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A brand-new collection of short stories featuring the Queen of Crime’s legendary detective Jane Marple, penned by 12 remarkable best-selling and acclaimed authors. This collection of 12 original short stories, all featuring Jane Marple, will introduce the character to a whole new generation. Each author reimagines Agatha Christie’s Marple through their own unique perspective while staying true to the hallmarks of a traditional mystery.

Une semaine à bord d'un yacht luxueux, à sillonner les eaux du Grand Nord avec seulement une poignée de passagers. Pour Laura Blacklock, journaliste pour un magazine de voyage, difficile de rêver d'une meilleure occasion de s'éloigner au plus vite de la capitale anglaise. D'ailleurs, le départ tient toutes ses promesses : le ciel est clair, la mer est calme et les invités très sélects de l'Aurora rivalisent de jovialité. Mais dès le premier soir, le vent tourne. Laura, réveillée en pleine nuit, voit la passagère de la cabine adjacente être passée par-dessus bord. Le problème ?

The sexual assault that rocked the world. A courageous woman’s rallying call for ‘shame to change sides’. For the very first time, Gisèle Pelicot tells her story. Narrated by Academy Award winning actress Dame Emma Thompson. *A BEST BOOK OF 2026 FOR THE OBSERVER, TELEGRAPH, GUARDIAN...

A Brief History of Thailand offers an engaging look at the country's last 250 years - from coups and violent massacres to the invention of Pad Thai in the 1930s. Listeners will learn the vibrant story of Thailand's emergence as a prosperous Buddhist state, its transformation from traditional kingdom to democratic constitutional monarchy, and its subsequent rise to prominence in Southeast Asian affairs. Thailand's dramatic history spans centuries of conflict, and this book recounts many of these fascinating episodes

El camino del artista nos enseña a crear con mayor libertad a través de la utilización consciente de una serie de herramientas que nos ayudarán a terminar con el bloqueo creativo. Su efecto es similar al yoga y la práctica constante de la escritura diaria -páginas matutinas-, los encuentros con el artista, el juego y una exhaustiva introspección guiada harán que modifiquemos nuestra conciencia y nos abramos a un nuevo horizonte imaginativo.

Brought to you by Penguin. *THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, NOW A NETFLIX FILM STARRING KEIRA KNIGHTLEY* A PASSENGER IS MISSING...BUT WAS SHE EVER ON BOARD AT ALL? This was meant to be the perfect trip. The Northern Lights. A luxury press launch on a boutique cruise ship. A chance for travel...

In the Ozure Isles in the blue Munchkin Country, the kindom is being terrorized by a horrible monster called Quiberon. After 20 years of horror the beast demands a mortal maiden to be sent to him or the kingdom will perish. But mortol maidens are in short supply in the Land of Oz (Dorothy Gale, Betsy Bobbin, and Trot), so the Ozureians seeks Tattypoo the Good Witch of the North for help. Many ozzy adventures happen in locations such as Cave City, the Roundabouties, and the Shutterfaces, not to mention High Boy the long legged horse! - Summary by T. Craft

Lorsque Harriet Westaway reçoit un courrier lui annonçant un héritage conséquent provenant de sa grand-mère, cela semble être la réponse inespérée à tous ses problèmes. En effet, Harriet doit de l'argent, beaucoup d'argent, emprunté à un usurier sans scrupules, et cela risque fort de mettre sa vie en danger. Seul souci : ses grands-parents sont décédés vingt ans auparavant, et elle ne les a même jamais connus. La lettre a donc été adressée à la mauvaise personne. Mais Harriet qui gagne sa vie en tirant les cartes pour prédire l'avenir n'est plus à une affabulation près.

Cette maison de rêve va devenir votre pire cauchemar. Tout a commencé par l'offre parfaite. Sandra et Bill Elincourt, un couple d'architectes habitant avec leurs quatre enfants dans une splendide maison des Highlands, recherchent une nurse expérimentée. Rowan Cain, jeune anglaise qualifiée pour le poste, y voit sa chance. Les Elincourt ont beau la prévenir que les gens de la région ont déclaré la maison hantée et que les rumeurs vont bon train, Rowan quitte sa modeste vie londonienne et s'installe avec enthousiasme à Heatherbrae House.

Brought to you by Penguin. DON’T MISS THE NEW NOVEL FROM THE BAFTA-WINNING CO-WRITER OF GAVIN & STACEY. The joyful and life-affirming new novel from the co-creator of Gavin and Stacey and the Richard and Judy Book Club author of Love Untold. The joyful and life-affirming new novel from the...

Un récit haletant porté par la lecture enveloppante et dynamique de Sophie Frison. Tout le monde voulait sa vie. Quelqu'un voulait sa mort. Il y a dix ans, Hannah a découvert le corps d'April, inerte, dans leur chambre du campus d'Oxford. La belle April, que tous adoraient et enviaient à la fois. Depuis, son souvenir hante Hannah. Et alors que ses proches tentent de la libérer de sa culpabilité, l'annonce de la mort en prison du meurtrier d'April va la replonger dans le passé.

Jack et Gabe sont en couple, mais surtout ils sont pentesters : des hackers professionnels chargés de repérer les failles des systèmes de sécurité informatiques. Piégée, accusée du meurtre de son propre mari, la jeune femme n'a d'autre choix que de fuir. Et de se lancer, seule contre tous, avec pour seule compagnie la voix de Gabe qui résonne dans sa mémoire, dans une chasse à l'homme numérique pour découvrir qui les a trahis.

At the start of the twentieth century, on the edge of the Russian empire, a family prospers. It owes its success to a delicious chocolate recipe, passed down the generations with great solemnity and caution. A caution which is justified: this is a recipe for ecstasy that carries a very bitter aftertaste....

On a platform in Paris before dawn, a woman whispers goodbye. It is the end. But also the beginning. In the tradition of Virginia Bailey's Early One Morning by Virginia Bailey and M. L. Stedman's The Light Between Oceans, a beautiful, powerful and unforgettable portrait of the brutality of war...

Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Death of Mrs Westaway by Ruth Ware, read by Imogen Church. When Harriet Westaway receives an unexpected letter telling her she’s inherited a substantial bequest from her Cornish grandmother, it seems like the answer to her prayers. She owes...

Random House presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of The Lying Game by Ruth Ware, read by Imogen Church. How much can you trust your friends.... The text message is just 3 words: I need you. Isa Leigh drops everything, packs up her baby daughter and heads straight to Salten...

Brought to you by Penguin. A luxury mountaintop chalet The opportunity of a lifetime Until guests start to disappear… **The unmissable new thriller from the queen of the modern-day murder mystery.** Snow is falling in the exclusive alpine ski resort of Saint Antoine, as the shareholders and...

THE RICHARD & JUDY PICK 'Deliciously dark and utterly addictive — my favourite Ruth Ware yet’ LUCY FOLEY Everyone wanted her life Someone wanted her dead It was Hannah who found April’s body ten years ago. It was Hannah who didn’t question what she saw that day. Did her testimony put an...

Once a celebrated author of short stories now in his twilight years, Anthony Peardew has spent half his life collecting lost objects, trying to atone for a promise broken many years before. Realising he is running out of time, he leaves his house and all its lost treasures to his assistant Laura, the one person he can trust to fulfil his legacy and reunite the thousands of objects with their rightful owners. But the final wishes of the Keeper of Lost Things have unforeseen repercussions which trigger a most serendipitous series of encounters....

A long-kept secret is revealed long after the battlefield death of a beloved and courageous West Point army officer in the Vietnam War. His young widow, in an act of love, had climbed up to the treacherous north face of the Eiger in the Swiss Alps with his ashes. In the casket in which his body had returned from war, she placed beloved memorabilia of their marriage and all, except one, of the hundreds of letters he had written to her.