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Professor Andrew Martin of Cambridge University solves the world’s greatest mathematical riddle. Then he disappears. When he is found walking naked along the motorway, Professor Martin seems different. Besides the lack of clothes, he now finds normal life pointless. His loving wife and teenage son seem repulsive to him. In fact, he hates everyone on the planet. Everyone, that is, except Newton. And he’s a dog. Can a bit of Debussy and Emily Dickinson keep him from murder?
‘I’ve written three books and our deal is over’. That’s what reluctant author Anthony Horowitz tells ex-detective Daniel Hawthorne in an awkward meeting. The truth is that Anthony has got other things on his mind. His new play, a thriller called ‘Mindgame’, is about to open at the famous Vaudeville theatre in Shoreditch. Not surprisingly, Hawthorne declines a ticket to the opening night. The play is not enjoyed by the critics. In particular, Sunday Times critic Harriet Throsby gives it a savage review, focusing particularly on the writing. The next day, Throsby is stabbed in the heart with an ornamental dagger which, it turns out, belongs to Anthony, and which has his fingerprints all over it.
More diary entries and doodles from Nikki's not-so-fabulous life, in the new instalment of the internationally bestselling Dork Diaries series.
When Mole leaves his spring-cleaning and heads up into the open air, he embarks on a series of exhilarating adventures with his new friends: the laid-back Ratty, the gruff yet kindly Badger and the self-satisfied, irrepressible Toad. The impulsive Toad leads the friends from one escapade to the next – from upturned gypsy caravans to stolen motorcars, a daring prison escape and, finally, to a heroic confrontation with the sinister inhabitants of the Wild Wood.
When Tova Sullivan’s husband died two years ago, she talked her way into a job mopping floors at Sowell Bay Aquarium. Keeping busy helps her cope, which she’s been doing since her 18-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished. 30 and headlining for washed-up band Moth Sausage, Cameron Cassmore has some serious growing up to do. Then the discovery of an old class ring sends him on a mission to Sowell Bay to track down the father he’s never known. Marcellus, a ‘prisoner’ at the Aquarium, wouldn’t lift one of his eight tentacles for his human captors until he forms a friendship with the cleaning lady. Keenly observant, but with time running out, Marcellus deduces that Cameron is a missing key to what happened the fateful night of Erik’s disappearance. Now Marcellus must use every trick his old, invertebrate body can muster to unearth the truth for Tova before it’s too late.
Enter the adorkable world of Nikki Maxwell as she tells all about her not-so-fabulous life in the international bestselling series Dork Diaries!
More diary entries and doodles from Nikki’s not-so-fabulous life, in the ninth instalment of the phenomenally successful Dork Diaries series.
Shortlisted for the 2024 Illustrated Sports Book of the Year
Launched as rugby hit fever pitch at the 2023 World Cup, Remarkable Rugby Grounds is the perfect title for the passionate rugby fan who will be astonished at the worldwide reach of their favourite game.
A warm and funny celebration of poets and poetry. Illustrated by Chris Riddell, author of the Goth Girl, Ottoline and Cloud Horse Chronicles series.
This brilliant Wipe-Clean Activity Book is perfect for helping 3-5 year olds build key skills – it’s an ideal way to introduce them to Phonics! Each book comes with a wipe-clean pen so children can practise again and again. It’s full of fun and colourful exercises to teach children some of the most common sounds in the English language and the letters that make them. It features words found in most of the popular phonics programmes, and children will learn which letters blend together to make different sounds. This book can be used in class or at home, and it’s great for helping pupils develop their pen control too!
Hannah looks more like a kindergarten teacher than someone who could kill you with her bare hands. But the truth is, she’s an Executive Protection Agent (aka. bodyguard) and she’s just been hired to protect superstar Jack Stapleton. Jack’s an impossibly handsome actor who looks like he has everything. Including a creepy, corgi-breeding stalker. When Jack’s mom gets sick, he heads home to the family’s Texas ranch to help out. Only one catch: He doesn’t want his family to know about his stalker. Or the bodyguard thing. And so Hannah – against her better judgment – finds herself pulling on her cowboy boots and pretending to be Jack’s girlfriend as a cover. It’s easy for Hannah to protect Jack. But protecting her own heart? That’s the hardest thing she’s ever done.