Who stole the money that the old man in Holly Lane had so carefully hidden in his cottage & where is it now? Why did his furniture disappear in the middle of the night? Fatty & the Find-Outers are on the case but it looks as though Mr Goon might solve the mystery first. Brilliantly Fatty realises the money is sewn into the curtains of the house hidden by the old man's daughter from her greedy brother. The mystery is solved the money found & the greedy brother brought to justice. ...

On 8th June 1924 Geroge Mallory & Andrew Irvine set off from camp at 26 700 fett bound for the summit of Everest. They were watched by Noel Odell who in a famous despatch to The Times " described how the clouds parted to unveil the summit ridge & final peak of the roof of the world. He watched as the two black dots made towards the top but after five minutes the clouds rolled in. They were never seen alive again. Did Mallory & Irvine conquer Everest almost 30 years before Hillary & Tenzing? How did they die? Where yhey the Olympian heroes described by history? & was George Mallory
- friend of Lytton Strachey partner the inexperienced young Irvine? An authoratitive book...prepared to debunk one of mountaineerings most cherished beliefs
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Marian Keyes the No. 1 bestselling author of Rachels Holiday" is back with her stunning new novel " The Mystery of ...

Marian Keyes the No. 1 bestselling author of Rachel's Holiday is back with her stunning new novel The Mystery of Mercy Close ...

Antony Beevors The Mystery of Olga Chekhova" is the true story of a family torn apart by revolution & war. Olga Chekhova was a stunning Russian beauty & a famous Nazi-era film actress who Hitler counted among his friends; she was also the niece of Anton Chekhov. After fleeing Bolshevik Moscow for Berlin in 1920 she was recruited by her composer brother Lev to work for Soviet intelligence. In return her family were allowed to join her. The extraordinary story of how the whole family survived the Russian Revolution the civil war the rise of Hitler the Stalinist Terror & the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union becomes in Antony Beevors hands a breathtaking tale of compromise & survival in a merciless age. "A fascinating spy story a delicious entertainment a compelling investigation". (" Evening Standard"). " An extraordinary drama of exile & espionage". (" Independent"). " Compelling.. .as engaging a read as Stalingrad & Berlin". (" Guardian"). Antony Beevor is the renowned author of Stalingrad which won the Samuel Johnson Prize the Wolfson Prize for History & the Hawthornden Prize for Literature & Berlin which received the first Longman-History Today Trustees Award. His books have sold nearly four million copies." ...

A facsimile first edition hardback of the Poirot book featuring the favourite Christie mix of trains & international travel. When the luxurious Blue Train arrives at Nice a guard attempts to wake serene Ruth Kettering from her slumbers. But she will never wake again -- for a heavy blow has killed her disfiguring her features almost beyond recognition. What is more her precious rubies are missing. The prime suspect is Ruths estranged husband Derek. Yet Poirot is not convinced so he stages an eerie re-enactment of the journey complete with the murderer on board! To mark the 80th anniversary of Hercule Poirots first appearance & to celebrate his renewed fortunes as a primetime television star this title in a collection of facsimile first editions is the perfect way to experience Agatha Christie. Reproducing the original typesetting & format of the first edition from the Christie familys own archive this book sports the original cover which has been painstakingly restored to its original glory. ...

A millionaire strikes a deal on the seedier side of Paris & a priceless cache of rubies becomes destined for his beloved daughter Rachel. Two days later Rachel is dead
- murdered on a train on her way to the Riviera to meet her scoundrel lover: a mysterious dark man. The suspects line up...only master slueth Hercule Poirot can unravel the mystery & find the truth. Maurice Denhham stars as the great Belgian detective in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation.
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The cottage in Mr Hick's garden mysteriously burns down one night & five children think someone started the fire deliberately. Mr Goon the local policeman thinks so too & isn't at all pleased to have the Five Find-Outers & Dog nosing in on his mystery. There seem to be lots of suspects
- Mr Peeks Mr Hick's valet has just been rudely dismissed Mr Smellie argued with Mr Hick the day of the fire there's a suspicious-looking tramp in the fields nearby & even Mr Hick's housekeeper has a reason to have done it. The children bump into Inspector Jenks fishing by the river one day & talk to him about their theories. Inspector Jenks is senior to Mr Goon who still doesn't want to listen to the children & praises the Find-Outers as they reveal the true culprit
- Mr Hick himself who burnt the cottage for the insurance money.

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The crystal skulls are a mystery as profound as the Pyramids of Egypt the Nazca Lines of Peru or Stonehenge. Many indigenous people speak of their remarkable magical & healing properties but nobody really knows where they came from or what they were used for. Were they left behind after the destruction of a previous world such as Atlantis? Are they simply ingenious modern fakes or can they really enable us to see deeply into the past & predict the future? Searching for the answers takes the authors on a fantastic odyssey through both the physical & the spiritual world. After hearing stories of an old native American legend that describes the existence of thirteen ancient crystal skulls that are said to speak or sing & hold important information about the origins purpose & destiny of mankind. The authors set out on their own quest to find the truth about the skulls. They encounter psychics UFO hunters shamans mystics & medicine men on a journey of discovery that takes them from the British Museum in London to the deserts of the United States from the science labs of Hewlett Packard to the cold snows of Canada & the tropical jungles of Mexico Guatemala & Belize. At sacred gatherings of native elders they learn of ancient wisdom kept secret for hundreds if not thousands of years. They hear of startling prophecies concerning events that will happen on this Earth in the immediate future prophecies that question the very survival of the human species on this small island we call home. This is the story of their remarkable discoveries. ...

The circus comes to town full of conjurors clowns tightrope walkers & trapeze artists. But dark secrets lurk beneath the sawdust & spangles
- secrets that are part of a dangerous mystery that might prove impossible to solve! The fifth book in this gripping new adventure series!
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