'A total joy to read.' Harriet Tyce'Confirms Charlotte Vassell as one of the most exciting new voices in crime fiction.' Erin Kelly'A stylish saga of cops and inverted snobbery.' The TimesBeing in is everything.

The brand new Slough House thriller from the #1 bestseller Mick Herron

*Now an award-winning Apple TV+ series starring Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Jack Lowden*

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Old spies grow ridiculous, River. Old spies aren't much better than clowns.

Or so David Cartwright used to say, but he forgot to add they can be dangerous too, especially if they've fallen on hard times - as Diana Taverner learns when the past lands on her desk. An operation carried ou...

Since its initial publication eighty years ago, How to Win Friends & Influence People has sold over fifteen million copies worldwide. In his book, Carnegie explains that success comes from the ability to communicate effectively with others. He provides relatable analogies and examples, and teaches you skills to make people want to be in your company, see things your way, and feel wonderful about it. For more than eighty years his advice has helped thousands of successful people in their busin...

A fascinating, beautifully illustrated guide to the monsters that are part of our collective psyche, featuring stories from the Lore podcast-now a streaming television series-including "They Made a Tonic," "Passed Notes," and "Unboxed," as well as rare material.

They live in shadows-deep in the forest, late in the night, in the dark recesses of our minds. They're spoken of in stories and superstitions, relics of an unenlightened age, old wives' tales, passed down through generations....

When novelist Owen Quine goes missing, his wife calls in private detective Cormoran Strike. At first, she just thinks he has gone off by himself for a few days - as he has done before - and she wants Strike to find him and bring him home.But as Strike investigates, it becomes clear that there is more to Quine's disappearance than his wife realises. The novelist has just completed a manuscript featuring poisonous pen-portraits of almost everyone he knows. If the novel were published it would r...

Agatha Christie meets Made in Chelsea'Vassell's sharply witty debut novel is an enticing blend of frothy social satire and deadly serious detective work.' Daily Mail'Brilliantly compulsive .

Motherland meets Midsomer Murders in this fresh and funny mystery about a group of soon-to-be mums who turn detective when there's a murder at their antenatal class.

Kunsthistorisch wetenschapper, Emile van Straten, gaat in opdracht van de Russische president op zoek naar negen verloren Fabergé-eieren. Hij vindt er één, maar het blijkt een duplicaat te zijn. Als gevolg daarvan gaat de reputatie van Emile van Straten aan diggelen. Het brengt hem aan de rand van de financiële afgrond. Dan vindt hij een spoor dat leidt naar de acht overige fabuleuze en zeer waardevolle kunstwerken. Wanhopig bijt hij zich vast in de wetenschappelijke aanwijzingen en zoekt...