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A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.Whilst dining at the Bantrys Miss Marple is asked to tell a murder mystery. She recounts the time she could tell from a man’s behaviour, that he was planning to kill his wife. But at the time of the murder he had a perfect alibi…
| Автор | Агата Кристи |
A classic crime novel by one of the most highly regarded exponents of the genre.The murder of old Mr Fransham while washing his hands in his niece’s cloakroom was one of the most astounding problems that ever confronted Scotland Yard. Not only was there a policeman in the house at the time, but there was an ugly wound in the victim’s forehead and nothing in the locked room that could have inflicted it.The combined efforts of Superintendent Hanslet and Inspector Waghorn brought no answer and the...
| Автор | John Rhode |
Ben the tramp’s uncanny knack of running into trouble is unsurpassed in the final crime thriller written for him by J. Jefferson Farjeon.On a grey afternoon he was destined never to forget, Ben sat down on a park seat and proceeded to think, not of cabbages and kings, but of numbers, lucky and unlucky. But it wasn’t Ben’s lucky day, or that of the nondescript-looking stranger sitting at the other end of the bench – murdered before his very eyes! That was the prelude to the most uncomfortable and...
| Автор | J. Farjeon Jefferson |
From the Collins Crime Club archive, the first original novel to feature Ben the Cockney tramp, the unorthodox detective character created by J. Jefferson Farjeon, author of Mystery in White.Strange things are happening in the untenanted houses of Jowle Street. There are unaccountable creakings and weird knockings on the door of No.29, where a homeless ex-sailor has taken up residence. But even stranger things are happening in the House Opposite, from where a beautiful woman in an evening gown...
| Автор | J. Farjeon Jefferson |
Gritty and gripping saga set on one of London’s most notorious streets, from the author of The Street and Coronation Day.She’s a good girl – in a bad world…Lucy Keiver has come back from service in the country to London’s notorious Campbell Road. She’s there to care for her mum, the forthright and feisty Matilda, recovering after a savage attack almost left her for dead.Despite the Great Depression affecting the country, Lucy is lucky to find a job as a Lady’s maid. But when she is unfairly...
| Автор | Kay Brellend |
A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.A prima donna soprano is commissioned to give a command performance at a country estate. It sets off a chain of tragic events – but are they accidents or an act of revenge?
| Автор | Агата Кристи |
A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.Written during Agatha Christie’s own tour to Africa, a Rhodesian tobacco plantation is the setting for a war widow’s unexpected visitor from beyond the grave…
| Автор | Агата Кристи |
A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.A new bride is murdered in Cabin 66 on a cruise to Egypt, while her husband is ashore with other passengers. Their travelling companion Hercule Poirot finds that his holiday has become an investigation…
| Автор | Агата Кристи |
A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.Captain Hastings talks Hercule Poirot into taking a bus trip. En route, a young woman takes them into her confidence, and Poirot finds himself with another case to solve.
| Автор | Агата Кристи |
A gripping debut psychological thriller you don’t want to miss!‘Louise Stone is an exciting new talent to watch. S is for Stranger is full of tension and atmosphere. A hugely compelling read.’ ― Amanda Jennings, author of In Her WakeThere are two sides to every story.But only one is true.Sophie wished she’d paid more attention when her little daughter, Amy, caught sight of a stranger watching them. She only looked away for a second. But now Amy’s gone.No one trusts an alcoholic. Even a sober...
| Автор | Louise Stone |
‘Is yet another fantastic tale.’Karen Quick‘Guinevere is a little like a modern day Miss Marple’Adele BThe perfect cosy crime bundle, featuring both Cornish Castle mysteries.Welcome to Cornisea island and the mysteries surrounding the Cornish Castle…Death Plays a PartWhen her beloved London theatre closes for renovations, costume maker Guinevere is excited to start a job at Cornisea castle, a centuries-old keep on a small tidal island off the coast of Cornwall. Imagine a whole summer full of...
| Автор | Vivian Conroy |
A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.Failing to keep a low profile whilst on holiday in Mallorca, Parker Pyne agrees to help a worried mother ‘save her boy’ from a young artist he has fallen in love with. But Mr Pyne’s idea of saving is distinctly different and involves an elaborate charade…
| Автор | Агата Кристи |
A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.Alan Everard is a struggling young portrait painter caught in a love triangle between his wife and his daughter’s godmother. But which of them does he love, and which one should he hate?
| Автор | Агата Кристи |
A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.A loving nephew installs a radio in his elderly aunt’s house to distract her from her deteriorating health. Through the wireless she hears a voice encouraging her to be ready for her approaching death. The voice called himself Patrick, her husband. But he has been dead for 25 years…
| Автор | Агата Кристи |
Does Jessica know what the truth is?A stunning psychological debut with a shocking twistWhen she arrives at work to discover every trace of the company she was working for has disappeared, Jessica’s life spirals into freefall.Her romance with Michael, a celebrated criminologist is already in trouble. He is sick of her unpredictable behaviour and is convinced she is a fantasist. When his flat is burgled and precious belongings that remind him of his dead wife are stolen, he blames her.Forced to...
| Автор | Joss Stirling |
Scotland Yard Inspector John Coffin must track down a murderer whose double life threatens to claim many more victims. A darkly authentic novel from one of the most universally admired English crime writers. Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie.Dr. Marion Manning is being watched. The man watching her is quiet, determined, curious even – and always in his spot across the street from her home. Sometimes he follows her when she leaves town on lectures or other scholarly occasions.What obsession...
| Автор | Gwendoline Butler |
***THE NO.1 EBOOK BESTSELLER***‘This book is not only gripping, but it ends with a gasp-out-loud twist’ Closer‘Tense, convincing … kept me guessing’ Caz Frear, bestselling author of Sweet Little LiesA teenage girl is missing. Is your daughter involved, or is she next?When Karen Finch’s seventeen-year-old daughter Sophie arrives home after a night out, drunk and accompanied by police officers, no one is smiling the morning after. But Sophie remembers nothing about how she got into such a...
| Автор | Sam Carrington |
Lavinia Greenlaw’s mesmerising debut novel about growing up in the surreal banality of mid-’70s Essex.Lavinia Greenlaw puts before us the monochrome, immemorial middle England of the 1970s in all its dowdy glory, and has us see through the mercurial, bewitching Mary George’s eyes how a seemingly static landscape is suddenly illuminated by the most vivid bursts of energy, colour and drama. Punk’s torch flares into life and singes the fringes of England. Mary George bears witness and burns...
| Автор | Lavinia Greenlaw |
A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.Two young heroes race against time to discover buried treasure in this innovative story, written originally as part of a genuine treasure hunt staged to help promote tourism to the Isle of Man.
| Автор | Агата Кристи |
A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.A man is accused of stabbing his wife in the chest. Only he and a chambermaid are suspects and the evidence against him seems infallible. In a desperate attempt to save his life, he comes to Miss Marple to help prove his innocence…
| Автор | Агата Кристи |
A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.A retired police inspector recognizes a woman in his village whom he once suspected of murdering her husband. He is determined that her new husband won’t suffer the same fate…
| Автор | Агата Кристи |
Ben the tramp, the awkward Cockney with no home and no surname, turns detective again – and runs straight into trouble.Ben encounters a dead man on a London bridge and is promptly rescued from the same fate by a posh lady in a limousine. But like most posh ladies of Ben’s acquaintance, this one isn’t what she seems. Seeking escape from a gang of international conspirators, Ben is whisked off to the mountains of Scotland to thwart the schemes of a poisonous organisation and finds himself in very...
| Автор | J. Farjeon Jefferson |
‘A fast-paced, terrifying journey.’ RACHEL ABBOTT‘A born storyteller.’ PETER JAMES’Intense action and an enthralling female lead.’ L.A. LARKINThe SUNDAY TIMES bestseller returns with the second book in the PC Lucy Clayburn series – a must for all fans of Happy Valley and M.J. Arlidge.As a female cop walking the mean streets of Manchester, life can be tough for PC Lucy Clayburn. But when one of the North West’s toughest gangsters is your father, things can be particularly difficult.When Lucy's...
| Автор | Paul Finch |
When the world has failed you, you need a place of safety…Hard-hitting crime from the author of Damaged Goods.The rape of a young asylum seeker plunges family care lawyer Lilly Valentine into the toughest case of her life.14-year-old Anna lives in Hounds Place, a hostel in Bedfordshire for youngsters seeking refuge from the atrocities being carried out in their homelands. A chance meeting with three public schoolboys ends in her being horrifically assaulted. When Artan, Anna's friend and a...
| Автор | Helen Black |