Pan Macmillan commissions Tim Bruce to read 'The Silent Room', a gritty Geordie crime thriller by Mari Hannah, produced by Peter Rinne at Starthmore Publishing. (Contains some dialogue in Norwegian).

Oakhill Publishing commissions Tim Bruce to narrate 'Gone' by Rebecca Muddiman, having narrated her award-winning Geordie crime thriller 'Stolen', also set in the North-east of England and featuring the character DI Michael Gardener.