SELECTED AS WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE MONTHSHORTLISTED FOR THE CARNEGIE AWARDA heart-breaking, heart-warming novel for everyone of 10 and older – this book will probably make you cry, and will definitely make you laugh.Cymbeline Igloo (yes, really!) has NEVER been swimmingNot ever. Not once.But how hard can it be? He’s Googled front crawl and he’s found his dad’s old pair of trunks. He’s totally ready.What he’s not ready for is ...

"Classy and able thriller, with crunchy London backgrounds . . . An agile and ingenious plot . . . (The) forecast for the series is excellent." — Literary ReviewA married airline pilot lies dead in his London flat—a shattered champagne bottle left protruding from his abdomen.Film footage shows Teddy leaving Heathrow with an unidentified man. What secrets is he hiding?Ex-cop turned private investigator Billy Rucker joins the ca...

An unputdownable crime thriller from the author of Shut Eye. "Rucker is an intelligent, reflective hero, a man well worth keeping an eye on." —Donna Leon, New York Times–bestselling authorIt's the hottest summer since 1976 and a teenager, Lucy, has gone missing. Billy Rucker is asked to investigate.Luck seems to be on Billy's side. While working on another case in Camden Town, Billy is sure he catches a glimpse of her. Al...

A footballer can't outrun the truth in this non-stop crime thriller from the author of Hold Back the Night. "Baron is a writer to watch." — The Sunday TelegraphOnly hours after meeting footballer Jack Draper—"SuperJack" to his adoring fans—Billy Rucker is standing over the naked and brutalized body of a girl called Alison. A girl who, it appears, was Jack Draper's mistress.Jack had wanted Billy to catch his stalker. But now all the evidenc...

A killer creeps ever closer to PI Billy Rucker in this crime thriller with "plenty of twists and genuine literary quality" from the author of SuperJack ( Time Out ).As she walks home from work, Josephine Thomas is brutally attacked and left to die. Billy Rucker had known her briefly, and he soon hears about the tragedy. At the request of Jo's distraught colleague, he agrees to look into the murder.After te...

BOY UNDERWATER WAS SHORTLISTED FOR THE CARNEGIE AWARD, AND SELECTED AS WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE MONTH.BOY UNDERWATERCymbeline Igloo (yes, really!) has NEVER been swimmingNot ever. Not once.But how hard can it be? He’s Googled front crawl and he’s found his dad’s old pair of trunks. He’s totally ready.What he’s not ready for is the accident at the pool – or how it leads his mum to a sudden breakdown.Now, with the help ...

A magical coming-of-age story about a boy spending his first weekend without his parents . . . and the lion who comes to babysit him. Get ready to fall in love with this instant classic.‘Beautiful, adventurous, powerful’ Phil EarleOscar is a little terrified to find that a lion is going to be looking after him for the weekend. But when the lion lets him eat as many biscuits as he wants, and reads him his favourite story ten times, Oscar rea...

A funny and incredibly moving new novel of our times by one of the most talented children’s book authors working today, perfect for fans of Wonder, Frank Cottrell-Boyce or The Boy at the Back of the Class.Cymbeline Igloo is BORED. Bored of home learning, bored of lockdown, bored of not being able to DO anything. And to make things even worse, his mum accidentally gave away his favourite football shirt.But then Mrs Stebbings, the beloved sc...

From the author of bestselling and Carnegie-nominated debut BOY UNDERWATER comes a moving and hilarious novel for 10+ readers about friendships, family secrets, mystery – and life-changing hidden treasure…Jessica is playing with her family at the river when she finds a dirty, bedraggled teddy bear in the water.She has no idea that it will change everything, forever.Meanwhile, Cymbeline comes home from school to find that his mum’s house has been bro...

Een magisch en hartverwarmend verhaal over een kleine pup op een grote missie!De Kerstman heeft een probleem: hij is één cadeau vergeten te bezorgen! De rendieren zijn te moe voor nog een vlucht, dus is het aan Lahja, de kleine labrador van de Kerstman, om het allerlaatste geschenk te bezorgen. Met een bijzondere slee vliegt Lahja over oceanen, ijsvlaktes en savannes, op zoek naar de eigenaar. Zal hij haar vinden en ontdekken wat het cadeau is?Luister ook naar Oscars leeuw ...

This ebook collection contains THIS WONDERFUL THING and SOME SUNNY DAY, two funny and moving novels from the acclaimed author of BOY UNDERWATER.THIS WONDERFUL THINGJessica is playing with her family at the river when she finds a dirty, bedraggled teddy bear in the water. She has no idea that it will change everything, forever.Meanwhile, Cymbeline comes home from school to find that his mum’s house has been broken into – and the thie...

From the author of bestselling debut Boy Underwater comes another moving, hilarious novel of friendship and family secrets, which shows that people are people, no matter where they’re from.BOY UNDERWATER WAS SHORTLISTED FOR THE CARNEGIE AWARD, AND SELECTED AS WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE MONTH.Here’s something you won’t believe: someone is doing TERRIBLE things to Mrs Martin, Cymbeline Igloo’s favourite teacher of all time.Cymbeline has...