Dark and foggy Victorian streets, the murderous madman, the arsenic-laced evening meal - we all think we know the realities of Victorian crime. Adrian Gray's thrilling book recounts the classic murders, by knife and poison, but it also covers much more, taking the reader into less familiar parts of Victorian life, uncovering the wicked, the vengeful, the foolish and the hopeless amongst the criminal world of the nineteenth century. Here you will encounter the women who sol...

Two rivals. One winner.Fresh off his fourth-place finish in his first Olympic final, British long jumper Adam Lowe finds himself standing face-to-face with the man who beat him to a medal. Little does he know, this chance encounter will spark a rivalry that, for Lowe, will become all-consuming.Through epic victories and crushing defeats, Lowe pushes himself to the brink, testing his mental, physical, professional, and personal limits.But when this fierce competition...

The fourth book in this action-packed adventure series from Blue Peter Award-winning author Kieran Larwood. Packed full with with sound effects, original music, and read by Adrian Gray, Kristin Atherton, and Max Dowler, young listeners will love discovering the world of the Dungeon Runners!/b>"A funny and exciting fantasy adventure story" - Frank Cottrell-Boyce, The TimesON YOUR MARKS, GET SET, BITE!Kit and his trusty teamm...

ARE YOU READY FOR THE CHALLENGE? It's time to fight or take flight!A multi-cast audiobook with SFX and original music, written by Blue Peter Award-winning author Kieran Larwood and illustrated Waterstones Children's Book Prize winner Joe Todd Stanton.Kit can hardly believe he's now a professional Dungeon Runner. With his teammates Sandy and Thorn, they set off to a city in the clouds to compete.But with new danger...

Celebrate Adrian Mole's 50th Birthday with this new edition of the FIFTH BOOK in his diaries, where Adrian faces divorce, fatherhood and (short-lived) television stardom . . .Adrian Mole is thirty, single and a father.His cooking at a top London restaurant has been equally mocked ('the sausage on my plate could have been a turd') and celebrated (will he be the nation's first celebrity offal chef?).And the love of his life, Pandora Braithwaite, is too busy as the new...

Hilarious chapter books about animals with jobs, clothes and superpowers! Read by comedian Adrian Gray and packed with funny sound effects, it's perfect for fans of the movies Sing and Zootropolis!Bob and Archie are two hapless but enthusiastic koalas who are just getting to grips with their new superpowers. Their archenemy is Dr Colossus, a giant ostrich with grand plans to destroy Pawtonia with the help of his Zombie Chickens!Can our furry heroes thwart t...

Kit has dreamed of being a Dungeon Runner all his life, so when a space opens up for a new team Kit doesn't want to miss this chance to try out! With his new friends, Sandy and Thorn, they're ready to take on anything - mazes, puzzles, monsters, treasure and most of all adventure!

Taking readers on an irresistible adventure through some of the most colourful, outrageous and polarising events of recent years - from Brexit to the C apitol Hill Riots and QAnon rallies to Extinction Rebellion protests - Phoenix Andrews shows how if we want to understand what's really happening behind the headlines we need to think about one overlooked phenomenon: fandom.I Heart Politics is a surprising response to the zeitgeist and a brilliant illustration of how, when it comes ...

Surrey Murders is an examination of some of the county's most notorious and shocking cases. They include the 'Wigwam Girl', Joan Wolfe, who lived in a tent built by a Cree Indian Soldier before being brutally slaughtered; the infamous stabbing of Frederick Gold by 'the Serpent', Percy Lefroy Mapleton; the poisoning of the entire Beck family with a bottle of oatmeal stout, laced with cyanide; and the sailor butchered at the Devil's Punch Bowl, later immortalised in...

Contained within the pages of this book are the stories behind some of the most notorious murders in Kent's history. Linda Stratmann re-examines some of the historic crimes that shocked not only the county but Britain as a whole. Among the gruesome cases featured here are the doctor who was poisoned with morphine in Faversham; the couple who were brutally battered to death in their beds in Chislehurst; and, the strange death of a young German man whose body was discovered ...

Staffordshire Murders brings together murderous tales that shocked not only the county but made headline news throughout the nation. They include the poisonous Dr Palmer, murder on the canal, a tale of infanticide, the body in the gasometer, the chauffeur's revenge, murder on Cannock Chase and much more. Alan Hayhurst has spent many hours visiting the scenes detailed in this book, as well as researching original documents and talking to people who have meories of ...

Contained within the pages of this book are the stories behind some of the most notorious murders in Norfolk's history. The cases covered here record the county's most fascinating but least known crimes as well as famous murders that gripped not just Norfolk but the whole nation. From the Burnham Poisoners of 1835 to the Yarmouth Beach Murders, from the Costessey Horror to the 'last judicial beheading in England', this is a collection of the county's most dramatic and inte...