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Step into a pastel-hued paradise, meticulously crafted for the Anderson aficionado. This isn't just a gift; it's an immersion. Uncover the real-world locations that echo the director's iconic style with...

Embers and poisonous ashes. Once there were ten. Ten goddess-touched girls were born. Each was blessed-or cursed-with a unique power that set them apart. As part of an ancient ritual...

Lonely Planet's local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the trip of a lifetime to Singapore. Discover Singapore's most popular experiences and best kept secrets -...

The Real Food Companion includes more than 200 recipes, with photography by Matthew's long-time friend and collaborator, Alan Benson. It is the result of Matthew's four decades as a writer,...

The ruined silhouette of the Parthenon on its hill above Athens is one of the world's most famous images. Its 'looted' Elgin Marbles are a global cause celebre. But what...

The stench of death follows you, Hector Cross. You are as loathsome as the black hyena. I curse you to your grave, and I shall spit upon it when at...

In the same way Sean saw it coming, he recognised it as the murderous rage which before had nearly killed a man, but still he could not prepare himself. And...

She is omnivorous. No matter age or appearance, physical frailty or imperfection. It is not their flesh that feeds her appetites, but their souls. She devours young and old, men...

Craig got no further, for Tungata's anger turned to red fury. He was shaking with it, it clouded his gaze and knotted the muscles at the points of his heavy...

It takes one to recognise one. This was a man trained to live with, and by, violence. He was muscle, a soldier, in the jargon. I had hoped never to...

For the first time they confronted each other. These two who had played murderous hide-and-seek for three long years across ten thousand square miles of bush. 'Ja!' Fleischer's jubilant bellow...

Fame and popularity breed envy in high places, and the adulation of the mob is fickle. They often take as much pleasure in tearing down the idols that they have...

Each time it seemed that she could not rise in time to meet the cliff of water that bore down her. The water was black under the grey, sunless sky....

It was in Mexico that he first learnt how to exploit his extraordinary good looks and to develop his natural winning ways with women. By the age of seventeen his...

'The poachers that come across this side are organised and better armed than we are. They shoot to kill - men as well as elephants and rhino. We have been...

They recognised in each other that same restlessness that was always driving them on to new adventure, never staying long enough in one place or at one job to grow...

Jim sprang back on to the truck of the violently rocking wagon, and stared across at Manatasee. She saw him and pointed her assegai at his face. Then he saw...

'Africa!' The sound of that mysterious name on his own lips raised goose pimples along his arms and made the thick dark hair prickle on the back of his neck....

The lion charged. He came straight at them out of the thicket as his mate had done, but even more swiftly, driven by the agony in his belly and the...

Mark picked the weapon off the rack and the shape and feel of it brought memories crowding back. He thrust them aside. He would need a rifle where he was...

Love takes many shapes and shades in The Complete Peanuts: 1991-1992. Charlie Brown's interest in the Little Red-Haired Girl is rekindles; Linus fails to impress Lydia; Sally hoorays for Hollywood;...

Nothing says 'I love you, I've got you and I'm here' better than a parcel of food you've taken the time to make, wrap and deliver. So, season by season,...

Inspired by a handwritten note from his idol, Frank Lloyd Wright, MerlinRichards sets off from the Welsh valleys to the Arizona desert to launch hisarchitectural career. Now here in Wright's...

Thea Osborne reconnects with her friend Emmy while on a visit to the church in Baunton, near Cirencester with her stepdaughter Stephanie. Emmy, now married to local farmer Nick Weaver,...

London, 1899. A shocking murder is discovered at the heart of the Tower of London. The dead body of a Yeoman Warder is found inside a suit of armour belonging...

February, 1918. In the small hours of a cold morning, a burglary in Limehousehas escalated into a sinister siege between a band of thieves and theauthorities, and a police constable...

Paris, 1899. Abigail Wilson has received an invitation from Professor Alphonse Flamand, a prominent French Professor of Archaeology, to join him on a dig in Egypt. Overjoyed to be presented...

A handsome, if slightly shabby, stone house in Upper Oddington is home to Umberto Kingly, as well as his three dogs, and will be Thea Slocombe's latest house-sitting assignment. Without...

On a glorious July morning in the pretty Lake District village of Threlkeld, Simmy Brown and Christopher Henderson celebrate their wedding day. While the event passes off without undue calamity,...

Christmas, 1940. A temporary truce between the German and Allied forces is a welcome respite from the relentless air raids over London.Down Street underground station, in the heart of Mayfair,...

There is no hiding from a killer undergroundDecember 1940. With the Luftwaffe pounding the city nightly, Londoners seekrefuge in underground stations. Aldwych has been taken out of service toprovide shelter...

1865. A passenger train stands ready to depart amid the bustle at Yorkstation. The flurry of passengers and porters, the swooping pigeons andbarking dogs are thrown into a state of...

London, 1899. Queen Victoria lays the foundation stone on the site of a newmuseum being built, which she names as The Victoria and Albert Museum.Shortly after, Daniel Wilson and Abigail...

From the members of first class in all their finery, to the card cheats and pickpockets plying their trade, they've experienced more than their share of humanity. And the Salsette...

Egypt, 1908. George Dillman and Genevieve Masefield, used to the grand opulence of the Cunard cruise line, are at first disappointed with the Marmora, a small, unimpressive ship owned by...

Genevieve Masefield and George Porter Dillman have met all kinds of people while sailing as ship detectives for the Cunard Line. But as they prepare to embark on yet another...

December 1917. Ada Hobbes arrives on a frosty morning to clean the house ow ned by Dr Tindall, a surgeon at the Edmonton Military Hospital. She is shocked to find...

Temporarily forsaking the Cunard Line to work as private detectives aboard the Minnesota, a combination freighter and passenger ship owned by the Great Northern Steamship Company, the pair of shipboard...

November 1907. George Dillman and Genevieve Masefield sail from Liverpool on the maiden voyage of the Mauretania. While posing as a passenger George is in fact an undercover detective hired...

September 1907. George Dillman sets sail from Liverpool on the Lusitania's maiden voyage. While posing as a passenger George is in fact an undercover detective hired by the Cunard Line....

1897, London. The capital is shocked to learn that the body of a woman has been found at the National Gallery, eviscerated in a manner that recalls all too strongly...

December 1864. As a cold winter wind scours the Worcestershire countryside,an excursion train comes through a tunnel in the Malvern Hills to be confrontedby a blockage on the line ahead....

The Savoy Hotel boasts London's strongest air raid shelter with all the luxury expected from one of the capital's most prestigious hotels. It prompts the arrival of a disgruntled crowd...

Inspector Colbeck and Sergeant Leeming are summoned by the Master of the college to investigate Pomeroy's untimely demise. With the Boat Race on the horizon, the president of the Cambridge...

August 1940. On the streets of London, locals watch with growing concern as German fighter planes plague the city's skyline. But inside the famous Ritz Hotel, the cream of society...

In the wake of a series of unfortunate experiences in the Cotswolds, Thea Osborne, accompanied by her spaniel Hepzibah, is perhaps over-optimistic about the English summertime and the possibilities of...

1894. A well-respected academic is found dead in a gentlemen's convenience cubicle at the British Museum, the stall locked from the inside. Professor Lance Pickering had been due to give...

1895. A senior executive at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford is found in his office with a bullet hole between his eyes, a pistol discarded close by. The death has...