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Far away, in the ancient empire of Greater Fallowfields, things are falling apart. But while the kingdom drifts, awaiting the return of the young emperor, who has gone abroad and communicates only by penny post, a sinister and unfamiliar enemy is getting closer and closer.

A murder mystery like no other, this novel features Christopher Boone, a 15 year-old who suffers from Asperger's syndrome. When he finds a neighbour's dog murdered, he sets out on a journey which will turn his whole world upside down.

Penny Simms is upset when a flock of foul-smelling pony vampires are found at the equestrian boarding school. They have been sent by the wicked Devlipeds to disrupt a health and safety inspection. With the help of her friends, Penny does her best to rid the school of the unwelcome guests with hil...

They call them custard tarts - the girls who work at the Pearce Duff custard and jelly factory. But now the custard tarts are up in arms, striking for better conditions. Among them is Nellie Clark, trying to hold her family together after the death of her mother. She has the most desperate strugg...

Travelling restlessly from country to country with her capricious mother, Theodora Cairns led a rootless, nomadic childhood. But at the age of 11, Theo's mother abandoned her at a boarding school. Now, 20 years later, Theo decides to track down her mother to demand answers.

This novel tells the story of Daniel Stein, a Polish Jew who miraculously survives the Holocaust by working for the Gestapo as an interpreter. This charade not only allows him to save himself, but to help hundreds of others by sharing vital information with those in peril.

Danny Danger might just be the luckiest boy alive. He's got a cosmic remote that can muck about with time, getting him into and (sometimes) out of trouble at the press of a button.

Black-haired, exquisite Daphne is certain she can avoid the turmoil of true love by demanding nothing more of a husband than to be an elegant companion. But when Mr Simon Garfield agitates Daphne's calm outward manner, the results are dramatic and delightful!

It is 1957. The author Daphne du Maurier, beautiful, famous, despairing as her marriage falls apart, finds herself haunted by Rebecca, the heroine of her most famous novel, written 20 years earlier. Seeking distraction, she begins to research a biography of Branwell Bront.ư̐e.

Set in a near-future Britain, 'Dark Satanic Mills' tracks a young girl's journey from the flooded landmarks of London to the vast, scorched and abandoned hills of the north. Framed for a murder she did not commit, Christie has no other choice but to run for her life.