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Adele has had a colorful romantic past, but she's finally found her soulmate in Tom. They're engaged, and she's looking forward to a future of blissful happiness. But then she realizes her ex-boyfriends are turning up dead. At first, the deaths seem accidental, but soon a sinister pattern emerges. All of Adele’s former partners are being killed off—in the order she dated them. As the body count grows, Adele has to figure out who is doing this and why. Otherwise, it’s only a matter of time until the killer gets to Tom.

Demeter just wants to do her job: shuttling humans between Earth and Alpha Centauri. Unfortunately, her passengers keep dying—and not from equipment failures, as her AI medical system, Steward, would have her believe. These are paranormal murders, and they began when one nasty, ancient vampire decided to board Demeter and kill all her humans. To keep from getting decommissioned, Demeter must join forces with her own team of monsters. Together, this motley crew will face down the ultimate evil—Dracula.

From the co-author of the phenomenally bestselling The Courage to Be Disliked, the 15-million-copy bestseller, comes a story to help kids build confidence and be comfortable with who they are. A self-help book for kids from the co-author of The Courage to Be Disliked, the 15-million-copy...

Step into a world of magical creatures! In the second title in this adventure series, Apprentice Guardians Digby, Mog and Tai must journey out of Beastopia to dodge dinosaurs and re-home a very special ice phoenix. Magical creatures exist. You just need to know where to look... Digby, Tai and...

The first book in a hilarious, jam-packed new adventure series starring Scooter the inventor and his top secret alien sidekick. Scooter McLay’s cerebral palsy affects how quickly he can move his body, but his hyper-creative brain is a constant fizz of brilliant ideas. He spends every day...

"A superb novel . . . Evil has seldom been so sinister." —Time Hailed as the first modern psychological thriller, The Collector is the internationally bestselling novel that catapulted John Fowles into the front rank of contemporary novelists. This tale of obsessive love—the story of a...

"[] the merriest collection of detective stories it has been our good fortune to encounter." The New York Times Book Review, September 1929 This short story collection from Queen of Crime Agatha Christie features her detectives Tommy and Tuppence Beresford solving mysteries one after the other...

The second hilarious adventure starring Scooter the inventor and his top secret alien sidekick. Scooter's hyper-creative brain is a constant fizz of brilliant ideas, but when he pairs up with his best friend Fizzbee the alien, his inventions are out of this world... McLay's Jam factory is...

UK YA Book Prize-shortlisted author When Sophie receives a parcel from her best friend, Freya, she expects it to contain the reason why Freya left town so suddenly, without goodbyes and without explanation. Instead, she finds a letter addressed to Win, a girl Freya barely knew – or did she? As...

Perfect for fans of Pamela Butchart and David Solomons, this is a new hilarious adventure from the creative team behind the bestselling I Swapped My Brother On The Internet. Keith has entered the Junior Mega Brain quiz and he's determined to win. The problem is - he's not really a genius. Even...

Until recently, Isobel has always loved The Close. A quiet road of large houses tucked away in the beautiful English countryside, it seemed like the perfect place to live. Then, six months ago, a young man was killed in a mysterious hit-and-run incident. The police investigated, but no one was charged, which left a bad feeling in this little community, a feeling that someone knows more than they are saying. 

When twelve-year-old Alex receives an old tin robot in the post, the note from his grandfather simply reads: ‘This one is special’. But as strange events start occurring around him, it doesn’t take Alex long to suspect that the small toy is more than special; it might also be deadly. Just...

The Kingdom of Thrynne is a place where fairy tales don’t behave, and magic can be found in unexpected places. But magic brings danger to Zam, Phoebe and Bathsheba, because it is forbidden. Now, the future of magic itself is under threat from powerful enemies: those who fear it and, worse...

The thrilling sequel to Monstrous Devices–Alex and his grandfather hold the fate of history itself in their hands in a Rick Riordan meets Raiders of the Lost Ark adventure of epic proportions! A few months ago, Alex’s world changed…forever. Now, just when it seems life is almost getting...

Two brothers, Alexander and Seb, are well-educated but hunger for adventure. Intrigued by some ancient maps and stories of old, the boys slip off on what begins as an innocent excursion from their home along the shores of a vast lake, Sempersee, to a nearby island. After finding a mysterious stone, their outing leads to a quest to discover the rightful owner of the Flame Stone, an ancient artifact that holds the power of goodness.

An iconic piece of design and style – and a gold standard in motorcycle engineering – the Triumph has roved through the twentieth century, making its mark in hearts and minds. Founded in Coventry in1885, Triumph Engineering had humble beginnings, importing bicycles and sewing machines...

“These girls, they know the night is coming for them, always chasing them, always there right behind them. We have to do something now. We have to get to them first...” After ten years as a national newspaper journalist, Matt had an experience in Brazil which changed his life. A chance...

The enemies-to-lovers queer Victorian romance follow-up to Don’t Want You Like a Best Friend, in which a young lord and a second son clash, but find themselves thrust together again and again by their meddling cousins. “That man is, without a doubt, the absolute most obnoxious… Bobby Mason...

From multi-million-copy-selling author Lynne Reid Banks comes a humorous and warm-hearted story about a family of dragons in a world where humans have always been a myth ... until now. Red is a rare red dragon who lives with his Mag and Dag in a world where dragons and Uprights are sworn enemies...

In the seriously silly sequel to SMALL! Harvey and his best friend Walloping Toenail must leave behind Madame Bogbrush’s School for Gifted Giants to save their friends from the Unspeakable Circus (and a pride of very hungry zombie lions). Travelling deep into the Stinking Sinking Swamp...