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At each abandoned crime scene there's a hidden clue: a tiny metal cog, almost invisible to the naked eye. Someone is sending Detective Sam Berger a message, someone who knows that only he will understand the cryptic trail. When another teenage girl disappears without trace, Sam must convince his superiors that they’re dealing with a serial killer. As the police continue the hunt to find the latest victim, Sam is forced to unearth long-buried personal demons. He has no choice if he is to understand the killer's darkly personal message before time runs out.

As children, Gareth and Helen went ignored and utterly unsupervised in their isolated English farmhouse while their mother obsessively tended to her beloved, exquisite garden. When they were little, Gareth would occupy himself by trapping insects under glass and Helen would find ways to entertain herself - but the older they grew, the more sinister their lives became, with no attentive parent to shield them from the predators of the world. Decades later, Helen is in the same crumbling house, unhappily married and looking after their bedridden mother, and Gareth finally returns home.

Henry’s confession of spying on Russians in London doesn’t get the reaction he expects. Nea has her own dark secrets to guard and refuses to see her patient again. Now frightened and on his own, a chain of events leads to murder. Having stumbled upon a poison at the heart of the British establishment, Henry fears for his life and decides to lie low at his holiday home in Lisbon. A professional killer catches up with him and a terrifying chase across Europe ensues.

Western Australia, 1928. Out on the Tolhurst farmstead, Detective Constable Hartley is working on his very first assignment, looking into reports of a mysterious prowler. Suddenly he is startled by three gunshots ringing out. Investigating the noise, he discovers the corpse of family patriarch Fred O'Donnell, shot in the chest - alone in a room that has been locked from the inside. The dead man was almost universally despised, which doesn't help Hartley narrow down his pool of potential suspects.

Five ordinary people, forced to battle on the most terrifying field imaginable: the landscape of nightmares. They are the Night Warriors, and only they can defeat the evil that has invaded our world. Two of the cruelest and most horrific apparitions ever seen are attempting to destroy the world by entering the dreams of expectant mothers. They bring with them nightmare creatures, embedding them into the minds of newborn babies. It is against these demons, in an unreal world of terror, that the five Night Warriors will fight...innocent lives depend on it.

When two sets of long-lost twins turn up in the same town on the same day, confusion and hilarity ensue. Antipholus and Dromio of Syracuse are looking for their brothers—but they accidentally end up living their lives instead!

Macbeth is riding home from war when he is met by three witches. They tell him a prophecy, in which he will be king of Scotland. Macbeth decides to make it come true by killing the current king—but he soon comes to be haunted by his bloody choice.

King Ferdinand's plan to ban ladies from his court to focus on his studies seems like a great one—until the Princess of France and her friends arrive and he falls in love! Can Ferdinand and his friends break their own law?

Prince Hamlet's father is dead. Hamlet believes he was murdered, and that he knows the culprit. The only problem is it's his uncle, the new king—and Hamlet has no proof.

Sir Clinton Driffield, Chief Constable of the county, is called upon by an old friend, to get to the bottom of a fraudulent will in this short story from Glasgow-born author J.J. Connington.

A short story from the British Library Crime Classic collection The Edinburgh Mystery. Born in Inverness, Elizabeth MacKintosh enjoyed literary success under two pseudonyms, and it was Josephine Tey that she is most widely recognised as for her detective fiction under. Madame Ville d’Aubier is a curious little story describing a couple’s encounter with a mysterious French woman.

‘The White Line’ appeared in a 1929 anthology, The World’s 100 Best Detective Stories, and features John Ferguson’s Scottish series detective, criminologist Francis McNab. Returning to England from Washington, McNab becomes embroiled in a mystery aboard the ship and must get to the bottom of who stole eligible socialite Sally Silver’s diamond necklace before they reach the port.

A practical guide to office politics, including step-by-step advice on how to navigate difficult situations, work out who is doing what and why, and keep cool under pressure. All workplaces are affected by the intrigues of office politics. Survive Office Politics is full of practical advice on how to cope with difficult situations and people and get on with your job.