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Trouble is afoot in the remote Scottish fishing village of Stoyre, where the inhabitants are acting kind of... fishy. On a routine visit, Hamish Macbeth finds the pub empty, the church unexpectedly...

'So honest and pure as to count as a true rapture' JOAN DIDION 'A poetic masterpiece' JOHNNY DEPP 'Our St John of the Cross, a mystic full of compassion' EDMUND WHITE 'A roadmap to my life', from...

<font size="+1">'No wonder she's been crowned Queen of Cosy Crime' Mail on Sunday</font>Toil and trouble in store for Agatha!Cotswolds inhabitants are used to bad weather, but the night...

Agatha Raisin's neighbouring village of Ancombe is usually the epitome of quiet rural charm, but the arrival of a new mineral-water company - which intends to tap into the village spring - sends...

One morning the villagers of Chipping Cleghorn wake to find a strange notice in their papers:‘A murder is announced and will take place on Friday, October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.30pm...

Sea, sand - and the slammer for Agatha!Agatha Raisin thinks she's in for a treat when her ex-husband James Lacey invites her on holiday but - horrors! - his idea of an idyllic break is the small,...

Winter Parva, a traditional Cotswolds village next door to Carsely, has decided to throw a celebratory hog roast to mark the beginning of the winter holiday festivities and Agatha Raisin has arrived...

<font size="+1">'Every new Agatha Raisin escapade is a total joy' ASHLEY JENSEN'No wonder she's been crowned Queen of Cosy Crime' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'A Beaton novel is like The Archers on speed'...

Returning from holiday Hamish becomes unaccountably worried - it's as if he senses a dark cloud of evil hanging over Lochdubh. He soon learns that there is a newcomer to the village, a woman called...

AN UNFINISHED MURDER is the sixth Cotswold village crime novel in Ann Granger's Campbell and Carter series. Sure to appeal to fans of Midsomer Murders and M. C. Beaton's Agatha Raisin mysteries...

Agatha Raisin has never been one for enforced holiday cheer, but her friendly little village of Carsely has always prided itself on its traditional Christmas festivities. But this year the bells will...

This book is a comprehensive study of historical sociology and its development, especially in the Indian context. It looks at the works of Indian sociologists and analyses their approaches in terms...

An unexpected hike to the Other Side . . . After time away, Agatha Raisin returns to her beloved Cotswold village of Carsely - and to her handsome neighbour, James Lacey. True, James seems less than...

Cold-blooded murder heats up Agatha's summer holiday! Agatha travels to Cyprus, only to contend with her estranged fiance, an egregious group of truly terrible tourists, and a string of murders. . ...

Seventeen stories traverse borderlines, mythic and real, in the lives of Filipino and Filipino American women and their ancestors.Moving from small Philippine villages of the past to the...

Agatha goes digging where she shouldn't...Agatha is taken aback when she finds a new woman ensconced in the affections of her attractive bachelor neighbour, James Lacey. The beautiful Mary Fortune is...

Far below, through the moonlit wood, the lake was visible again and the Island in it. Dim, like a phantom ship, it lay in the silver waters and from the nearer end of it shone a narrow rectangle of...

<font size="+1">'Every new Agatha Raisin escapade is a total joy' ASHLEY JENSEN'No wonder she's been crowned Queen of Cosy Crime' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'A Beaton novel is like The Archers on speed'...

'Explosive and engaging' - BooklistA featherbrained scheme to make cold, hard cash...PC Hamish Macbeth can't help but admire the resourcefulness of the Highlanders during the Recession - in tough...

Transformations on the Ground considers the ways in which power in all its forms-local, international, legal, familial-affects the collision of global with local concerns over access to land and...

Not bored to death but murder most foul . . . Celebrated author John Heppel is known in Lochdubh as a self-important bore, prone to belittling the scribblings of the locals in his creative writing...

'ENTHRALLING . . . A JOURNEY AS PERILOUS AS IT IS ENLIGHTENING' Guardian on THE BOOK OF KOLI The journey through M. R. Carey's 'immersive, impeccably rendered world' (Kirkus) continues in THE TRIALS...

Guidebook to hiking Jebel Toubkal in Morocco's Atlas Mountains. Both summer and winter ascents are included along with acclimatisation routes. The Toubkal Circuit multi-day trek, which...

Ilinca Zarifopol-Johnston's critical biography of the Romanian-born French philosopher E. M. Cioran focuses on his crucial formative years as a mystical revolutionary attracted to right-wing...

The first in an addictive young adult fantasy trilogy from New York Times bestselling author Elly Blake, perfect for fans of RED QUEEN and THRONE OF GLASS.'If there is one epic fantasy series that...

<font size="+1">'Simply the best detective writer since Agatha Christie' The Sunday Times</font size>Named by the CWAs as one of 'The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time', The Killings at...

Collins Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds features exciting fiction and non-fiction decodable readers to enthuse and inspire children. They are fully aligned to Letters and Sounds Phases 1-6 and...

'The detective novels of M C Beaton have reached cult status' The Times'Every new Agatha Raisin escapade is a total joy' Ashley Jensen'No wonder she's been crowned Queen of Cosy Crime' Mail on...

Since her debut in 1920 with The Mysterious Affair At Styles, Agatha Christie has become the chief proponent of the English village murder mystery. Although she created two enormously popular...

A beautifully illustrated graphic novel adaptation of L. M. Montgomery's beloved classic about an imaginative orphan who finds friendship, family, and a place to belong in the charming village of...

Once Upon a Time a little tin slave with a clock for a heart broke all the rules-he found love, took a name, and escaped his masters, embarking on an epic journey to save his beloved. Though his...

PRE-ORDER HOW TO CHEAT YOUR OWN DEATH, THE LATEST INSTALMENT IN THE CASTLE KNOLL FILES, NOW. OUT APRIL 2026.<h4> The much-anticipated sequel to How To Solve Your Own Murder, this edition now...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA LANDMARK NEW ACCOUNT OF THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT DAY OF WW2, IN THE WORDS OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED IT**** 'Comprehensive... from a large and wide range of witnesses on...

A 2026 CBCA NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR YOUNGER READERSA beautiful and deeply moving story about friendship, family, hope and the power of the ocean, for middle-grade readers who love a mystery,...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA LANDMARK NEW ACCOUNT OF THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT DAY OF WW2, IN THE WORDS OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED IT**** 'Comprehensive... from a large and wide range of witnesses on...

The astonishing story of one of the most brutal and hard-fought battles of the Second World War in Italy, told by one of most reader acclaimed and insightful historians in the UK 'It should become a...

The much-anticipated sequel to How To Solve Your Own Murder Annie thought the murders were over. She was wrong.It is autumn in Castle Knoll and Annie Adams is busy settling into her new home. She...

'A MASTERPIECE OF MEDIEVAL DARK FICTION' Christopher Buehlman, author of Between Two Fires***Finalist for the World Fantasy Award***From the bestselling M. R. Carey comes an enthrallingly dark...

'A MASTERPIECE OF MEDIEVAL DARK FICTION' Christopher Buehlman, author of Between Two Fires***Finalist for the World Fantasy Award***From the bestselling M. R. Carey comes an enthrallingly dark...

PRE-ORDER HOW TO CHEAT YOUR OWN DEATH, THE LATEST INSTALMENT IN THE CASTLE KNOLL FILES, NOW. OUT APRIL 2026.*THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*'VERY funny' Jennie Godfrey'Smart, twisty, and original'...

"Fast-paced and highly absorbing." —Wall Street JournalA magisterial new history of the fierce final chapter of the "Indian Wars," told through the lives of the two most legendary and consequential...