Vintage books The Gentleman In The Parlour Maugham William Somerset

A terrifying ghost story, by the author of the The Woman in Black • A terrifying ghost story by the bestselling author of The Woman in Black • One dark and rainy night, Sir James Monmouth returns to London after years spent travelling alone • Intent on uncovering the secrets of his childhood hero, the mysterious Conrad Vane, he begins to investigate Vane's life, but he finds himself warned off at every turn • Before long he realises he is being followed too. A pale, thin boy is haunting his every step but every time he tries to confront the boy he disappears. And what of the chilling scream and desperate sobbing only he can hear? • His quest leads him eventually to the old lady of Kittiscar Hall, where he discovers something far more terrible at work than he could ever have imagined

'I can think of no finer writer to have beside me while Italy explodes, Britain burns, while the world ends' Salman Rushdie • From the age of twelve, the Baron Cosimo Piovasco di Rondo makes his home among ash, elm, magnolia, plum and almond, living up in the trees. He walks through paths made from the twisted branches of olive, makes his bed in a holly oak, bathes in a fountain constructed from poplar bark. An aerial library holds the books with which he educates himself in philosophy and mathematics. Suspended among the leaves, the Baron adventures with bandits and pirates, conducts a passionate love affair, and watches the Age of Enlightenment pass by beneath him

Semyon is disturbed. He has woken up in the living room with blood on his shirt, an angry wife and no idea where he was the night before. When this happens several mornings in a row, he realises he needs to investigate • After his friend Volodka follows him one night, they discover he's meeting a tall, blonde woman and accompanying her to her apartment. In the daytime he doesn't know this woman or where her apartment is and, odder yet, someone is watching Volodka watching Semyon • Meanwhile, there are some strange goings-on in Kyiv - an unemployed sniffer-dog handler makes a dangerous discovery, a single mother is providing breast milk for an unusual recipient and a vengeful cat is on the loose

A passenger is missing...but was she ever on board at all? • This was meant to be the perfect trip. The Northern Lights. A luxury press launch on a boutique cruise ship • A chance for travel journalist Lo Blacklock to recover from a traumatic break-in that has left her on the verge of collapse • Except things don't go as planned • Woken in the night by screams, Lo rushes to her window to see a body thrown overboard from the next door cabin. But the records show that no-one ever checked into that cabin, and no passengers are missing from the boat • Exhausted and emotional, Lo has to face the fact that she may have made a mistake - either that, or she is now trapped on a boat with a murderer

Agatha Christie called her ‘a shining light’. Have you discovered Margery Allingham, the 'true queen' of the classic murder mystery? • First, there is a skeleton in a dinner jacket. Then a corpse in a golden aeroplane. After another body, private detective Albert Campion nearly makes a fourth • Both the skeleton and the corpse have died with suspicious convenience for Georgia Wells, a monstrous but charming actress with a raffish entourage. Georgia's best friend just happens to be Valentine, a top couturiere and Campion's sister. In order to protect Valentine, Campion must unravel a story of blackmail and ruthless murder • As urbane as Lord Wimsey…as ingenious as Poirot… Meet one of crime fiction’s Great Detectives, Mr Albert Campion

Agatha Christie called her 'a shining light'. Have you discovered Margery Allingham, the 'true queen' of the classic murder mystery? • A fog is creeping through the weary streets of London - so too are whispers that the Tiger is back in town, undetected by the law, untroubled by morals. And the rumours are true: Jack Havoc, charismatic outlaw, knife-wielding killer and ingenious jail-breaker, is on the loose once again • As Havoc stalks the smog-cloaked alleyways of the city, it falls to Albert Campion to hunt down the fugitive and put a stop to his rampage - before it's too late • As urbane as Lord Wimsey...as ingenious as Poirot... Meet one of crime fiction's Great Detectives, Mr Albert Campion

Ten women, all called Claire, are tangled up in complex power dynamics with their families, friends, and lovers. Though all are different ages, and leading different lives, each is haunted by the difficulty of living on her own terms • Claire is a teenaged babysitter left alone with a strange little girl and her imaginary friend. Claire is a woman trying to escape her elderly mother by employing an android carer. Claire is a young TV journalist wrecking her first big interview. Claire's boyfriend discovers more than he bargains for when he begins to read her diary • And whatever she does, Claire is always living in the shadow of a monstrous mother

"Дом в Париже" - неподвластный времени шедевр нюансов и атмосферы, представляющий собой самое лучшее из работ Боуэна • Когда одиннадцатилетняя Генриетта приезжает в резиденцию Фишеров в Париже, она даже не подозревает, какие захватывающие секреты таит в себе сам дом. Генриетта обнаруживает, что ее визит совпадает с визитом Леопольда, энергичного ребенка, который приехал в Париж, чтобы познакомиться с матерью, которую он никогда не знал. В течение одного дня тайна, окружающая Леопольда, его родителей, взволнованную хозяйку Генриетты и умирающую матриарху в постели наверху, медленно и мучительно раскрывается • Книга на английском языке • A timeless masterpiece of nuance and atmosphere that represents the very best of Bowen's work • When eleven-year-old Henrietta arrives at the Fishers' residence in Paris, little does she know what fascinating secrets the house itself contains

Two local prostitutes are found brutally strangled • Serrailler is called back urgently from his sabbatical but by the time he reaches Lafferton another girl has vanished • Then the wife of the Dean at the Cathedral goes missing - has the killer widened their net or is there more than one murderer at large?

A little boy is snatched at the gate of his home while he waits for his lift to school • An ex-con struggling to go straight finds himself drawn back into a criminal ring • A young woman hovers between life and death • Detective Chief Inspector Simon Serrailler is called in to investigate. But with dead ends mounting up and time running out, has he taken on a case so complex it threatens to defeat him?

«Ха-ха! Я Жаб, похититель автомобилей! Нет такой темницы, что удержала бы меня!» • Уже вовсю пахнет весной, и Крот открывает для себя уйму новых занятий: прогулки на лодке с Водяным Крысом (он же дядюшка Рэт), посиделки с мистером Барсуком, безобразия на дороге с лихим разбойником мистером Жабом из Тоуд-холла. Эти четверо становятся неразлучными друзьями, но очередная выходка Жаба не обходится без серьёзных последствий. Смогут ли герои объединиться и одолеть коварных хорьков, ласок и горностаев из жуткой Дикой чащи? • «Ветер в ивах» – нестареющая классика и одна из самых известных британских книг для детей и подростков, которую, впрочем, по достоинству оценят читатели всех возрастов. Повесть основана на сказках, которые Кеннет Грэм рассказывал своему сыну, и серии писем, выступившей в качестве их продолжения

In his day, W. Somerset Maugham was most celebrated as a playwright, and the breadth of his ability is manifested in this collection of his most popular plays. Included here are the noirish mystery The Sacred Flame, the hilarious satires The Circle, The Constant Wife, and Our Betters, and the sharp-witted drama Sheppey. Whether suspenseful or acerbically witty, these plays take a sly look at the idiosyncrasies and hypocrisies of their time