Books by Roald Dahl

There's the gambler who collects little fingers from losers ...there's the lady who murders her husband with a frozen leg of lamb ...not to mention the man who has made a machine that can hear grass scream.

What could go wrong when a wife pawns the mink coat that her lover gave her as a parting gift? What happens when a priceless piece of furniture is the subject of a deceitful bargain? Can a wronged woman take revenge on her dead husband? This title explores the sinister side of hu ...

From Roald Dahl, the master of the sting in the tail, a newly collected book of his darkest stories. 'The cruelest lies are often told in silence ...' Why do we lie? Why do we deceive those we love most? What do we fear revealing? In these ten tales of deception master storytelle ...

A collection of stories featuring notorious hedonist Oswald Hendryks Cornelius (or plain old Uncle Oswald) whose exploits are frequently as extraordinary as they are scandalous. It offers stories exploring a darker side of desire and pleasure. It captures the ins and outs, highs ...

Features fourteen of the author's favourite ghost stories, including Sheridan Le Fanu's The Ghost of a Hand , Edith Wharton's Afterward , Cynthia Asquith's The Corner Shop and Mary Treadgold's The Telephone .