At the decadent French court of King Francois the young Anne Boleyn grows into an enigmatic & striking woman a temptation to many courtiers. But whilst Anne's ambitions are high she has learned from her sister's unfortunate reputation. Unlike Mary Anne refuses to become even a King's mistress. So when Anne returns to the English court of Henry VIII it is the King who is led a dance by this mysterious young beauty. Before long Henry is lured away from his stale marriage to Katharine of Aragon. But the new Queen Anne is not loved by the people & it is only a matter of time before Henry's patience runs out... ...

Victor Dean fell to his death on the stairs of Pym's Advertising Agency but no one seems to be sorry. Until an inquisitive new copywriter joins the firm & asks some awkward questions... Disguised as his disreputable cousin Death Bredon Lord Peter Wimsey takes a job
- one that soon draws him into a vicious network of blackmailers & drug pedlars. Five people will die before Wimsey unravels a sinister & deadly plot. ' She combined literary prose with powerful suspense & it takes a rare talent to achieve that. A truly great storyteller.' Minette Walters
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The elegant intelligent amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey is one of detective literature's most popular creations. Ian Carmichael is the personification of Dorothy L. Sayers' charming investigator in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation. When copywriter Victor Dean falls to his death on the stairs of Pym's Advertising Agency no one seems to mind. That is until Lord Peter joins the firm incognito as Dean's replacement & starts asking questions which lead him into a network of blackmailers drug pushers & one of the most deadly plots of crime fiction. However before the crimes can be solved & the truth revealed five more people must die... ...

First in a series of brilliantly addictive tightly plotted murder mysteries featuring the irrepressible Poppy Fields. When Poppy Fields goes on an activity holiday to a remote Scottish island she is looking forward to a week of climbing hill-walking & horse riding. But things take a disastrous turn when their instructor has what appears to be a fatal abseiling accident. When Poppy discovers that his rope was cut & more of the instructors start to have accidents" she & best friend Graham suspect foul play & decide to investigate.

Features: Winner of the Red House Children's Book Award; with strongly realized characters fast-paced plots & a dash of wry humour award-winning chldren's author Tanya Landman gives Agatha Christie a run for her money; & reissued with a graphic new look by popular artist Scott Garrett."

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Second in a series of brilliantly addictive tightly plotted murder mysteries featuring the irrepressible Poppy Fields. When ageing starlet Baby Sugarcandy is found dead at the bottom of the stairs in her Hollywood mansion it is assumed she tripped. However an autopsy reveals she was dead before she fell... When a number of strange deaths follow Poppy Fields & best friend Graham decide to investigate.

Features: with strongly realized characters fast-paced plots & a dash of wry humour award-winning chldren's author Tanya Landman gives Agatha Christie a run for her money; & reissued with a graphic new look by popular artist Scott Garrett.

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Put on your inspector cap & let the mystery begin! On a dark & rainy night a man goes into an old mansion-then he mysteriously vanishes into thin air. Was he a victim of foul play? Or just in the wrong place at the wrong time? Your job is to find out what happened to him. Play in teams to solve the mystery using simple deductive reasoning. Youll need to answer: Who did it? How they did do it? Why did they do it? & where it happened. For 2 or more players ages 8 & up. Contains 1x 3-D mansion suspect cards method cards motive cards place cards guess tokens scoring pegs & instructions. Not suitable for children under the age of 8 years ...

The death of Princess Diana Princess of Wales sent shockwaves around the world. A nation was left in mourning but soon feelings of suspicion surfaced: was her death all that the Establishment might wish us to believe? Now after an exhaustive two-year probe investigative writer & former journalist Noel Botham has dared to reveal what the people of Britain have always believed
- that Diana's death was murder. Using his unique contacts in the secretive worlds of intelligence & royalty the author has uncovered the facts that prove Diana was
- as she herself predicted she would be
- the victim of a professional hit squad. He presents a clear account of what really happened on that fateful day of 31 August 1997. Why was the killing sanctioned? How was it executed? Was there really another car in the tunnel at the time of the crash? All of these questions & more including how the truth was covered up by an official whitewash are answered. This astounding book is what all enquiring minds have been waiting for blowing the lid off the secrets the Establishment does not want us to know. The Murder of Princess Diana" firmly lays to rest the theory that Diana's death was a tragic accident & finally gives the people of Britain the explanation they deserve."


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Carne School one of the old English public schools will not tolerate behaviour that endangers the intensely studious & quietly competitive life of its masters & boys. So when Stella Rode the unpopular wife of an instructor is murdered the school is shocked to its core. But more trouble is on the way. George Smiley assisting a former Secret Service colleague who corresponded with the murdered woman arrives at Carne. He carries a letter from Stella Rode claiming that her husband wanted to kill her. He has also come to ask questions & listen to answers. Little by little Smiley begins to uncover the secrets & hatreds that lie within the college cloisters. But while the school seeks to blame outsiders Smiley is convinced that the murderer resides within its hallowed halls... ...

Agatha Christie's most audacious crime mystery reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans & book lovers. Roger Ackroyd knew too much. He knew that the woman he loved had poisoned her brutal first husb&. He suspected also that someone had been blackmailing her. Now tragically came the news that she had taken her own life with a drug overdose. But the evening post brought Roger one last fatal scrap of information. Unfortunately before he could finish the letter he was stabbed to death... ...

Based on exclusive access to newly discovered Russian documents the last word on the fate of the Romanov family. The overthrow & execution of Tsar Nicholas II & the Russian Imperial family is a cause celebre of twentieth-century history. Andrew Cooks re-investigation of the story finally solves one of the greatest mysteries of world history. The author draws upon new forensic evidence & newly discovered British & Russian Secret Service records reveal the truth about the familys murder the proposed British rescue of the Imperial family led by Major Stephen Alley & the Secret Service mission inside Russia after the familys reported deaths to discover the truth about their fate. ...