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Jimmy Coates: Killer

Joe Craig

An eleven-year-old boy discovers he has strange powers, and a future that holds mystery, adventure – and death! Bending his knees, Jimmy let go of the windowsill and slowly tipped backwards. Surely this is impossible, he thought, even as he could feel himself doing it. He pushed out with his legs and the thrust sent […]

Adventure, Crime/ Thriller, Fiction, Mystery/murder

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

Dragon Detective: Catnapped

Gareth P Jones

“The Dragon Detective Agency. Dirk Dilly speaking.” When detective Dirk Dilly gets a call from Holly, a young girl whose pet cat has gone missing, the dragon ends up with not only a new case to solve but also a self-appointed partner-in-solving-crime. And it turns out that Holly’s cat is just the beginning! As the […]

Adventure, Crime/ Thriller, Mystery/murder

AGES: 6-9

Buck ‘n’ Bronco: Hit the Road!

Guy Bass & Steve May

When the Happy Ranch theme park closes down to make way for a futuristic new adventure land, park mascots Buck and Bronco are out of a job and out of a home. While Buck thinks its time for them to spread their wings and take the show on the road, Bronco wants nothing more than […]

Adventure, Crime/ Thriller, Fiction, Funny

AGES: 7-10

Indigo Donut

Patrice Lawrence

Seventeen-year-old Indigo has had a tough start in life, having grown up in the care system after her dad killed her mum. Bailey, also seventeen, lives with his parents in Hackney and spends all his time playing guitar or tending to his luscious ginger afro. When Indigo and Bailey meet at sixth form, serious sparks […]

Adventure, Crime/ Thriller, Family, Fiction, Friendship, Love, Personal/social issues, Romantic

AGES: 14+

Are You The Pirate Captain?

Gareth P Jones

Illustrated by Garry Parsons. First mate Hugh has got the whole crew and the pirate ship ready, but they can’t set sail until they find a captain! Come on this salty adventure as Hugh and his scurvy seadogs try to find the perfect pirate for the job. Rather than a peg leg or a […]

Adventure, Crime/ Thriller, Picture Books, Pirates, Travel, Water

AGES: 3-7

Pet Defenders: Escape from Planet Bogey

Gareth P Jones

Illustrated by Steve May The Pet Defenders Code: 1. The safety of Planet Earth depends on you. 2. Humans MUST NOT know the truth. GOOD LUCK – you’ll need it… Animals are disappearing from Nothington-on-Sea and the Pet Defenders suspect alien activity. Secret agents Biskit and Mitzy find themselves caught up in the Planet […]

Adventure, Animals, Crime/ Thriller, Fiction, Funny

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

Breakdown

Sarah Mussi

It is 2084. Nuclear radiation has poisoned the country. Society has fallen apart. Starvation is rampant, and power shortages have resulted in piles of obsolete gadgetry. Necessity has driven those who’ve survived to complete self-reliance, if they have the means to do so. For Melissa and her Nan, survival is just about possible, so long […]

Adventure, Crime/ Thriller, Dystopian Fiction, Environment/Climate Change, Government, law and crime, Romantic, Science Fiction, Survival

AGES: 14+

What Manor of Murder?

Christopher William Hill

A BLEAKLEY BROTHERS MYSTERY by OSBERT THE AVENGER author Christopher William Hill What’s that you say? You’re off to Bleakley Manor? On Michaelmas eve? But dear child, hasn’t anyone told you the legend of Old Bramble Head, who rises once a year to claim another victim from the unfortunate Bleakley household… Which one […]

Adventure, Crime/ Thriller, Fiction, Government, law and crime, Mystery/murder, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 12-14

Dark Lord: Eternal Detention

Jamie Thomson

Dirk Lloyd, the Dark Lord trapped in the body of a weedy schoolboy, returns in another darkly hilarious adventure… Brilliantly funny and subversive, this is the Funny Prize-winning Jamie Thomson at his best. Fear me, o miserable worm! I, the Great Dirk, take up my pen once more to record the utter misery that is […]

Crime/ Thriller, Fantasy, Fantasy/ Supernatural, Fiction, Mystery/murder, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

Dark Lord: A fiend in need

Jamie Thomson

Dirk Lloyd, the Dark Lord trapped in the body of a weedy schoolboy, returns in another darkly hilarious adventure… Brilliantly funny and subversive, this is the Funny Prize-winning Jamie Thomson at his best. Sooz, a 13 yr old girl from Surrey has become the Dark Mistress of Dirk’s other worldly kingdom, the Darklands. Thanks to […]

Crime/ Thriller, Fantasy/ Supernatural, Fiction, Government, law and crime, Mystery/murder, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

Siege

Sarah Mussi

Leah Jackson – in detention. Then armed Year 9s burst in, shooting. She escapes, just. But the new Lock Down system for keeping intruders out is now locking everyone in. She takes to the ceilings and air vents with another student, Anton, and manages to use her mobile to call out to the world. First: […]

Crime/ Thriller, Fiction, Mystery/murder

AGES: 14+

Race to The Frozen North

Catherine Johnson

Matthew Henson was simply an ordinary man. That was, until Commander Robert E. Peary entered his life, and offered him a chance at true adventure. Henson would become a navigator, craftsman, translator, and right-hand man on a treacherous journey to the North Pole. Defying the odds and the many prejudices that faced him to become […]

Adventure, Crime/ Thriller, Fiction

AGES: 12-14

AGES: 14+

Knights and Bikes

Gabrielle Kent

Welcome to the sleepy island of Penfurzy, where nothing exciting ever really happens. OR DOES IT? Adventure awaits Demelza and her new best friend in the whole world, Nessa, as they explore the island and uncover the mysteries of the Penfurzy Knights. With a honking pet goose sidekick, quirky islanders and a legendary treasure to […]

Adventure, Crime/ Thriller, Fantasy/ Supernatural, Fiction, Friendship, Mystery/murder

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

Tales from Schwartzgarten: The Woebegone Twins: Book 2

Christopher William Hill

When twins Greta and Feliks are sent to the ill-omened Schwartzgarten Reformatory for Maladjusted Children it seems their fate is sealed: that is until they are rescued by the glamorous Olga Van Veenen, a fabulously wealthy children’s author, plagued by writer’s block. But Olga’s life is apparently in danger, threatened by a second-rate novelist who […]

Adventure, Crime/ Thriller, Fiction, Mystery/murder, Myths and Legends, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 7-10

Emily Lime, Librarian Detective: The Book Case

Dave Shelton

Daphne is off to St Rita’s, an exclusive girls’ boarding school. It sounds awfully respectable and Daphne herself is awfully respectable too. She loves to read, and is delighted to be offered the chance to interview for Librarian’s assistant’s assistant immediately upon arrival. But it turns out nothing is quite what you’d expect at St […]

Adventure, Crime/ Thriller, Funny, Government, law and crime, Mystery/murder

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 12-14

Orange Boy

Patrice Lawrence

Quiet, unassuming Marlon can’t believe it when the hottest girl in school picks him as her date to the fair. It’s too good to be true. But when a mysterious tragedy strikes, Marlon is determined to reveal the chain that links him to the criminal underworld. He starts getting the wrong sort of attention, as […]

City, Crime/ Thriller, Mystery/murder, Romantic

AGES: 12-14

The Considine Curse

Gareth P Jones

Fourteen-year-old Mariel returns to England for her grandmother’s funeral. It is the first time she has been back since she emigrated with her mother as a baby, and it is the beginning of the uncovering of some really extraordinary truths about the Considine family. Why did Mariel’s mum argue with Grandma all those years ago? […]

Adventure, Crime/ Thriller, Fiction, Mystery/murder, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

The City of Secret Rivers

Jacob Sager Weinstein

An exciting subterranean London adventure, the first in a middle-grade trilogy. Hyacinth Hayward has recently arrived from America and is having difficulty adjusting to her new surroundings, especially being in the sole company of her eccentric mother. Everything feels strange. Very strange. And it gets stranger the day she accidentally unleashes the power of a […]

Crime/ Thriller, Fantasy/ Supernatural

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

Tales from Schwartzgarten: Osbert the Avenger: Book 1

Christopher William Hill

The first book in the gruesomely funny Tales from Schwartzgarten series. Meet Osbert Brinkhoff, the unlikeliest of avengers. His is a tale of dark delights and ghastly goings-on, of injustice and revenge. The villains are vicious. The settings are sinister. And good does NOT always prevail… If you prefer cleavers to kittens and fiends to […]

Crime/ Thriller, Funny, Government, law and crime, Mystery/murder, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

Web of Darkness

Bali Rai

When the incredibly attractive Benedict befriends Lily online, she is thrilled. He is so much more mature than boys her age and he seems to know exactly how she’s feeling. She finds herself opening up to him, telling him things she wouldn’t tell anybody else. And she needs someone to confide in more than […]

Crime/ Thriller, Fiction, Romantic, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 12-14

AGES: 14+

Riot

Sarah Mussi

England is struggling under a recession that has shown no sign of abating. Years of cuts have devastated Britain: banks are going under, businesses closing, prices soaring, unemployment rising, prisons overflowing. The authorities cannot cope. And the population has maxed out. The police are snowed under. Something has to give. Drastic measures need taking. The […]

Crime/ Thriller, Mystery/murder, Romantic

AGES: 14+

Jolly Foul Play

Robin Stevens

The fourth Wells and Wong mystery set at Deepdean School for Girls.

Adventure, Crime/ Thriller, Fiction, Friendship, Mystery/murder

AGES: 10-12

Maladapted

Richard Kurti

An exciting, fast-paced thriller that shows the power science has to change not just our lives, but our very selves.

Adventure, Crime/ Thriller, Mystery/murder, Science Fiction

AGES: 12-14

AGES: 14+

What I Couldn’t Tell You

Faye Bird

Laura was head over heels in love with Joe. But now Laura lies in a coma and Joe has gone missing. Was he the one who attacked her?

Adventure, Crime/ Thriller, Family, Mystery/murder, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 12-14

Killing Honour

Bali Rai

A powerful, hard-hitting teen thriller on the controversial topic of honour killing by multi-award-winning author Bali Rai. The Lovely Bones meets East is East.

Crime/ Thriller, Fiction, Mystery/murder, Personal/social issues, Politics/human rights, Religion

AGES: 12-14

AGES: 14+

The Red Prince

Tom Clohosy Cole

When the young Prince of Zapada is imprisoned by rebels, he needs all the help he can get to escape.

Adventure, Crime/ Thriller, Fantasy, Imprisonment

AGES: 3-7

Finding Jennifer Jones

Anne Cassidy

Kate Rickman seems just like any other nineteen-year-old girl. But Kate's not really normal at all. 'Kate' is in fact a carefully constructed facade for a girl called Jennifer Jones - and it's a facade that's crumbling fast.

Crime/ Thriller, Mystery/murder, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 10-12

Getting Away With It

Anne Cassidy

They thought the joyride would be a bit of a laugh. They weren't meant to crash. No one was meant to get hurt. But now Mark's caught up in the worst possible scenario

Crime/ Thriller, Mystery/murder

AGES: 12-14

AGES: 14+

Mel Foster and the Demon Butler

Julia Golding

Time is running out for Mel Foster! Queen Victoria has been taken over by her demon butler and his band of Evil creatures! Only Mel and his monster friends can stand against them. Something Monstrous This Way Comes!!

Adventure, Crime/ Thriller, Fiction, Friendship, Magic, Monsters

AGES: 7-10

The Phoenix Comic Issue 116

Jim Medway

Beware, syrup rustlers! Watch your back, bootleggers of carbonated beverages! Chip Charlton of The Royal Canadian Mounted Police and his courageous partner, Mr Woofles, are out for justice! This noble duo of man and dog are not afraid to dispense the law to all purveyors of counterfeit treats. Working with some of the very best […]

Animals, Crime/ Thriller, Graphic Novel/ Comic, Mystery/murder

AGES: All-Ages

The London Eye Mystery

Siobhan Dowd

Monday 24 May, 11.32 a.m. Ted and Kat watch their cousin Salim get on board the London Eye. The pod rises from the ground. Monday 24 May, 12.02 p.m. The pod lands and the doors open. People exit – but where is Salim?

Adventure, City, Crime/ Thriller, Fiction, Friendship, Mystery/murder

AGES: 10-12

Sawbones

Catherine Johnson

Sixteen-year-old Ezra McAdam has much to be thankful for: trained up as an apprentice by a well-regarded London surgeon, Ezra’s knowledge of human anatomy and skill at the dissection table will secure him a trade for life.

Adventure, Crime/ Thriller, Mystery/murder, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 12-14

AGES: 14+