read it is Jenny Evans.

With Christmas just around the corner, our focus for this week’s podcast is the popular story A Christmas Carol, written by Charles Dickens in 1843. David Ingram reads an excerpt from the piece.

This week, we have the voice of Britain’s most famous crime writer, Agatha Christie, which has just been rediscovered on an old recording. Find out more from Replay presenter Romie Singh.

As part of our Audio relaunch that begins this month, Spotlight now features an exclusive short story. To get you in the story-listening mood, this week's podcast looks at the language of reading.