Anthony Horowitz
Author
Series
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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Description
It's a dangerous life being the brother of the world's worst private detective: but Nick Diamond has survived, so far. However his survival instincts are about to be tested to the full: a school reunion on a remote island, a holiday to Paris, an investigation into the whereabouts of a man and the visit of a world famous singer.
Author
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Meet the Diamond Brothers, the world's worst private-detective agency, in this Chandler-esque spoof from the creator of the bestselling Alex Rider series. Life as the younger brother of the world's most defective detective can be tough - and these two adventures will test Nick to the full. What connects them? Murder! And if the Diamond Brothers don't play their cards right, they could be next.
3) Nightrise
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Series
Language
English
Description
14-year-old twins Jamie and Scott Tyler are performing a mind-reading act in a dingy theatre. But when a sinister multinational corporation, Nightrise, kidnaps Scott, Jamie is left alone - and wanted for murder.
Author
Series
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Meet the Diamond Brothers, the world's worst private-detective agency, in this Chandler-esque spoof from the creator of the bestselling Alex Rider series. Life as the younger brother of the world's most defective detective can be tough - and these two adventures will test Nick to the full. What connects them? Murder! And if the Diamond Brothers don't play their cards right, they could be next.
6) Moriarty
Author
Publisher
Orion Books
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Sherlock Holmes is dead. Days after Holmes and his arch-enemy Moriarty fall to their doom at the Reichenbach Falls, Pinkerton agent Frederick Chase arrives in Europe from New York. The death of Moriarty has created a poisonous vacuum which has been swiftly filled by a fiendish new criminal mastermind who has risen to take his place. Ably assisted by Inspector Athelney Jones of Scotland Yard, a devoted student of Holmes's methods of investigation and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Macmillan Children's
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
The battle between good and evil has raged throughout time, in every corner of this world and the next. The heroes and villains of this ancient conflict are many and varied. Some have fought using their superior strength, and some their wit and cunning.
Author
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Once again, Tim Diamond and his younger brother Nick are flat broke. So when they're hired to investigate an anonymous death threat made to world-famous pop singer and movie actress Minerva, they jump at the chance. However, the Greek celebrity seems to have plenty of enemies - so the question is, which one actually wants her dead?
Author
Series
Publisher
Macmillan Children's
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
When life is over, and the conflicted souls of the dead wend their weary way down to the underworld, what do they see? A three-headed dog with slavering jaws, a dark and foreboding river with a skeletal ferryman or simply darkness? Only the very brave or very foolish will venture down into the realm of the afterlife by choice.
10) Oblivion
Author
Series
The power of five volume 5
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
Having escaped from Hong Kong, the five gatekeepers - Matt, Pedro, Scott, Jamie and Scarlett - are scattered in an alternate future, where each of them faces a hostile and dangerous world. As they struggle to re-group and plan their next move, the malevolent King of the Old Ones gathers his forces in Oblivion.
11) Russian roulette
Author
Series
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
A gripping insight into the teenage life of Yassen Gregorovich, set against a backdrop of violence and corruption. From Yassen's training to become a deadly assassin, to his later orders to kill a young Alex Rider, this gripping adventure will be the deadliest yet.
13) Raven's gate
Author
Series
The power of five volume 1
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Matt has always know he has unusual powers. Raised in foster care, he is sent to Yorkshire on a rehabilitation programme, only to find himself in the midst of sinister goings-on centring on a battle between eight guardians and a group of devil worshippers seeking to release evil ones who must be stopped.
Author
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Meet the Diamond Brothers, the world's worst private-detective agency, in this Chandler-esque spoof from the creator of the bestselling Alex Rider series. Tim Diamond is the world's worst private detective, but unfortunately for his younger brother Nick, the cases keep coming in. First a man runover by a steamroller, and then a remote Scottish island where the guests are dying. Can Nick and Tim find the murderers before it's too late?
17) Killer camera
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
Matt finds a great camera for his Dad's birthday at a car boot sale. But is it too good to be true? Strange things start happening, and as Matt finds out more about the camera's previous owners, his world begins to fall apart. This is a graphic novel adaptation of Anthony Horowitz's short story.
18) Scared
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Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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Description
Gary hates going to the countryside, he would rather be dead. So when his mum drags him off to his Gran's crummy cottage, he thinks he's in hell. But Gary's messing about with more than he knows when he goes off on his own. The countryside starts to fight back!
19) The hitchhiker
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Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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Description
Jacob is in the car when his dad stops to pick up a stranger in the rain - the hitchhiker. Who is he? And why is he out in a storm? Soon, Jacob has all the answers. Now he has to save his family from this madman, who will stop at nothing until they are all dead.
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
David finally gets the phone he's been nagging his dad for, but it's not quite what he expected. He starts getting calls from people he doesn't know and soon they're haunting his every thought, every moment, every nightmare.