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Louise Candlish
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To Die But Once
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False Witness
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Michelle Davies
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Everything Is Lies
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Julian Symons
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Maigret and the Saturday Caller
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Georges Simenon
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Marco Vichi
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Dark in Death
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Did You See Melody?
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Sophie Hannah
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Helen Fields
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Ian Mortimer
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Leila Slimani
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Jonathan Moore
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This Is How It Ends
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Eva Dolan
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Lethal White
Lethal White
Robert Galbraith
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Step back into the shadows of the undercover world of private eye Cormoran Strike, as Robert Galbraith returns with the 4th novel in the bestselling detective series.

When a client with a troubled past goes missing, his story leads Strike and his newly invested partner Robin Ellacott into a labyrinthine hunt for answers. As their investigation takes them into the heart of a covert Parliament sanctum and to a beautiful and sinister country manor, it’s not only a mystery they must confront but their own relationship.

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Tombland
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C. J. Sansom
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The Piranhas
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Roberto Saviano
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Crisis
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Felix Francis
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The Way of All Flesh
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Ambrose Parry
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The Comforts of Home: Simon Serrailler Book 9
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Susan Hill
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Only to Sleep
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Lawrence Osborne
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Death at Sea
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Andrea Camilleri
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Wild Fire
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Ann Cleeves
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Pieces of Her
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Karin Slaughter
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Broken Ground
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Val McDermid
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Fall Down Dead
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Stephen Booth
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The Mystery of Three Quarters
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Sophie Hannah
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In a House of Lies
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Ian Rankin
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Past Tense
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Lee Child
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Dark Sacred Night
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Michael Connelly
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Down to the Woods
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M. J. Arlidge
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The Chestnut Man
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Soren Sveistrup
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The Murder of Harriet Monckton
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Elizabeth Haynes
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Waterstones Thriller of the Month

Our House
Our House
Louise Candlish
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With a premise so deliciously sleek, you wonder how it hasn’t been arrived at before. Fiona Lawson arrives at her desirable London home to discover strangers moving into her own house. Bram, Fiona’s estranged husband, has vanished, as have her two boys; the rooms have been stripped bare. So begins a twisting odyssey of suburban betrayal, masterfully unspooled by Candlish who effortlessly stays several steps ahead of the reader.

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The Fox
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Frederick Forsyth
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Head Hunters
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Chris Ryan
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Courtney's War
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Wilbur Smith
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Leverage in Death
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J. D. Robb
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Crisis
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Felix Francis
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The Moscow Sleepers
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Stella Rimington
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Shadow Tyrants
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Clive Cussler
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Something in the Water
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Catherine Steadman
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Give Me Your Hand
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Megan Abbott
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Watching You
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Watching You
Lisa Jewell
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Our Friends in Berlin
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Our Friends in Berlin
Anthony Quinn
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An Unwanted Guest
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An Unwanted Guest
Shari Lapena
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Believe Me
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J. P. Delaney
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Dead Man's Gift and Other Stories
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Simon Kernick
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The Other Woman
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The Other Woman
Daniel Silva
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Prague Spring
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Prague Spring
Simon Mawer
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Forever and a Day
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Forever and a Day
Anthony Horowitz
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Past Tense
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Lee Child
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A Rage in Harlem
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Chester Himes
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The Big Sleep
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Raymond Chandler
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LA Confidential
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James Ellroy
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
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Agatha Christie
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Strangers On A Train
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Patricia Highsmith
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The Maltese Falcon
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Dashiell Hammett
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Brighton Rock
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Graham Greene
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The Godfather
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Mario Puzo
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Dissolution
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C. J. Sansom
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Pietr the Latvian
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Pietr the Latvian
Georges Simenon
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Berlin Noir
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Berlin Noir
Philip Kerr
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Gaudy Night
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Dorothy L. Sayers
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The Tiger in the Smoke
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Margery Allingham
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Knots And Crosses
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Ian Rankin
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The Dead of Jericho
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Colin Dexter
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A Taste for Death
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P. D. James
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The Man in the Grey Overcoat – Inspector Maigret

Georges Simenon’s sparing, knife-edged prose sets the bar for detective fiction, now re-issued by Penguin with brand new translations discover the father of littérature de criminalité.

Maigret and the Saturday Caller
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Georges Simenon
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Maigret and the Tramp
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Maigret and the Tramp
Georges Simenon
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Maigret's Anger
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Georges Simenon
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Maigret and the Lazy Burglar
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Georges Simenon
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Maigret and the Old People
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Georges Simenon
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Maigret in Court
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Georges Simenon
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Maigret Travels
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Georges Simenon
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Maigret's Doubts
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Georges Simenon
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Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses
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Georges Simenon
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Maigret's Secret
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Georges Simenon
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Maigret Sets a Trap
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Georges Simenon
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Maigret and the Headless Corpse
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Georges Simenon
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Maigret Enjoys Himself
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Georges Simenon
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Maigret and the Minister
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Georges Simenon
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Maigret and the Dead Girl
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Georges Simenon
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Maigret Goes to School
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Georges Simenon
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The Two-Penny Bar
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Georges Simenon
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The Reigning Queen of Crime

Our curated selection of Agatha Christie stories

The ABC Murders
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Agatha Christie
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Agatha Christie
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Ordeal By Innocence
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Agatha Christie
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Agatha Christie
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Murder on the Orient Express
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Agatha Christie
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Murder on the Orient Express
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Agatha Christie
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Murder on the Orient Express
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Agatha Christie
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And Then There Were None
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Agatha Christie
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Murder on the Orient Express
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Agatha Christie
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
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Agatha Christie
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Death on the Nile
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Death on the Nile
Agatha Christie
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The Body in the Library
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Agatha Christie
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Miss Marple and Mystery
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Agatha Christie
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Closed Casket
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Sophie Hannah
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Black Coffee
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Black Coffee
Agatha Christie
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Agatha Christie
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And Then There Were None
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Agatha Christie
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Sherlock Holmes

A selection of Conan Doyle's iconic detective stories

The Penguin Complete Sherlock Holmes
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The Penguin Complete Sherlock Holmes
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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The Hound Of The Baskervilles
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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A Study in Scarlet
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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The Sign of Four
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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A Study in Scarlet
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A Study in Scarlet
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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His Last Bow
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His Last Bow
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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The Sign of Four
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The Sign of Four
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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The Sign of Four
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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A Study in Scarlet
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Tim Dedopulos
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Sherlock: The Mind Palace
Mike Collins
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Jennifer Adams
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Sherlock Holmes' Elementary Puzzles
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Tim Dedopulos
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Sherlock Holmes' Fiendish Puzzles
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Tim Dedopulos
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Body In The Library Bag
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Little Grey Cells
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Little Grey Cells
Agatha Christie
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The Mystery of Three Quarters: An Extract

The Mystery of Three Quarters: An Extract

Read an enticing extract from Sophie Hannah's latest Poirot novel, The Mystery of Three Quarters.

Finding The Missing Girl

Finding The Missing Girl

Jenny Quintana on the inspiration for The Missing Girl, our Thriller of the Month for July.

An Introduction to Can You Hear Me by Elena Varvello

An Introduction to Can You Hear Me by Elena Varvello

Elena Varvello, the author of our Thriller of the Month, Can You Hear Me?, considers how her father's lifelong struggle with depression influenced the creation of her novel.