A collection of short stories featuring some of Agatha Christie’s best-loved detectives – Hercule Poirot, Parker Pyne, Mr Satterthwaite and Harley Quin… All great crime writers have their favourite creations. Similarly, every great sleuth has his, or...

A beautiful heiress is fatally poisoned in a West End restaurant… Six people sit down to dinner at a table laid for seven. In front of the empty place is a sprig of rosemary – in solemn memory of Rosemary Barton who died at the same table exactly one...

A middle-aged diplomat is accosted in an airport lounge and his identity stolen… Sir Stafford Nye’s journey home from Malaya to London takes an unexpected twist in the passnger loungs at Frankfurt – a young woman confides in him that someone is trying...

A wealthy Greek businessman is found dead at his London home… The Leonides were one big happy family living in a sprawling, ramshackle mansion. That was until the head of the household, Aristide, was murdered with a fatal barbiturate injection.Suspicion...

Agatha Christie’s ingenious murder mystery thriller, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. Luke Fitzwilliam could not believe Miss Pinkerton’s wild allegation that a...

When a man plunges down a cliff, two adventurous young friends decide to find his killer… While playing an erratic round of golf, Bobby Jones slices his ball over the edge of a cliff. His ball is lost, but on the rocks below he finds the crumpled body...

The home of trusted Spanish dictionaries for everyday language learning An up-to-date Spanish to English and English to Spanish dictionary with a practical, user-friendly grammar guide, all in one handy volume. With cultural notes on life in...

The home of trusted French dictionaries for everyday language learning An up-to-date French to English and English to French dictionary with a practical, user-friendly grammar guide, all in one handy volume. With cultural notes on life in...

The home of trusted German dictionaries for everyday language learning. A modern German Dictionary offering excellent coverage of today's German language, culture and usage. The clear presentation makes it easy to use and its handy format and durability...

The home of trusted French dictionaries for everyday language learning. A modern French Dictionary offering excellent coverage of today's French language, culture and usage. The clear presentation makes it easy to use and its handy format and durability...

The eighth novel from NUMBER ONE bestselling author, David Walliams – now available in paperback! Jack’s Grandpa…*wears his slippers to the supermarket*serves up Spam à la Custard for dinner*and often doesn’t remember Jack’s nameBut he can still take to...

From leading breakfast radio star Christian O’Connell comes a brilliant and laugh-out-loud story of an ordinary boy with an extraordinary secret radio show. (Broadcast from his shed.) Meet Spike, aka Radio Boy: a new Adrian Mole on the radio for the...

A madcap new novel from the author of The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO START AGAIN. AND AGAIN.It’s always awkward when five thousand kronor goes missing. When it...

The home of trusted Italian dictionaries for everyday language learning. With 40,000 words and phrases and 60,000 translations packed into this Collins Gem Italian to English and English to Italian dictionary, you’ll have everything you need to know...

The ultimate mini English dictionary and thesaurus to support you at work, at school and at home. This is an indispensable guide to the English language. Part of the Collins Gem range – the world's best-selling mini dictionaries – it provides...

The ultimate mini English dictionary to support you at work, at school and at home. This handy little dictionary offers clear definitions for all the words you need on a daily basis, providing spelling and pronunciations tips for the trickiest words. As...

Ever tried to learn French and found it too hard? Bestselling language coach Paul Noble has a quick and easy way to get you back on track with his unique tried-and-tested method. • Keeps things simple with three basic rules; don’t skip anything, don’t...

Hercule Poirot returns in another brilliant murder mystery that can only be solved by the eponymous Belgian detective and his ‘little grey cells’. ‘What I intend to say to you will come as a shock . . .’Lady Athelinda Playford has planned a house party...

The astounding new novel from the master of science fictionPresident Barack Obama’s summer reading choice THE EARTH WAS A TICKING TIME BOMB.To ensure the survival they had to look beyond its atmosphere.So they became pioneers.Five thousand years later...

Dot, her best pal Beans and TOP DOG McClusky are back on the case in a brand-new story! When Dot starts hearing strange noises at night she’s convinced there must be something SPOOKY afoot. But before they can prove there’s a ghost on the loose, Dot and...

The home of trusted English learner's dictionaries for everyday language learning. Collins Easy Learning English Conversation: Book 2 is a unique guide to communicating in English. Building on the phrases and vocabulary learnt in Book 1, it has been...

My name is Harriet Manners and I’ll be a geek forever…The FINAL book in the bestselling, award-winning GEEK GIRL series is here! Harriet Manners knows almost every fact there is.Modelling isn’t a sure-fire route to popularity. Neither is making endless...

Pete the Cat has woken up grumpy today! Nothing seems to be going his way. But maybe some groovy magic sunglasses can help… Pete the Cat has woken up feeling blue – and he just doesn’t know what to do! But when Pete is given some groovy, magic...

The never-before-seen history of Westeros and the lands beyond. With hundreds of pages of all-new material from George R.R. Martin. If the past is prologue, then George R.R. Martin’s masterwork—the most inventive and entertaining fantasy saga of our...

Internationally bestselling author and foster carer Cathy Glass tells the story of one of the first children that she fostered. Little Beth, aged 7, had been brought up by her father after her mother left when she was a toddler. But when he’s suddenly...

Time to bury the hatchet… In a dead man’s sister There are certain things that are best left unsaid. Though tragedy had touched the life of the wealthy Richard Abernethie, his sudden death seemed pretty unremarkable for a man of his age. So why would...

A charity murder game at a Devon house turns into the real thing… Sir George and Lady Stubbs, the hosts of a village fête, hit upon the novel idea of staging a mock murder mystery. In good faith, Ariadne Oliver, the well known crime writer, agrees to...

A wheelchair-bound Poirot returns to Styles, the venue of his first investigation, where he knows another murder is going to take place… The house guests at Styles seemed perfectly pleasant to Captain Hastings; there was his own daughter Judith, an...

The perfect holiday… For a passionate crime It was not unusual to find the sun-loving Arlena Stuart stretched out on a beach, face down. Only, on this occasion, there was no sun…she had been strangled.Ever since her arrival, the air had been thick with...

Schooldays can be tough. Who will learn the fatal lesson? Late one night, two teachers investigate a mysterious flashing light while the rest of the school sleeps. In the sports pavilion, among the lacrosse sticks, they stumble upon the body of the...

Agatha Christie’s seasonal mystery thriller, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. It is Christmas Eve. The Lee family reunion is shattered by a deafening crash of...

Agatha Christie’s ingenious murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. Beautiful Caroline Crale was convicted of poisoning her husband, yet there were five...

8 books condensed into one, this compendium writing guide is for everyone looking to improve their writing skills, grammar, spelling and punctuation in one easy step. Whether you want to write a novel, draft a report, create a compelling CV, write a...

A beautifully illustrated, magical retelling of one of the most beloved fairy tales. Once upon a time, there was a girl called Rosebud, a beautiful princess born to the happiest King and Queen in all the land. But aged sixteen, she pricks her finger on...

*A brand new companion to the Last Kingdom series, Uhtred’s Feast, is available to pre-order now*The tenth book in the epic and bestselling series that has gripped millions.A hero will be forged from this broken land.As seen on Netflix and BBC around the...

“My name is Harriet Manners, and I am still a geek.”MODEL MISFIT is the sequel to award-winning No. 1 UK debut GEEK GIRL. Harriet Manners knows a lot of facts.She knows that humans have 70,000 thoughts per day.She knows that Geek + Model = a whole new...

*SHARPE’S COMMAND, the brand new novel in the global bestselling series, is available to pre-order now* Spain, June 1812In the beautiful city of Salamanca, Captain Richard Sharpe must hunt down and safeguard Britain’s most valuable spy, ‘El Mirador’,...

Increase your knowledge of vocabulary with Collins Vocabulary for IELTS and get the score you need. IELTS is the world’s leading test of English for higher education and migration and is recognised by 6000 institutions in over 135 countries. Collins...

The fifth screamingly funny novel from David Walliams, number one bestseller and fastest growing children’s author in the country, now available in paperback. From the bestselling author of Gangsta Granny and Demon Dentist comes another hilarious,...

*SHARPE’S COMMAND, the brand new novel in the global bestselling series, is available to pre-order now* Spain, January 1812Lieutenant Richard Sharpe faces threats from all sides when an old adversary joins the ranks. Yet, despite the risks, he must...

Do it yourself; think for yourself; be yourself. The iconic, free-spirited, rebellious and bestselling YA graphic novel series, Emily the Strange is a cult classic: perfect for fans of Wednesday and Heartstopper. Emily the Strange is back for her...

*SHARPE’S COMMAND, the brand new novel in the global bestselling series, is available to pre-order now* Spain, March 1811   Cadiz is under siege – the last city standing in France’s conquest of Spain. So Captain Richard Sharpe must navigate the...

*SHARPE’S COMMAND, the brand new novel in the global bestselling series, is available to pre-order now*A small British army is stranded when the French invade northern Portugal and Lieutenant Richard Sharpe meets the future Duke of Wellington. Sharpe is...

*SHARPE’S COMMAND, the brand new novel in the global bestselling series, is available to pre-order now* Denmark, 1807When Lieutenant Richard Sharpe arrives in Copenhagen on a secret mission to help stop a war, he finds a city swarming with spies and...

From the publisher that brought you Game of Thrones… Prince of Thorns is the first volume in a powerful new epic fantasy trilogy, original, absorbing and challenging. Before the thorns taught me their sharp lessons and bled weakness from me I had but...

The 4th thriller in the Number One bestselling crime series from the award-winning Stuart MacBride. Panic grips The Granite City as DS Logan McRae heads up a manhunt for ‘The Flesher’ – one of the UK’s most notorious serial killers. Panic strikes the...

The third DS Logan McRae thriller in the No.1 bestselling crime series from Stuart MacBride. A crime of passion … or cold-hearted murder?‘MacBride is a damned fine writer’ Peter James The Granite City’s seedy side is about to be exposed…A serial rapist...

A profoundly disturbing novel that ruthlessly dissects American life in the late 1960s, from the author of The White Album and The Year of Magical Thinking. One thing in my defence, not that it matters: I know what ‘nothing’ means, and keep on...