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The Lady with the Little Dog and Other Stories, 1896-1904
By Anton Chekhov. 2002
In the final years of his life, Chekhov had reached the height of his powers as a dramatist, and also…
produced some of the stories that rank among his masterpieces. The poignant 'The Lady with the Little Dog' and 'About Love' examine the nature of love outside of marriage - its romantic idealism and the fear of disillusionment. And in stories such as 'Peasants', 'The House with the Mezzanine' and 'My Life' Chekhov paints a vivid picture of the conditions of the poor and of their powerlessness in the face of exploitation and hardship. With the works collected here, Chekhov moved away from the realism of his earlier tales - developing a broader range of characters and subject matter, while forging the spare minimalist style that would inspire such modern short-story writers as Hemingway and Faulkner.Jack Sheppard
By William Harrison Ainsworth. 2010
A master of drinking, whoring, theft - and escape!While Jack Sheppard seems marked from birth for a terrible end, his…
wit and charm might just be able to cheat fate. Fate, however, seems eager to cheat him out of an honest living, when Jack begins visiting the notorious Black Lion, drinking den of the worst criminals in London. Soon he is one of the most famous scoundrels in the city - not for his crimes, but for the wonderful fact that not one of the King's fine prisons can hold him. But Jack's luck will have to run out eventually...If I Die Before I Wake (Penguin Modern Classics)
By Sherwood King. 2010
Laurence is a young ex-sailor who can't resist the lure of the good life, and when he finds a job…
as chauffeur to the wealthy Mr and Mrs Bannister, his occasional work leaves him free to indulge. Bannister himself is bitter - his twisted leg keeps him on the sidelines while his ravishingly beautiful wife endures his moods with saintly patience. Or does she? It's the Bannisters' closest friend, Grisby, who starts stirring, getting Laurence to agree to a crazy plot. It will net him thousands, no strings attached. But is it all too easy?Inquest
By Paul Carson. 2013
The compelling new novel from the No.1 Irish bestselling author of Betrayal. Perfect for fans of Kathy Reichs, M R…
Hall and Benjamin Black.Dr Mike Wilson is a pathologist with a troubled past and a naturally suspicious mind. As the new Dublin city coroner, he is used to investigating violent, unusual or unexplained deaths. But one case worries Mike. A lot. Patrick Dowling was found hanging in woodland late the previous year. The investigation ended the moment the autopsy result was announced. Suicide. Dowling had been a drug addict with poor life expectancy. Case closed. Then Mike discovers that Dowling’s file was on a previous coroner’s desk. A man who was shot dead by an unknown gunman. Coincidence? Mike doesn’t think so. But as Mike digs deeper, his life comes under threat. Then he and his family are attacked. Just how far is he prepared to go to uncover the truth?If I Close My Eyes Now
By Edney Silvestre. 2013
If I close my eyes now, I can still feel her blood on my fingers. If only I had closed…
my eyes then, or kept my mouth shut, not told anyone about our discovery by the swimming hole, we could have gone back to dreaming about spaceships.A horrifying discovery by two young boys while playing in a mango plantation marks the end of their childhood. As they finally open their eyes to the adult world, they see a place where storybook heroes don't exist but villains and lies do ...The Innocence of Father Brown
By G K Chesterton. 2014
This is the first volume of Chesterton's brilliant, ingenious Father Brown stories. Ahead of a new series of the popular…
BBC adaptation starring Mark Williams, all five of the original Father Brown books have been republished with charming and collectible Penguin covers. With his round face, pipe and umbrella, the shambling, bespectacled priest Father Brown is an unlikely detective - yet his innocent air hides a razor-sharp understanding of the criminal mind. As this first volume of his adventures shows, the wise, worldly clerical sleuth has an uncanny ability to bring even the most elusive wrongdoer to justice.G. K. Chesterton was born in 1874. He attended the Slade School of Art, where he appears to have suffered a nervous breakdown, before turning his hand to journalism. A prolific writer throughout his life, his best- known books include The Napoleon of Notting Hill (1904), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1922), The Man Who Was Thursday (1908) and the Father Brown stories. Chesterton converted to Roman Catholicism in 1922 and died in 1938.Inishowen
By Joseph O'Connor. 2000
From the bestselling author of Star of the Sea and Shadowplay, 'a powerful, moving adventure of raw fate and betrayed…
love' (Independent on Sunday).Inspector Martin Aitken's life is a mess. He's divorced, his career's in chaos, and the last thing he needs this Christmas Eve is a strange woman collapsed on a Dublin street. Ellen Donnelly is a woman on a mission, coming to Ireland to find her mother and escape her marriage. Dr Milton Amery, a New York plastic surgeon, is her unfaithful husband. The three are beginning new journeys, each of which lead to Inishowen.'A page-turner, full of compassion, laughter and zest for the human condition' Irish Times'Tremendous... A love story, a realistic thriller and an account of grief and loss' SpectatorThe Inheritance: The twisty and gripping new thriller from the author of Don’t Let Him In
By Howard Linskey. 2022
You will inherit everything. The house. The money.There's just one condition.You have to catch a killer first . . .THE…
GRIPPING NEW THRILLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF DON'T LET HIM IN_________When Sarah's Aunt Evelyn passes away, she's left a grand fortune.But it comes with one condition.Sarah must return to Cragsmoor - the old manor house where Evelyn's friend went missing decades ago - to uncover the truth.If she does, she will inherit the house, the money, everything.But someone wishes for the secrets of Cragsmoor to remain hidden.Someone who may have killed once before . . ._________PRAISE FOR HOWARD LINSKEY:'Dark, creeping and compelling, with the claustrophobic sense of a killer waiting around every corner' T.M. LOGAN'This story will cause nightmares, it is that good' DAILY MAIL 'Dark, clever and engrossing' C.L. TAYLORI Know What I Saw: A perfect memory. A perfect murder.
By S K Sharp. 2020
________________________She remembers everything.She understands nothing.Only a handful of people in the world have a truly perfect memory. Nicola is one…
of them. It's more of a curse than a blessing - every moment of sadness, embarrassment and unhappiness is burned into her mind forever - so she plays it down, and tries to live a quiet life.But a body has been found, a discovery that threatens to tear her community apart - and reopen old wounds from decades ago.Nicola was a child, but she remembers the night with perfect clarity. Despite that, she never discovered the truth of what happened. Now she must use her unique memory to solve the murder, or watch the man she loved be wrongly convicted of the crime...-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------What readers are saying about I Know What I Saw"The story is unlike any other I've read...fast paced, thrilling and full of suspense"- 5* NetGalley reader review"I Know What I Saw is one of the best thrillers I have read in possibly years...I would definitely recommend this novel to anyone who loves thrillers. I felt as though I was right there in this book trying to figure out what was going on with the protagonist."- 5* NetGalley reader review"I was drawn into this book from the very start. The pages turned increasingly quickly as my desperation to find out what really did happen in the past just grew and grew. At one point the pages were turning so quickly that it was almost as if they were turning themselves and the page numbers became a blur!"- 5* NetGalley reader reviewI am a Chechen!
By German Sadulaev. 2006
I Am a Chechen! offers a lyrical fusion of exotic legends, stories and memories of Chechnya: a land of wondrous…
beauty, site of genocides past and present, and the author's ancestral home.Haunted by memories of the land he deserted, Sadulaev tells the stories of those who stayed behind. He brings dead friends back to life again, revisiting their first loves, their passion for rock music, their quests for martyrdom. And he immerses us in the intoxicating beauty of his homeland's mountains, blossoms and the flocks of migratory swallows that fill its skies. This is an intensely personal journey through the carnage of the war, exploring the pain, the challenge, and above all the meaning of being a Chechen.Horror Stories (Penguin Worlds)
By Edith Nesbit. 2016
A groom promises to be at the church on time, even if he has to come back from the grave…
to do it.A man inherits a property where he discovers a portrait of a woman that will change his life forever.Two newlyweds find their dream country cottage, unaware of an ancient curse from the previous owners. A gripping, unsettling and utterly chilling collection of short stories from one of Britain's best loved storytellers.Japanese Ghost Stories: Classic Japanese Ghost Stories
By Lafcadio Hearn. 2019
The dead wreak revenge on the living, paintings come alive, spectral brides possess mortal men and a priest devours human…
flesh in these chilling Japanese ghost stories retold by a master of the supernatural. Lafcadio Hearn drew on the phantoms and ghouls of traditional Japanese folklore - including the headless 'rokuro-kubi', the monstrous goblins 'jikininki' or the faceless 'mujina' who stalk lonely neighbourhoods - and infused them with his own memories of his haunted childhood in nineteenth-century Ireland to create these terrifying tales of striking and eerie power. Today they are regarded in Japan as classics in their own right.Edited with an introduction by Paul MurrayIn the Nick of Time
By Robert Swindells. 2007
Charlotte is out in the woods on her own one day when something mysterious happens - she walks along a…
row of stones laid like stepping stones on the forest floor . . . and finds herself in another age. She has somehow slipped back to 1955, and is now, in the same woods, on the site of a very unique school, an open-air school for sick city children. No one believes her tales of the world she's come from, her mobile doesn't work and she can't see how on earth she's going to get back. A friendship with another pupil proves the key - is Jack more than he seems?The Honey and the Sting
By Elizabeth Fremantle. 2020
'A lush, thrilling page-turner humming with its own exquisite dark beauty. I loved it!' Eve Chase, author of The Glass…
House'Fremantle builds the tension with delicious skill in this page-turning thriller' TimesThe compelling, transfixing novel about the bond between three sisters from the author of The Poison Bed**PRE-ORDER DISOBEDIENT, THE GRIPPING NEW NOVEL FROM ELIZABETH FREMANTLE**_______Three sisters.Three secrets.Three ways to fall . . .George Villiers is rich, powerful and has the King's ear. Doctor's daughter Hester is a mere servant - to be cast aside when he has done with her, especially since she is pregnant.Returning to her family, Hester vows that Villiers will never lay eyes on their son. She and her sisters Melis and Hope will protect the boy.But Villiers is a man who will not be defied. He will claim his son - and the secret letters he believes Hester has stolen.What can three defenceless women do against one very powerful man?Yet secret letters are a weakness - and, in the right hands, a weapon . . ._______'Rich and fascinating' Guardian'Wonderfully inventive and darkly satisfying, this story of three sisters resonates with myth and mystery' Andrew Taylor, bestselling author of The Ashes of London 'Gripping and page-turning. Propels a trio of vivid women towards their complex destinies . . . Hugely enjoyable' V.B. Grey, author of the forthcoming Tell Me How It EndsHome in May (Storycuts)
By Su Tong. 2008
Yongshan is taking her son back to Licheng to visit relatives, and to see the town where she grew up.…
But when they get there, all she could find were desolate houses. Even the people on the street seemed not to recognise her. But then, in the rubble of her old neighbourhood, Yongshan finds something to grab hold of - a memento of the past.Part of the Storycuts series, this short story was previously published in the collection Madwoman on the Bridge.Jamie Saintclair embarks on another action-packed historical adventure, guaranteed to have you gripped from page one! Perfect for fans of…
Dan Brown, Chris Kuzneski and Scott Mariani.READERS ARE LOVING THE ISIS COVENANT! "Cracking read, only put it down for sleeping, shopping and the washing up." - 5 STARS"Excellent read, enjoyed it from start to finish..." - 5 STARS"Great Read. Hooked from page 1" - 5 STARS****************************************THE PRICE OF ETERNAL LIFE IS DEATH...AD 64: Roman centurion Marcus Domitus leads an expedition to find the mythical treasure hidden deep inside Queen Dido's temple.1945: Two Nazis disappear amidst the chaos of a burning Berlin - and so does a precious object.2009: Two brutal murders in London and Boston linked by a single name and a shared history.When art recovery expert Jamie Saintclair is asked to help investigate, he finds himself delving deep into the occult and uncovering dark secrets, tales of lust and greed and a curse linked to ancient Egypt... Can he discover the truth before the curse claims more victims and catches up with him?Jamie Saintclair's adventures continue in The Excalibur Codex and The Samurai Inheritance. Have you read The Doomsday Testament, his first adventure?Hold Your Tongue: The award-winning crime debut of the year (DI Eve Hunter #1)
By Deborah Masson. 2020
WINNER OF THE BLOODY SCOTLAND SCOTTISH CRIME DEBUT OF THE YEAR 2020'Gritty and close to the bone, Hold Your Tongue…
is a compelling, addictive read that I devoured in one sitting.' Lisa Hall, bestselling author of Between You and Me_____________________ In the run up to Christmas, a serial killer stalks the streets of Aberdeen . . .A brutal murder. A young woman's body is discovered with horrifying injuries, a recent newspaper cutting pinned to her clothing. A detective with everything to prove. This is her only chance to redeem herself. A serial killer with nothing to lose. He's waited years, and his reign of terror has only just begun . . .Introducing the fragile but feisty DI Eve Hunter, HOLD YOUR TONGUE is your new obsession. _____________________ Readers can't stop talking about HOLD YOUR TONGUE:***** 'Without a doubt the best police procedural I have read in a long time' ***** '[Deborah Masson] has a long and bright future ahead if this book is anything to go by' ***** 'Addictive from the first page to the last [...] If you read only one book this year make it this one''Tense, edge-of-your-seat stuff' - Emma Curtis, bestselling author of The Night You Left'Expertly paced, intriguing and with a strong emotional kick - this is a great start to a fab new detective series' - SJI Holliday, author of Violet'A tense debut in which the past and present collide with devastating consequences. I hope to read more of DI Eve Hunter' - Mari Hannah, author of The LostDon't miss the exclusive sneak peek of Deborah Masson's second thriller featuring DI Eve Hunter, OUT FOR BLOOD - first chapter available in the HOLD YOUR TONGUE ebook!The Invitation
By Ajay Chowdhury. 2023
A MYSTERY IS UNFOLDING*A Detective Kamil Rahman short story*'Thrilling...a terrific series' Sunday TimesSomeone's put murder on the menu...Kamil Rahman is…
working as a waiter at an Indian restaurant when his boss Anjoli receives a strange email titled Invitation to a Beheading. It claims to be a celebration of Anne Boleyn's 500th anniversary of her imprisonment and death, but when the pair arrive at the Bloody Tower, things take a sinister turn. Anjoli discovers an old friend has been kidnapped, and the only way to save her is to solve a series of clues leading them across London to her whereabouts. In a race against the clock, can Kamil and Anjoli find the missing woman before time runs out?*This is a digital-exclusive free short story, set in the world of the beloved Detective Kamil Rahman series.*If you enjoyed this short story, the novels are available now:The WaiterThe CookThe DetectiveComing in 2024: The Spy **Ajay Chowdhury has partnered with Google's Pixel Fold to launch a first of its kind interactive eBook of The Invitation, which is also available to download for free. It offers a fun and interactive read, ideal for filling the average commute. Embedded with puzzles designed to stimulate and challenge, the eBook is optimised for the Pixel Fold - Google's first foldable phone. **Praise for the Detective Kamil Rahman series:'Hugely entertaining' ANN CLEEVES'The Detective has all the ingredients for a great crime series' SUN'[Kamil is a] likeable inspector . . . We shall hear much more of him' DAILY MAIL'An elegantly constructed thriller' THE TIMES'Outstanding' SUNDAY TIMESThe Hunting Season
By Dean Vincent Carter. 2007
Eight years ago, the Austrian emergency services were called to the scene of a bizarre car accident.Eight years ago two…
mangled bodies were found in the snow not far from the vehicle, clawed and chewed, it seemed, by some ferocious animal. Eight years ago something unspeakable took Gerontius Moore's parents from him, leaving him orphaned and alone... And now, that something, is back.Caught up in a hunt he was never meant to be a part of, and finding help from a most unlikely source, Gerontius must once more flee the clutches of an appalling beast, before it learns its business is unfinished.Full moon or not, the hunt is on.The Hunt (A Victorian Mystery)
By Oscar De Muriel. 2015
*Features an exclusive extract from A Fever of the Blood - the brilliant new Case for Frey & McGray, which…
publishes in February 2016*Christmas, 1888. After a thoroughly trying time in Edinburgh, Inspector Ian Frey looks forward to a Christmas break at his family's country estate back in England.But the welcome respite of home cooking, hunting trips and brandy by the fire is ruined by the arrival of an unwelcome guest . . .Praise for The Strings of Murder:'This is wonderful. A brilliant, moving, clever, lyrical book - I loved it.'Manda Scott'One of the best débuts of the year. Riveting, genuinely funny, occasionally frightening and superbly written.'Crime Review