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 ...

Poison is a short, sharp, frightening story from Roald Dahl, the master of the shocking taleIn Poison, Roald Dahl, one of the world's favourite authors, tells a sinister story about the darker side of human nature. Here, a man waits in paralysing fear for the venomous snake aslee ...

Features such stories as: The Boy Who Talked with Animals , The Hitch-hiker , The Mildenhall Treasure , The Swan , The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar , Lucky Break , and A Piece of Cake .