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SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE'Brilliant, fresh and compulsively readable'ANN PATCHETT'A blazing mystery . . . tremendous'GUARDIAN'Masterful storytelling'WASHINGTON …

Can she keep her family together?When Molly Holden's husband, Thomas, is convicted in 1812 of being a Luddite on the word of a secret informer, he is sentenced to be transported to …

Jeremy Bentham and Australia is a collection of scholarship inspired by Bentham's writings on Australia. These writings are available for the first time in authoritative form in …

'Tiden stod stilla och vi föll i varandras armar. Hennes läppar sökte sig till mina och snart låg vi i gräset, omslingrade som en enda varelse. Det var som om vi känt varandra i en …

Detective stories and mysteries never go out of fashion. From Arthur Conan Doyle's 'Sherlock Holmes' to Richard Osman's 'Thursday Murder Club' series, we continue to love a …

When unassuming shopkeeper, Mr Coombes, decides to end his melancholic life, he eats what he believes to be a poisonous mushroom: the 'Purple Pileus' of the title. However, Mr …

‘My Friend the Murderer’ is a short story by Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Our narrator is a doctor who works at an Australian prison. The doctor is urged to take …

‘Double Dan’ is a globe-trotting detective caper which takes us from the streets of London to the sprawling heat of Australia. Someone has been masquerading as our protagonist to …

First published in 1881 ‘The Gully of Bluemansdyke’ is a collection of seven short stories from the much-loved author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The stories are set all over the …

Doctor Nikola meets Gilbert Pennethorne, an ordinary man whose life has gone downhill. He was tricked by his former boss who stole information about the location of a gold mine. …