In nineteenth-century France, Colette lives a life of apparent perfection, one that others would envy. To the casual observer, she has everything any woman could ever desireshe shares a mansion with servants with her handsome, successful husband and their three beautiful children. Hers is a perfect life in perfect orderyet, she longs for more. One day, a chance encounter with a redheaded man awakens something in Collette, and now nothing will ever be the same. There is no room in her life for what is about to happen. She feels trapped and yearns for more. On one hand, she is caught in a web of marital obligations to a man who seems more passionate about numbers and business deals than he is about his wife. On the other, her passionsher deep love for her children and artseem to soften the bitter blow of emotional disappointment. A new breath of life and hope appears when the red-haired man known only as Vincent encourages her to embrace her other artistic talents. Torn between societys expectations and her deep-seated desire for Vincent and all he represents, Colette must make a choice. She has found her passion, no matter how unconventional it may appear. This is a love she cant denybut is she willing to pay the price for that love? Everything that was once perfect is perfect no longer.

Reproduction of the original: The Red-Headed Man by Fergus Hume

Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award 'A novel of fate and free will, forensic detection and blind love, crime and its justifications . . . finely tuned yet extravagantly complex' Evening Standard A cold October night, 1854. In a dark passageway, an innocent man is stabbed to death. So begins the extraordinary story of Edward Glyver, book lover, scholar and murderer. As a young boy, Glyver always believed he was destined for greatness. This seems the stuff of dreams, until a chance discovery convinces Glyver that he was right: greatness does await him, along with immense wealth and influence. And he will stop at nothing to win back a prize that he now knows is rightfully his. Glyver's path leads him from the depths of Victorian London, with its foggy streets, brothels and opium dens, to Evenwood, one of England's most enchanting country houses. His is a story of betrayal and treachery, of death and delusion, of ruthless obsession and ambition. And at every turn, driving Glyver irresistibly onwards, is his deadly rival: the poet-criminal Phoebus Rainsford Daunt. Thirty years in the writing, The Meaning of Night is a stunning achievement. Full of drama and passion, it is an enthralling novel that will captivate readers right up to its final thrilling revelation.

In "The Red-Headed League" by Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes investigates a peculiar job offer made exclusively to red-headed men. When the job suddenly disappears, Holmes and Dr. Watson uncover a deeper plot involving a criminal scheme. Using his sharp deductive skills, Holmes unravels the mystery, leading to a surprising and clever resolution.

The Pickwick Papers is one of Dickens's earliest works. It consists of the series of events occurring in the ''Pickwick Club,'' founded by Samuel Pickwick. He, along with his three companions, goes through comical and ludicrous adventures.