As Sherlock Holmes once conceded to Dr. Watson, ' If we could fly out of that window hand in h&, hover over this great city, gently remove the roofs & peep in at the queer things which are going on, the strange coincidences, the planning, the cross-purposes, the wonderful chain of events, working through generations & leading to the most outre results, it would make all fiction with its conventionalities & foreseen conclusions most stale & unprofitable.' & with such a spirit for investigation & discovery does David Grann set out in The Devil & Sherlock Holmes to unravel the truth of twelve great, real-life mysteries. Although Holmes is the subject of just one of the mesmerizing true stories in this collection, all twelve contain elements of intrigue. Many of the protagonists are sleuths: a Polish detective trying to determine whether an author planted clues to a real murder in his post-modern novel; an arson investigator racing to prove whether a man about to be executed is innocent; a legendary French con man questioning whether he is the one who is suddenly being conned; & scientists stalking a sea monster. Unlike the adventures of Sherlock Holmes, these tales are all true. The protagonists are mortal & pieces of the puzzle often elude them. Some of the characters are driven to deception & murder. Others go mad. But ultimately the stories contained in The Devil & Sherlock Holmes shed light on the human condition, & why some people on this earth devote themselves to good & others to evil. As Holmes put it, ' Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent'. ...

Europe, 1935. Preparing for a calamitous war throughout Europe, six homicidal 'lunatics' named the Devil's Six, are confined

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Evangeline Jenner is set to become the wealthiest Wallflower, once her inheritance comes due. But she must first escape the clutches of her unscrupulous relatives. But Evie has approached the rake Viscount St Vincent with a most outrageous proposition: marriage. Sebastian's reputation is so dangerous that 30 seconds alone with him will ruin any maiden's good name. She vows to never become one of the Viscount's discarded broken hearts & her proposal comes with a condition: no lovemaking after their wedding night. Meaning Sebastian will have to work harder at his seductions... or surrender his own heart for the first time in the name of true love. The Devil in Winter is the next alluring This book has 328 pages & is 17.7cm x 10.2cm x 2.1cm ...

Marlene Dietrich teams up with director & mentor Josef von Sternberg for the last of their collaborations, in this romantic drama about a love-triangle involving a femme fatale. Set against the background of Spain's Carnaval, young army officer Antonio ...

When Andrea first sets foot in the plush Manhattan offices of Runway she knows nothing. She’s never heard of the world’s most fashionable magazine. Or it’s feared & dawned-over editor, Miranda Priestly. Soon she knows way too much. She knows it’s a sacking offence to wear less than a three-inch heel to work – but there’s always a fresh pair of Manolos in the accessories cupboard. She knows that eight stone is fat. That you can charge anything – cars, manicures, clothes – to the Runway account, but you must never leave your desk, or let Miranda’s coffee get cold. That at 3am, when your boyfriends dumping you because you’re always working & your best friends just been arrested, if Miranda phones with her latest unreasonable dem&, you jump. Most of all, Andrea knows that Miranda is a monster boss who makes Cruella de Vil look like a fluffy bunny. But this is her big break, & its all going to be worth it in the end. Isn’t it? ...

He's won every trial. Because he's behind every murder.

Ambitious District Attorney Randal Korn lives to watch prisoners

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' On September 11, we will destroy one of your cities with a nuclear weapon.' A nuclear warhead disappears. A chilling broadcast follows. A country waits in fear. Yet the broadcast deceives. &, with the world's eyes fixed on America, the true target is dangerously exposed. Agent Brooke Chandler senses the decoy & raises his concern. His superiors are not prepared to listen. Unless he can convince them, one cataclysmic flash of light will signal a dark new dawn of civilization. ...

From the director of Presumed Innocent & The Pelican Brief comes this suspense drama of two complex, proud & passionate men. When New York cop, Tom O' Meara (Harrison Ford
- What Lies Beneath), agrees to open his family home to Rory Devaney (Brad Pit -
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It’s their usual Thursday girls’ night in, & best friends Skye, Elena, & London are enjoying hanging out at Skye’s house in

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The disturbing new thriller from the king of southern gothic. When he was a prosecuting attorney Penn Cage sent hardened killers to death row. But it is as mayor of his hometown
- Natchez, Mississippi
- that Penn will face his most dangerous threat. Urged by old friends to restore the town to its former glory, Penn has ridden into office on a tide of support for change. But in its quest for new jobs & fresh money, Natchez has turned to casino gambling. Five fantastical steamboats float on the river beside the old slave market like props from Gone With the Wind. But one boat isn't like the others. Rumour has it that the Magnolia Queen has found a way to pull the big players from Las Vegas. & with them comes an unquenchable taste for one thing: blood sport, & the dark vices that go with it. When a childhood friend of Penn's who brings him evidence of these crimes is brutally murdered, the full weight of Penn's failure to protect this city hits home. So begins his quest to find the men responsible. But it's a hunt he begins alone, for the local authorities have been corrupted by the money & power of his hidden enemy. With his family's life at stake, Penn realizes his only allies in his one-man war are those bound to him by blood or honour.

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