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When murder upsets the creative tranquillity of an artists' colony, Scotland Yard sends in its most famous investigator. & what begins as a routine case turns out to be the most momentous of Roderick Alleyn's career. For before he can corner the killer, his heart is captured by one of the suspects
- the flashing-eyed painter Agatha Troy, who has nothing but scorn for the art of detection.. . ' Artists in Crime is Miss Marsh's best.. . her touch is light, without lapsing into the facetious; her characterisation excellent; her plot neat & precise' Spectator 'A genuinely absorbing detective story' New York Times
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It began as entertainment: eight people, many of them enemies, gathered for a winter weekend by a host with a love for theatre. They would be the characters in a drama that he would devise. It ended in snowbound disaster. Everyone had an alibi
- & most a motive as well. But chief Detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn, when he finally arrived, knew it all hung on Thomas, the dancing footman... ' Nobody in her racket begins to touch her for writing grace & a few possess her skill at creating potential corpses & suspects, building a puzzle & other essentials of grand & lofty detection'. New York Herald Tribune ' She is astoundingly good'. Daily Express
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The London season has begun. But while debutantes & chaperones plan their luncheons & balls, a deadly blackmailer is stalking the highest echelons of society. Naturally, it falls to charming, aloof Detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn
- son or Lady Alleyn
- to investigate the case. He has already planted his close friend Lord Robert at the scene. But someone else gets to him first.. . Death in a White Tie is perhaps the finest of Marsh's 1930s novels
- elegantly constructed, witty & marvellously entertaining. ' The writing has a distinction that puts the author in the front rank of crime story writers' The Times


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The lives of the inhabitants of Swevenings are disrupted only be a fierce competition to catch the Old Un, a monster trout known to dwell in a beautiful stream which winds past their homes. Then one of their small community is found brutally murdered; beside him is the freshly killed trout. Both died by violence
- but Chief Detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn's murder investigation seems to be much more interested in the fish... ' Excellently characterised'. Observer ' The finest writer in the English language of the pure, classical puzzle whodunit. Among the crime queens, Ngaio Marsh stands out as an Empress'. Sun
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Have hours of fun piecing together this lovely NHS Charities Together: Competition Winners images jigsaw puzzle. 

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The 1970s was not just the decade of power-cuts & three-day weeks, of Chopper bikes & Spacehoppers, of kipper ties & bad perms, of Abba & the Bay City Rollers.. .it was also the decade of Fawlty Towers & Porridge; A Bouquet of Barbed Wire & I, Claudius; The Sweeney & Starsky & Hutch. There was no such thing in those days as Wacky Warehouse or Playstation or even video recorders -- for its entertainment, the nation switched on the telly. Some programmes, such as The Morecambe & Wise Christmas Show, were practically part of the national psyche, while some characters -- such as Benny from Crossroads & Olive from On The Buses -- became the unlikeliest of icons. Watching the box will never again be the collective experience it was then, & Brian Viner, in this hilarious & affectionate memoir, pays tribute to an era in televison -- the forgettable as well as the memorable -- which happily coincided with his own formative years. ...

Books Classic Novels When Nicholas's father dies he, his mother & sister are left penniless.  To earn his keep, Nicholas becomes a tutor at Dotheboys Hall but soon discovers that the headmaster, Wackford Squeers, is a one-eyed tyrant who insists on a harsh regime. Nicholas embarks on an adventure that takes him from loathsome boarding schools to the London stage. Dickens confronts issues of neglect & cruelty in this black comic masterpiece.   Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9780099540793 •†Author: Charles Dickens •†Publisher:†  Vintage Classics •†Format:†  Paperback •†Pages:† 944 •†Dimensions:†12.7 x 4.32 x 20.32 cm ...

Nick & Norah are suffering from broken hearts. So when Nick sees the girl who dumped him walk in with a new guy he asks the strange girl next to him to be his girlfriend for the next five minutes. Norah would do anything to avoid conversation with the not-friend girl who dumped Nick, & get over the Evil Ex whom Norah never quite broke up with. ...

In a new home, a new town, & a new school, Nick feels more alone than ever. But, then his class goes on a field trip to the Silverado Ghost Town. With no friends to vouch for him, Nick is framed for stealing a museum artefact
- the journal of the notorious Slim Marano, who was hanged for murder over 100 years ago.
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