Audiobook roundup

Kathryn Simmonds Reading from Her Poems poetryarchive.org £12.75, 45mins A delightful, almost playful freshness emanates from these poems. In lyrical, chiming lines Kathryn Simmonds slips from her ordinary life with "bits of bits in bowls" in her fridge, to the intriguingly surreal – launderette customers peeling off their skins "as sheer as moth-wing". Kim by Rudyard Kipling. Read by Madhav Sharma Naxos £38.50, 13hrs 19mins unabridged Kim, the "little friend of all the world" and chela or disciple to the questing lama, is caught up in the espionage of "the Great Game". The real protagonist in his magical adventure, however, is India in all its teeming life, mystery and beauty, highlighted by a captivating narration. Swing, Brother, Swing by Ngaio Marsh Hachette £14.99, 4hrs The fatal shooting on stage seemed a tragic accident at first, but Roderick Alleyn, the gentleman detective, gradually unmasks a nest of jealousies and blackmail lurking among the "friends" of the murdered band master. The unbeatable Anton Lesser is perfect for this retro 1949 crime classic.