Penguin Readers - Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Mr Utterson is worried about Dr Jekyll. Why has the doctor made a friend of the frightening Mr Hyde ? Who is the evil little man ? Where did he come from?
What is the secret of happiness, or the best thing for a wife to take with her when she leaves home? How does a man pay for the smell of bread, or decide if he is lucky? What happens when a friend steals a gift meant for you, or is careless when he tries to make his dreams of a better life come true? How can you change dirt into gold, or get what you want?The eight wise tales in this collection can teach us some important lessons about life.
Blood Ties (Pengiun Readers - Level 3)What starts out as an idyllic sailing holiday for the Sharp and Rochester families quickly turns into a nightmare of murder and mayhem. Why does the water taste strange? Who is killing the sheep? Why are the parents behaving so oddly? Nigel Hinton has written a chilling drama about our world and the way we are poisoning it.
Why put a diamond inside a chicken? Why is there a special club for men with red hair? And why does a woman disappear on the day of her wedding? These are some of the strange questions which Sherlock Holmes has to answer. In these six stories we join Holmes and his friend Dr Watson on some exciting adventures.
'He's great, Vera,' said Angie. When Viktor Sarav takes a job at Ballantine's, Angie and her brother Don - the young owners of the New York fashion company - are pleased. But Angie and Don's parents died in an unusual plane accident, and other strange deaths in the company follow. Is there a vampire at work at Ballantine's? Vera Donato, a company director with secrets to hide, is against Viktor. But Ed Valdemar, the company lawyer, trusts him. Who is right? And what happens to Viktor, Angie, Don, and Vera in the end?
