Never in the delirious dream of a disordered brain could anything more savage more appalling more hellish be conceived than that dark form & savage face. The coroner may have ruled death by natural causes. but Sherlock Holmes knows theres something more sinister behind Sir Charles Baskervilles demise. The question is could he really have fallen victim to the legendary phantom hound the curse said to have haunted his ancestors for generations? Or is this the work of a very real & calculating murderer? ...

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles" gripped readers when it was first serialised & has continued to hold its place in the popular imagination to this day. This " Penguin Classics" edition is edited with an introduction & notes by Christopher Frayling. Could the sudden death of Sir Charles Baskerville have been caused by the gigantic ghostly hound that is said to have haunted his family for generations? Arch-rationalist Sherlock Holmes characteristically dismisses the theory as nonsense. & immersed in another case he sends Dr Watson to Devon to protect the Baskerville heir & observe the suspects at close h&. With its atmospheric setting on the ancient wild moorland & its savage apparition " The Hound of the Baskervilles" is one of the greatest crime novels ever written. Rationalism is pitted against the supernatural & good against evil as Sherlock Holmes sets out to defeat a foe almost his equal. This edition contains a full chronology of Arthur Conan Doyle's life & works an introduction by renowned horror scholar Professor Christopher Frayling discussing the background to the novel & the legends & events that inspired the story with further reading & explanatory notes. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was born in Edinburgh where he qualified as a doctor but it was his writing which brought him fame with the creation of Sherlock Holmes the first scientific detective. He was also a convert to spiritualism & a social reformer who used his investigative skills to prove the innocence of individuals. If you enjoyed " The Hound of the Baskervilles" you might enjoy Conan Doyle's " The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" & " The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes" also available in " Penguin Classics". " Arthur Conan Doyle is unique.. . Personally I would walk a mile in tight boots to read him to the milkman." (Stephen Fry)." ...

The master of deduction Sherlock Holmes & his acolyte Dr Watson are here adapted into graphic novel form
- a refreshing transformation
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Part of Penguins" beautiful hardback " Clothbound Classics" series designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith these delectable & collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. The terrible spectacle of the beast the fog of the moor the discovery of a body this classic horror story pits detective against dog. When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead on the wild Devon moorland with the footprints of a giant hound nearby the blame is placed on a family curse. It is left to Sherlock Holmes & Doctor Watson to solve the mystery of the legend of the phantom hound before Sir Charles heir comes to an equally gruesome end." ...

Some blame the sudden death of Sir Charles Baskerville on the legend of a fearsome & ghostly hound that is said to have haunted his Devonshire family for generations. So when the services of famed detective Sherlock Holmes are engaged to ensure the safety of Baskerville heir Sir Henry
- recently arrived from America
- Dr Watson is surprised to find his friend dismissive of the matter. In fact Watson is dispatched alone to accompany Sir Henry to Baskerville Hall in Devon while Holmes deals with another case. Yet Watson finds the wild moors are a far cry from the orderly streets of London & in the cold night a savage & bestial howl may be heard.. .

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As scandal & the aftershocks of the crash rock the financial world former Wall Street trader John Coates investigates why our financiers are driven to take risks. Now shortlisted for the 2012 Financial Times & Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award & the Wellcome Trust Book Prize this startling & unconventional book sees neuroscientist & former Wall Street trader John Coates explain something we have long suspected: that we think with our body as well as our brain. & this only intensifies when we take risks; at work in sport & on the financial markets. Making & losing money provokes an overwhelming biological response & this can alter the way we behave. Could this bodily turmoil lead to the kind of irrational behaviour that so regularly upsets the global economy? In a series of groundbreaking experiments Coates has shown that under the pressure of risk our biology transforms us into different people. Traders & investors are especially prone becoming revved-up & testosterone-driven when on a winning streak & tentative & risk-averse when cowering from losses. Revealing the biology of bubbles & crashes The Hour Between Dog & Wolf sheds new & surprising light on issues that affect us all. ...

Now shortlisted for the 2012 Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award & the Wellcome Trust Book Prize The Hour Between Dog & Wolf is a resonant exploration of economic behaviour & its consequences. Now shortlisted for the In this startling & unconventional book neuroscientist & former Wall Street trader John Coates shows us the bankers in their natural environment. He reveals how their biochemistry has a lasting & significant impact on our economy. We learn how risk stimulates the most primitive part of the bankers brain & how making the deals our bank balances depend on provokes an overwhelming fight-or-flight response. Constant swinging between aggression & apprehension impairs their judgment causing economic upheaval in the wider world. The transformation between each split-second decision is what Coates calls the hour between dog & wolf & understanding the biology behind bubbles & crashes may be the key to stabilising the markets. ...

Following their collaboration in SPLIT SECOND ex-Secret Service agents Sean King & Michelle Maxwell have gone into partnership & are investigating the robbery of some secret documents at the residence of the incredibly wealthy Battle family. It seems like a straightforward case of domestic burglary but soon they begin to suspect links to larger more terrifying events now shaking the prosperous town of Writghtsburg.. . The unidentified corpse of an attractive young woman turns up in the woods; two high school kids one shot in the back the other in the face are found dead in their car; a successful lawyer is discovered stabbed to death in her own home. A serial killer is on the loose. The murderer kills in the manner of famous killers of the past but takes care to leave a stopped watch at the scene of each crime -- corresponding to the victim's position on his hit list. As the killing spree escalates it seems that the fractured Battle family are somehow involved & Maxwell & King suddenly find themselves racing to solve an intricate puzzle one that is full of tantalizing clues but barren of solid evidence & one that is leaving even the FBI confounded. & all the while the body count is rising.. . ...

A young boy is killed in a hit & run. Under the cover of rain & darkness the driver escapes the scene. But the incident will change his life forever as he becomes the victim of blackmail.. . Meanwhile Van Veeteren now retired from the Maardam police faces his greatest challenge yet when a family member becomes the victim of a terrible crime. & as the body count rises it gradually becomes clear that the person behind these murders is acting on their own dark logic.. . ...

In the dead of night in the pouring rain a drunk driver smashes his car into a young man. He abandons the body at the side of the road but the incident will set in motion a chain of events which will change his life forever. Soon Chief Inspector Van Veeteren now retired from the Maardam police force will face his greatest trial yet as someone close to him is inexplicably murdered. Van Veeteren's former colleagues desperate for answers struggle to decipher the clues to this appalling crime. But when another body is discovered it gradually becomes clear that this killer is acting on their own terrifying logic.. . ...