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Death and the Dancing Footman
Ngaio Marsh
A winter weekend ends in snowbound disaster in a novel which remains a favourite among Marsh readers.It begins as an entertainment: eight people, many of them adversaries, gathered for a winter weekend by a host with a love for theatre. It ends...
Death in a White Tie
Ngaio Marsh
A body in the back of a taxi begins an elegantly constructed mystery, perhaps the finest of Marsh’s 1930s novels.The season had begun. D?butantes and chaperones were planning their luncheons, teas, dinners, balls. And the blackmailer was...
Paul Temple and the Geneva Mystery
Francis Durbridge
Paul and Steve are called upon to crack a case involving Carl Milbourne, the brother-in-law of wealthy financier Maurice Lonsdale. After the news that Carl has perished in a fatal car accident, rumours begin to stir that despite all odds, Carl...
Paul Temple and the Madison Case
Francis Durbridge
Paul and Steve plan to relax and take in some fresh sea air on board a luxurious trans-Atlantic liner … that is until they meet the elusive Sam Portland. After the innocent introduction, grave danger lies ahead for the couple.As events unfold, a...
Paul Temple and the Kelby Affair
Francis Durbridge
Historian Alfred Kelby decides to publish the diaries of Margaret Spender, Lord Delamore’s secretary and secret lover. But these diaries go beyond historical records, they are pure scandal.Before the diary can be published, Kelby makes an...
Paul Temple and the Curzon Case
Francis Durbridge
An aeroplane crash sends billows of fire down the cliffs of Dulworth Bay and two boys from a public school go missing, what connects these two events? Paul Temple is called onto the scene and there’s one name that’s causing a stir, Curzon.The...
Paul Temple and the Tyler Mystery
Francis Durbridge
When two young women are found murdered within a week of each other, Scotland Yard enlist the help of sleuthing crime writer Paul Temple to unravel the mystery.Working in tandem with his astute and elegant wife Steve, Temple takes up the scent...
Paul Temple and the Margo Mystery
Francis Durbridge
What could possibly connect expensive Margo ‘designer’ coats, an industrialist, a petrified celebrity, and a psychiatrist with a peculiar secretary?A potent murder plot is underway when a terrifying warning is received on the grounds of a...
A Present from Paul Temple: Two Short Stories including Light-Fingers: A Paul Temple Story
Francis Durbridge
Two short stories featuring Francis Durbridge’s famous detective, Paul Temple.The perfect winter read, these two short stories follow Paul and Steve through a blustery Christmas and New Year’s Eve to solve two compelling crimes. Also featuring...
Miss Marple – Miss Marple and Mystery: The Complete Short Stories
Агата Кристи
An omnibus of 55 short stories, presented for the first time in chronological order.Described by her friend Dolly Bantry as ‘ the typical old maid of fiction’, Miss Marple has lived almost her entire life in the sleepy hamlet of St Mary Mead....
Beware of Johnny Washington: Based on ‘Send for Paul Temple’
Francis Durbridge
Republished for the first time since 1951, Beware of Johnny Washington is Francis Durbridge’s clever reworking of the very first Paul Temple radio serial using his new characters, the amiable Johnny Washington and newspaper columnist Verity...
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
Агата Кристи
Agatha Christie’s seasonal Poirot and Marple short story collection.First came a sinister warning to Poirot not to eat any plum pudding… then the discovery of a corpse in a chest… next, an overheard quarrel that led to murder… the strange case...
Black As He’s Painted
Ngaio Marsh
One of Ngaio Marsh’s most popular novels, this time featuring one of her best creations – Lucy Lockett, the crime-solving cat.When the exuberant president of Ng’ombwana proposes to dispense with the usual security arrangements on an official...
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories
Вашингтон Ирвинг
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.‘There was a contagion in the very air that blew from that haunted region; it breathed forth an atmosphere of dreams and fancies infecting all the...
Billy Budd and Other Stories
Герман Мелвилл
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.‘Struck dead by an angel of God! Yet the angel must hang!’It is the end of the eighteenth century, and the navy recruits the eponymous hero – the ‘Handsome Sailor’...
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Артур Конан Дойл
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.Originally published in 1903–1904, The Return of Sherlock Holmes is the thirteen-story collection of one of the greatest-ever fictional detectives. Three...
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
M. James R.
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.‘At first you saw only a mass of coarse, matted black hair; presently it was seen that this covered a body of fearful thinness, almost a skeleton, but with...
The Happy Prince and Other Stories
Оскар Уайльд
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.‘Dear Prince, I must leave you, but I will never forget you, and next spring I will bring you back two beautiful jewels in place of those you have given...
The Plays of Oscar Wilde
Оскар Уайльд
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.‘London society is full of women of the very highest birth who have, of their own free choice, remained thirty-five for years.’Including some of Oscar Wilde’s most...
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Эдгар Аллан По
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.‘Yet I am not more sure that my soul lives, than I am that perverseness is one of the primitive impulses of the human heart – one of the indivisible primary...
Far From the Madding Crowd
Томас Харди (Гарди)
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Here is one of Thomas Hardy’s most popular novels, soon to be released as a major motion picture in May 2015.‘I shall do one thing in this life – one thing...
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Оскар Уайльд
HarperCollins is proud to present a range of best-loved, essential classics.'How sad it is! I shall grow old, and horrid, and dreadful. But this picture will remain always young… If it was only the other way!'Wilde's first and only published...
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Артур Конан Дойл
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.‘It is with a heavy heart that I take up my pen to write these the last words in which I shall ever record the singular gifts by which my friend Mr....
A Tale of Two Cities
Чарльз Диккенс
HarperCollins is proud to present a range of best-loved, essential classics.'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…'Set before and during the French Revolution in the cities of Paris and London, A Tale of Two Cities tells the story...
The Portrait of a Lady
Генри Джеймс
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.‘Money's a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet.’Isabel Archer is a beautiful, intelligent and independent young woman. Brought from America to...
Tom Brown’s School Days
Thomas Smart Hughes
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.Thomas Hughes’ novel about the mischievous but kind-hearted schoolboy Tom Brown inspired other school novels, including Frank Richards’ Billy Bunter stories...
The Sherlock Holmes Collection: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; The Hound of the Baskervilles; The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Артур Конан Дойл
Collins Classics brings you a selection of the best-loved stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring one of literature’s favourite detectives, Sherlock Holmes.Who introduced Dr Watson to the world’s greatest detective? What killed Sir Charles...
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Артур Конан Дойл
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.'Sherlock Holmes was transformed when he was hot upon such a scent as this. Men who had only known the quiet thinker and logician of Baker Street would have failed...
Perfect Prey: The twisty new crime thriller that will keep you up all night
Helen Fields
‘Without doubt, this is one of the best detective series I have read.’ Woman’s Way MagazineYour new addiction starts here: get hooked on the #1 bestselling series. Perfect for fans of Karin Slaughter and M.J. Arlidge.Welcome to Edinburgh. Murder...
F. Scott Fitzgerald Collection: The Great Gatsby, The Beautiful and Damned and Tender is the Night
Фрэнсис Скотт Фицджеральд
Published to coincide with the film release of ‘The Great Gatsby’, Collins Classics brings you F. Scott Fitzgerald’s three best-known works in one collection.Complete with a Life & Times section, which offers insight into the author, his works...
The Mirror Crack’d From Side to Side
Агата Кристи
Agatha Christie’s audacious murder mystery, reissued with a striking cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.One minute, silly Heather Badcock had been gabbling on at her movie idol, the...
Paul Temple and the Front Page Men
Francis Durbridge
The detective novel ‘The Front Page Men’ is a resounding success, but its author Andrea Fortune keeps herself hidden from the public. When a series of robberies are committed, a calling card is left bearing the legend of ‘The Front Page...
The Mamur Zapt and the Night of the Dog
Michael Pearce
A classic murder mystery from the award-winning Michael Pearce, in which The Mamur Zapt races to prevent an explosion of religious violence in the Cairo of the 1900s.Cairo in the 1900s. When the body of a dog is discovered in a Coptic tomb – a...
Маленький «Мир», огромный мир
Mортен Торвальдсен
1998 год, регата «Cutty Sark», парусник, принадлежащий петербургской «Макаровке», выходит из порта побеждать…
Tras La Ca?da
L. G. Castillo
Reunida finalmente con el amor de su vida, Naomi pensaba que hab?a encontrado la felicidad y el amor eterno. Pese a tener al rebelde Lash a su lado, aprende que la vida como arc?ngel no es nada f?cil. Cuando los secretos del pasado son...
Dopo La Caduta
L. G. Castillo
Finalmente riunita all’amore della sua vita, Naomi pensava di possedere l’amore eterno e la felicit?. Malgrado la presenza del ribelle Lash al suo fianco, si accorge che la vita da arcangelo non ? semplice. Quando i segreti del passato...
Лунен Танц
Amy Blankenship
Енви се радва на завиден живот. Страхотен брат, чудесно гадже и работа, за която всяко момиче мечтае… барман в най-популярните нощни клубове на града. Животът ? е прекрасен поне до момента, в който един от най-добрите ? приятели ? съобщава по...
Ο Χορός Του Φεγγαριού
Amy Blankenship
Η Ζωή της Ένβι ήταν τέλεια. Είχε έναν υπέροχο αδερφό. έναν υπέροχο σύντροφο και την καλύτερη δουλειά που θα μπορούσε να ζητήσει μία κοπέλα…σύχναζε στα πιο πολυσύχναστα κλαμπς της πόλης. Όλα ήταν τέλεια, μέχρι τη στιγμή που της τηλεφώνησε ένας...
Księzycowy Taniec
Amy Blankenship
Życie Envy było wspaniałe. Świetny brat, idealny chłopak i najlepsza pracą, jaką chciałaby mieć każda dziewczyna… obsługa baru w najbardziej popularnych klubach w mieście. Przynajmniej było wspaniale dop?ki jedna z jej najlepszych przyjaci?łek...
Llamas Oscuras
Amy Blankenship
As? como la guerra de los vampiros se intensifica en una guerra demon?aca, Zachary se encuentra responsable de un hermoso nigromante que est? conectado a un momento oscuro en su pasado. ?l hab?a visto a su madre paso a trav?s de la l?nea delgada...
L'Ombre De La Mort
Amy Blankenship
Au cœur de la Guerre des D?mons, rien n'est tenu pour acquis, quand cette derni?re pr?cipite les destins de ceux qui y sont impliqu?s dans une forme de chaos des plus dangereux et s?duisants. Un homme d?couvre que de parfaits inconnus peuvent se...
Sang Souill?
Amy Blankenship
Lorsque vous passez un march? avec un d?mon, aucun retour en arri?re n'est possible, m?me si vous ne soup?onnez pas que cette personne est un d?mon. Tournant cette ambigu?t? ? son avantage, Zachary a bris? la loi sacr?e et d?lib?r?ment propos?...
De Sombres Flammes
Amy Blankenship
Alors que la guerre des vampires ?volue en une guerre v?ritablement d?moniaque, Zachary se retrouve responsable d'une belle n?cromancienne, qui est li?e ? un sombre ?pisode de son pass?. Il a vu sa propre m?re franchir la ligne et tomber dans...
Le Lien Du Sang
Amy Blankenship
Damon a emm?nag? avec ses fr?res pour une seule raison… la fille qui l'avait poignard? et laiss? pour mort vivait l?, sous leur toit, et de plus, sous leur protection. Lorsqu'ils sauvent la vie d'Alicia, plus de fois qu'il ne saurait compter,...
Des Choses Dangereuses
Amy Blankenship
Kat Santos n'avait pas vu le propri?taire du Night Light depuis des ann?es. Jusqu'? ce que Quinn d?cide brusquement de l'enlever et l'accuse de lui avoir mis les meurtres du vampire sur le dos. R?alisant que l'ennemi joue avec eux, les deux...
Lumi?re Nocturne
Amy Blankenship
Steven Wilder avait succomb? ? cette tentatrice au coup de batte facile de bien d'autres mani?res qu'en tombant simplement au sol… il voulait la garder ? ses c?t?s. Apprendre qu'elle ?tait promise ? un mafieux suffit ? le pousser ? la kidnapper...
La Lune Dansante
Amy Blankenship
Une fois le sortil?ge de sang bris?, Kane a ?merg? du ventre de la terre avec ses ongles pour seules armes, puis est parti ? la recherche de cette ?me sœur qui l'a lib?r?, pour finalement d?couvrir qu'elle avait disparu. N'ayant rien ? perdre,...
Ombra Di Morte
Amy Blankenship
Nel bel mezzo della guerra tra demoni nulla pu? essere dato per scontato, poich? essa invia nel destino di chi ? coinvolto una forma di caos pi? pericolosa e seducente. Un uomo scopre che gli sconosciuti possono scontrarsi nell’oscurit? in un...
Sangue Contaminato
Amy Blankenship
Fare un patto con un demone ? vincolante, anche se non sai che quella persona ? un demone. Sfruttando la cosa a proprio vantaggio, Zachary ha infranto la regola sacra e, di proposito, ha offerto un accordo a Tiara. Sarebbe stato il suo unico...
Fiamme Oscure
Amy Blankenship
Proprio mentre la guerra tra vampiri si trasforma in una guerra tra demoni a tutti gli effetti, Zachary si ritrova ad occuparsi di una bella negromante che ? legata ad un momento buio del suo passato. Aveva visto la madre di lei oltrepassare la...
