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The Snow Ghost [Bok / Pocket]

<b>For classic murder mystery readers, a scintillating anthology of lost treasures to read alongside Edgar Allan Poe and Sherlock Holmes<br/><br/>A Penguin Classic</b><br/><br/>For <i>The Penguin Book of Murder Mysteries</i>, writer and anthologist Michael Sims did not summon the usual suspects. He sought the unfamiliar, the unjustly forgotten, and little-known gems by writers from outside the genre. This historical tour of one of our most popular literary categories includes stories never before reprinted, features rebellious early "lady detectives," and spotlights former stars of the crime field-Austrian novelist Auguste Groner and prolific American Geraldine Bonner among them. For twenty-first century connoisseurs of crime, <i>The Penguin Book of Murder Mysteries</i> celebrates how the nineteenth century added a fierce modern twist to the ancient theme of bloody murder.

30 fabulous Christmas projects to sew from the Love to Sew series.

100 Christmas gifts and decorations that are quick and easy to make and perfect for crafters of all abilities.

These remarkable short stories from the 1940s and 50s depict women and men caught between the pull of personal desires and profound social change. From a remote peninsula in Cornwall to the drawing rooms of the British Raj, domestic arrangements are rewritten, social customs are revoked and new freedoms are embraced. Selected and introduced by writer and critic Lucy Scholes, this collection places works from renowned women writers alongside recently rediscovered voices. Suffused with tension and longing, they form a window onto a remarkable era of writing. Contains: 'The Cut Finger' by Frances Bellerby, 'Summer Night' by Elizabeth Bowen, 'The Birds' by Daphne du Maurier, 'The Land Girl' by Diana Gardner, 'Listen to the Magnolias' by Stella Gibbons, 'Shocking Weather, Isn't It?' by Inez Holden, 'The First Party' by Attia Hosain, 'Three Miles Up' by Elizabeth Jane Howard, 'The Skylight' by Penelope Mortimer, 'The Thames Spread Out' by Elizabeth Taylor and 'Scorched Earth Policy' by Sylvia Townsend Warner

<b>Enter the haunted world of Ancient Japan in this spine-tingling collection of ghostly tales told and retold across the centuries. </b><br/><br/>From Goblin infested caves and haunted Tombs, to vengeful spirits and strange, sinister happenings, Ancient Japan was a country and culture that lived with between realms: the world of everyday and the world of supernatural. <i>The Snow Ghost and Other Tales </i>brings together some of the best and scariest tales that endured across centuries of folklore, transporting readers to a time of magic and mystery.<br/><br/><b>For readers of Haruki Murakami, David Mitchell and Shirley Jackson</b>