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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

Skeleton Keys: The Unimaginary Friend

Guy Bass

Greetings! My name is Skeleton Keys and these fantabulant fingers of mine can open doors to hidden worlds… Join me for the curious tale of Ben Bunsen, whose only friend is a figment of his imagination … until now. Ben can’t believe it when his imaginary friend the Gorblimey becomes unimaginary. The Gorblimey is loyal […]

Fantasy/ Supernatural, Fiction, Funny, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 7-10

Defenders: Killing Ground

Tom Palmer

Seth has a special ability: to see things from the past. He’s at a football match when flickering flames and a screaming, wild-haired man appear on the pitch. A storm hits from nowhere and the crowd panics. No-one’s hurt, but more odd things happen over the following days and Seth learns he’s seeing a 1000-year-old, […]

Fantasy/ Supernatural, Fiction, Friendship, Historical, Spooky/Scary, Sports

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

Here be Dragons

Sarah Mussi

Ellie Morgan wants a boy who’s all hers. Just for once, it would be nice to meet someone that Sheila the cow hadn’t got her claws in to. A remote farmhouse on Mount Snowdon is hardly the ideal setting for meeting anyone – unless, of course, you count her best friend George or creepy Darren […]

Adventure, Fiction, Friendship, Love, Mount Snowdon, Myths and Legends, Spooky/Scary, Welsh myths

AGES: 12-14

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

Thirteen Chairs

Dave Shelton

Jack stands in the dark on the landing of the old house, and looks at his feet – He has been here for minutes, his hand on the door handle, debating whether or not to go in. A high-ceilinged room lit only by candles. Thirteen chairs, one empty. Twelve ghostly storytellers, waiting to begin. Come […]

Fantasy/ Supernatural, Graphic Novel/ Comic, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 12-14

AGES: 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

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

Stitch Head

Guy Bass

In the maze-like dungeons of Castle Grotteskew, the frightfully insane Professor Erasmus conducts his bizarre experiments on living things. His very first creation has been long forgotten – a small, almost-human creature, known only as Stitch Head. Poor Stitch Head has spent years vying for attention amongst a menagerie of freakish monsters. When a travelling […]

Funny, Graphic Novel/ Comic, Monsters, Spooky/Scary

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+

The Beast

Michaela Morgan

Was it the wind in the trees? Was it a ghost? Or was it… a beast? When Robbie and Gaz hear a strange howling sound in the woods behind Robbie’s house, they decide it’s their big chance to take a photo of the beast and make a fortune selling it to the papers.

Fiction, Friendship, Funny, Monsters, Picture Books, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 7-10

Ash Mistry and the City of Death

Sarwat Chadda

Ash Mistry is leading a pretty complicated life. There’s school, his unrequited crush on girl-next-door Gemma… and then there’s the fact that he’s the reincarnation of the great Indian hero Ashoka, not to mention the small detail that he died last year, and came back as an agent of the goddess of death. So when […]

Fantasy, Fiction, Magic, Monsters, Multicultural/international, Myths and Legends, Romantic, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 12-14

I Want To Be In A Scary Story

Sean Taylor

The stellar duo behind Hoot Owl: Master of Disguise reunites to create a book that will have children (and their parents!) roaring with laughter once again.

Adventure, Picture Books, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 3-7

Megastar: The Fincredible Diary of Fin Spencer

Ciaran Murtagh

A boy, a book and a bucket of trouble... The third diary in the hilarious illustrated series.

Adventure, Fantasy/ Supernatural, Fiction, Friendship, Magic, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 7-10

Dark Lord: The Headmaster of Doom

Jamie Thomson

The Dark Lord comes up against his most fearsome foe yet!

Fantasy, Fiction, Funny, Magic, Monsters, School/ Learning, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

Where Monsters Lie

Polly Ho-Yen

Are there monsters lurking in the loch..?

Fiction, Magic, Monsters, Mystery/murder, Myths and Legends, Nature/ Outdoors, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 12-14

AGES: 7-10

Death or Ice Cream?

Gareth P Jones

Larkin Mills: The Birthplace of Death! Larkin Mills is no ordinary town. It's a place of contradictions and enigma, of secrets and mysteries. A place with an exquisite ice cream parlour, and an awful lot of death.

Fantasy, Fantasy/ Supernatural, Fiction, Food, Funny, Mystery/murder, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

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

Ministry of Pandemonium

Chris Westwood

When Ben Harvester meets the mysterious Mr October in Highgate Cemetery, nothing could have prepared him for the strange and dramatic turn his life is about to take.

Fantasy/ Supernatural, Fiction, Magic, Science Fiction, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 7-10

Tales of Terror From the Black Ship

Not for the faint-hearted, Tales of Terror from the Black Ship is a novel packed with chills, thrills, nail-biting suspense and heart-stopping revelations. With a brand new story and an exciting commercial jacket treatment

Fear, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 10-12

Stitch Head: The Monster Hunter

Guy Bass

Join a mad professor's forgotten creation as he risks it all to save his friends.

Fiction, Funny, Monsters, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 7-10

Stitch Head: The Pirate’s Eye

Guy Bass

Join Stitch Head, a mad professor’s forgotten creation, as he steps out of the shadows into the adventure of an almost-lifetime…

Fiction, Funny, Monsters, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 7-10

Stitch Head: The Ghost of Grotteskew

Guy Bass

Join Stitch Head, a mad professor’s forgotten creation, as he steps out of the shadows into the adventure of an almost-lifetime…

Fiction, Funny, Monsters, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 7-10

Stitch head: The Spider’s Lair

Guy Bass

Join Stitch Head, a mad professor’s forgotten creation, as he steps out of the shadows into the adventure of an almost-lifetime…

Fiction, Funny, Monsters, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 7-10

Big Scary Monster

Thomas Docherty

Big Scary Monster loves to shock his friends. But if he wants to keep them, he will need to change his ways!

Animals, Empathy, Friendship, Monsters, Picture Books, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 3-7

Boy in the Tower

Polly Ho-Yen

It all began on the day the rain stopped falling. First, the buildings fell. Then the people on the streets. No one could explain why. Until they found the Bluchers.

Adventure, City, Family, Fear, Magic, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Science Fiction, Spooky/Scary, Surreal

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 12-14

AGES: 7-10

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

Stich Head: The Beast of Grubbers Nubbin

Guy Bass

In the maze-like dungeons of Castle Grotteskew, the fightfully insane Professor Erasmus conducts his bizarre experiements on living things.

Fiction, Funny, Monsters, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 7-10

Half a Creature from the Sea

David Almond

An anthology of dark, powerful and moving short stories from master storyteller David Almond, inspired by his childhood in the north-east of England.

Anthology, Fairy tales and folk tales, Fiction, Grief/Loss, School/ Learning, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 10-12

The Imaginary

A. F. Harrold

Rudger is Amanda’s best friend. He doesn’t exist, but nobody’s perfect.

Friendship, Magic, Picture Books, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 7-10

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+

Dark Lord – The Teenage Years

Jamie Thomson

Thirteen-year-old schoolboy, Dirk Lloyd, has a dark secret - in fact he is a dark secret.

Fantasy, Fiction, Funny, Magic, Monsters, School/ Learning, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

First Aid for Fairies and Other Fabled Beasts

Lari Don

Fabled Beasts don't just exist in legends. They're real and they need help.

Adventure, Fairy tales and folk tales, Family, Fantasy, Magic, Monsters, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 10-12