` This detective novel is much more than interesting. The numerous characters are well differentiated, & include one of the most feckless, exasperating & lifelike literary men that ever confused a trail.` Dorothy L. Sayers, Sunday Times, 1934 When Miss Pongleton is found murdered on the stairs of Belsize Park station, her fellow-boarders in the Frampton Hotel are not overwhelmed with grief at the death of a tiresome old woman. But they all have their theories about the identity of the murderer, & help to unravel the mystery of who killed the wealthy ` Pongle`. Several of her fellow residents
- even Tuppy the terrier
- have a part to play in the events that lead to a dramatic arrest. This classic mystery novel is set in & around the Northern Line of the London Underground. It is now republished for the first time since the 1930s.

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It`s not the season of good will to all men... The festive month is kicking off in style & Pearl is rushed off her feet with her restaurant, The Whitstable Pearl. She`s also busy planning her own family Christmas & providing mulled wine for a charity church fundraiser when Christmas cards begin arriving all over town
- filled with spiteful messages from an anonymous writer. Pearl`s curiosity is piqued but having pledged not to take on a case at her detective agency before Christmas, she reluctantly agrees that Canterbury`s DCI Mike Mc Guire should take over; poisoned pen cards are after all a matter for the police. & with only the church fundraiser now between Pearl & Christmas, she invites Mc Guire along as her guest. The event appears to be a great success; St Alfred`s church hall is packed & Pearl happily finds herself standing close to Mc Guire beneath some mistletoe.. .but then a guest suddenly collapses. Too much of Pearl`s delicious mulled wine
- or could it be something more sinister? The last thing Pearl expects for Christmas is murder but soon the bodies are piling up. Can Pearl possibly solve the mystery in time to make 25th December an unforgettable day
- or will the murderer contrive to ensure her goose is well & truly cooked before then?


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From the dimly lit alleyways of Whitechapel that played host to the Ripper`s darkest deeds to the well-to-do streets of Belgravia where Lord Lucan was last seen, ” Murders of London” stalks the Capital`s thoroughfares, uncovering the city`s violent past. Investigating the ordinary-looking roads & buildings whose gruesome pasts are all but forgotten, David long visits crime scenes & uncovers who did what to whom
- & why. What drove Joe Meek, pop`s space-age pioneer, to attack his landlady? When did Ruth Ellis conceive of her plan to shoot her lover dead? How did Dennis Nilsen escape detection for so long? What emerges is an intriguing & enigmatic picture of London`s underworld: a dark, frightening, yet strangely thrilling place.
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Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing & reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey. On Monday the oak tree blew down. Murdoch Mole was perfectly certain it was all his doing. On Wednesday Murdoch had a BIG idea. By Thursday Murdoch was nothing more than an ordinary mole with big ideas. By Sunday Murdoch was a somebody! ...

Topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000 in IGN`s excellent TOP25 / Série Bleue series. All the maps are GPS compatible, with a 1km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude lines at 5’ intervals. Contours are at 5m intervals except for mountainous areas where the maps have contours at 10m intervals, vividly enhanced by hill shading & graphics for rocky terrain. Colouring with graphics indicates different types of vegetation or land use (deciduous or coniferous forests, moors, orchards, vineyards, etc). PLEASE NOTE: coverage of France at this scale is currently being revised – the format & the presentation of each title are indicated by the letters at the end of its Sheet Reference number (e.g. 0416ET, 3531ETR, 1923SB, etc.)MAPS WITH FULL TOURIST OVERPRINT & AN ENGLISH MAP LEGEND: all TOP25 maps & the SB editions of Série Bleue have an overprint highlighting waymarked walking trails including long-distance GR routes &, where appropriate, ski routes. Symbols indicate campsites, gîtes d’etape, refuges, equestrian centres & other recreational facilities or sites, tourist information centres, cultural heritage, etc. Towns & locations of particular interest are highlighted.- ET or OT = single-sided TOP25 map covering approx. 29x 21 km / 18x 13 miles.- ETR or OTR = waterproof & tear resistant TOP25 map covering the same area as the corresponding ET or OT number, but double-sided, printed on a smaller size sheet with a good overlap between the sides.- SB = Série Bleue map with full tourist overprint; these maps, first introduced in summer 2014, each cover approx. 29x 24km / 18x 15 miles.SÉRIE BLEUE maps with numbers ending in E (Est) or O (Ouest): most editions now indicate the GR routes, but do not show any other tourist information. Map legend is in French only. Each map covers approx. 14x 20km / 9x 12 miles. ...

Map No. 7, Murnau
- Kochel
- Staffelsee, in a series of hiking maps from Kompass providing extensive coverage of Austria &

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Murnau
- Kochel
- Staffelsee area of southern Bavaria on a detailed, GPS compatible map at 1:50, 000 from Kompass with local

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Topographic coverage of the Balearic Islands at 1:25, 000 published by the Instituto Geográfico Nacional – Centro Nacional de Información Geografica, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 10m intervals & colouring and/or graphics to show different types of vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information shown on topographic mapping at this scale: detailed presentation of the road & rail networks, rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. The majority of the titles have been published since late 1990s. Map legend is in Spanish only.COVERAGE: each 25K map covers one quarter of the corresponding 1:50, 000 map, with the numbering system: I = NW quarter, II = NE quarter, III = SW quarter, & IV = SE quarter. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Topographic coverage of mainland Spain at 1:25, 000 published by the Centro Nacional de Información Geograficá, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 10m intervals & colouring and/or graphics to show different types of vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information shown on topographic maps at this scale, detailed presentation of the road & rail networks, rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, with margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. Map legend is in Spanish only.PLEASE NOTE: our grid for the whole of Spain is in preparation
- in the meantime, for areas other than those shown on the attached grid please use CNIG’s topographic survey at 1:50, 000 by searching for ‘SI00000832’. Each 25K map covers one quarter of the corresponding 50K map, with the numbering system: I = NW quarter, II = NE quarter, III = SW quarter & IV = SE quarter. CNIG maps in the Provincial Road Maps series at 1:200, 000 are overprinted with the grid for the 1:50, 000 survey & can be used to see the area covered by each 50K or 25K title in more detail. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series grid
- for map numbers not yet listed on our website please contact us by email.

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The Murray River & the Mallee region of South Australia from Lake Victoria in NSW to Lake Alexandrina on an indexed touring map at 1:350, 000 from Carto Graphics, with on the reverse the area along the river presented in greater detail on nine panels at 1:150, 000. On one side is a regional map at 1:350, 000 extending from just north of the Murray to Lake Alexandrina, Lake Albert & the Younghusband Peninsula on the coast in the southwest & the Ngarkat Conservation Park in the south-east. The map shows the region’s road network with driving distances on main routes & highlights locations of visitor information centres, campsites & viewpoints. Protected areas are highlighted. Latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 15’ intervals. The index

Includes:: a list of parks & reserves. On the reverse nine panels present the areas adjoining the 740-km stretch of the Murray at 1:150, 000 showing creeks, lagoons, areas subject to inundation, etc. 10-km markers indicate the distance from the river’s mouth. Road network is shown in greater detail, & additional symbols indicate boat ramps, pumpout stations & river locks, more campsites, wineries, etc. To see the list of the publisher`s other regional maps of South Australia please click on the series link.

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