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'Kate London, the new rising star of crime fiction, is the real thing' Tony Parsons, bestselling author of Man and Boy A family shattered. A community divided. Detective Constable Ian Wheedon has been running away from himself since he was a boy. He worked in Merseyside covering serious crime...

The American Classics Collection is a century-spanning collection of 17 classic novels, short stories, essay, and poetry by American authors, read by a cast of incredible narrators including Kobna Holdbrook-Smith; Nathan Osgood; Robert G. Slade; Jonathan Keeble, and more. Included here are stories by some of the greatest writers of all time, including Ernest Hemingway; Mark Twain; F. Scott Fitzgerald; Edith Wharton; Frederick Douglass; and H.P. Lovecraft, amongst a host of others.

Represented here are 16 short stories by seven great American writers, dating from the 19th and 20th centuries. Different in atmosphere and writing style, they nevertheless caught the mood and concerns of the day in a way that was distinctly American.

The Tower, previously published as Post Mortem, is a major ITV drama. An intricate, gritty and believable crime novel from an ex-detective with the Met's murder squad. She could not escape the horror of it: falling unstoppably, irretrievably until the hard concrete reaches up. That last glimpse...

1987: One morning, fifteen year old Tania Mills kisses her mother, walks out of her front door and disappears. 2014: When a new lead comes in for Tania’s case, DS Sarah Collins is asked to investigate. PC Lizzie Griffiths, the subject of Collins’ last investigation, is back on the job and...

Octubre de 1987: la mañana después de la Gran Tormenta de Londres. Tania Mills, de quince años, sale por la puerta de su casa y desaparece. Más de veinte años después, su madre todavía reza por su regreso. La detective Sarah Collins del Comando de Homicidios de la policía de Londres está decidida a averiguar qué sucedió, pero la interrumpe otro caso terrible que la obliga a volver a trabajar con una joven y problemática oficial de policía de su pasado, Lizzie Griffiths.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER The world of your favorite fantasy novels is real, and you’re invited to visit. The only catch? It’s filled with thirsty vampires. Devour this transporting romance from the bestselling author of One to Watch. “A campy, fantastical vampire story that feels deeply and...

When Ryan Kennedy is imprisoned after killing a police officer, he knows what he has to do. Keep his mouth shut about who he was working for, keep his head down, and rely on his youth to keep his sentence short. When he gets out, he'll be looked after. Following the death in the line of duty of a fellow detective, DI Sarah Collins has left the capital for a quieter life in the countryside. But when a missing teenager turns up on her patch, she finds herself drawn into a much bigger investigation—one that leads her right back to London, back to the Met, and back to Ryan Kennedy.

Art and life. Each the mirror of the other. This then is the classic definition of what ‘Realism’ as a writing form really is. Some might call it a fancy term for the mundane day to day pursuits but in the hands of an author it comes alive. We are drawn into characters and landscapes that we can empathize with, we can, metaphorically speaking, help shoulder their burden, be on the long trail with them whatever the landscapes, the hurdles, incidents and other people may place in their literary way.

La detective policial Sarah Collins investigará la muerte de un policía veterano y una joven inmigrante. La principal testigo, una agente de policía en entrenamiento, ha escapado. Sarah pronto se verá buscando respuestas dentro de su mismo departamento de policía, algo que puede costarle su carrera y mucho más.

An eclectic selection of short story classics by great writers of latter day such as Jack London, O' Henry, M.R. James, G.K. Chesterton, James Joyce and Anton Chekhov.

A great new collection of classic short fiction, brilliantly read by a selection of narrators. Includes the following stories: "The Lightening-Rod Man" by Herman Melville, "One of the Missing" by Ambrose Bierce, "The Leopard Man's Story" by Jack London, "Tennessee's Partner" by Bret Harte, "The New Catacomb" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "A Pair of Silk Stockings" by Kate Chopin, "My Watch" and "The Widow's Protest" by Mark Twain, "An Ideal Family" by Kate Mansfield, "A Painful Case" by James Joyce, "Small Fry" by Anton Chekhov, and more!

'A FAST, FURIOUS READ, BRIMMING WITH WIT' Fiona Davis, The Chelsea Girls 'VIBRANT, TENDER, STYLISH, SEXY AND OUTRAGEOUSLY JOYFUL' Hannah Orenstein, Love at First Like 25 DATES. 8 MEN. A NATION WATCHING. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL SHE FALL IN LOVE. OMBEA! Bea Schumacher is a devastatingly...

The new novel from former Met detective turned author Kate London, one of the rising stars of crime fiction. Please don’t let me die. Please don’t. When a teenage boy steps out of the shadows of Gallowstree Lane and asks a passer-by for help, it’s already too late. His life is bleeding out...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Real love . . . as seen on TV. A plus-size bachelorette brings a fresh look to a reality show in this razor-sharp, “divinely witty” (Entertainment Weekly) debut. “Effortlessly fun and clever . . . I found the tension impeccable . . . and that made my reading...

From the bestselling author of One to Watch comes a heartwarming enemies-to-lovers romance perfect for fans of The West Wing and When Harry Met Sally, featuring two campaign staffers who agree on their politics, but disagree on everything else. “A West Wing love story with Heated Rivalry...

El inspector Kieran Shaw durante dos años, ha estado recopilando pruebas contra una red organizada. La Operación Perseo está a punto de realizar sus arrestos. Cuando un miembro de la red es asesinado a puñaladas, la prioridad de Shaw es proteger su operación. No se puede permitir que una investigación sobre uno de los asesinatos de ojo por ojo de Londres descarrile a Perseo y deje libres a los maestros criminales. Se desencadena una cadena de eventos que atrae a la antigua adversaria de Shaw, la Detective Sarah Collins que amenaza a todos con una conexión con el asesinato.

Tess Rosenbloom is no stranger to the dark. A grad school dropout and chronic insomniac, she spends her nights managing a chic Brooklyn hotel and her days curled up with her favourite vampire novels, Blood Feud. Tess even dabbles in online conspiracies that Blood Feud is real - it's fun to hunt for clues! But deep down, Tess doesn't believe vampires actually exist . . . Until one walks through her door.

Americans have vivid, colourful and mesmerising imaginations. On the flip side they are equally adept at Realism. In this volume their famed authors explore short stories that bring us up close and personal to reality.