A facsimile first edition hardback of the Miss Marple books, published to mark the 75th anniversary of her first appearance & to celebrate her new-found success on television. When The Murder at the Vicarage was published in October 1930, little did the literary world realise that Agatha Christie, already famous for her early Poirot titles, was introducing a character who would become the best-loved female sleuth of all time. The 14 Marple books would appear at intervals over the next 49 years, with Miss Marple's Final Cases published in 1979, three years after Agatha's death. To mark the 75th anniversary of Miss Marple's first appearance, & to celebrate her renewed fortunes as a primetime television star, this collection of facsimile first editions will be the perfect way to enjoy these books in their original form
- 12 novels & two short story collections. Reproducing the original typesetting & formats from the first editions from the Christie family's own archive copies, these books sport the original covers which have been painstakingly restored from the best available copies, reflecting five decades of iconic cover design.
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Agatha Christie’s world-famous Miss Marple mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation

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When a woman goes missing, it gets personal for DCI Craig Gillard. But he could never imagine what happens next.

Criminologist

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London swelters in a heatwave in the summer of 1664, & in the corridors of power the temperature is equally high as an outbreak of war with the Dutch threatens to become a reality. In the dilapidated surroundings of Savoy Hospital, a delegation from the Netherlands has gathered for a final attempt to secure peace between the two nations. Thomas Chaloner, active in Holland during Cromwell's time, knows many of the delegates, including the sister of his late wife. Then the body of his former brother-in-law is found in the Thames. Chaloner discovers that the dead man has left enigmatic clues pointing to a motive for his murder. Was he involved in a plot to steal the crown jewels, or did he fall foul of one of the many people in London, who are determined that the peace talks will fail? ...

Late on midsummer's night there is a splash in the river Thames.

A body is found on an isl&, asphyxiated & laced with

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After hours one August evening, Becky Driscoll turns up at Dr Miles Bennells consulting room to tell him something...



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It seems like a routine disappearance, a case of musician's stage fright. As a senior detective,   Craig Gillard isn't sure

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In her spectacular film debut, Whitney Houston plays Rachel Marron, a music/movie superstar at her peak. Fans want to see her. Hear her. Touch her. But one wants to kill her
- & that's where security expert Frank Farmer (Kevin Costner) comes in. Farmer is a professional who never lets his guard down. Rachel has always been in control of her glamorous life. Each expects to be in charge. What they don't expect is to fall in love.
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The war declared by the Boers on 11th October 1899 gave the British, as Kipling said 'no end of a lesson'. It proved to be the longest, the costliest, the bloodiest & the most humiliating campaign that Britain fought between 1815 & 1914. Thomas Pakenham has written the first full-scale history of the war since 1910. His narrative is based on first hand & largely unpublished sources ranging from the private papers of the leading protagonists to the recollections of survivors from both sides. Out of this historical gold mine, the author has constructed a narrative as vivid & fast-moving as a novel. ...

Celebrate & recreate the beauty of The Ruth Bancroft Garden!

Ruth Bancroft is a dry gardening pioneer. Her lifelong love

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