The Man in Black and Other Stories

Name: The Man in Black and Other Stories
Brand: Hachette New Zealand Ltd
SKU: 9781529420531
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By Elly Griffiths

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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Criminally clever' Daily Mail 'The perfect holiday treat' Guardian The Man in Black and Other Stories is a collection of tales by the No 1 bestselling author, featuring all her best-loved characters: Dr Ruth Galloway, Harry Nelson, Max Mephisto, Detective Harbinder... Read More

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A bumper collection of short stories by the No 1 bestselling author featuring all her best-loved characters: Ruth Galloway, Harry Nelson, Max Mephisto, Harbinder Kaur and many more.

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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Criminally clever' Daily Mail 'The perfect holiday treat' Guardian

The Man in Black and Other Stories is a collection of tales by the No 1 bestselling author, featuring all her best-loved characters: Dr Ruth Galloway, Harry Nelson, Max Mephisto, Detective Harbinder Kaur, and more. It includes several stories never published before, including a brand new Ruth and Nelson story. A must for all her fans.

Have you been wondering what happened to your favourite characters Ruth Galloway and Harry Nelson? Dive into this fabulous collection of stories and find out.

Here are stories to suit all tastes. There are ghost stories and mini cosy mysteries; tales of psychological suspense and poignant vignettes of love and loss. There's a creepy horror story to make you shiver and a tale narrated by Flint, Ruth Galloway's cat, to make you smile.

There is truly something for everyone in this collection of bite-sized morsels for all thriller fans.

A Sunday Times Bestseller w/c 24/06/2024

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529420531

Publisher: Quercus Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 24 October 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Quercus Publishing

Contributors:

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Read by Esther Wane
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Read by Nina Wadia

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 30.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 228g

Pages: 320

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About the Author

Elly Griffiths is the bestselling author of the Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries and the Brighton Mysteries. She has won the CWA Dagger in the Library, has been shortlisted six times for the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year, and longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for The Lantern Men. Her series featuring Detective Harbinder Kaur began with The Stranger Diaries, which won the Edgar Award for Best Novel in the USA. It was followed by The Postscript Murders, shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger, and Bleeding Heart Yard. Elly has two grown-up children and lives near Brighton with her archaeologist husband and their cat, Pip.

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