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The fourteen short stories in To Cut a Long Story Short show Jeffrey Archer’s great skills with a wide variety of character, of subject and of setting, but all with that trademark twist in the tale. Every reader will have their own favourites: the choices run from love at first sight across the train tracks to the cleverest of confidence tricks, from the quirks of the legal profession - and those who are able to manipulate both sides of the Bar - to the creative financial talents of a member of Her Majesty’s diplomatic service - but for a good cause.

An imprisoned man is certain that his supposed murder victim is very much alive... a female driver is pursued relentlessly by a menacing figure in another vehicle... a young artist gets the biggest break of her career... a restless beauty manages the perfect birthday celebration... an escaped Iraqi on Saddam Hussein's death list pays an involuntary visit to his homeland... How will they react? How would you? "Twelve Red Herrings" is the third collection of irresistible short stories from master storyteller, Jeffrey Archer.

The expected never happens... a man calls unexpectedly on his mistress and sees another man leaving her flat. Accusing her of being unfaithful, he quarrels with her, strikes her. She dies. Leaving unseen, he tips off the police so that the other man is arrested and charged... Has he achieved "The Perfect Murder"? A tantalising opening to "A Twist in the Tale", a fantastic collection of short stories from bestselling author Jeffrey Archer.

Arsène Lupin ? Ce Robin des Bois moderne met son intelligence, sa force physique et son sang-froid au secours de "l'innocence persécutée". Un caractère à la fois séduisant, torturé et mystérieux, lui ont assuré son succès auprès de nombreux lecteurs. Içi sont rassemblées l'intégrale des 36 nouvelles qui mettent en scène le personnage d'Arsène Lupin, encore que parfois il se fasse passer pour un certain Jim Barnett.

Pantlånaren Jabez Wilson uppsöker Sherlock Holmes efter att det mystiska men välbetalda jobb han anlitats att göra tack vare sitt röda hår plötsligt avslutats innan han hunnit färdigt med sin uppgift. Holmes och Watson besöker Wilsons pantbank och Holmes löser fallet samtidigt som han förhindrar att banken intill rånas.

Den första novellsamlingen om mästerdetektiven Sherlock Holmes. Novellerna publicerades från början i The Strand Magazine i Storbritannien 1891-1892.

Venture beyond the familiar and discover the fragile line between tranquility and turmoil in 12 gripping and unnerving short stories, masterfully crafted by Tove Jansson. From a professor stranded in a picturesque Spanish village to a holiday in Finland disrupted by an intrusive child, each tale unravels the unsettling facets of journeys that veer off course. Brilliantly evoking the shifting scenes and restlessness of summer, "Travelling Light" is guaranteed to surprise. Finnish-Swedish writer and artist Tove Jansson (1914-2001) is globally cherished for creating the Moomin universe.

In this collection comprising of thirteen short stories, Jansson masterfully crafts unsettling narratives that delve into unexpected connections, awkward encounters, and solitary moments. From reconnecting with childhood friends in "Party Games" to exploring the theme of ageing in "Trip to the Riviera", Jansson's short story collection "Letters from Klara" beautifully and intimately depicts the human condition in all its pain and joy. Finnish-Swedish writer and artist Tove Jansson (1914-2001) is globally cherished for creating the Moomin universe.

A widow spends weeks haunting a cemetery, desperate to track down an unknown woman who keeps leaving flowers on her husband’s grave; A daughter searches a foreign city for her father, trying to understand why he disappeared forty-five years ago; A former gay lover of Roger Casement stands among the crowds at his state funeral in 1965, paying silent homage to the closeted world they were forced to inhabit at the dawning of the Irish State. A writer at a book launch comes face to face with the person secretly responsible for his success.

Piero è un ladro d'auto che, in una notte nebbiosa, incontra un ragazzo enigmatico in un autogrill della Pianura Padana. Tra i due nasce un legame misterioso, che li spingerà a una fuga senza meta e – forse – senza senso. Una storia intensa che riesce a descrivere i desideri e le frustrazioni del nostro tempo.

Seven powerful, gripping short stories from bestselling author, Amanda Prowse. If you have not discovered Amanda Prowse yet you are in for a real treat... Full of incident and real characters' Rascals of London Collection includes: "Something Quite Beautiful", "The Game", "Ten Pound Ticket", "Imogen's Baby", "Miss Potterton's Birthday Tea", "A Christmas Wish" and "Mr Portobollo's Morning Paper". Susie has just arrived in Australia.

It is 1846, famine is gripping Ireland and nowhere is it crueller than in Mayo on the west coast. Owen FitzDeane of Ballyford Castle is a good landlord, but even he is powerless to save all his tenants. When he comes upon a half-dead girl beside the road, he insists on taking her back to the castle, to see if they can save her. But Eilinora is no ordinary girl and soon superstition and fear begin to swirl around her, while Lord FitzDeane of Ballyford falls deeper under her spell. This is the story which sets in motion the events of Nadine Dorries's brilliant new novel Ruby Flynn.

The chilling classic that inspired the new Netflix horror drama, "The Fall of the House of Usher". Venture, if you dare, into the House of Usher... The narrator visits his friend, Roderick Usher in his decaying mansion, only to witness the harrowing unravellings of Usher's mind and the dark family secrets lurking beneath the crumbling ancestral home. A classic tale of gothic horror that has haunted readers for generations.

Gustave Flaubert is one of the major figures of French literature. He was known for his scrupulous devotion to his style, sometimes working for a whole week to achieve a single page; he was made famous by his first novel, Madame Bovary. "A Simple Soul", sometimes translated as "A Simple Heart", is a short story containing a lifetime of human emotions. After her one and only love purportedly marries a well-to-do woman to avoid conscription, the simple servant Félicité picks up work in a widow's house.

Descubra o que acontece com o infortunado jovem detetive de Nápoles que viaja até uma cidade na encosta de uma colina italiana para descobrir "Quem matou o prefeito" e a trajetória do pretensioso estudante na "Estrada para Damasco" cuja vida muda drasticamente quando descobre as origens da riqueza de seu pai. Deleite-se com as histórias de uma mulher dos anos 1930 que ousa desafiar os homens em sua Universidade da Ivy League em "Um cavalheiro e uma acadêmica", enquanto outra jovem mulher pede uma carona e recebe mais do esperava em "Uma hora desperdiçada".

An underemployed chef is pulled into the escalating violence of his neighbour's makeshift porn channel. An elderly piano student is forced to flee her home village when word gets out that she's fucked her thirty-something teacher. A hose pumping cava through the maquette of a giant penis becomes a murder weapon in the hands of a disaffected housewife.

Visceral and poetic, these short stories reveal everyday miracles and trivialities, human desires and anxieties in a very recognizable reality. The woman who cooks soup for the lover whose fidelity she questions, the man who loses courage when faced with the birth of his child, the married couple who know they have embarked on their last summer together. In English for the first time, readers of Tove Ditlevsen and Tove Jansson will be thrilled to discover the debut short story collection of a celebrated Danish writer.

La escuela es mucho más que un edificio o que una etapa, es el escenario de encuentros inolvidables, lecciones de vida y detalles cotidianos que acaban condicionando toda una vida.

En esta recopilación de relatos cortos, atravesados por una poesía casi impalpable, el educador y escritor Carlos de la Hoz recolecta toda una serie de paisajes del mundo al que le ha dedicado más de tres décadas de su vida: la educación.

Salas docentes, lecciones y esperanzas de los maestros, libros de texto, costumbres y rebeldías estudiantiles.

Un enquêteur se présente à la porte de Mme Lechat muni d’un album photos : sur ces photos, elle se découvre mariée à un homme qu'elle ne connaît pas... Ensemble, ils vont tenter de résoudre ce mystère. La piste les conduit dans un centre pour handicapés, où vit sa soeur. De nouveaux albums y sont retrouvés. Ils découvrent qu'elle-même a reçu la visite d'un étrange photographe. Comment donner une vie à ceux qui n'en ont pas...

M. FOLLET, encadreur de métier, a une vie enserrée dans des cadres, dont il ne déborde jamais : sa femme, son fils, sa boutique. Son fils n'entend pas prendre sa suite et choisira un autre cadre : le Cadre Noir, mû par la passion du cheval. Le père voudra alors montrer à son fils qu'il peut lui aussi sortir du cadre. Mais n'en sort pas impunément qui veut. Tout a un prix.

Cécile est complexée par son physique. Lors d'une soirée entre copines, l'une d'elles prétend qu'il existe une recette minceur inédite. Est-ce pour blaguer ? Un jour, Cécile passe devant un sex-shop. L'occasion va lui être donnée de se fournir en quantité quasi illimitée de ce fameux "produit minceur", dont les hommes sont si prodigues. Ses copines constatent qu'elle a maigri et s'interrogent. Cette recette minceur n'est certes pas à mettre entre toutes les mains...