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From the creator of BBC drama Silent Witness comes a gripping and sinister thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat. During the murder investigation of a teenage boy, DCI Mark Lapslie's methods come under fire and, as a result, his prime suspect walks free. Meanwhile another body is discovered, and Lapslie and his team quickly find themselves on the trail of a voracious serial killer. One year earlier, dedicated young Journalist Josie Dallyn stumbles over a chain of very similar cases.

Oliver Moon's Fangtastic Sleepover Oliver Moon is having a wail of a time at his spooky school sleepover in the haunted museum. But then he's cursed by a bad luck jinx and things start to go terribly wrong. Oliver didn't intend to summon such very, VERY, scary guests ... Will Oliver and his class survive the night? Oliver Moon and the Broomstick Battle Oliver Moon is going for gold in the broomstick obstacle race. But so is champion cheat Billy Bogeywort, and he'll stop at nothing to win.

Josh is soccer-mad and can't wait to show off his ball skills to his new classmates. After all, he is the nephew of Ossie Williams - the best footballer in the country. Josh's arrival gives shy Matthew more confidence, but it is not welcomed by Rajesh, the school goalkeeper and captain. With important seven-a-side tournaments coming up, will the players be able to settle their differences and work together as a team?

When Oliver Moon is entered for the Young Wizard of the Year award, he finds he's up against the head boy. And when he's given the job of litter collector, he decides to liven things up with the help of his new pet dragon.

Thirteen-year-old Bosworth Hartie didn't think his parents could inflict much more mental torture on him. However, they get it into their heads to find him a wife, to keep him on the straight and narrow! And they match him up with the spiteful Veronica Melling.

Sam and Ella are just an ordinary brother and sister, until they discover two amazing things! They can send thought messages to each other, and they have incredible super powers. Suddenly they are extraordinary! Then a jewel robbery and a sinister stranger test their new super powers to the limit.

Watch out for Sniff - the world’s funniest dog! Mad mongrel Sniff brings chaos and catastrophe into everyone’s lives! Sniff knows how to get a laugh out of a bin-bag... and how to turn a boring school play into a hilarious triumph, just by doing what comes naturally! More hilarious stories about Sniff the chaotic canine, from best-selling author Ian Whybrow.

Enemy bombers. Gas masks. Evacuation. What was World War Two really like? Five modern children have the chance to find out. They are taking part in Strictly Evacuees, a brand-new reality show.

Tobey is determined to be famous. So one day Tobey and his friend Georgia audition for a role in the local play. To Tobey's huge disappointment, Georgia gets a part, but he doesn't. Can he turn this tragedy around?

Troll Trouble: Oliver Moon really wants to be a hero in the Magic School play. But when his audition goes disastrously wrong, he’s given the role of the stinky troll instead! Now Oliver wishes he wasn’t even in the play... until an unexpected visitor means he has the chance to be a hero after all. 'Monster Mystery': Oliver Moon thinks his luck is in when he wins the Magic School raffle, until he’s presented with his prize - a hideous painting of an ugly monster. But could there be more to the picture than meets the eye?

A dark and humid night on a London highway… a ghostly woman asking directions… and the reader is away on a tale of deceit, murder, madness, stolen identities and scheming cads, elaborate plots and outrageous coincidences, in the company of some of the most extraordinary characters in fiction. Hailed as a classic the moment it was written in 1859, The Woman in White uses a dozen different narrators to tell the tale of a man’s determination to save the woman he loves....

He has nowhere to go. So he goes there. The narrator of The Society of Others is an alienated young man who sees no meaning in life. He doesn't even see the point of getting out of bed in the morning. To get his family off his back, he embarks on an aimless hitchhiking adventure around Europe. But his journey soon turns into an orgy of violence...

Oliver Moon wants to have the best birthday bash ever, but some of his guest have other ideas. All of the not-so-nice wizards and witches from school have turned up and they are making real trouble. Luckily, there's birthday magic and hidden surprises in store.

Twins Sam and Ella have discovered they are extraordinary. They can send thought messages to each other. And when they're doing it, they have super powers. So when pet dogs start to disappear, the twins decide to use their special powers to investigate.

Mark Slouka’s novel begins with the child of Czech immigrants to the US, now living in New York, who has been brought up on the folklore of his parents’ homeland. As an adult he becomes aware that he has no knowledge of his parents during the Nazi occupation of Prague. He makes a journey back to Czechoslovakia and it is only then that he discovers their part in the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, the notorious ‘butcher of Prague’ and begins to understand his mother Ivana’s unhappiness.

It is 1956. Freddy and Polly have never minded helping their genius father with his experiments. Even when that means being put into cryonic suspension having their hearts frozen.... It is 2009. Ben and Rachel have resigned themselves to a long, dull summer when they find the hidden underground vault in the garden and inside it two frozen figures, a boy and a girl...Can Polly and Freddy adapt to the 21st century?

Oliver has been chosen to look after Nippy the nipperbat, the class pet. With his naughty baby sister lending a hand, it soon becomes a nightmare. In the second story, Oliver decides to go ghost busting with his new friend, Wilf.

It's not always easy to embrace life, to get up and go, to follow your dreams and make things happen, but after losing his leg to cancer as a teenager, that’s exactly what Marc Woods did - and went on to become a Paralympic Gold medallist. The determination and dedication that Marc showed to achieve that feat is shared with us in this powerful book. His inspiring story is the motivation we all need to start being the best we can be.

Being brutal isn’t easy if you’re a pacifist. On Brutalia violence is a way of life. Ravenous ravens circle overhead, monstrous grot bears cause chaos and the streets are bulging with brawls. But Mort isn’t like the other islanders - he’s determined to live peacefully. Then the cruel queen appoints Mort as royal executioner. No one has ever challenged her and lived to tell the tale. Can Mort keep his head and outwit the queen?

You tick all the right boxes; school, university, corporate career. You have a sensible profession, a fancy job title, proud parents, decent salary, pricey holidays - but there's a nagging feeling that something isn't quite right. You want a different life - no spreadsheets, no commute, no late nights at the office. But if not that - then what? That is exactly what Escape the City is here to do: show you what other options are open to you.