When the worlds of science-fiction and science-fact collide… extraordinary things can happen.Dave is the great-great grandson of H.G. Wells, author of the 1895 novella The Time Machine, a book that foretold (with suspicious accuracy) the future of the human species. What if the ideas in that book weren't entirely fiction? Right now, Dave and his friends Amy and Michael must set out on a journey through time… the journey of a lifetime!The Time Machine: A Comedy

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most celebrated Sherlock Holmes story gets a gloriously funny makeover.When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead on his estate, with a look of terror still etched on his face, and the paw prints of a gigantic hound beside his body, the great detective Sherlock Holmes is summoned from Baker Street, with Dr Watson in tow, to unravel the mysteries surrounding his death, and investigate the ancient curse of the Hound of the Baskervilles...Packed full o...

Shortlisted for the VN Thriller of the Year 2022Longlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger 2021'Dark, sharp and compelling' PETER JAMES'Fantastic' MARTINA COLE'Britain's answer to Harry Bosch' MATT HILTON'A powerful thriller from an explosive new talent' DAVID MARKLONGLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER_______...

THE WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS DETECTIVE, AS YOU’VE NEVER SEEN HIM BEFORE!This is Sherlock Holmes as you’ve never seen him before: as an architect in a sleepy Australian town, as a gentleman in seventeenth-century Worcestershire, as a precocious school girl in a modern British comprehensive. He’s dodging his rent in the squalid rooms of the notorious Chelsea Hotel in ’68, and preventing a bloody war between the terrible Lords Wizard of a world of fantasy.Editor David Thomas Moore brings together ...

The private eye Ronald Camberwell and his associate Chaney are called to investigate about the mysterious disappearance of 15th century gold chalice and paten and of two priceless books. These precious antiques have been stolen from a county church’s vestry – but this is not all. As soon as the two detectives start exploring the old building, they discover the murdered body of a man, lying within the squire’s large wooden pew. Carson Effingham, the scholarly rector of the church, his wife,...

Sherlock Holmes undertakes one of the strangest adventures of his career when he agrees to investigate the mysterious disappearance of Mr. James Phillimore, who stepped back into his house to get his umbrella and was never seen again. The great detective’s inquiries take him down a sometimes-false trail from a home in Surrey to a music hall in London and back again before he finds the astonishing answer to this puzzling problem. In “The Problem of Thor Bridge,” Dr. Watson lists this case a...

THE VILLAGE was beautiful. It was enfolded in a hollow of the Downs, and wrapped up snugly— first, in a floral shawl of gardens, and then, in a great green shawl of fields. Lilies and lavender grew in abundance. Bees clustered over sweet-scented herbs with the hum of a myriad spinning-wheels.

When the famous editor of Lord Cheverdale's paper, the Daily Sentinel, is found brutally killed on the grounds of his Lordship's residence in Regents Park, his money and jewellery are still on him, but his pockets, usually bulging with papers, are empty.According to Scotland Yard, it must be a political murder. But the experienced ex-C.I.D. Chaney and his able assistant, young Camberwell, suspect that the solution may not be as simple as it seems. The two detectives engage in a care...

New York Times Bestseller"As authentically, irresistibly gripping as anything Conan Doyle ever wrote…Don't miss it." — CosmopolitanMarch 1895. London. A month of strange happenings in the West End. First there is the bizarre murder of theater critic Jonathan McCarthy. Then the lawsuit against the Marquess of Queensberry for libel; the public is scandalized. Next, the ingenue at the Savoy is discovered with her throat slashed. And a police s...

Read the book School Library Journal calls "perfect for young graphic novel fans and mystery aficionados alike!"**Sherlock Holmes is on the case!**John Watson has barely settled into his new school, Baker Street Academy, when his teacher announces a trip to one of London's top museums, home to the Alpine Star, the world's most famous jewel. But the gem has been stolen! The police are soon on the trail and the whole of the country is talking about the crime...

Camberwell and his friend Chaney soon realize that they are dealing with no ordinary mystery when, one morning, their London offices is visited by Sir Stephen Maxtondale and his solicitor.Sir Stephen is puzzled: is he really the Ninth Baronet? A man claiming to be his elder brother, John, has appeared the day before, and then has vanished without a trace. Meanwhile people’s lives drop like flies and the police suspects that a maniac homicidal may be involved.“Murder of the Ni...

Crime fictions have the compelling magnetic quality that draws readers helplessly into its outspreading net, frequently to their surprise and occasionally to their horror! True to this great saying, this book comprising of a selection of the ten best stories from master detective Sherlock Holmes retold by M K Parthasarathy, is sure to keep readers tingling in suspense to know what happens next. Sherlock Holmes unparalleled investigation in every case nabs the culprits with their pants down.