Tis the season for festive reads

This collection of Agatha Christie stories features 'The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding', 'The Mystery of the Spanish Chest', 'The Under Dog', 'Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds', 'The Dream' and 'Greenshaw's Folly'.

Will anyone be cosying up to Agatha under the mistletoe this Christmas? As December dawns, she is intent on planning traditional Dickensian celebrations, hopefully reanimating the spark between her and her ex, James Lacey. But when a murder occurs at the local manor house, Agatha sets forth on th...

The next purrfect read from Rachel Wells – a true festive treat!Christmas is around the corner, and Alfie and George can’t wait. This year, the residents of Edgar road have come together to put on a festive show and raise money for a local homeless shelter.As December approaches, plans are in ful...

Bailey Briggs is counting down the days to Christmas: she lives for holiday music, baking cookies, going on snowy sleigh rides,and wearing her light-up reindeer ears to work at Winslow's bookstore. But all she really wants this year is the one thing she doesn't have: someone special to kiss under...

US-based Elle is a social-media influencer. But sometimes online attention isn't all it seems from the outside; with a family who are constantly on the move, and so-called friends putting pressure on her to increase her following, she decides to swap places with one of her followers for the holid...

Crochet yourself into the Christmas spirit with these 30 gorgeous patterns for decorations, festive outerwear, and personal gifts. Deck the halls with boughs made of yarn! Just grab your hook and this book and get cracking. With 30 patters from Lindsey Newns (@lottieadalberts), you'll have Christ...

Harriet Manners knows a lot about Christmas. She knows that every year Santa climbs down 91.8 million chimneys. She knows that Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer was almost definitely a girl. She knows that the first artificial Christmas trees were made out of goose feathers. But this Christmas is ex...

Harriet Manners knows a lot about Christmas. She knows that every year Santa climbs down 91.8 million chimneys. She knows that Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer was almost definitely a girl. She knows that the first artificial Christmas trees were made out of goose feathers. But this Christmas is ex...

With his signature wit, Brian Bilston returns with 'And So This is Christmas', fifty-one poems in celebration of the festive season: from bizarre family traditions to the office Christmas party; from voting day for turkeys to the impossible art of gift-giving. So hang your stockings, grab your mi...

Map of a Lady’s Heart by Caroline LindenThe road to happily-ever-after … With Kingstag Castle full of guests and the snow falling, Viola Cavendish has her hands full making sure the Christmas house party runs smoothly. The unexpected arrival of the Earl of Winterton and his nephew Lord Newton upe...