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When retired cop, Albert, arrives in Stilton for a festival, he has cheese on his mind, but that’s not what he gets …… arriving the morning after the factory and warehouse have been raided, all the stilton is gone, and the security guard, Dave, who bravely fought to stop the thieves, needs someone’s help to save the day. With sidekick Rex Harrison, the failed police dog, at his side, our aging but sprightly hero will put his ear to the ground and his mind to work as he unravels the clues to this mystery.

After the drama in Biggleswade, our crime-busting duo head to York for the annual Yorkshire pudding competition and a well-earned rest …… well fat chance of that because they interrupt a robbery before they can even get to the venue. When Albert realises he’s stumbled across something much bigger than a random mugging, he decides, for once, to leave the crime-solving to the locals.

Baking. It can get a guy killed. In the small Bedfordshire town of Biggleswade, retired detective Albert, and former police dog, Rex, are enjoying a peaceful break from the murder and mayhem of the last week. Until the waitress serving him is arrested for murder …… and he discovers she killed the café’s owner three days ago. But Albert saw her eyes when the police came for her – she is innocent! With evidence stacked against her, no alibi, and both motive and opportunity, she will carry the blame unless someone can prove otherwise.

When an invitation to The Emerald Resort lands on the floor of five unsuspecting competition winners, they can all barely believe their luck. Five different people. Five different backgrounds. Five people needing escape. Maisie Watson, a university student. Jack Paterson, an ex-Marine with PTSD, Graham Anderson, a council worker with a deadly secret, Esme Duncan, a gold digging maneater and Ailsa Clark, a young schoolteacher. The only details – they’re catching a private flight to the Isle of Harris, with its golden sands and idyllic landscape, they’re going to have the time of their lives.

Step into the golden age of speculative imagination with Classic Science Fiction: Selected Short Stories, a masterfully curated collection from some of the most influential voices in science fiction history. This volume brings together visionary tales by Philip K. Dick, Murray Leinster, William Tenn, Robert Sheckley, Lynn Venable, E. E. Smith, and Fredric Brown—authors who shaped the genre with bold ideas, sharp wit, and unforgettable concepts.

The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D. Wattles is a timeless classic that reveals the practical philosophy behind wealth creation, abundance, and purposeful living. First published in 1910, this influential work breaks down success into clear principles that anyone can apply—regardless of background, education, or starting point.

An early morning dog walk along the river ends with a shocking discovery. When the body of a man is fished out the River Thames near Windsor, it looks like a straightforward accidental death from drowning following an excess of alcohol. The only problem is that this man died eighteen months ago in a train crash. Was the first death just a case of mistaken identity or was it more complex than that? The Breakfast Club Detectives set out to discover where the victim spent the last year and a half and why his nearest and dearest thought he had died.

Enter the strange, whispering world of Algernon Blackwood, one of the most influential masters of supernatural and cosmic horror. The Collected Short Stories of Algernon Blackwood brings together some of his most enduring and unsettling works—stories where nature itself becomes conscious, hostile, and profoundly unknowable.

Enter the unsettling imagination of H. P. Lovecraft with The Selected Short Stories of H. P. Lovecraft, a chilling collection that showcases the full range of his cosmic horror and dark fantasy. These tales explore forbidden knowledge, ancient forces, and humanity’s fragile place in an indifferent universe—hallmarks of Lovecraft’s enduring influence on modern horror and speculative fiction.

DI Duke Lyons is a man on the edge. Between his failed marriage, the pressures of policing, and a ruthless nemesis taunting him, his hard-earned sobriety is being tested. When seventeen-year-old May Whitehead vanishes from the streets of Halifax, Lyons thinks he’s seen it all before; just another runaway teen with a chaotic home life. But his new partner, DS Annie Lockley, isn’t convinced. Newly transferred as a punishment, and desperate to prove herself, she believes May is the latest target of a sadistic predator stalking vulnerable sex workers.

Black Hound of Death plunges into the heart of Southern-gothic horror with one of Robert E. Howard’s most chilling tales. Set in the shadow-soaked pinelands of the American South, this story follows Kirby Garfield, a man racing against time to warn Richard Brent of a threat worse than any escaped convict: a monstrous being born of betrayal and ancient terror.

A Witch Shall Be Born by Robert E. Howard is a gripping sword-and-sorcery fantasy novella set in the ancient desert kingdom of Khauran. The story centers on twin sisters divided by fate—the noble Queen Taramis and her dark counterpart Salome, a witch marked by a blood-red crescent. When Salome returns from exile to seize the throne through deception and sorcery, the kingdom plunges into chaos.

Jonny Cardew is bored. He’s worked hard all his life at a financially rewarding but dull job when all he ever wanted to do was to solve murders. Now he has time on his hands, but is it too late to be a detective? A chance meeting over breakfast with three quirky characters and a dog in need of rehoming could change his life.

The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans by Arthur Conan Doyle is one of Sherlock Holmes’ most thrilling tales of espionage and intrigue. When top-secret submarine blueprints vanish and a government clerk is found dead on the London Underground, Holmes and Watson are drawn into a high-stakes mystery that reaches the very heart of the British Empire.

When Oscar Wilde answers an urgent summons to the British Museum Reading Room, he finds his friend, Arthur Conan Doyle, in a state of profound agitation. The Scots author has discovered a mysterious Casebook #5 entitled: The Faerie Vortex. The Casebook contains a highly fantastical story about a trip the two authors made to the seaside town of Darvington in response to a letter from a woman who claims her daughters had been abducted by faeries.

The Creatures That Time Forgot by Ray Bradbury is a haunting and thought-provoking science fiction masterpiece set in a post-apocalyptic world where humanity’s existence has been compressed into a mere eight days. Following the tragic yet heroic journey of Sim, a boy born into a dying cave society, Bradbury explores the fragility of life, the relentlessness of time, and the desperate yearning for freedom and meaning.

Blending psychological terror and cosmic dread, this Lovecraftian classic explores the fragility of reason and the monstrous history lurking beneath civilization’s veneer. Perfect for fans of eerie atmospheric fiction, haunted estates, and tales of forbidden discovery.

When aging artist David Bittacy develops an increasingly intimate bond with the forest surrounding his home, his devotion to the trees becomes something deeper—mystical, unsettling, and profoundly transformative. His wife Sophia, rooted in conventional faith and fearful of the wild unknown, watches with growing dread as the woods seem to claim her husband in ways she cannot understand.

Richard Hannay is an ordinary man caught in extraordinary circumstances. A bored expatriate returning to London, he finds his life upended when a mysterious American stumbles into his flat with a terrifying secret—a secret so dangerous that men are willing to kill for it. When the man is murdered, Hannay becomes the prime suspect, forcing him to flee for his life. Pursued by both the police and a shadowy network of spies, he races across the rugged landscapes of Scotland, deciphering cryptic clues and dodging deadly enemies.

Éamonn Tierney drifts through the gray streets of 1980s Dublin—an adopted man with no anchor, no ambition, and a persistent emptiness he can’t explain. Working part-time jobs and haunted by dreams he doesn’t understand, Éamonn knows only one thing for certain: something is missing. When a chance comment from a stranger unearths a memory he never lived, Éamonn begins to dream vividly of another man’s life—a coastal craftsman named Fionnán, a love named Máire, and a village by the sea called Carranmore. The dreams are too detailed to dismiss and too personal to ignore.