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A psychological thriller before its time, James Hogg's The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, published in 1824, takes us back to the world of eighteenth-century Scotland into a mind driven to commit murder after being haunted by religious obsession. The events are told from several different viewpoints, acting to dissolve truth and reality. This twisted tale is a disturbing story of the dark legacy of Calvinist doctrine and the madness to which it led one man.

Misunderstood and neglected for more than a century, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner is now regarded as a classic of the supernatural, comparable to Frankenstein, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, or Dracula.

James Hogg (1770-1835) was born near Selkirk in the Scottish Borders. From a young age he was determined to be a poet like Burns. He became friends with Walter Scott and in 1810 he went to Edinburgh to seek a literary career. His best-known work, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner made little impact when it first appeared anonymously in 1824. He continued to publish poetry and prose until his death.

Peter Kenny, an AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator, is a talented and experienced actor, voice-over artist, singer, musician, and designer, with over twenty-five years of experience working in theater, film, television, and audio. He has achieved great critical acclaim for multicharacter recordings of audiobooks by authors such as Iain Banks, Christopher Priest, and Edmund St Aubyn.

Nicholas McArdle was brought up in both Scotland and England and has kept a foot in both camps. As well as appearing in theater all over the United Kingdom, he has performed in hundreds of television productions as diverse as Colditz, To the Manor Born, Cloud Howe, Strathblair, and Taggart. As well as reading audiobooks, he has also voiced countless commercials and narrated many documentaries.