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An all-new collection of autumn-themed mysteries from the master of the genre. Autumn is the season of misty mornings and cosy nights in, but as the leaves begin to fall the nights get longer and the shadows grow darker… Secluded cottages, eerie manors and ghostly hauntings and cursed tombs...

Multicast narration featuring Hugh Fraser, Joan Hickson, David Suchet, and more Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, and Christie’s wildly unconventional investigator, Parker Pyne, all make appearances in The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories—a riveting collection of short stories featuring a host...

The days are growing warmer and the nights are growing shorter... It's the perfect time to relax in the garden with this spring-themed collection from legendary mystery writer Agatha Christie. Blossoming flowers and countryside strolls may sound innocent enough, but not when there’s murder in the air. Beware of secluded cottages, stolen treasure and fatal revenge schemes. This compendium of short stories, some featuring beloved detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, is an essential omnibus for Christie fans and the perfect gift for mystery lovers.

Multicast narration featuring Isla Blair, Joan Hickson, David Suchet, and more Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot both make appearances in Agatha Christie’s Double Sin and Other Stories, a sterling collection of short mystery fiction that offers double the suspense, surprise, and fun. In one of...

Bloomsbury presents The Matrix by Joshua Clover, read by David Blair. The Matrix (1999), directed by the Wachowski sisters and produced by Joel Silver, was a true end-of-the-millennium movie, a statement of the American zeitgeist, and, as the original film in a blockbusting franchise, a...

Murder and mystery lurk in the hills and on the shores of Devon and Cornwall in this new Special Edition Hardback of Agatha Christie’s finest countryside stories. Growing up in Torquay, Agatha Christie’s love of the West Country never left her and many of her finest stories are set on the...

**Buy Die for a King, the third book in the Will Bowman series, out now!** READERS LOVE SCOTT MARIANI'S EPIC STORYTELLING 'Another fantastic Scott Mariani hero to follow' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'An exceptional author' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Another winner up there with Ben Hope' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I was hooked...

WINNER OF THE PRIX RENAUDOT 'This took my breath away, again and again. Lafon is magic ... A thrilling read in Stephanie Smee's masterful translation' Anna Funder, Sunday Times bestselling author of Wifedom 'A work of the purest literary quality: muscular and densely packed, yet graceful in all...

*Contains an exclusive Adam Fawley short story* From the Sunday Times bestselling author of the Tiktok sensation MURDER IN THE FAMILY and the DI Adam Fawley series comes a brand new gripping crime thriller about a figure from the past… You thought she was dead. She fooled you once. Will she...

Jack Plummer hasn't slept in months. Doctors can't help. Pills don't work. Nights stretch endlessly until exhaustion becomes a way of life. Then, at two in the morning, he finds something impossible: a fully stocked, 24-hour VHS rental store in San Francisco — a relic of the past that shouldn't exist anymore. The tapes work. Jack sleeps — deeply, completely — for the first time in years. But the sleep comes with side effects. Lost hours. Blackouts. Memories that don't come back the same way they left.

If you enjoyed the Pilot's Girl series by bestselling author Fenella J. Miller, don't miss The Pilot's Story Missing, presumed dead… For Squadron Leader Alex Everton dogfights in his Spitfire have become his way of life. He knows every time he goes up in the air, he might not make it home...

Frankie the sausage dog puppy can't wait to spend his first Christmas with his new family, even grumpy old cat Holly. But he can't believe it when Holly tells him that Santa doesn't bring presents to animals. Frankie decides to take things into his own paws. He'll be a Sausage Dog Santa and make...

Argentina, 1988. Human remains are found on a beach - a gruesome echo of when the tide brought home dozens of bodies thrown from planes during Argentina's Dirty War. Flights of death, their passengers known as the Disappeared. International Tribune reporter Jonny Murphy is in Buenos Aires interviewing families of the missing, desperate to keep their memory alive, when the corpse turns up. His investigations with his companion, freelance photographer Paloma, have barely started when Argentina's simmering financial crisis explodes around them.

The biggest annual sports event in the world is the Tour de France. In the wake of its overwhelming popularity, it’s easy to forget that there is much more to cycling than whoever gets to wear the yellow jersey. Cycling is rich with legends and pioneers, and it is their stories which light up...

The story of one man in World War II. TJ operated in the UK, Norway, Ireland, USA, Canada, Bermuda, Italy, and Austria. This is a true story, it is a war story, it is anti-war story, and it is a love story. All TJ wanted was the peace and time to love Liz, a fellow MI6 agent. Should they dare hope for a life together after the war? And, even if they survived, could their love?

Suave, unflappable and ambitious, veteran politician Charles Bannister knows his way around the corridors of power. As chief whip, he's adept at keeping MPs in line and squashing potential scandals—aided by his brother-in-law, MI6 Agent Henry Colvil, who whispers useful titbits of information in his ear. His position seems invincible—but nothing is forever, and when the tides of politics turn, Charles finds himself under threat. In these six series, we follow his fortunes and those of his close friend Home Secretary Dougal Baxter. Together, the duo rise, fall and rise again.

They say the sea never forgets...When an injured John Maynard accepts the position of lighthouse keeper on the remote island of Craghorn, he finds himself in unfamiliar territory. With only his faithful dog and the last keeper for company, the dilapidated lighthouse station soon appears to be more occupied than on initial inspection. Now the lights have gone out and there’s a storm coming. A classic ghost story for lovers of mystery and isolation.

Parenting is a challenge. Between busy schedules and stress, it feels like the world is closing in on you; we’ve all been there. Do you know what could help? Meditation. You’re about to discover a world in which you can possess the mindfulness to get you through all of life’s troubles. With the recent COVID pandemic, life has been even more challenging. Through the isolation of quarantine, the trials of maintaining financial stability, and the hindrance to your children’s education, one thing can be said: It’s been a struggle.

Young King Henry VI has married the beautiful Margaret of Anjou but the new queen is ruthless and ambitious. Supported by the powerful Duke of Suffolk, Margaret plots the overthrow of her enemies, chief among them the Duke of Gloucester. But the Duke of York also aspires to the crown, and the common people, led by Jack Cade, are in rebellion. To the despair of the mild young king, England descends into civil war.

The all-conquering King Henry V is dead, and the throne is occupied by his infant son, Henry VI. The good Duke Humphrey of Gloucester has been appointed protector, but a struggle for power soon develops between the young king's Lancastrian relatives and the powerful house of York under Richard Plantagenet. Meanwhile the French, led by Joan of Arc, the maid of Orleans, threaten to win back the territories lost to Henry V.