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Join world-famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his ever-loyal sidekick Dr. Watson as they embark on a series of daring adventures. Priceless jewels disappear from a hotel suite, a monstrous hound is spotted on the moors and a woman is murdered in a locked room. Can our brilliant hero solve these mysteries and more before disaster strikes? This thrilling collection brings 16 adventures of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous detective to life, adapted by award-winning children's fiction author Alex Woolf.

Humankind has come a long way since our ancestors first stood up on two feet, but how did we get to where we are today? This book tells our story, through conflict and intrigue, power won and lost, and great empires built and destroyed. Award-winning author Alex Woolf brings you an accessible, enjoyable exploration of human history. Whether you want to uncover the secrets of the first civilizations, follow marauding Mongols on their quest to conquer, find out what made colonial empires tick, or the more modern origins of current conflict, the answers lie in this book.

A wealthy man has been murdered in the strangest circumstances. A woman's wedding ring has been found with the body and the word "RACHE" has been scrawled in red on a nearby wall. Is this mystery too baffling for even the brilliant Sherlock Holmes?

‘An enthralling, chilling novel by a master storyteller… You won't be able to put this book down!’ Reader review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Ben is a single father struggling to protect his daughter from a threat he cannot see or understand. Ten months after the mysterious disappearance of his wife, Ben is overwhelmed by his responsibilities to eight-year-old Imogen. But now, unsettling events are pushing him to the brink: a mysterious girl appears in the park, seeming to live in an abandoned house; strange noises echo from his basement; and Imogen starts receiving eerie messages ...

The staff of a small book publishing company gather to celebrate the launch of a new murder mystery novel by their bestselling author Joseph Tombs. Little do they know they are about to become characters in a real-life murder mystery. Shortly after raising a toast to the new book, editorial director Ian Stone falls down dead, seemingly from poison slipped into his champagne. His colleagues are shocked, but Ian's murder is only the start of the evening's horrors. The party is being held in the Moonlight Lounge, a luxurious function room complete with its own roof garden on the top floor of a...

Six people receive a letter offering them £20,000 in exchange for spending one night in the infamous House on Tawney Lane. The letter includes details about their lives, persuading them that the writer knows them. They’re all short of money, and accept the invitation, but when they arrive there the host is nowhere to be seen. Gradually, the guests discover they have things in common, including a shared guilt over their past behaviour towards a certain woman. As they learn more about the house and their connection to it, a vengeful ghost starts to awaken and a fear grows in them that they...

Can fiction shape reality—or is it the other way around? Howard Protheroe’s life is thrown into disarray when he meets the unpredictable Evie Nickelbite. At round about the same time, would-be writer George W. Durant buys an antique Remington typewriter that seems to have a will of its own. As Howard and Evie’s lives become increasingly action-packed and fraught with danger, they start to feel like characters in a badly written novel. What is going on, and what does it have to do with George’s Remington? By turns surreal, funny and romantic, The Typewriter navigates the mysterious ...

Before Julia Stoner died, she heard a strange whistle. Now her sister Helen has started to hear the same sound. Can our celebrated sleuth solve the mystery before Helen suffers the same fate as her sister? The game is afoot!

The famous race horse Silver Blaze has disappeared, and the horse's trainer, John Straker, has been murdered. The great detective travels to Dartmoor to investigate. Can he discover who killed Straker and track down Silver Blaze...before it's too late?

'Alex Woolf creates an incredible world - his writing is so cinematic that you can picture the Chronosphere in your head as you read.' Amazon reviewer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ In the late 22nd century, people can extend their lifespans, or simply take a holiday from their lives, by buying themselves extra months or years in the Chronosphere, a place where time moves half a million times slower than in the real world. This series follows the adventures of Raffi Delgado and his friends in the thrilling, dangerous world of the Chronosphere. On his eighteenth birthday, Raffi Delgado buys ...

In the late 22nd century, people can extend their lifespans, or simply take a holiday from their lives, by buying themselves extra months or years in the Chronosphere, a place where time moves half a million times slower than in the real world. This series follows the adventures of Raffi Delgado and his friends in the thrilling, dangerous world of the Chronosphere. It's been half a year since the 'Temp-Al Five' escaped the Chronosphere, but something, somewhere, is pulling them back. Time, it seems, has healed nothing. In the thrilling finale of the Chronosphere trilogy, hoverbiker Raffi ...

"Romantic comedy at its finest" Reader review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Finding true love can be hard when you’re leading a double life … Kay, a sassy librarian and self-proclaimed queen of deception, thought ghosting her online fling Jeremy was a clever way to avoid awkward goodbyes. But when she falls for his charming brother Dan, her life spins into a tangled web of fake names, outrageous stories, and a world of lies she can barely keep straight. As "Elaine," her stylish and spontaneous alter ego, Kay navigates a romance with Dan, hiding her true identity while dodging her past ...

A coach driver has been murdered...and it looks like the killer is going to get away with their terrible crime. The only clue is a torn piece of paper in the victim's hand, with a few words written on it. With the help of this single tiny clue, can our legendary sleuth unravel the mystery?

The buzzing didn't grow louder—only harder to ignore. A man is haunted by the sound of an insect only he can hear—an invisible presence that grows louder after he suffers a tragic loss. The narrator spirals through grief into a life of tailored luxury and surface-level ease. Despite this, the buzzing continues—until a new arrival stirs long-buried memories and reveals cracks in the story he's been living. The Insect charts a haunting journey through identity, obsession, and the inescapable echoes of the past.

He spent his life chasing a dream—but some dreams chase you back. A private detective takes on a missing person case with a difference. The client, a wealthy man named King, has hired him to find a beautiful young woman. King claims to have seen her three times over the course of twenty years – at a railway station in London, a lake ferry port in Italy, and an airport in New York – and each time she looked identical. Impossible, of course. A middle-aged man’s fantasy. Or is something stranger going on? Inspired in part by the Pygmalion myth, My Sweet Rock explores what dangers can ...

Some books stay shelved for a reason… When Myra Lockwood walks into Travis Enderby’s second-hand bookshop, he is unsettled— especially by her hands, sheathed in black leather gloves, and her interest in books about pain. When he sells her a forgotten sci-fi novel with a sadomasochistic twist, he thinks that will be the end of it. But Myra isn’t finished with him—far from it—and Travis finds himself pulled into a labyrinth of memory, guilt, and buried trauma. Who is Myra Lockwood, and what does she know about the horrors lurking in Travis’s past, and on his bookshelves? In ...

The year is 2121. The Gyrodome, Earth’s first orbital space city is being trumpeted as a 22nd-century solution to overpopulation. Complete with lush gardens, tumbling waterfalls, zero-gee gyms and sumptuous villas, its founders have dubbed it the “New Eden”. Just months before launch day, catastophe strikes when Jared Black, the visionary and genius behind the Gyrodome, is gruesomely killed – ejected from one of the space city’s airlocks without a spacesuit. Detectives Tobias Merton and Rose Duvalle travel to the Gyrodome to investigate the murder. A skeleton crew of six were ...

Six hours. That’s the period of time I can’t remember. It’s not that long in the scheme of things, and in other circumstances I wouldn’t have worried about it. The trouble is, during those missing six hours, a young woman was murdered, and there’s evidence to suggest that I was involved. Jack Trimble is a failing author married to high-flying politician Sandra. During a night out, he has a blackout and wakes up in hospital with severe concussion. Witnesses place him at the scene of the murder of a young woman called Laurie Jones. Sandra and her brother Frank, a ruthless political ...

Joseph Chance stands on a station platform, suitcase in hand, trying to decide what he wants to do. Should he take the job as junior salesman in the thriving industrial city of Sleighton – or should he become an artist in the Bohemian coastal resort of Amblesea? He doesn’t have long to decide. Trains to both places are leaving in the next hour. A woman offers him a coin. Heads Sleighton, tails Amblesea. But this, it turns out, is no ordinary coin. As it rises, spinning, from his thumbnail, Joseph’s life splits in two. He becomes Joe, the penniless Amblesea artist, in love with Ruby, ...

The past isn't always how we picture it. Thirty years after his father’s death, a drifter stumbles across a painting that changes everything. The man in the portrait looks exactly like his father… only older than he was when he died. As he digs into the painting’s origins, he uncovers a trail of secrets, lies, and a love story buried beneath the ashes. The Painting is a haunting story of memory, loss, and the lies we live with.