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School golden boy Riley North is found dead. The funeral director’sson, Guy ‘Reaper’ Mortimer is accused. Determined to clear hisname, Reaper teams up with Samira, Bunsen, Snake and Betty. Theyunravel the twisted layers of school, where secrets hide and deceptionis rife. But someone is determined to expose the truth – onedeadly sin at a time.
A clever, funny comic for young readers about a dog detective and his latest case in the Narlybone Botanical GardensIt’s a botanical burglary! Who is swiping precious and priceless plants from the Narlybone Gardens?Barnaby Moss, Head of Horticulture is flummoxed. Somebody is thieving very rare specimens from the wintergarden and they are worth a lot of money!The latest Detective Stanley mystery is curlier than a vine and full of twisty secrets. Join Detective Stanley and his pal, Parker Pine, to catch the botanical bandit!A perfect comic for young readers moving on from picture books, children who love comics, or anyone who likes a good mystery!
A brand-new mystery fiction series from the pen of Kristyna Litten!
In the hot, gossipy town of Stony Lonesome, shy eleven-year old Willa interacts with others the only way that feels right to her – the mail. She loves the mail so much that she hopes to become a mail carrier herself one day. But her dreams of delivering birthday cards, thank-you notes, and love letters come crashing down when she’s mistaken for the notorious Two Gum Tilly, a bandit rumoured to be stealing mail for as long as folks can recall. Now an outlaw herself, Willa realizes the only way to clear her name is to bring the real crook to justice. But when a chance encounter introduces her to the Gumshoe Gang, a group of runaways looking to right the wrongs of the letter-looting thief, she finds that human connection might be her only path to freedom. Can Willa clear her name and revive her dreams of postal glory, or has she stamped her last letter forever?
London, Summer 1951: Clem Fatale, the youngest crook in the city, and her best friend Gilbert are going to see their favourite musical double act, the Wade Sisters, perform at the London Palladium! But then one half of the duo – Betty Wade – disappears. Her sister Judy hires Clem and Gilbert to find Betty. The pair are soon pulled into the dark side of the theatre scene, and into the orbit of a notorious criminal mastermind. It’s a race against time and the gangsters of London to get Betty back to the theatre. Will Clem be able to stage the rescue of a lifetime?
Saying Toby Klein is an unlikely cheerleader is the understatement of the year – but the squad at Bayport High aren’t your average cheerleaders. They’re elite undercover government operatives. And word on the street is that something’s about to go down in Bayport. But if the spy business doesn’t kill Toby, it’s starting to look like Brooke, the team captain, might. The nominations are in for homecoming court, and rumour has it that Toby is the front-runner for queen. Tensions are high and Toby’s budding feelings for the most popular and infuriatingly handsome guy in Bayport High aren’t helping, either. Terrorist threat? Mission gone wrong? Disastrous Homecoming Court? Bring it on.
Maddy, Fran, Tom and Gilbert can’t wait for their holiday with Professor George at Kirrin Cottage. But when they arrive, they realise George is missing. They follow her to an old house called Smuggler’s Top, full of secret tunnels and ancient hiding places, where they discover a master criminal who must be stopped at all costs.
The fire wasn’t Marlowe Wexler’s fault. Dates should be hot, but not hot enough to warrant literal firefighters. Akilah, the girl Marlowe has been in love with for years, will never go out with her again. No one dates an accidental arsonist. With her house-sitting career up in flames, it seems the universe owes Marlowe a new summer job, and that’s how she ends up at Morning House, a mansion built on an island in the 1920s and abandoned shortly thereafter. It’s easy enough, giving tours. Low risk of fire. High chance of getting bored talking about stained glass and nut cutlets and Prohibition. Oh, and the deaths. Did anyone mention the deaths? Maybe this job isn’t such a gift after all. Morning House has a horrific secret that’s been buried for decades, and now the person who brought her here is missing. All it takes is one clue to set off a catastrophic chain of events.
Readers will want to hold onto their hero capes as they soar intoa new thrilling Dog Man story. The series follows the hilariousadventures of Dog Man, a lovable canine superhero and his friends.Each exciting graphic novel features inspiring characters, animatedFlip-O-Ramas, and more!
Strange things are happening in the ski resort of Snoboll. Why does all the snow melt away at night and magically reappear the next morning? Who is Ulf Rozenupp the Snow King and why has his sweetheart Snowella gone missing? And what is pizza chef Don Deville cooking up in secret? Join Miss Cat and her friends for a Christmas case full of fire and ice!
The thirteenth bestselling, full-colour Dog Man book from Dav Pilkey- you’ll howl with laughter!
When someone steals the ashes of Gothica City’s vampire mayor, Werelock’s mother is wrongly accused. Desperate to prove her innocence and bring the mayor back to unlife, Werelock and Scratch are launched into the ultimate treasure hunt. All clues point to the mayor’s long-hidden, dangerous mind-controlling potions. Our daring duo, along with you, dear reader, must race to find the potions before they fall into the wrong hands. Will Werelock and Scratch succeed, or will they fall into a villain’s mind-control trap?
Aspiring writer Aggie Morton is eager to spend the holidays at Owl Park, an enormous manor house in the country. Owl Park holds many delights, including a troupe of travelling actors, glamorous visitors from Ceylon, a secret passage and an emerald with a curse! Aggie refuses to believe there’s anything to the superstition, until she and her friends discover a body instead of presents on Christmas morning. Aggie and Hector must once again put their deductive skills and imaginations to work and find a murderer on the loose.
THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING CHILDREN’S DEBUT FICTION BOOK *
THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING CHILDREN’S HARDBACK FICTION BOOK *
After suffering a tragic loss, 11-year-old Ollie only finds solace in books. So when she happens upon a crazed woman at the river threatening to throw a book into the water, Ollie doesn’t think – she just acts, stealing the book and running away. As she begins to read the slender volume, Ollie discovers a chilling story about a girl named Beth, the two brothers who both loved her, and a peculiar deal made with ‘the smiling man’, a sinister spectre who grants your most tightly held wish, but only for the ultimate price. Ollie is captivated by the tale until her school trip the next day to Smoke Hollow, a local farm with a haunting history all its own. There she stumbles upon the graves of the very people she’s been reading about. Could it be the story about the smiling man is true?
When Jack magics his friend Charlie through an interdimensional portal to an island full of bad fairies, he realizes he might have broken one rule too many. Can he rescue his best friend? And what sort of plot are the bad fairies held captive on Lonely Island hatching?