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.
Author
Series
Hawthorne and Horowitz volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A wealthy woman strangled 6 hours after she's arranged her own funeral. A very private detective uncovering secrets but hiding his own. A reluctant author drawn into a story he can't control. What do they have in common? Unexpected death, an unsolved mystery and a trail of bloody clues lie at the heart of Anthony Horowitz's page-turning new thriller.
4) Nightrise
Author
Series
The power of five volume 3
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2013
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) Granny
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
12-year-old Joe Warden isn't happy. He has rich, uncaring parents and is virtually a prisoner in the huge family mansion, Thattlebee Hall. Worst of all, though, is his granny. Not only is she physically repulsive, she's horribly mean.
10) 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.
14) 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.
15) 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.
19) Necropolis
Author
Series
The power of five volume 4
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Evil has been unleashed on the world and only five children - with special powers - can save it. Matt and the others desperately need to find Scar, the final gatekeeper, who has been trapped in Hong Kong, where puddles of water turn into puddles of blood, where ghosts, demons and hideous creatures stalk the streets.
20) 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.