The investigation of a vicious murder exposes a quiet community’s sinister web of secrets—the “spellbinding” (Chicago Sun-Times) first novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Inspector Lynley seriesDon’t miss the upcoming BritBox streaming series Lynley!“Pure entertainment from its insidious beginning to its gripping end.”—The Washington Post Book WorldTo this day, the low, thi...

The vicious murder of a young socialite leads Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley into a web of false identities, hidden motives, and buried secrets that some might kill to protect—a thrilling novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Inspector Lynley series.Don’t miss the upcoming BritBox streaming series Lynley!“Powerful and deeply affecting, For the Sake of Elena is another satisfying addition to this su...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Inspector Thomas Lynley travels to Scotland to solve the untimely demise of a renowned playwright in the second novel of the #1 New York Times bestselling Inspector Lynley series.Don’t miss the upcoming BritBox streaming series Lynley!“George writes like Agatha Christie at the top of her game. . . . A joy.” —Washington Post Book WorldThe career of playwright Joy Sincl...

The NASA Kepler and K2 missions have made fundamental, paradigm-changing advances in essentially every area of astrophysics and planetary science. While known for their breakthrough discoveries in exoplanets – especially small rocky worlds orbiting in the habitable zone of their host suns – these missions have also continued to make numerous scientific advances in solar system science, stellar astrophysics and extragalactic astronomy. This book is devoted to the Kepler and K2 missions and ...

A sparkling collection of nine witty full-cast comedies from the early Restoration eraRaunchy, risqué and rebellious, early Restoration comedies were a breath of fresh air for 17th century theatregoers. With Charles II restored to the throne in 1660, Oliver Cromwell's ban on stage performances was rescinded, and for the first time, women were invited to tread the boards as actresses. Playwrights developed a new style of social comedy, packed with amorous escapades,...

Inspector Thomas Lynley, 8th Earl of Asherton, feels some trepidation as he introduces his bride-to-be to his mother at the ancestral home of Howenstow in Cornwall. But Lynley's private concerns are soon forgotten as the brutal murder of a local journalist requires him to focus on the professional, rather than the personal.The investigation tears apart powerful ties of love and friendship, shattering the tranquillity of the picturesque Cornish community and exposing a long-buried f...

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic prose and verse read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly remastered stories are now available to download for the first time.‘Our doubts are traitors,and make us lose the good we oft might win,by fearing to attempt.’Vienna is beset with brothels and loose morality, so it's up to the Duke to pr...

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Inspector Lynley series, hailed as “queen of the mystery genre” (Entertainment Weekly), brings us back to one of Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley’s earliest—and most personal—investigations.Don’t miss the upcoming BritBox streaming series Lynley!“George proves that the classiest crime writers are true novelists.”—The New York TimesT...

Hailed by The New York Times as ""a master of the British Mystery,"" award-winning author Elizabeth George is cherished by readers on both sides of the Atlantic. Her first collection of short stories is an extraordinary offering that deftly explores the lengths to which people will go to get what they want most ...In these five original tales, George plumbs the depths of human nature as only she can. From the chilling tale of a marriage built on an appalling set of lies th...

Strange Worlds of Weird Tales brings together 18 remarkable stories from the pages of one of the most influential magazines in fantastic fiction. Across decades, Weird Tales gave readers strange cities, forbidden experiments, unexplained transformations, otherworldly creatures, haunted places, and encounters with things that refused to fit comfortably into the known world.This collection reaches from Edgar Allan Poe’s unforgettable The Tell-Tale He...

Don't miss Lynley, a new series now streaming on BritBox!“Elizabeth George reigns as queen of the mystery genre. The Lynley books constitute the smartest, most gratifyingly complex and impassioned mystery series now being published.” —Entertainment WeeklyOne of the most acclaimed entries in Elizabeth George’s New York Times bestselling Inspector Lynley series—a masterfully structured, multilayered jigsaw p...

Don't miss Lynley, a new series now streaming on BritBox!“Delicately textured. . . achingly compassionate. . . gripping. . . . It’s one of George’s best, and that’s saying something.” —Seattle TimesThe #1 New York Times bestselling author’s chilling 13th novel in the Inspector Lynley seriesDetective Inspector Thomas Lynley faces the greatest challenge of his career.When an adolesce...