Teen Thrills

An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! A Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick! A Printz Medal AND Morris Award Winner! Soon to be adapted at Netflix for TV with President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama's production company, Higher Ground. "One of this year's most buzzed about young adult novels." --Good Morning America With four starred reviews, Angeline...

Three casinos. Three bodies. Three days. Crack the case with the Naturals series by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Inheritance Games. After a string of brutal murders in Las Vegas, Cassie Hobbes and the Naturals are called in to investigate. But even with the team's unique profiling talents, these murders seem baffling: unlike many...

Royal maverick Niko and bodyguard Feldspar have been tasked by their queens to lead a Swarm – an exploration – to find a new world outside of their twisted monarchy. What they find on the other side of the Hive is a paradise, but not all is as it appears to be. When two brutal murders happen on the same...

A missing girl. A search for answers. But what if the past wants to stay buried? In a quiet, coastal town, eighteen-year-old Jessica lets out a gasp, then walks out of the opening night of her own play, Garden of Lost Girls. She is never seen again. What did she see? Where did she go? And why did she never...

An unmissable new edition of the New York Times No.1 bestselling YA crime thriller and TikTok sensation. Now a major BBC and Netflix series! A stunning exclusive edition of the bestselling YA crime thriller sensation, with a striking new cover design and black sprayed edges. ‘A taut, compulsively readable, elegantly plotted thriller’ – Guardian The case is closed. Five years...

The New York Times and Sunday Times best-selling, brilliantly crafted crime-thriller sequel to the no.1 debut of 2019, A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder. NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES. Pip Fitz-Amobi is not a detective anymore. With the help of Ravi Singh, she released a true-crime podcast about the murder case they solved together last year. The podcast has gone...

Ali Cross: Like Father, Like Son is back in the New York Times No. 1 sequel to James Patterson's bestselling mystery for young readers, featuring the son of Detective Alex Cross, the lead character in James Patterson's biggest-selling series. ALEX CROSS is a genius detective. ALI CROSS is following in his father's footsteps. When Ali sees a friend get hurt,...

More outrageous and high-intensity action from teen rebel and social-media star Robin Hood and friends as they continue their campaign against the brutal and corrupt powers that be. The sixth episode in the latest bulls-eye hit series from the bestselling author of Cherub. Robin is pleased to hear from his old school friend Alan Adele, not least because Alan's father...

A passion. A hatred. A jealousy. A murder. A passion. A hatred. A jealousy. A murder. Cory is patient. Calculated. Obsessed. He's been following Mariana for months. Every move. Every habit. Every secret. She's clever. But as they both roll into Las Vegas, he's crafted the perfect plan. He knows winning her trust will take time — a few lies,...

They all came to find love, but only some will leave with their lives. The Wilds meets Sophie Gonzales' Never Ever Getting Back Together for thriller fanatics, romance lovers, and the reality TV-obsessed. Constance Berardi signs up to the teen reality dating show, The One, to prove that she's over her ex-girlfriend. What seems like a free vacation and a...

Hayden's best friends with one of the Abbott brothers, and in love with another. She's always been wary of the third. But nobody knows which one of them is a murderer. From the author of Dead Girls Can't Tell Secrets, a propulsive new thriller. Three brothers. Two deaths. One girl, caught in the middle. The Abbott boys, fraternal triplets Henry,...

From the author of The One Memory of Flora Banks comes a YA true-crime murder-mystery with a romantic twist, set over a dangerous summer that will change lives forever. Perfect for fans of We Were Liars and The Reappearance of Rachel Price. When Cat has the chance to escape Cornwall and spend the summer on the French Riviera with some...

This psychological thriller brims with steam, suspense and scandal against the backdrop of an elite university. Perfect for fans of The Housemaid and A Good Girl's Guide to Murder. Dirty little secrets need cleaning up... Brilliant aspiring scientist Sabrina has won a scholarship to study chemistry at a prestigious London university. Best of all, it includes accommodation in the Infaustus...

A pact. A test. A dilemma. A murder. They All Had a Chance unfolds with Jane, who thinks she understands the game, but she'll soon find out one of her opponents is a killer playing by a different set of rules. Plain Jane Flowers is a seventeen-year-old summer camp counsellor. This is her second year at Camp Sunshine, only this...

Shadow House always wins... Poppy, Dash, Azumi, and Dylan may have made it out of Shadow House – but the grounds are a whole new nightmare. Someone they thought was a friend is hunting them, and there's no place that's safe now that they've woken the shadow creature. If they want to survive, they'll have to figure out once and...

Payback, an enigmatic anti-capitalist group staffed by teens, has one mission: to steal from the rich and give to the poor. Its dramatic heists create a sensation. But when excitable Payback fan Tom is recruited, he accidentally brings with him a shady money man, Mr Ruiz. And he’s not the only one on their tail. As the net closes in,...

Lethal Lit follows Tig Torres, a Cuban American teen detective, in her hometown of Hollow Falls. In season one of the hit podcast, Tig used her smarts and fearlessness to track down the infamous ‘Lit Killer’, a serial killer who staged his murders after death scenes from famous books. But there’s no rest for courageous, mystery-solving teens in a place...

From Gordon Korman, the bestselling author of Restart, the story of a boy who's stuck at home with two broken legs... and who starts using cameras and a drone to spy on his classmates, neighbours, and a possible criminal who's come to town. If Carter hadn't been checking his phone, he might have seen his brother coming down the ski...

300 Minutes of Mystery by Jack Heath presents readers with ten thrilling stories filled with intrigue and daring. Each tale features a brave kid faced with mysterious situations, providing thirty minutes of gripping clues for readers to piece together. In one story, Mercer has stolen a secret message, but what happens when the spies discover the truth? Hamzi finds himself...

School golden boy Riley North is found dead. The funeral director’s son, Guy ‘Reaper’ Mortimer, is accused. Determined to clear his name, Reaper teams up with spiky new girl, Samira; Riley’s loyal teammate, Bunsen; hot-headed Snake; and the ever-innocent Betty. They unravel the twisted layers of school, where secrets hide and deception is rife. But someone knows the truth and...

Ever since the accident, Tom’s struggled with his mobility. But he has a secret escape: Skylark, his drone–through this technology, he can fly above his Lake District home, exploring his world from a totally different perspective. But when he stumbles upon a terrorist plot, he knows no one will believe him. Maggie and Joel, a sister and brother on holiday...

In this taut new thriller by New York Times bestselling author Natalie D. Richards, Clara is shocked to discover that her best friend—bright, popular Lily—has a dark side. Not only does Lily have a deadly plan, she's orchestrated every last detail to make it look like her scheme is entirely Clara's doing. The first lie made Lily a saviour. The...

My Lady Jane meets Knives Out in this murder mystery thriller, perfect for fans of The King Is Dead and One of Us Is Lying. Ruby has never found a puzzle she couldn't solve. Even though she's destined to spend the rest of her life as a servant to the royal family, her mind itches for a true challenge. But...

I'll make it clear from the start: I did not kill Hugh Henry Van Boren. I didn't even help...Well, not intentionally. All Jess Choudhary wants is to keep her head down, do her work, and make it through high school without any problems. As a scholarship student—and one of only two students of Indian heritage—her future at the elite school...

OVER 6 MILLION COPIES SOLD OF THE #1 BESTSELLING SERIES! Four brothers. Two missions. One explosive read. Jennifer Lynn Barnes returns to the world of her #1 bestselling, TikTok sensation Inheritance Games trilogy, and the stakes have never been higher. Grayson Hawthorne was raised as the heir apparent to his billionaire grandfather, taught from the cradle to put family first....

Zaina never meant to get involved. The plan was always to focus on her exams and make her dad proud. None of this is what she’d planned for. Chanelle never made it to the exam; Nero’s convinced he saw something last night and Ysla can’t stop crying. But now Zaina can’t help but scratch the surface of secrets that desperately...

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder meets I May Destroy You. This dark YA thriller will have your heart in your mouth from the very first page. Tragedy hits a teenage New Year's Party ... When Alana's best friend is found drowned in a pool, the forensic reports discover date-rape drug GHB in her blood. GHB from a drink Alana...

A one-of-a-kind, hilarious, high-stakes murder mystery! Seventeen-year-old Jess is recovering from an emergency heart transplant only to realise she is being haunted by the disgruntled ghost of her donor, Tilly. Tilly is determined there is more to her death than meets the eye and insists that she won't stop haunting Jess until she helps solve her own murder. Their investigations...

A moonlit forest. A sinister castle. A vengeful vampire. When Viviana is invited to become the aid of a rich countess, she is overjoyed. Working in the castle means a year’s education and lodging—it would change Vivi’s life. But when Vivi meets the countess—who is so frail and unwell that she sleeps through each day—and starts to notice increasingly strange...

Pearl and Ellen are recruited to work at code-cracking HQ, Bletchley Park, during World War Two–but when they stumble across a sinister plot which threatens the very soul of the war effort, their budding friendship is put to the test.

The Midnight Game: Rules of the Midnight Game: Do not turn on the lights. Do not go to sleep. Do not leave the building. When a group who have met on a creepy Deddit thread decide to meet in real life, they only have one plan in mind: they are going to summon the Midnight Man. And once you start...

In a world where social media is everything and followers equal money, Emerson is facing a prison sentence. Then, she’s offered a way out—a brand new gameshow for young felons that combines social media and reality TV. The first prize? Freedom—and a comfortable life for Emerson’s little brother. But if she loses? Incarceration for life. The games kick off on...

Nora and Sophie Linden may be sisters, but they're not friends. Not since the party last month. Not since the night Sophie's boyfriend, Garrett, disappeared. Half the town thinks Garrett is dead, the other half believes he ran away, but Sophie knows something no one else does — Garrett left that party with Nora. And straight-A, Ivy-league-bound Nora had never...

Such a Good Liar is Sue Wallman's latest thriller, in which a 17-year-old fraudster comes to an exclusive island to seek revenge for her mother's death. Lydia Cornwallis has arrived on a remote island populated only by wealthy families and their staff, and she quickly finds acceptance, even adoration, from the close-knit, elite social circles that rule the island. She's...

A spooky read for ages 10 and up! All is calm, but something's not right... When Masen, Conor and Joss wake up in the caravan on Christmas morning, a chill of unease fills the air. Their presents sit untouched in the house across the way, but their parents are nowhere to be found. Outside, a blizzard rages. Families don’t just...

From best-loved YA thriller author, Cynthia Murphy comes an explosive new mystery! True-Crime obsessed Paige and her family move across the Atlantic to her father's eerie hometown, and it's not long before she uncovers the town's dark history—a string of unsolved murders and disappearances in the 90s. And then notes start appearing at their dilapidated old home, about the secrets...

Diego was separated from his family in the early days of the Infection. Since then, he has moved from town to town and place to place—getting by as best as he can. Recently, he has met and joined up with a motley crew of other survivors. After an encounter with a pack of the Infected, members of the group begin...

Secrets hidden in darkness, new enemies lurking in the shadows, and old mysteries finally coming to light! It's been ten months since Ben confronted the dark truths at the centre of the Infection and things are—surprisingly—going well. But lately, he has started having bad dreams again. Dreams of an ominous, bow tie-wearing figure with sinister intentions. And he’s not the...

After the outbreak of a mysterious disease that's turned the world upside down, Willow and her team, the Silver Paw, have done all they can to survive. When word gets to the Silver Paw that their allies on the other side of town are suffering from a super itchy rash, it's up to Willow and Cami to track down a...

Welcome to the bone-chilling, pulse-pounding world of Piggy, the survival-horror game that will keep you up at night. After the outbreak of a zombie-like disease that's turned the world upside down, Willow and her mysterious team, the Silver Paw, do all they can to stay alive. It's not so easy when there are dangerous creatures called 'the infected' and their...

Nothing is out of place in the quiet suburban town of Cowslip Grove. But kids have been going missing – and only Levi and Kat have noticed. It’s up to them to save the missing kids before a hidden evil swallows the town whole. No Place for Monsters by Kory Merritt is a thrilling adventure that will keep young readers...

Mia doesn’t know Jade. But Jade knows everything about Mia... so much so that she’s turned herself into Mia’s doppelganger. A doppelganger that’s so convincing that when Jade is found dead, everyone believes it was Mia. A geeky academic underachiever who knows she isn’t cool or glamorous, Mia can’t work out why anyone would be obsessed with her – or...

Infected (Piggy: Original Novel 1) by Terrance Crawford plunges you into a world of mystery and mayhem, challenging readers to survive the terrifying universe of Piggy, inspired by the fan-favourite video game. There is a mystery to be solved, keys to be found, and an evil pig to escape. An infection threatens to transform everyone into mindless, dangerous monsters, and...

Two girls are desperate to catch a murderer! Oli Parish is numb after the death of her sister, Eloise. And the killer is still on the loose. However, nothing gets in the way of her visiting the site where her sister’s body was discovered. During one of her visits, Oli hears a voice calling for help and then sees a...

Meet the Hakai Family Hellmakers: Purveyors of artisan hells and unlucky days to inflict upon your enemies. They'll make it personal ... But for a price! Hyo the Hellmaker introduces you to Hyo Hakai, a hellmaker whose life is turned upside down when a curse destroys her village. She and her brother are forced to flee to the Island of...

Welcome back to the bone-chilling world of Piggy, the survival-horror game that will have you hearing haunting oinks in your sleep, guaranteed! Three months after his adventures in Doveport, Ben and his friends have been sweeping the island of Lucella for the Infected, administering the newly created cure and reuniting families. However, the only real cure to their problems will...

This all-encompassing guidebook concentrates material from The Freddy Files (Updated Edition) and adds over 100 pages of new content exploring Help Wanted, Curse of Dreadbear, Fazbear Frights, the novel trilogy, and more! Fans hungry for fresh Five Nights at Freddy's lore can sink their teeth into this massive guidebook packed with mythology, gameplay, and secrets to help unwind the twisted...

Starting now, I was on my own. Nolan Hawker has been training at The Peak, a secret spy school that dispatches elite operatives to protect the innocent. His first mission is to go undercover at Blu Xpanse, an oceanic lab where a brilliant geneticist is making creepy, super-sized cockroach-like creatures. Her creations have the potential to save the world. But...

The enemy is closing in. Regina is desperate to expose the truth about HumaniTeam, but can she really take on a powerful corporation that’ll do anything to protect its dangerous secrets? Oliver is done pretending to be a hero; he just wants life to return to normal. But before he can go back to being a regular kid, he’ll have...

Seventeen-year-old Buddy has spent most of his life trying to escape the Lower East Side slums of New York City. Working as a delivery boy to support his family, Buddy wants to become an artist, a dream he’s sure will never be realised. But that all changes when a delivery job puts him face-to-face with Mr. Joey Drew, the eccentric...

No one survived the party at the penthouse. Except for Athan. Athanasios "Athan" Bakirtzis has made it far in life relying on his charm and good looks, even securing an invitation to a mysterious penthouse soiree for New York City's artsy elite. But when he sneaks off to the bathroom, he hears a slam, followed by a scream. Athan peers...

All the Hidden Monsters by Amie Jordan follows Sage, an ordinary girl who is also a werewolf, moving between worlds and desperate to make sense of her life. When her supernatural friend, Lucy, is found murdered in the human domain, Sage is determined to join the investigation. The investigation is led by the handsome warlock, Oren Rinallis. Sage is neither...

When sixteen-year-old Asha Kennedy discovers her older sister Maya's dead body in their home, her world falls apart. Desperate for answers, and to stay out of the hands of the social services she grew up in, Asha turns to her hacker friends for help. Her search leads her to Zu Tech, the hit games studio where Maya was a lead...

The Naturals are BACK! No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Lynn Barnes delivers the highly anticipated new installment in her beloved Naturals series. This gorgeous Deluxe Limited Edition is available while supplies last and features: Beautifully designed edges Special case Special endpapers Special effects on jacket Cassie Hobbes joined the FBI's Naturals programme at seventeen because she had...

Clem Fatale Has Been Betrayed is the story of Clem Fatale, the youngest crook in the city, and her unstoppable quest to find her missing dad and a valuable prize. Set in London, 1951, Clem Fatale embarks on a mission to locate her father, Jimmy Fatale, a notorious jewel thief and leader of the Spider Gang, who has disappeared along...

The new brilliantly twisty murder mystery from the award-winning Sharna Jackson. Margot, Wesley and Josephine have got an awesome weekend mapped out for the end of the holidays before they start high school - and they don't want anything to stand in the way of their BIG plans in London. But when they are staying with Margot's mum and her...

The unputdownable conclusion in the action-packed spy series with deadly AI, cutting-edge tech and exciting in-game battle scenes - for kids who love Alex Rider, the gadgets of James Bond and fast-paced gaming.Razor have won. The One World Authority is in charge. Everywhere is quarantined, and worse is to come – Operation Purge. There’s a swarm of nanobots ordered to...

In this sixth installment in the New York Times bestselling series from Edgar Award winner James Ponti, the young group of spies stages a rescue in Rome in another international adventure perfect for fans of Spy School and Charlie Thorne.Cairo, the newest member of the City Spies, takes the lead when his sister disappears in Istanbul. Determined to save the...

The complete collection of the bestselling and award-winning YA crime thriller series that everyone is talking about! A Good Girl's Guide to Murder is The New York Times No.1 bestselling YA crime thriller and WINNER of The British Book Awards' Children's Book of the Year 2020. The case is closed. Five years ago, schoolgirl Andie Bell was murdered by Sal...

A year after the events of Let’s Split Up, the gang returns to their hometown of Sanera for a Halloween festival, only to be drawn into a chilling new mystery. The Sanera gang has split up to pursue college life, leaving their detective days behind—except for Cam, who struggles to move on. Now an assistant coach for the Sanera Sabretooths,...

Now in paperback, this haunting companion to Bittersweet in the Hollow follows a girl who can smell the lies of others as she uncovers the incendiary mysteries of her small Appalachian town. Everybody lies. And in knowing their lies, I become the keeper of their secrets. As Caball Hollow slowly recovers from a tumultuous summer, the James family must also...

An action-packed enemies-to-lovers romantasy filled with a romance that will leave you breathless, betrayals that will rip your heart out, and a princess who will stop at nothing for revenge. One year ago, Rowenna Harrack, the crown princess of Tashir, left her homeland in a wedding dress of chains—sent away to the enemy nation of Vanzador as a captive bride....

The impossible puzzles, irresistible romance, and shocking twists continue in the second instalment of the brand-new GRANDEST GAMES series, set in the world of the #1 bestselling The Inheritance Games—now in paperback. Millions, hearts, and lives are on the line in this heart-stopping sequel to The Grandest Game by #1 bestselling author Jennifer Lynn Barnes. Seven players arrived on Hawthorne...

When a girl with a troubled history of finding dead bodies investigates the murder of her ex, she uncovers a plot to put herself—and everyone she loves—on the list of who's next. Flora Calhoun has a reputation for sticking her nose where it doesn't belong. After stumbling upon a classmate's body years ago, the trauma of that discovery and the...

Bestselling YA horror writer Cynthia Murphy crafts a spine-chilling thriller about a summer camp gone deathly wrong. When an American-style residential camp is set up in the grounds of an English stately home, the teenage camp counsellors are looking forward to a fun summer of activities. But right from the outset, things don’t feel quite right at Camp Killer. Rumours...

THE STUNNING NO.1 BESTSELLING YA THRILLER FROM HOLLY JACKSON, AUTHOR OF NETFLIX’S A GOOD GIRLS GUIDE TO MURDER 'The queen of YA crime Holly Jackson returns with a blisteringly good standalone thriller' – Observer 'An instantly gripping, corkscrew-twisty thriller’ – The Guardian 'Holly Jackson has smashed it again.’ – The Nerd Daily Shortlisted for the Waterstones Book of the Year...

They're all murderers. But one of them wants revenge. Let the games begin. Every inhabitant in the Quadrant knows about The Pinnacle, a reality TV contest set on a remote planet with a huge cash prize. For three desperate entrants, winning would mean the world — Rich-girl BEX can finally leave her broken family behind. For politician's son ZANE, it's...

A young actress draws a sinister spotlight in this spooky instalment in R.L. Stine’s bestselling Fear Street series—now with a fresh new look! Selena has it all. She just scored the lead in her high school play, and everyone adores her. So when she starts receiving dead flowers from a secret admirer named The Sun, she just assumes it’s a...

From the author of bestselling This Lie Will Kill You comes another unputdownable thriller about a group of friends who will do anything to protect each other – even murder... Perfect for fans of Riverdale, One of Us Is Lying, and A Good Girl's Guide to Murder. The recipe for the perfect murder... Poppy, Lily, and Belladonna would do anything...

It's 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 next title in the best-selling and very popular Truly Tan series. Way out in the country, Mrs Topple is Tan's closest neighbour. But Mrs Topple has gone on a cruise and Tan is in charge of security at the Topple cottage. Tan is also looking after the garden and watering the plants. But mostly she's in charge of security....

WINNER OF THE LITTLE REBELS AWARDS FOR RADICAL CHILDREN’S FICTION 2024The second book in the thrilling middle grade mystery series, perfect for fans of Robin Steven’s Murder Most Unladylike. Set in eighteenth-century London, with all the fun and zest of Hamilton and inspired by real Black British historical figures. The Lizzie and Belle Mysteries: Drama and Danger is winner of...

Athan Wilde dreams of flight. When his friend, Mr Chen, is murdered, Athan must rescue the flying machine they were building together and stop it falling into the wrong hands. But keeping the machine safe puts his family in terrible danger. What will Athan choose - flight or family?From the acclaimed author of Murder In Midwinter, Fleur Hitchcock's The Boy...

Nancy investigates a string of accidents at the theater in the twenty-sixth Nancy Drew Diaries, a fresh approach to a classic series.When Ned is cast in a stage production of Macbeth, led by the famous but peculiar director Bear Larouche, Nancy volunteers to help with the set. She’s also allowed to sit in on a few rehearsals, where she gets...

Intensely readable, outrageously enjoyable action. - Guardian Robin and Will Scarlock's band of rebels are enduring a bitterly cold winter in the derelict Sherwood Castle Resort. But when the boss of a major delivery company - the world's second richest man - asks for help to track down the kidnappers of his beloved dogs and offers to pay, Robin finds...

'Strikes the bullseye.' - The Times 'Children's Book of the Week' (Robin Hood: Hacking Heists & Flaming Arrows) As conditions in Sherwood Forest grow more precarious, time is running out for the inhabitants of the abandoned shopping mall. With constant pressure on them from Sheriff Marjorie and gangster Guy Gisborne, Robin decides to engage his brother, Little John, as an...

When Lucas and Ruby find an abandoned trunk covered in snow, Lucas says there's bound to be a body inside. Ruby laughs, but what if he's right? Nervously, she starts to open it and immediately wishes she hadn't. From that moment on, they're drawn into a thrilling mystery, one that they have to solve before the falling snow smothers all...

Cosy crime for kids! Murder and mayhem disrupt a family Christmas by the sea - perfect for snuggling up with this festive season! George's large blended family is coming from all over, even NYC, to celebrate and be together for a lovely festive holiday. But when a body washes up on the beach and the police seem to be barking...

If you enjoyed A Minecraft Movie, you'll love this series! Book six in the OFFICIAL Minecraft fiction series for readers age 7+ Minecraft: Last Block Standing (Woodsword Chronicles #6) brings Morgan, Ash, Harper, Po, and Jodi back for their final adventure in the world of Minecraft. However, something isn't right, and the gang is in greater danger than ever before....

In this fourth installment in the New York Times bestselling series from Edgar Award winner James Ponti, the young group of spies go codebreaking in Cairo in another international adventure perfect for fans of Spy School and Mrs. Smith’s Spy School for Girls. Codename Kathmandu, better known as Kat, loves logic and order, has a favourite eight-digit number, and can...