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From number 1 bestselling, multi-award-winning author, David Solomons, comes a laugh-out-loud new series!When Adam and his friends accidentally reveal the secret location of ex-MI6 quartermaster, Professor Goodspeed, they dont expect supervillains to turn up on their doorstep, looking for his most dangerous invention. Drawn into a dastardly plot, the friends must rescue the Professor and take on evil Dr Toe and all his henchmen to boot.Its going to take buckets of bravery, a truckload of gadgets - including a flying bike, a robot-shark shield and, the deadliest of weapons, a glitter glue grenade - along with A LOT of luck to defeat the bad guys and stop them taking over the world.At least the summer holidays wont be boring . . .The first book in a fast-paced, funny adventure series, packed with illustrations. For readers 9 years and up.

Detective Nosegoode and the Music Box Mystery. When a mysterious man with a fake black beard comes to town and a music box goes missing from the workshop of clockmaker Mr Ignatius Blossom, the two friends begin to investigate.Detective Nosegoode and the Kidnappers. Detective Nosegoode wants to enjoy his well deserved retirement, but it seems the villains of Lower Limewood are determined not to let him rest: Cody has been kidnapped! Will he be returned safe and sound? Never fear, Detective Nosegoode is already on their trail.Detective Nosegoode and the Museum Robbery. A famous picture is in danger of being stolen, the headquarters of the Circle of the Aficionados of Checkers has been robbed and an elusive pickpocket strikes at the celebrations to mark the hundredth anniversary of the founding of Lower Limewood. This small town seems to have a attracted quite a number of thieves - a good job they can count the brilliant Detective Nosegoode and his faithful Cody among their residents.

A thrilling Christmas murder-mystery adventure - the perfect cosy crime read to keep you gripped this festive season!After another dreary term away at school, Grace is desperate to see her mum and brother again. Excited to spend Christmas with them, she arrives in Bath full of expectation and happiness. But the familys time together is suddenly interrupted when a shocking murder at their hotel throws everything into chaos. And when Graces mum disappears soon afterwards, Grace trusts nobody.With her mum missing and younger brother Billy in tow, Grace enlists the help of new friends Olive and Doug. Streetwise and clever, they help Grace and Billy come up with a plan to find out why Mum left the hotel and what happened to her.Full of twists and turns, the mystery takes the four friends on an adventure. And as they start to uncover the truth behind the murder, they wonder if anyone at the hotel is really who they say they are.More exhilarating reads from Fleur Hitchcock:Murder in MidwinterMurder at TwilightWaiting for MurderMurder at Snowfall

A hidden garden. An ancient tale. A missing child. This is an addictive mystery with crossing narratives thats impossible to put down.Fran doesnt want to stay with her aunt and uncle and her annoying cousin, Imogen. Imogen is rude and unfriendly and, it turns out, missing... But her parents dont seem to know who Fran means - dont be silly, we dont have a daughter, you know that. So its up to Fran, and Imogens best friend, Bex, to find out whats happened to her.Except Bex doesnt know who Imogen is either. All Fran knows is that its got something to do with the hidden garden at Stillness Hall and the twelve statues that belong there. Could a mysterious old tale, a story of enchantment and death, hold the answers?More brilliant stories by Kirsty Applebaum:The Life and Time of Lonny QuickeThe MiddlerTroofriend

Budding film-maker Jermaine is at his great-great uncles Dead Yard, a service for the deceased that lasts the entire night. Theres music, tons of people and lots of food, so when Jermaine spots a plate of patties - his favourite snack - he digs in immediately.But upon taking a bite he finds himself in big trouble.Turns out that at a Dead Yard, a table is set up under a tent with food for the departed loved one. No one is allowed to eat from it before midnight, which is believed to be the time when the spirit passes through.Jermaine wishes hed known that before 22:53! Now hes got the angry spirit of his Uncle Carl in his life. ALL. THE. TIME. But that isnt the only creepy happening in town. Kids are suffering from a mysterious illness that sounds A LOT like the Jamaican ghost tales his great gran has told him. With cursed cassava seeds in the house and a strange being lurking in the neighbourhood too, Jermaine and Carl will have to work together to keep the people they care about safe.The first in a spook-tastic new series, perfect for fans of GOOSEBUMPS, HIDE AND SEEKER and DREAD WOOD.

Alice Éclair, Spy Extraordinaire will whisk you away on a fabulous adventure, full of daring action and delicious cakes!Baker by day, spy by night - Alice Éclair leads an exciting double life!At Frances Olympics training camp, a brilliant young cyclist needs help. Her father has disappeared - along with the machine he invented that creates unbreakable codes. Alice goes to work undercover in the athletes butter-free kitchen, desperate to crack the case. Armed with a light sponge mix and an airy disregard for danger, can Alice serve up a solution before its too late?A Sprinkling of Danger is Alices fourth adventure and can be read as a stand-alone novel, or enjoyed as part of the Alice Eclair, Spy Extraordinaire series. Look out for Alices other missions - A Recipe for Trouble, A Spoonful of Spying and A Sprinkling of Danger!Perfect for fans of Robin StevensMurder Most Unladylike series and M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgmans Adventures on Trains series.

Buried treasure. Hidden secrets. One golden chance.Legend says the cliffs by the seaside town of Edge are riddled with smugglers tunnels, and that gold is stashed in their caves. Freya and her best friend, Lin, love searching for treasure on the beach, but they steer clear of the dark and twisting tunnels. Itd be easy to get lost in there, and Freyas sure she can hear voices echoing from them when the wind blows.Then a mysterious woman moves into Freyas grannys B&B and soon everything that Freya loves about Edge is under threat. Its time for Freya to face her fears. Can she strike gold before time runs out for her town?A gripping, contemporary adventure with brilliant twists and turns, from the author of Looking for Emily.

When an explosion rips through the chemistry lab at Ravens Hill School and six girls are injured, the first thought is that its an experiment gone wrong. Then the guards start investigating and suspect a bomb. But if so, who was it targeting and why? Could toxic relationships have bubbled over into violence?The injured Frankie and Sorcha team up with Jess to try to find out what actually happened. But what they discover is far more sinister than even they could have imagined

Labyrinth meets folk horror in this dark and romantic tale of a lost girl and the shadows that lurk in the forest.Fall under the spell of the Lord of the Wood and uncover the dark past of a village that will go to any lengths to ensure its maidens stay good.In the small town of Winston, Pennsylvania, they fear the Lord of the Wood almost as much as they fear God. According to legend, ghosts of the nearby forest steal unattended babies, leaving enigmatic tokens of wood and bone in their place. Leah Jones didnt believe the legend, thinking it just a way to scare the local kidsuntil her baby brother disappears.Filled with shame and the weight of the towns judgment, Leah crosses the river into the Lord of the Woods domain to bring her brother back. But the devilish figure who has haunted Winston for generations isnt what she expects. He tells her she can have her brother back... for a price.Its a bargain that will uncover secrets her hometown has tried to keep buried for decades. And what she unearths will have her questioning everything shes been taught to fear.

Strange things are happening!The night before Mayas 13th birthday, shes swept up in a dream so real, it knocks her socks off - especially when it actually happens! As if juggling friends, secret crushes and homework wasnt enough of a roller coaster ride... Now Maya needs to untangle the mystery of her brand-new superpowers. Can she figure out the hows and whys before time runs out? Discovering unusual abilities and navigating extraordinary circumstances, this is ideal for fans of Percy Jackson and the Olympians on Disney+.

Some secrets are just too dangerous to know... A gripping World War II story about how two girls foil an aristocratic plot to bring down the government and hand the country to the Nazis...When Sidney Dashworths school is evacuated to a huge stately home in the countryside, she thinks shes going to spend the war being very bored. At least her brother must be having fun, flying his Spitfire all over France! But soon Sidney and a housemaid called Nancy discover that the Earl is up to no good. He has secret nighttime meetings with mysterious men from the government, is hiding something sinister on his land and is connected to the bombing of a munitions factory. At first its all terribly thrilling, investigating by creeping about at night and finding secret passageways, but soon everything takes a deadly turn. Sidneys brother goes missing over France and the war hits home with a terrible reality. The Earl and his evil plotters must be stopped, or nothing will ever be the same again...

A gripping thriller for readers who like danger and mystery and chills and spills from the comfort of their sofas... Unputdownable.The Times and Sunday Times Childrens Book of the Week."Much more Junior Line of Duty than Junior Miss Marple" - The Sunday Times"Just the right level of intrigue and jeopardy" - The TimesWhen Lucas and Ruby find an abandoned trunk covered in snow, Lucas says theres bound to be a body inside. Ruby laughs but what if hes right? Nervously she starts to open it, and immediately wishes she hadnt. From that moment on, theyre drawn into a thrilling mystery, one that they have to solve before the falling snow smothers all trace of wrongdoing...

A British traveller in France stops in a remote French hill town with some very unusual inhabitants and soon finds himself unable to leave; a scholar staying in a lodging house feels himself observed by a malevolent presence; two friends on a canoeing trip spend a night on a lonely willow-covered island in the middle of the Danube, haunted by the strange trees and sinister shapes in the water...Algernon Blackwood is one of Britains greatest ever proponents of weird and supernatural stories. This collection contains four of his most unnervingly curious tales: Ancient Sorceries, The Listener, The Sea Fit and The Willows.

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Alice Éclair, Spy Extraordinaire will whisk you away on a fabulous adventure, full of daring action and delicious cakes!Baker by day, spy by night - Alice Éclair leads an exciting double life!A mysterious message sends Alice on a mission aboard Frances most glamorous train, The Sapphire Express. Alice must sneak on board disguised as a pastry chef and discover which passenger is an enemy agent before they reach their final stop. But everyone on the train seems to be hiding something...Armed with her whisk, her wits and her will to succeed, Alice has a spy to catch.A Recipe for Trouble can be read as a stand-alone novel, or enjoyed as part of the Alice Eclair, Spy Extraordinaire series. Look out for A Spoonful of Spying!

The latest mind-blowing novel from award-winning author Christopher Edge, Escape Room is a thrilling adventure that challenges readers to think about what theyve done to save the world today.When twelve-year-old Ami arrives at The Escape, she thinks its just a game - the ultimate escape room with puzzles and challenges to beat before time runs out. Meeting her teammates, Adjoa, Ibrahim, Oscar and Min, Ami learns from the Host that they have been chosen to save the world and they must work together to find the Answer. But as he locks them inside the first room, they quickly realise this is no ordinary game.From a cavernous library of dust to an ancient Mayan tomb, a deserted shopping mall stalked by extinct animals to the command module of a spaceship heading to Mars, the perils of The Escape seem endless. Can Ami and her friends find the Answer before its too late?With cover illustration by David Dean."A writer of genuine originality" - GuardianCheck out these other brilliant books from Christopher Edge:- The Many Worlds of Albie Bright- The Jamie Drake Equation- The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day- The Longest Night of Charlie Noon

The perfect thriller for the long, hot school holiday.Its a long, hot summer. As the water drains away from the reservoir, a car emerges. And there seems to be a body in it, a body that then disappears... Daniel and Florence start to investigate and uncover a long-ago robbery, missing gold and murder. When the drought breaks, everything is swept downstream and the truth is revealed...Another thriller from the brilliant author of Murder at Midwinter.

With a beautifully fluffy tail and a keen nose for adventure, Max the Detective Cat is ready for any mystery...Max, chief mouse hunter at the Theatre Royal, is up to his whiskers in his first mystery! Max notices that famous singer Madame Emerald is acting strangely. Why is her maid so terrified? And what kind of singer doesnt like to sing in public? Soon Max is trapped in a complicated web of crime, dashing round dancers legs and over the rooftops of London in a race to catch a clever thief...Beautifully illustrated throughout by Nicola Kinnear, Max the Detective Cat is perfect for readers aged 7+.Check out all of Maxs adventures! The Disappearing Diva, The Phantom Portrait and The Catnap Caper.

Sitting on the top deck of a bus days before Christmas, Maya sees a couple arguing violently in the middle of a crowded Regent Street. They see her watching, she looks away, and the woman disappears. Maya goes to the police, who shrug and send her away. Then a body turns up... Now convinced she is a vital witness to a crime, the police send Maya into hiding in rural Wales. She resolves to get to the bottom of the mystery. Then the snow comes and no one can get out. But what if someone can still get in?From the author of Dear Scarlett and Saving Sophia."Fleur Hitchcock... has cornered the market in hard-boilers for beginners." - Alex OConnell, The Times"A taut and exciting thriller. Fleur Hitchcock beautifully captures Mayas sense of unreality and fear as she untangles family relationships along with the mystery." - Scotsman"For a young readership, this is surprisingly no-holds-barred, but it handles a potentially traumatising subject with just the right balance of tenderness and gusto." - The School Librarian

Reverend Septimus Treloar, retired as Chief Inspector of the CID after thirty years service, is now country parson of the seemingly sleepy St. Marys Danedyke. But the rural calm of his and the villagers lives are thrown into chaos when mysterious happenings cause them to suspect the haunting of a fabled ghost within the dark recesses of their church. But can this really be a case of supernatural spirits? Or are Septimuss suspicions of thieving mischief closer to the truth? If so, what could be the object of all this criminal plotting? Septimus must use his detective know-how to find the answers on a mission that will lead him to the secret of The Danedyke Cup, a silver gilt relic supposedly once belonging to Our Lady...The first in Stephen Chances classic series about Reverend Septimus, the one and only beatified bobby,Septimus and the Danedyke Mystery (1971) has everything: treasure hunts, ancient clues, rollicking humour and quick-witted suspense. It has been described by Philip Ardagh in the Guardian as truly marvellous.