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From beneath the beach umbrella, all might seem idyllic - children playing, sunbathers relaxing, ice slowly melting in a cocktail glass. But look a little closer, and all is not as it seems ... In these 10 classic crime stories of midsummer murder and madness, the mercury is climbing - and so is the body count. Prepare to spend this summer holiday with some shady characters (in sunny places) and immerse yourself in tales of mystery and depravi...

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It's the height of summer. As the heat shimmers on the streets and ice cream melts onto sticky fingers, tempers begin to rise and old grudges surface. From Cornish beaches to the French Riviera, it's not just a holiday that's on people's minds ... it's murder.In these ten classic stories from writers such as Arthur Conan Doyle, Cyril Hare and Gladys Mitchell, you'll find mayhem and mysteries aplenty. So grab the suncream and head down to the b...

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In the bleak midwinter ... murder awaits.The halls might be decked, and the mistletoe hung, but in these ten classic crime stories you're more likely to come across a corpse under the Christmas tree than a present. From a Santa Claus with a secret to a violent theft that snowballs into something quite unexpected, pull up a chair, throw another log on the fire ... and let history's greatest crime writers surprise, delight and chill you to the b...

Trade paperback. Classic mysteries and cosy crimes evoking the vintage summer settings suitable for a beach read. Rankin, McDermid, Sayers, Conan Doyle and more.

Trade paperback. Val McDermid, Patricia Highsmith and a host of others are selected from in this collection of stories celebrating the deadly and mysterious potential of the festive season.

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Trade paperback. A collection of classic mysteries for the festive season. The second volume, following on from "Murder Under the Christmas Tree". Includes writing from Val McDermid, Ian Rankin, Margery Allingham, Ellis Peters, John Dickson Carr and Julian Symons.

Trade paperback. A collection of classic mysteries for the festive season from the creme de la creme of crime writers.

A boxed set of the first 10 volumes in the "Poet to Poet" series. The featured poets are: T.S. Eliot, W.H. Auden, Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, William Shakespeare, John Keats, W.B. Yeats, Homer translated by Christopher Logue, an anthology of 20th-century Scottish poets, and Ezra Pound.

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The BBC National Short Story Award is one of the largest awards for a single short story, with the winning author receiving GBP15, 000.