Christianna Brand

The numerous and incredibly naughty Brown children wreak havoc until the no-nonsense nanny, Nurse Matilda, enters their lives.

Based on the Collected Tales of Nurse Matilda

Nanny McPhee

A. A. Milne

Georgette Heyer

Nicholas Blake

Agatha Christie

This anthology of rare stories of crime and suspense brings together 16 tales by masters of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction for the first time in book form, including a newly discovered Agatha Christie crime story that has not been seen since 1922.

Bodies from the Library: Lost Tales of Mystery and Suspense by Agatha Christie and other Masters of the Golden Age

Inspector Cockrill of Scotland Yard investigates the gruesome murder of Grace Morland, whose body was found behind Squire Stephen Pendrock's mansion

Heads You Lose

Maria Adelaide Namorado Freire

Verde, sinal de perigo

Ngaio Marsh

Edmund Crispin

This annual anthology of rare stories of crime and suspense brings together tales from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction for the first time in book form, including a short novel by Christianna Brand.

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Death of Jezebel

Set in a military hospital during the blitz, this novel is one of Brand's most intricately plotted detection puzzles, executed with her characteristic cleverness and gusto. When a patient dies under the anesthetic and later the presiding nurse is murdered, Inspector Cockrill finds himself with six suspects--three doctors and three nurses--and not a discernible motive among them.

Green for Danger

Investigating a murder in a dress shop, Mr. Chatsworth of Scotland Yard finds himself falling in love with the prime suspect

Death in High Heels

The incorrigible Brown children, who devour nannies, nurse-maids, and governesses, finally meet their match.

The Collected Tales

Nurse Matilda

«Los cuentos que tenemos aquí deberían colocarse en la estantería al lado de Mary Poppins y La señora Doubtfire». The Washington Post Por primera vez en castellano, este volumen reúne los tres relatos que cuentan las travesuras de los hermanos Brown. Incansables e ingeniosos, encuentran siempre nuevas formas de romper las normas, hasta que entra en escena Matilda, una niñera que es distinta a todas las demás y posee una magia muy especial... Sucederán entonces cosas tan disparatadas que superarán la imaginación de los pequeños al tiempo que les revelarán un mundo que cambiará sus vidas para siempre. Publicadas originalmente en Inglaterra entre 1960 y 1970, las historias de esta peculiar protagonista son ya consideradas clásicos de la literatura infantil; han sido llevadas a la gran pantalla en más de una ocasión, y han asombrado y cautivado a lectores de todas las edades.

Matilda. La niñera mágica

Cat & Mouse

The Single Pilgrim

Edward Ardizzone

'Nurse Matilda', 'Nurse Matilda goes to town' and 'Nurse Matilda goes to hospital' brought together in a complete set. This collection of stories hosts scenes of the most unimaginable and relentless bouts of mischief as the Brown children turn their minds to breaking all the rules. But when the no-nonsense nanny Nurse Matilda arrives with her very special kind of magic, things start to happen beyond everyone’s wildest expectations.

Nurse Matilda Box Set

Eighteen short stories—chilling, lovely, and sad—from a modern master of the form For days she has been terrified that the phone will ring. Whenever she picks it up, the voice is there—breathing, cursing at her, terrifying her with words alone. Tonight, though, it isn’t the phone that rings, but the doorbell. A man has come to inquire about buying her dresser, but as soon as he opens his mouth, she knows he is the man who has been tormenting her—and they are all alone in the house. Though best known for intricately plotted mysteries starring the brilliant Inspector Cockrill, Christianna Brand was equally adept at crafting short fiction. These eighteen tales run the gamut of genre and mood. There are stories of travel, crime, and desire—and even a depiction of the birth of an infamous historical figure. Throughout, Brand’s talent illuminates the darkness that lies coiled within daily life.

A Collection of Stories

Brand X

Tony Medawar

Collection of all the Inspector Cockrill short mysteries

The Spotted Cat and Other Mysteries from Inspector Cockrill's Casebook

An island republic goes to insane lengths to canonize its most famous residentJuanita di Perli was a young woman when she decided to live the rest of her life on a table-top. She called it God’s will, but for the order of nuns that sprang up around her, Juanita’s devotion was a curse. For decades they did the bidding of the holy grouch, and the entire island of San Juan el Pirata sighed with relief when she died. Twenty years later, the islanders fight for Juanita’s canonization—not because they liked her, but because a local saint would be a tourist boon. The only thing keeping the island poor is the Archduke, who refuses to ask Rome to consider Juanita for sainthood. His stubbornness may get him dethroned or worse, for nothing will stop his subjects in their pursuit of Juanita’s holy cause.

The Three-Cornered Halo

In WWII England, a military hospital may hide a murderer: “[Brand] could construct puzzles with the best of them” (Elizabeth George). As German V-1 rockets rain down on the English countryside, the men and women of the military hospitals fight to stay calm. The morning after a raid, Doctor Barnes prepares for a routine surgery to repair a postman’s broken leg. But with general anesthesia, there is always danger. Before the first incision is made, the postman turns purple. Barnes and his nurses do what they can, but the patient is dead in minutes. The coroner calls for an inquest. Barnes has a history of lost patients, and cannot afford more trouble. Scotland Yard Detective Inspector Cockrill is unimpressed by the staff at the hospital, which he finds a nest of jealousy, indiscretion, and bitterness. One of them, doctor or nurse, murdered the postman—and it won’t be long before they kill again.

A young Italian woman travels to eighteenth-century England to wage war on polite society in this sweeping historical saga of mystery, scandal, and romance. Sophia Devigne is a child of Venice, as much a part of the wonderful island city as the canals themselves. If it were up to her, she would never leave, but her family has other ideas. For the sake of her British father’s honor, she’s being sent to London to make her societal debut. Her father hopes she’ll attract a wealthy husband and retire to a life of polite boredom in the English countryside, but beneath Sophia’s genteel exterior lurks the wild spirit of Venice, which will thrust her headlong into the scandal of the century. When Sophia wins the hand of the dashing Lord Weyburn, she believes her troubles are over. But his elegant Cotswold estate, Starrbelow, is just another gilded cage. Desperate to be free, she escapes to town—and embarks on a wild debauch that shocks all London. Never again will she call herself Sophia. Now she’s Sapphire, and she’ll bow to no man. But when her wild indulgences embroil her in a suspicious death, Sapphire is accused of murder, and faces the merciless judgment of the court of public opinion. On trial by society, she will live or die as she always has: unbroken and standing tall. This stirring recreation of eighteenth-century English society combines adventure, murder, and timeless romance. Christianna Brand was one of the masters of classic British mystery fiction, and Starrbelow is one of her greatest works.

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