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In the newest entry in Charles Cumming's bestselling Box 88 series, master spy Lachlan Kite heads to Athens, Greece, after an old flame asks for help locating her missing son. Max Radinsky thought he was living the perfect life in Athens. But when his girlfriend, Yasmine, is forced to flee the...

Before the Corleones, before the Lannisters, there were the Borgias. One of history’s notorious families comes to life in a captivating novel from the author of The Birth of Venus. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY COSMOPOLITAN (UK) AND THE TIMES (UK) “In the end, what’s a...

A thrilling history of Florence's most famous family, the Medicis, from thrilling heights to the end of an astonishing era. At its height Renaissance Florence was a centre of enormous wealth, power and influence. This enthralling book charts the family's huge influence on the political, economic and cultural history of Florence.

Before forensic laboratories and digital surveillance, there were detectives armed with little more than sharp observation, logical reasoning and an instinct for uncovering the truth. The Traditional Detectives Collection gathers seven of the greatest mystery novels ever written, introducing the legendary sleuths who laid the foundations of modern crime fiction. From fog-shrouded moors and country houses to bustling London streets and locked-room puzzles, these classic stories are filled with ingenious plots, memorable characters and satisfying twists.

Perfectly crafted for listeners who enjoy a mystery in a single sitting, Detective Short Stories: The Collection brings together five classic short story collections featuring some of the greatest detectives ever created. From impossible crimes and daring thefts to baffling disappearances and clever deceptions, these stories showcase the golden age of detective fiction at its finest.

Spy. Redcoat. Traitor. After Captain John Carlisle’s dance with death, he’s retreated to the serenity of the Oneida village with his beloved Dellis McKesson to hide from the inevitable truth that war is coming to the Mohawk River Valley. When duty calls and John’s expertise is needed to...

John Grebble wakes up to discover he’s been declared dead. His bank account is frozen, his car repossessed, and his entire existence erased. Someone wants him gone—permanently. Within hours, his world unravels. His debit card is declined. His car is towed away. His office locks him out. The...

Experience two of the greatest novels of Victorian literature in one captivating collection. In Great Expectations, Charles Dickens tells the unforgettable story of Pip, an orphan whose unexpected fortune sets him on a journey of ambition, self-discovery, and redemption. In The Woman in White, Wilkie Collins delivers a masterful tale of mystery and suspense.

It is 1625 and France faces the looming threat of war against the English. The young, spirited d’Artagnan travels to Paris to join the King’s Musketeers, where he befriends the iconic trio, Athos, Porthos and Aramis. Together, they battle treachery, outwit the cunning Cardinal Richelieu and scheming spy Milady, and fight to defend France’s honour once and for all. Featuring dogged heroism, swordplay, daring exploits and romances aplenty, this timeless classic is a gripping celebration of courage, adventure and the unbreakable bond of friendship.

A chilling story of ambition, Daphne du Maurier's novel about a twisted man will take readers on a journey through history from the perspective of a cruel individual. Julius Lévy has grown up in a peasant family in a village on the banks of the Seine. A quick-witted urchin caught up in the...

Like father, like son . . . April 1777 Alexei McKesson is a man caught between two worlds: the son of the disgraced former Duke of McKesson, and an adopted warrior of the Standing Stone. For the past two years, Alexei has been pirating ships on the St. Lawrence, and he’s never been caught...

They said the dead can't hurt you . . . They were wrong. The House on Cold Hill is a chilling and suspenseful ghost story from the multi-million copy bestselling author of Dead Simple, Peter James. Moving from the heart of Brighton and Hove to the Sussex countryside is a big undertaking for...

The Spellshop meets Legends & Lattes in this new cozy romantic fantasy trilogy about magic gone wrong by the bestselling author of The House Witch series! Spidena Kettle runs a quiet magic shop at the edge of town, selling just enough spells and potions to keep herself afloat—and out of...

The third collection of short stories featuring G.K. Chesterton's iconic priest-detective, Father Brown. In this brilliantly thrilling volume, Father Brown, our quiet yet sharp-minded amateur detective, once again solves a series of baffling mysteries which perplex the local community. From miraculous resurrections, cursed relics and seemingly impossible murders, Father Brown uses his profound understanding of human nature and knack for deduction to get to the root of these bewildering mysteries.

Jane Austen’s most popular novel, originally published in 1813, some 17 years after it was first written, presents the Bennet family of Longbourn. Against the background of gossipy Mrs. Bennet and the detached Mr. Bennet, the quest is on for husbands for the five daughters. The spotlight falls on Elizabeth, second eldest, who is courted by Mr. Darcy, though initially she is more concerned with the fate of her other sisters. This marvelous account of family life in Regency England is read with customary panache by Juliet Stevenson.

Recruited by British Intelligence to infiltrate the IRA and Sinn Féin during the height of the Northern Ireland Troubles, they were ‘agents of influence’. With codenames like INFLICTION, STAKEKNIFE, 3007 and CAROL, these spies played a pivotal role in the fight against Irish republicanism...

From a problematic meeting with an alien princess to a horde of space tourists on a holiday from hell, life on the cruiser is never less than eventful. Indecisive Captain Taylor is faced with disaster when another of the fleet’s spaceships, The Indestructible III, suddenly explodes; relentlessly nice Communications Officer Karen embarks on a forbidden romance with ship’s engineer Stuart; and medical scientist Clive 55 causes chaos when he is arrested for murdering his 136 clones, and experiments with dark matter to catastrophic effect.

Published in 1896, A Child of the Jago is a gritty and realistic portrayal of life in the slums of London’s East End during the late 19th century. The novel is set in an area known as the Old Jago (based on a real-life slum called the Old Nichol) and vividly describes the poverty, crime and squalor that characterised the impoverished neighbourhood.

“What does she want from me?” A young Iranian immigrant panics as she’s being chased through the streets by an unknown blonde woman. When their two worlds collide, the answer to that question becomes increasingly unsettling in Afsaneh Gray’s The Other Woman, a bracingly unpredictable audio experience. The two women find they share similar struggles in a society that doesn’t see them…but as their relationship develops, what feels like liberation begins to shift into an all-too-familiar dynamic.

The Great Gate of Kiev resounds to the tumultuous bell rings that end Pictures an an Exhibition, one of the most magnificent and virtuosic of all piano pieces. However, to some of his contemporaries, Modest Mussorgsky was ‘insane’ and ‘a perfect idiot’. Born into a wealthy land-owning family, what drove this tormented man and why did he suffer psychological breakdowns and alcoholism? How did he achieve his command of the realist idiom in his stage works? d, of course, Pictures at an Exhibition.