Accessible Formats
Large print and audio editions
Peter Walker (Nicholas Rhea) is strongly in favour of helping those who find that reading is difficult due to problems with their eyesight. Now he is please to welcome an initiative from his agent, Pollinger Limited, to publish a number of hitherto out-of-print (and therefore unavailable) books, including at this stage two of his own earlier books, in a large print format. This has been made possible by Print on Demand technology.
Death of a Princess was originally published under the name Nicholas Rhea, one of his sequence of classic crime novels featuring Detective Superintendent Mark Pemberton Investigating the death of a wealthy woman nicknamed The Princess, Pemberton finds himself asking the same question time and time again. Accident or murder?. Death of a Princess is available for order from Amazon, where you can also read an extract from the book. Or ask your local bookshop to order a copy, quoting the ISBN (978-1-905665-42-6).
Murders and Mysteries of the North York Moors was originally published in 1988 as by Peter N. Walker. It is a work of non-fiction, a chilling investigation of foul deeds and mysterious deaths, in which Peter Walker draws on his professional expertise as a police inspector, and his lifelong knowledge of Yorkshire. He leads the reader through this native countryside in search of the truth behind many unexplained mysteries and unsolved murders. Isolated moorland inns and quiet dales conceal memorable tales of passion and despair from ancient times right up to the present day. This wide-ranging and breathtaking collection of murders and mysteries are intriguing and informative, whether you know the North York Moors or not. order from Amazon, where you can also read an extract from the book. Or ask your local bookshop to order a copy, quoting the ISBN (978-1-905665-41-9).
Visit Peter Walker's page at Pollinger Ltd, where you can also buy the books direct from the publisher.
In the past, Peter Walker has supported local RNIB projects where extracts from his books, or indeed entire books, have been read by volunteers and recorded on tape for use by the visually impaired. Those occasions were many years ago and he has no immediate recollection of which books were used, although, of course, the relevant records will be lodged somewhere deep in his filing system. As a professional author, however, it is vital that Peter protects the copyright in his works, consequently upon those past and very special occasions his agent charged a fee of just £1 for those who made use of his books for that singular purpose. That tiny fee served to protect the copyright in his works - which means of course, that he can repeat the deals so that others may benefit in similar ways long into the future.
Fortunately, many of his books have been commercially published in accessible formats - in large print editions or as audio books - and we attempt to indicate these throughout this web site, where information is given about individual books. The majority of the audio editions are published by ISIS Publishing, the world's leading publisher of unabridged audio books. Where you see thir logo on this site, look out for a book which is available in their unabridged audio version. Look out, too, for the Magna logo, indicating a large print edition from Ulverscroft.
Large print and audio editions, like standard format books, sometimes go out of print. See the page on buying books by Nicholas Rhea for suggestions about how to find these books.
Among the specialist bookshops who may be able to help, The Large Print Bookshop is dedicated to serving the needs of those who, for whatever reason, cannot read conventional print books, or who simply prefer to listen to books, or read a larger typeface. They sell only large print books and audio books, both abridged and unabridged, including many titles by Nicholas Rhea.
The Talking Bookshop, 11 Wigmore Street, London, W1U 1PE can be contacted in person, by e-mail or by telephone, and are happy to help people who are looking for particular titles.
New technology has great possibilities for making books available to visually impaired people, with more options becoming available all the time. Audible.co.uk offers a selection of digital audio downloads which you can listen to on your mp3 player (iPod), on your computer or burn onto a CD; and that includes two of Nicholas Rhea's Constable books.