A facsimile first edition hardback of the Miss Marple books published to mark the 75th anniversary of her first appearance & to celebrate her new-found success on television. When The Murder at the Vicarage was published in October 1930 little did the literary world realise that Agatha Christie already famous for her early Poirot titles was introducing a character who would become the best-loved female sleuth of all time. The 14 Marple books would appear at intervals over the next 49 years with Miss Marples Final Cases published in 1979 three years after Agathas death. To mark the 75th anniversary of Miss Marples first appearance & to celebrate her renewed fortunes as a primetime television star this collection of facsimile first editions will be the perfect way to enjoy these books in their original form -- 12 novels & two short story collections. Reproducing the original typesetting & formats from the first editions from the Christie familys own archive copies these books sport the original covers which have been painstakingly restored from the best available copies reflecting five decades of iconic cover design. ...

When her friends from the Tuesday Night Club visit Miss Marples house the conversation often turns to unsolved crimes! Trying to solve these thirteen mysteries are Raymond West a young writer the artist Joyce Lempriere Dr Pender the clergyman who claims to know the hidden side of human character Mr Petherick a lawyer who is only interested in the logical approach & Sir Henry Clithering whose experience as commissioner of Scotland Yard speaks for itself. Then of course there is Miss Marple who has observed enough about human nature to be more than a match for the most perspicacious investigator! ...

Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher is a phenomenal " New York Times" number one bestseller. It tackles the aftermath of teen suicide from the critically acclaimed young adult author Jay Asher
- perfect for fans of John Green's " The Fault in Our Stars". You can't stop the future. You can't rewind the past. The only way to learn the secret.. .is to press play. Clay Jensen returns home to find a strange package with his name on it. Inside he discovers several cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker
- his classmate & first love
- who committed suicide. Hannah's voice explains there are thirteen reasons why she killed herself & Clay is one of them. If he listens he'll find out why. All through the night Clay keeps listening
- & what he discovers changes his life.. . Forever. Bestselling US author Jay Asher had the idea for his debut young adult novel " Thirteen Reasons Why" at a museum. Whilst taking an audio tour he was struck by the eeriness of the voice in his ear
- a woman who described everything he was looking at but wasn't there."




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Red is now living at Elvesden Manor under her real name Rowan & trying to put her past behind her. But staying on the straight & narrow isn't as easy as she had hoped... Hounded by fairy messengers who are trying to convince her to participate once more in the changeling trade Rowan is haunted by dreams of the Hedgewitch's cottage & the chained-up Eldritch who threatens revenge against her. Her past is about to catch up with her
- can Tanya & Fabian prevent it consuming her altogether?
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A classic Rendellian loner Mix Cellini is superstitious about the number 13. Living in a decaying house in Notting Hill Mix is obsessed with 10 Rillington Place where the notorious Christie committed a series of foul murders. He is also infatuated with a beautiful model who lives nearby
- a woman who would not look at him twice. Mixs landlady Gwendolen Chawcer is equally reclusive
- living her life through her library of books. Both landlady & lodger inhabit weird worlds of their own. But when reality intrudes into Mixs life a long pent-up violence explodes.

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While visiting her grandmother's house an old photograph leads Tanya to an unsolved mystery. Fifty years ago a girl vanished in the woods nearby
- a girl Tanya's grandmother will not speak of. Fabian the caretaker's son is tormented by the girl's disappearance. His grandfather was the last person to see her alive & has lived under suspicion ever since. Together Tanya & Fabian decide to find the truth. But Tanya has her own secret: the ability to see fairies. & after disturbing an intruder in the night it emerges that someone else shares her ability.. . The manor's sinister history is about to repeat itself.. .
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This title presents a selection of the best short stories from Paul Jennings earlier Puffin titles. Everyone is entirely different but all are wacky & extraordinary. Subjects range from the longest kiss ever to a boy who becomes transparent
- & the stories are all unpredictable.
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Patrick O' Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. To commemorate the 40th anniversary of their beginning with Master & Commander these evocative stories are being re-issued in paperback with smart new livery. This is the thirteenth book in the series. For all Jack Aubrey's life he has triumphed often sensationally over the dangers of the sea & the violence of the enemy. But his rashness his guilelessness his indiscretion have time & time again enabled his rivals to prevent him reaping his just rewards. The nadir was reached in The Reverse of the Medal when the victim of a skilful frame-up he was convicted of fraud & struck off the Navy list just as he was coming within sight of flag rank. The subsequent exposure of the conspiracy coupled with his brilliant success in command of a privateer had brought him to a position where Their Lordships were more or less bound to reinstate him. This as the present book opens they have done & he & his old friend Dr Maturin are sailing on a secret mission with a h&-picked crew most of them shipmates from the adventures & lucrative voyages of earlier years. ...

Imagine starting at the end & finishing back at the beginning. This is the story of a teenage girl called Valerie Saunders who is about to be thrown through time & space. Being bestowed with abilities beyond her wildest nightmares she discovers that she not only has to deal with turning eighteen her first job & an unwanted tattoo but also magical powers & intense urges to fall in love. She envisaged she would spend her life blending into the scenery not blowing it up! Val has a calling but which side is dialling her number? ...

Angelfield House stands abandoned & forgotten. It was once home to the March family
- fascinating manipulative Isabelle brutal
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