New York in the 1940s. In the expensive jewellery store, Tiffany's, Holly Golightly feels calm and safe. In her apartment every night is party night. ...

Hercule Poirot has received a letter which is simply signed ?ABC?. The writer promises a mystery that is too difficult even for the great mind of the ...

Known world-wide as the painter of the Mona Lisa, for designs of flying machines and for his studies of the human body. He brought his scientific and ...

At the Jolly Roger Hotel the guests appear to be relaxing in the sun. But when a beautiful woman is killed, there are many possible suspects. What can ...

The legal case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce has become a joke to some people. People are born, marry and die, and still the case continues. But will the l ...

In the narrow, crowded streets of 18th century London, Sweeney Todd runs a successful barber's shop, but his neighbours worry about his strange appear ...

"Logan has to die. That is the law in this world of the future. Young people enjoy themselves in ways that will shock some readers now. But at the age ...

A blind musician plays to the spirits of the dead. A priest is attacked by heads that have left their bodies. An old man meets a woman who has no face ...

Around the world there are many beautiful places. There are famous buildings, old and new. Some are interesting; some are important. Some are the tall ...

A mountain climber, high in The Andes, falls into a strange valley. In London a man is looking for a green door. A third man tries to help an unhappy ...

Around the Ying Zheng, king of Qin, became the first emperor of China. He had new ideas and made new laws. He built big palaces - and a great wall. Bu ...

Bea lives under a bridge. She watches people but they don't look at her. Then, one day, a policeman stops and talks to her. Bea doesn't like talking a ...