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A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.Miss Politt has been waiting and waiting outside Laburnum Cottage for Mrs. Spenlow, to no avail. She nervously acquires the help of the next door neighbour whose gumption and persistence reveal that Mrs. Spenlow is dead on the hearthrug. The whole of St. Mary Mead are convinced it’s Mr. Spenlow, who has sh…
‘I love all of Sue Moorcroft’s books!’Katie FfordeOne Christmas can change everything…Georgine loves Christmas. The festive season always brings the little village of Middledip to life. But since her ex-boyfriend walked out, leaving her with crippling debts, Georgine’s struggled to make ends meet.To keep her mind off her worries, she throws herself into organising the Christmas show at the local s…
Jess's Diary: At least catching my housemate Dr Adam Carmichael – bachelor, sex-god, and my secret crush extraordinaire – in my bed (! ) means he finally knows my name! For years Adam's been 100% off-limits (if ever a man needed a revolving door on his bedroom…), but there's no harm in dreaming of more…is there? It's their last summer of being single! Off duty, these three nurses, and one midwife,…
A hilarious and heartbreaking father-son road movie of a novel.Spencer Ludwig, idealist and filmmaker, is making one of his regular duty visits from London to New York City to tend to his declining but still fearsome father. Driving back from one of their doctors' appointments, Spencer decides not to take the turn to his father’s apartment: instead, they hit the road. Ahead of them will be an emot…
A beach holiday is ruined by a murder, committed with a cyanide-sprinkled sandwich.The death of a guest casts a shadow over the summer holiday season at Oakfields mansion.The murder weapon is discovered: a sandwich, seasoned with a good pinch of cyanide.Motives abound among the other holidaymakers staying at Oakfields, a strange and fascinating group of people with plenty of secrets to hide…
Примерно в середине пути изнуряющей ультрамарафонской гонки по китайской части пустыни Гоби, Диону Леонарду, опытному марафонцу встретилась маленькая бездомная собачка. Шагая вместе с Дионом через горы Тянь-Шаня, массивные песчаные дюны, юртовые поселки и черные пески пустыни Гоби, она доказала, что недостаток роста можно с лихвой компенсировать большим сердцем. Он назвал ее Гоби. Когда Гоби пропа…
First comes marriage. Then comes divorce. Then it’s every woman for herself …When Charlie’s husband Matt tells her that he wants a divorce she has to start from scratch. Suddenly single, broke and approaching 40 she is forced to return to her childhood home in the Yorkshire moors.Living with her father and eccentric siblings could be considered a challenge but soon Charlie finds her new life somew…
В школе маленького патриархального городка в Индиане разыгралась драма – старшекласснице Эмме Нолан не позволили прийти на выпускной вместе со своей подругой. Прослышав об этой ситуации, небольшая труппа бывших звезд Бродвея отправляется в Индиану, чтобы поддержать девушку и привлечь внимание прессы к несправедливости и консерватизму местной школы. А заодно напомнить миру о себе и попытаться воскр…
Тонкий, глубокий, наполненный изящным юмором роман о дружбе, одиночестве, любви, иллюзиях – и странном, не всегда логичном мире, в котором надо научиться жить. Элеанор Олифант в полном порядке: она работает бухгалтером, по выходным выпивает, а по средам беседует с мамочкой, которая находится далеко. Элеанор не везет: ее окружают непримечательные люди с примитивными вкусами и бедным словарным запас…
НЕЗАКОННОЕ ПОТРЕБЛЕНИЕ НАРКОТИЧЕСКИХ СРЕДСТВ, ПСИХОТРОПНЫХ ВЕЩЕСТВ, ИХ АНАЛОГОВ ПРИЧИНЯЕТ ВРЕД ЗДОРОВЬЮ, ИХ НЕЗАКОННЫЙ ОБОРОТ ЗАПРЕЩЕН И ВЛЕЧЕТ УСТАНОВЛЕННУЮ ЗАКОНОДАТЕЛЬСТВОМ ОТВЕТСТВЕННОСТЬ Завораживающий исторический роман о мрачных семейных тайнах, жестоком предательстве, изысканной мести – и о разрушительном землетрясении, сыгравшем переломную роль в судьбе одной девушки. Завораживающий роман…
From the twice Man Booker Prize-winning author of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, a collection of three novels: A Place of Greater Safety, Beyond Black and The Giant, O’Brien.A Place of Greater Safety is a spellbinding, epic historical novel which recounts the stirring but blood-thirsty events of the French Revolution, as seen through the eyes of the Revolution’s three protagonists – Georges-Ja…
A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.This electric short story begins in October on the island of Rhodes, a veritable paradise of privacy, beauty and calm, or so Hercule Poirot has imagined. The reality is quite startlingly different; as each woman lies bathing in the bright sun the idyll is disturbed by the arrival of famed Chanel beauty Val…
Read the award-winning and Number One bestselling Val McDermid at the top of her game in these three nail-biting crime thrillers.A PLACE OF EXECUTION: In 1963, Alison Carter vanished in the Peak District. Journalist Catherine Heathcote remembers the case from her childhood, and interviews DI George Bennett for his recollection of the hunt for Alison. But when a fresh lead emerges, Bennett tries to…
A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.Written during Agatha Christie’s own tour to Africa, a Rhodesian tobacco plantation is the setting for a war widow’s unexpected visitor from beyond the grave…
A famous Hollywood actor loses his looks – and is drawn into the dark and twisted world of Coldheart Canyon…Following extensive cosmetic surgery, Hollywood superstar Todd Pickett needs somewhere to hide away while his scars heal. His manager finds the ideal location, Coldheart Canyon – a dream-palace hidden away in a corner of the city so secret it doesn’t even appear on a map.In the 20s, ‘A’ list…