Hot Water Audiobook on Audio CD, buy now from AudioGO

The house-party at Château Blissac, Brittany, features a rather odd array of guests this yearMr J. Wellington Gedge is hoping for some peace and quiet while his wife takes herself off for a while. She, however, has invited numerous visitors to the château, to whom he will have to play reluctant host. Senator Opal and his daughter are expected, and so is the château’s handsome owner Vicomte de Blissac. When a certain letter goes missing, landing the Senator in the proverbial hot water, it’s up to Packy Franklyn, a great pal of the Vicomte’s, to sort out the mess. Unfortunately, this involves a little light safe-cracking.P.G. Wodehouse was born in 1881 and died on St Valentine’s Day in 1975, only weeks after being knighted. He is most famous for the creation of Jeeves and Wooster, and many of his novels have been recorded as audiobooks.

Take a house party in France, throw in a peculiar bunch of guests and add in a dash of PG Wodehouse’s quintessentially English dry wit and you have yourself a story that will leave your sides splitting. Wodehouse is synonymous with a great story that is jam-packed full of quirky characters and comical goings on and Hot Water is no exception. This audiobook on CD is the perfect example of Wodehouse at his humourous best.

The house party at Château Blissac in Brittany is a yearly event that never fails to attract a selection of oddballs, and this year’s party has reached new heights of oddballery. The party is usually hosted by Mr J. Wellington Gedge’s wife, but this year she has decided to go away for a while leaving her husband to play unwitting host to a house full of eccentric cranks intent on ludicrous pranks. An important letter ends up missing leaving Senator Opal in proverbial hot water and thus unfolds a tale with the most unpredictable twists and turns.

These six audiobooks on CD have a running time of just over seven hours as Wodehouse leads listeners on a trail of safe cracking and accusations, as well as a little light panicking and corruption that will keep you glued right to the end.