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A classic thriller from the 1960s, reissued for contemporary readers. Featuring gun running in the Malayan jungle, it won the CWA Gold Dagger Award. 'A taut and extraordinary piece of writing' "Sunday Times" *Also appeared in March Buyer's Notes*

Reissues of classic thrillers from the 1960s. 'Ambler may well be the best writer of suspense stories... He is a master craftsman' "Life

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A new edition of the festive classic crime novel, which was rediscovered by the British Library in 2013 and was highly acclaimed on its publication. It has an aristocratic setting, a dead earl, a major suspect and has loads of clues, red herrings and twists. First published in 1936.

Christmas is a mysterious, as well as magical, time of year. Strange things can happen, and this helps to explain the hallowed tradition of telling ghost stories around the fireside as the year draws to a close. Christmas tales of crime and detection have a similar appeal. When television becomes tiresome, and party games pall, the prospect of curling up in the warm with a good mystery is enticing - and much better for the digestion than yet a...

A new addition to the "British Library Crime Classics" series, this features Richard Temperley as he sets off in pursuit of a sinister serial killer. First published in 1932, it's from the author of "Mystery In White".

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Republished for the first time since the 1930s, this is part of the "Classic Crime" series. Features Detective Inspector Minto of Scotland Yard, as he investigates the death of Anton, a tiger trainer at Carey's Circus. Was he mauled by the tigers, or did someone murder him?

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A new addition to the British Library's "Crime Classics" series, this was first published in 1934. Its author died at the age of 30 in 1937 at the Battle of the Jarama Valley. When an aeroplane crashes, its pilot is killed, and Edwin Marriott, the Bishop of Cootamundra in Australia, is on hand, convinced that it was not a accident.

A new book in the "Classic Crime" series, this was first published in 1931 and has never been reprinted since until now. Set in the Scottish Highlands, it sees Inspector Dundas investigate the murder of Mary Gregor, sister of the laird of Duchlan. Written by under a pseudonym by Robert McNair-Wilson.

One of the most deeply moving of Oscar Wilde's works is "De Profundis", his letter written from Reading Gaol. This autograph manuscript of "De Profundis" has been reproduced as a facsimile. Addressed to Lord Alfred (Bosie) Douglas, it is a defence of Wilde's opinions and conduct.

James Baldwin discussing the position of African American writers in the United States, F. Scott Fitzgerald reading from "Othello, " and a rare interview with William S. Burroughs are just some of the wealth of the striking voices of American writers recorded for BBC broadcasts in the twentieth century and gathered here in one remarkable collection. This incredible three-CD boxed set forms part of the British Library's extensive audio series o...

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The English country house is an iconic setting for some of the greatest British crime fiction. Short stories are an important part of this tradition, and writers from Agatha Christie to Margery Allingham became famous for the intricate cases which their detectives unravelled in rambling country houses. These stories continue to enjoy wide appeal, driven partly by nostalgia for a vanished way of life, and partly by the pleasure of trying to sol...

A classic crime novel from 1952, set on the French Riviera and featuring Detective Inspector Meredith and Inspector Blampignon, as they seek the whereabouts of Chalky Cobbett, crook and forger. From the author of "The Cornish Coast Murder, The Lake District Murder" and "The Sussex Downs Murder".

Part of the highly successful "British Library Crime Classics" series. In the peaceful seaside town of Broadgate, an impossible crime occurs. The operator of the cliff railway locks the empty carriage one evening, when he returns to work the next morning, a dead body is found locked inside.

Mystery in the Channel is a classic crime novel with a strikingly modern sub-text. The story begins with a shocking discovery. The captain of the Newhaven to Dieppe steamer spots a small pleasure yacht lying motionless in the water, and on closer inspection, sees a body lying on the deck. When members of his crew go aboard the yacht, they find not one male corpse but two. Both men have been shot, but there is no sign of either the murderer or ...

First published in 1876, The Gentleman's Art of Dressing with Economy is an indispensable guide to how to look good on a budget. Dressing as a gentleman, we learn, requires far more than throwing money at the latest fashions: a more prudent and knowledgeable approach is necessary.

The latest addition to the series, for fans of crime fiction from the golden age. On a dark November evening, Sir Wilfred Saxonby is travelling alone on a train in a locked compartment, the train slows and stops inside a tunnel, when it emerges minutes later, Saxonby is dead. Inspector Arnold of Scotland Yard is stumped by the puzzle, and enlists the help of Desmond Merrion, an amateur expert in criminology.