Young Adult Mystery & Thriller

A heart-wrenching YA thriller told in an advent calendar format, paced for amping up the chilling suspense! What would you do to bring your sister back from the dead? After Lucas’s sister mysteriously disappeared ten years ago, his family was torn apart. His mother has been lost in a deep depression ever since, his father has been unable to speak...

Return to Percy Jackson's World... A clash of mythic intrigues and centuries of pop culture to thrill die-hard and new fans alike.--Kirkus ReviewsRick Riordan's beloved Greek and Roman demigod characters from Percy Jackson and the Olympians and the Heroes of Olympus return in a five-book adventure quest with a fresh twist: they're helping Apollo regain his immortal status.Apollo's fast-paced, monster-filled...

Detective Beans: Adventures in Cat Town is back to solve all the mysteries that you need solved, and even the ones you don't need solved. He's that good. In between playing Scrabble, having sleepovers, and trips to the beach, there's always time for crime solving. Whether it's who ate Mum's donuts, who has lost their handbag in the park, which...

Who is Mary Boone? No one knows... not even Mary Boone herself. A gripping debut thriller perfect for fans of Natalie D. Richards and Vincent Ralph. She thought she had her life back. She was wrong. A gripping debut thriller perfect for fans of Natalie D. Richards and Vincent Ralph. It was a mistake to trust him. Shivering and bruised,...

New for 2025, the thrilling dark academia debut novel for young adult readers, set at a magical boarding school in purgatory. For fans of Leigh Bardugo’s Ninth House, Olivie Blake's The Atlas Six, and Naomi Novik's A Deadly Education. Welcome to Blackwood Academy: a boarding school located on the fringes of the afterlife. No one knows why they end up...

Eleven-year-old Lonasei is lonely — she wishes her older sister Eva Grace wasn't so mean, and that her mum Aria didn't have to work so much. But when Aria inherits her childhood home, Lonasei discovers she can enter her late Aunt Malia's paintings and experience the memories within. Through them, she discovers that her mother had another sister, Agnes, who went...

The thrilling conclusion to the global bestselling, BookTok sensation, Inheritance Games trilogy, where Knives Out meets One of Us is Lying. Avery's fortune, life, and loves are on the line in the game that everyone will be talking about. To inherit billions, all Avery has to do is survive a few more weeks in Hawthorne House. The paparazzi are dogging...

As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson is the thrilling conclusion to the bestselling and award-winning A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder trilogy. As her final year of high school comes to an end, Pip Fitz-Amobi finds herself haunted by the events of her last investigation. Ready to move on and leave for Cambridge University, a dark new case emerges,...

The scorching third volume in a new series set in the #1 global bestselling Shatter Me universe ten years after the fall of The Reestablishment. **James Anderson needs a new plan. ** He’s ready to make real moves to destroy the looming threats against their world, but no one is taking him seriously. James is tired of being underestimated by...

The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes is an international bestselling sensation that has captured the imaginations of readers worldwide, becoming a viral phenomenon on TikTok. This twisty thriller is brimming with dark family secrets and high-stakes intrigue, all wrapped in a new global cover look that will entice readers from every corner of the globe. Avery Grambs has always...

Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But she’s still not safe. A revolution is unfolding, and everyone, it seems, has had a hand in the carefully laid plans – everyone except Katniss. And yet she must play the most vital part in the final battle. Katniss must become their Mockingjay – the symbol of rebellion – no matter...

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson is the New York Times No.1 bestselling YA crime thriller that has captivated readers globally. Now adapted into a major BBC series, this intricately plotted and intensely gripping novel is being lauded as a modern classic in young adult literature. Pippa Fitz-Amobi, an intelligent and determined high school student, is looking...

A teen working at a Parisian bakery witnesses a murder in this cozy holiday mystery with a dreamy romance at its centre that’s a festive entry in the New York Times bestselling Advent Romance series, told in a perfectly paced advent calendar format with chapter-a-day reading. When Suzanne Sécretant arrives in Paris for her apprenticeship at the prestigious Rivoli bakery,...

A hotel opening, a budding romance, a missing locket and . . . a ghost. Josephine Eloise Thomas and her family are getting ready for the grand opening of their hotel. And with the surprise gifting of a beautiful tabby kitten from Josephine's next-door neighbours, the Martins, things are looking up. Until chaos strikes. To start, the criminal mastermind Anastasia,...

Step back into the halls of Bayview High with One of Us Is Next, the electrifying sequel in the Bayview Trilogy from internationally bestselling author, Karen M. McManus. One year has passed since the tumultuous events of One of Us Is Lying, and the suspense hasn't let up. The students of Bayview High find themselves at the mercy of a...

As the day dawns on the fiftieth annual Hunger Games, fear grips the districts of Panem. This year, in honour of the Quarter Quell, twice as many tributes will be taken from their homes. Back in District 12, Haymitch Abernathy is trying not to think too hard about his chances. All he cares about is making it through the day...

The brand-new explosive series finale - full of shocking twists, addictive puzzles and irresistible romance. All games must come to an end. In the stunning finale to the global phenomenon of the Inheritance Games Saga (over 6 million copies sold!), discover danger, riches, romance—and the staggering answers to long-brewing mysteries. In this series-shattering conclusion, everyone is a player, long-held secrets...

MORE THAN THREE MILLION COPIES SOLD!This gorgeous collector's edition of the pulse-pounding third novel in Alex Aster's #1 bestselling Lightlark Saga includes a suite of deluxe features: Premium metallic slipcase Satin cover with foil stamping Map-illustrated endpapers Stenciled edges 8 pages of full-color character art and scene illustrations An 8-page bonus romance scene written from the POV of Isla's love...

This stunning box set includes all four books in Jennifer Lynn Barnes' bestselling The Naturals series, packaged together for the first time! Cold cases get hot in this unputdownable mystery series from Jennifer Lynn Barnes, no.1 New York Times bestselling author of The Inheritance Games series. Perfect for fans of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder. Cassie is a natural...

An utterly magical tale of one boy’s desert island adventure – full of friendship, trust and humanity. From the nation’s favourite storyteller. ‘A dazzling adventure’ – The Times ‘I heard the wind above me in the sails. I remember thinking, this is silly, you haven’t got your safety harness on, you haven’t got your lifejacket on. You shouldn’t be doing...

The Inheritance Games is the No. 1 international bestselling series, now available in gorgeous deluxe hardback editions! These stunning deluxe clothbound hardback editions feature two metallic foils on the cover designs, sprayed edges, uniquely designed endpapers, and ribbon markers. These collector's editions exude as much romance, glamour, and luxury as the Hawthorne family themselves! The perfect addition to any book...

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games: Deluxe Edition) by Suzanne Collins follows the ambitious young Coriolanus Snow as he grasps his one shot at glory as a mentor in the tenth annual Hunger Games. Determined to outcharm, outwit, and outmanoeuvre his fellow students, Coriolanus aims to mentor the winning tribute. The odds are stacked against him: he...

Power up with Dog Man: Big Jim Believes from the global #1 bestselling author and award-winning artist Dav Pilkey. Join the journey as our heroes discover the influence of belief and find truth from within. With threads of self-awareness, confidence, and integrity, Dav Pilkey masterfully crafts a humorous and heartfelt adventure, weaving together the importance of truth, goodness, and believing...

P.U.! Dog Man got sprayed by a skunk! After being dunked in tomato juice, the stink is gone but the scarlet red colour remains. Now exiled, this spunky superhero must struggle to save the citizens who shunned him! Will the ends justify the means for Petey, who's reluctantly pulled back into a life of crime in order to help Dog...

Visiting his dad’s hometown in Japan four months after his father’s death would be hard enough for Ben. But one morning, the pain turns to fear: first, a massive earthquake rocks the quiet coastal village, nearly toppling his uncle’s house. Then the ocean waters rise, and Ben and his family are swept away—and pulled apart—by a devastating tsunami. Can he...

Howl with laughter with the eighth book in the hilarious full-colour, illustrated series, Dog Man: Fetch-22, from the creator of Captain Underpants! Petey the Cat is out of jail and he has a brand-new lease on life. While Petey re-evaluates what matters most, Li'l Petey is struggling to find the good in the world. Can Petey and Dog Man stop...

The utterly addictive new YA murder mystery thriller from Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, the instant New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of Ace of Spades and Where Sleeping Girls Lie. Meet the Heirs Octavius the Maestro. Fola the Brain. Bilal the Olympian. Perdita the Artist. Romeo the Failure. Five Prodigies Everyone has heard of the Button heirs: the five genius children...

I.V. Marie's exquisite dark academia fantasy duology comes to an explosive conclusion! Perfect for fans of Olivie Blake and Leigh Bardugo. The stunning sequel to Immortal Consequences, the instant New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller! The Decennial is over, but for the students of Blackwood Academy the fight for the afterlife has just begun. For Blackwood Academy has been...

InvestiGators: Case Files is a special solve-along edition of the laugh-out-loud, full colour comic book series. Find clues, spot suspects and crack six new cases alongside the InvestiGators! Mango and Brash are back, and this time they're asking you to help them crack the case! The InvestiGators have been given the G.R.I.D., a brand-new tool to help gather evidence and...

From TikTok and Wattpad sensation Mercedes Ron comes the English translation of the final instalment in the hit Culpable series, a delicious and angsty enemies-to-lovers romance. A BookTok and Wattpad Viral Sensation Fast-paced and sizzling with a forbidden enemies-to-lovers romance, Our Fault is the final book in Mercedes Ron's Culpable trilogy. This suspenseful YA series untangles the threads of love,...

A new installment in the award-winning and bestselling series about teen detective Eleanor Jones is here . . . Eleanor Jones is over the rain. The drought has finally broken, and the Cooinda River is rising – fast. When fellow student Letisha Sabri asks her to prove her boyfriend's death was not an accident or suicide, but rather murder, Eleanor...

Discover the romantic, addictive, and thrilling world of Tahereh Mafi’s fantasy Shatter Me series. This stunning hardback collector’s edition with its exclusive design and gold reading ribbon is the perfect gift for fans and new readers alike. She was never meant for you. She was never meant for any of this. That girl was sentenced to death the moment I...

TORN APART BY WAR. REUNITED BY LOVE? The epic conclusion to the intensely romantic and beautifully written story that started in Divine Rivals. Two weeks have passed since Iris returned home bruised and heartbroken from the front, but the war is far from over. Roman is missing, lost behind enemy lines, with no memory of his past, or Iris. Hoping...

Dog Man 7: For Whom the Ball Rolls finds Dog Man and his band of misfits dishing out another serving of justice! The fleas are gone and Petey the cat is back in jail, right where he belongs. All is right in the world... but not for long. Now Petey's got an unrelenting itch that he just has to scratch!...

OVER 8 MILLION COPIES SOLD. THE GLOBALLY BESTSELLING SERIES AND TIKTOK SENSATION IS BACK! This special exclusive edition features designed endpapers and a stunning sprayed edge. James Anderson had a plan. Or half of one. He managed to do what his older brother, the famous Aaron Warner Anderson, never did: infiltrate Ark Island, the last refuge of The Reestablishment. No...

OVER 8 MILLION COPIES SOLD. THE GLOBALLY BESTSELLING SERIES AND TIKTOK SENSATION IS BACK! Addictive, intense, and oozing with romance — Lauren Kate, Fallen Dangerous, sexy, romantic, intense! — Kami Garcia, Beautiful Creatures My favourite series of all time — Goodreads review Perfection — TikTok review Lose yourself in this explosive return to the #1 global bestselling SHATTER ME universe...

Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson masterfully continues the gripping story of Pip Fitz-Amobi, a fierce and diligent young investigator. The sequel to the New York Times best-selling and critically acclaimed A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, this brilliantly crafted crime-thriller dives deeper into the dark secrets of Pip’s seemingly quiet town. After solving a murder case that captured...

HE MESSED WITH THEM ALL. SOMEONE GOT REVENGE. Five Voices is the highly popular podcast founded by five friends - Rosie, William, Simone, Zac, and Ocean - who debate contentious issues while playing classic board games. Until one night when, an hour after a huge argument during a recording session of the podcast, William is found dead. Everyone claims innocence,...

Master storyteller Philip Pullman continues the incredible journey of Lyra Silvertongue in the second volume of The Book of Dust. Lyra Silvertongue is now studying at St Sophia's College, Oxford, with her daemon Pantalaimon. They are not getting on. Lyra is questioning everything she once held dear. Pan misses the impulsiveness of their youth. When an act of terrible violence...

Heed the call of the wild with the exhilarating new series from Erin Hunter. A baboon who has uncovered an act of treachery. An elephant uncertain of her fate. A lion poised to strike. The code of the wild has been broken. Great Mother has been murdered—and Bravelands is on the edge of chaos. Among the baboons of Brightforest Troop,...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Chloe Gong comes two captivating new novellas surrounding the events of Foul Lady Fortune and following a familiar cast of characters from the These Violent Delights Duet! In A Foul Thing, Roma and Juliette have established themselves as the heads of an underground weapons ring in Zhouzhuang, making a living the way they...

Three hilarious and moving family novels from number one bestselling author, David Walliams. Bad Dad: Dads are fat and thin, tall and short. There are young dads and old dads, clever ones and stupid ones. There are silly ones and serious ones, loud ones and quiet ones. Of course, there are good dads, and bad dads... Awful Auntie: Stella Saxby...

Theo and Rachel Matheson, spirited and adventurous eleven-year-old twins, head to Auckland expecting an ordinary fortnight's holiday with their uncle and aunt. Little do they know that their adventure will be anything but ordinary. Upon arrival, they encounter their peculiar neighbours who show a troubling interest in the redheaded siblings. This curiosity is further amplified when the twins meet the...

A trip to Paris and Versailles, an escaped convict, an ancient underground cave network, family mysteries and . . . ghosts. Josephine Eloise Thomas is in Paris receiving a huge reward for solving one of the world’s greatest art heists. But she’s not alone. Gabriel Barbier, the gorgeous French boy who helped her solve the crime is there too, along...

In a dark vision of the near future, twelve boys and twelve girls are forced to appear in a live TV show called the Hunger Games. There is only one rule: kill or be killed. When sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen steps forward to take her sister’s place in the games, she sees it as a death sentence. But Katniss has been...

Dive into a side-splitting InvestiGators adventure in Agents of S.U.I.T.: Sew Much Trouble! This laugh-out-loud graphic novel is perfect for fans of Bunny vs Monkey! 'Fast, fabulous, and fantastically funny, the InvestiGators books are instant classics!' - Jamie Smart, creator of Bunny vs Monkey, on InvestiGators. Someone has stolen the Notorious P.I.G. food truck, and with it, Piggy Smalls's special...

Erin Hunter’s #1 nationally bestselling Warriors series continues in Warriors: A Vision of Shadows! This box set includes all six books in the Vision of Shadows series and is perfect for the collections of long-time Erin Hunter fans and readers new to the Warriors world. For the first time, all five warrior Clans are united in their territories around the...

NOW IN PAPERBACK – 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 18-year-old Bel has lived...

Vex is used to people being afraid of her special power, the ability to persuade others to do what she wants. But when she arrives at a new school, Tiebold Academy, it is packed with people who have the same special power as her, and who might even like her. There is her roommate Ronnie, a coolheaded high achiever, and...

New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson weaves a delicate tale of murder and mystery in the first book of a striking new series, perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and E. Lockhart. Ellingham Academy is a famous private school in Vermont for the brightest thinkers, inventors, and artists. It was founded by Albert Ellingham, an early twentieth century tycoon,...

Torn apart by war. Reunited by love? The epic conclusion to the intensely romantic and beautifully written story that started in Divine Rivals. Two weeks have passed since Iris returned home bruised and heartbroken from the front, but the war is far from over. Roman is missing, lost behind enemy lines, with no memory of his past, or Iris. Hoping...

The Mysterious Benedict Society features Reynie, Kate, Sticky, and Constance—unusually talented children—embarking on a mind-bending adventure that celebrates curiosity, imagination, and ingenuity.

Dive into an interactive retelling of one of the most popular Five Nights at Freddy's stories, and the basis for an all-new video game Into the Pit! You, the reader, are Oswald, and after using the ball pit at Jeff’s Pizza to travel back in time to 1985, you've brought a sadistic animatronic back into the present. Can you escape?...

With a cast of everyone's favourite farm animals, What the Ladybird Heard is a brilliant rhyming adventure from the stellar picture-book partnership of Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks. Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len are two crafty robbers with a cunning plan to steal the farmer's fine prize cow. But little do they know that the tiniest, quietest creature of all...

Cold cases get hot in this unputdownable mystery from Jennifer Lynn Barnes, no.1 New York Times bestselling author of The Inheritance Games series. Perfect for fans of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder. All of your burning questions are answered in this shocking conclusion to the Naturals series - now with a bonus Naturals novella, "Twelve", in print for the...

From New York Times bestselling author and Wattpad sensation Mercedes Ron comes the English translation of the third in the Tell Me series, where Kamila Hamilton is caught between the two Di Bianco brothers after they burst back into her life. From New York Times bestselling author and Wattpad sensation Mercedes Ron comes the English translation of the third in...

Five Survive is an instant number 1 NYT Bestseller and Sunday Times Bestseller! It is the explosive new YA crime thriller from the bestselling author of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder. WINNER of the CrimeFest award 2022 for Best Crime Fiction Novel for Young Adults! ‘A blisteringly good standalone thriller.’ — The Observer, YA Books of the Year, 4/12/2022...

The Secret History meets The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes in #1 bestselling author Ava Reid’s brand new, epic, dystopian YA novel. There is no application process for Valeran Academy, but it boasts the brightest – and precociously criminal – students in the nation. A disgraced politician from a powerful American dynasty. A coldly brilliant strategist who will sacrifice anything...

From the bestselling author of This Book Kills comes a deadly new YA thriller of murder, mystery, and mind-blowing twists. Perfect for fans of Holly Jackson and Karen M. McManus. When the most popular girl at Myra's new school is found frozen to death in a walk-in chiller, wannabe journalist Myra is sure of two things: Scarlett was murdered. One...

PRE-ORDER NOW!The high stakes of The Hunger Games meets the rich magical setting of Caraval and the ensemble cast of Six of Crows in this heart-pounding YA fantasy, set in a magical circus in Belle Époque Paris.Falan is determined to take revenge on the circus's ringmaster for her sister's death – but first she must survive a series of deadly...

Set in a future dystopia with no internet or global communications, where books can no longer be made and have become invaluable, eleven-year-old Herman’s life is turned upside down when he’s sent off to an orphanage – known as Castle Grim. Surrounded by pirates and stalked by kidnappers prowling the land, Herman is determined to find out what has happened...

The Reappearance of Rachel Price meets They Both Die at the End in this gripping queer thriller filled with stolen identity, true crime, and first love, from the bestselling author of All That's Left in the World. Desperate to escape conversion therapy, a queer sixteen-year-old runaway steals the identity of a missing boy. But when Nathaniel Beaumont's family come to...

Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer by Amy Doak is a fast-paced YA murder mystery, reminiscent of the works of Karen McManus, Holly Jackson, and Fleur Ferris. Eleanor Jones has just started at her ninth high school in less than five years. Since she and her mum are always moving on, Eleanor likes to stay on the outer, to stay...

The warrior cats leap off the page in this full-colour graphic novel adventure—a stand-alone story set in the world of Erin Hunter’s #1 bestselling Warriors series. After recovering from the dog attack she survived as an apprentice, Brightheart is once again a warrior of ThunderClan. But moons of battle and betrayal have left her with lingering suspicions about where her...

The seventh thrilling (and rather theatrical) murder mystery from bestselling author Robin Stevens. Someone will take their final bow . . . Fresh from their adventure in Hong Kong, Hazel Wong and Daisy Wells are off to the Rue Theatre in London to face an entirely new challenge - acting. But danger has a nasty habit of catching up with...

From number one bestselling author David Walliams comes another heartfelt but hilarious hoot of an adventure. Awful Auntie follows the story of Stella Saxby, the sole heir to Saxby Hall. But awful Aunt Alberta and her giant owl will stop at nothing to get it from her. Luckily, Stella has a secret – and slightly spooky – weapon up her...

Dog Man 10: Mothering Heights sees Dog Man and Petey facing their biggest challenges yet in the tenth book of the series by worldwide bestselling author and illustrator Dav Pilkey. Dog Man is down on his luck; Petey confronts his not-so-purr-fect past, and Grampa is up to no good. The world is spinning out of control as new villains spill...

Piggy is back and his newest plot is his most diabolical yet. Dog Man and the rest of your favourite characters must join together in this heroic and hilarious, all-new adventure. What new villains are on the horizon? Where are they all coming from? And who will step forward to save the city when scoundrels sabotage our Supa Buddies? Find...

Revisit the world of Panem twenty-four years before the events of The Hunger Games, starting on the morning of the reaping of the Fiftieth Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell. As the day dawns on the fiftieth annual Hunger Games, fear grips the districts of Panem. This year, in honour of the Quarter Quell, twice as many...

This deluxe box set contains copies of the recently reissued editions, all with stylish new covers. The perfect gift for Nancy Drew fans old and new! This stunning 4-book boxed set is a special treat for Nancy Drew fans and mystery readers alike! This stunning box set features books 1-4, with gorgeous covers that hark back to the era in...

Cold cases get hot in this unputdownable mystery from Jennifer Lynn Barnes, no.1 New York Times bestselling author of The Inheritance Games series. Perfect for fans of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder. Cassie is a natural at reading people. Piecing together the tiniest details, she can tell you who you are and what you want. But it's not a...

Your name is no curse, Little Bird. I just like the taste of it. Orphaned as a child, Signa Farrow has been raised by a string of guardians, each more interested in her wealth than her well-being - and each has met an untimely end. Her only remaining relatives are the elusive Hawthornes, an eccentric family living at Thorn Grove,...

In a dark vision of the near future, twelve boys and twelve girls are forced to appear in a live TV show called The Hunger Games. There is only one rule: kill or be killed. When sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen steps forward to take her sister’s place in the games, she sees it as a death sentence. But Katniss has been...

The highly anticipated young adult thriller about a serial killer’s daughter and her race to solve the crimes of her family’s twisted past before it’s too late — from E. Kennedy, aka New York Times bestselling romance author Elle Kennedy! Thornbird follows Ryan Shipley, who is back in Starling, Tennessee. It’s been ten years since her father, the infamous serial...

The ultimate guide returns with its biggest update yet. This expanded edition is packed with revisions to almost every page, with new sections throughout highlighting fans’ most talked-about topics, including Tales from the Pizzaplex and the interactive novels, Security Breach and RUIN, Into the Pit and Secrets of the Mimic. A comprehensive and updated animatronics inventory and reproduced content from...