Anthony Horowitz crée des récits célébrés pour leur originalité et leur qualité immersive. Son style distinctif mêle des intrigues palpitantes à des observations perspicaces de la nature humaine, entraînant profondément les lecteurs dans chaque histoire. Horowitz excelle dans la création de personnages mémorables et d'intrigues complexes qui laissent une impression durable. Son mélange magistral de suspense, d'humour et de thèmes sous-jacents solidifie sa réputation de conteur captivant pour un large public.
Des jeux et des activités pour les plus petits et un quiz pour toute la famille. Il faut avoir du cran pour ouvrir ce livre. Un tueur franchement psychopathe, une tribu de cannibales qui a les crocs, des morts un peu trop vivants, une maison hantée... Préparez-vous à ne pas fermer l'œil ! Ces neuf histoires noires pour nuits blanches vous tiendront éveillés jusqu'au petit matin. Ce qui est mieux pour vous, d'ailleurs, chers lecteurs... Car avez-vous entendu ce bruit et pensé à regarder derrière la porte et dans votre armoire ?
Yassen Gregorovitch. Tueur de renommée internationale. Sa prochaine cible : Alex Rider, quatorze ans, espion au service de Sa Majesté. Cependant, Yassen aussi a eu quatorze ans. Comme Alex, il a été un écolier ordinaire, peut-être un peu plus brillant que la moyenne. Et comme lui, il a perdu ses parents. Pourtant, ils ne pourraient être plus différents. Voici l'histoire de Yassen Gregorovitch. L'histoire de sa descente aux enfers.
l y a une ombre au tableau de la famille Warden : la grand mère. Elle est avare, repoussante et prend plaisir à tourmenter son petit-fils. Joe soupçonne le pire mais il est encore loin de la vérité ! Son effrayante grand-mère prépare un plan diabolique pour l'emmener avec elle... Mais dans quel but ?
"Va à Venise. Trouve Scorpia. Tu connaîtras ton destin". Tels sont les mots qui hantent Alex Rider depuis la fin de sa dernière mission. Mais Scorpia n'est autre que la plus grande organisation criminelle du monde, avec à sa tête la belle et mystérieuse Mme Rothman. Celle-ci semble d'ailleurs très bien connaître le jeune héros. Trop bien, peut-être.
Enquête 1 : Le Faucon malté Enquête 2 : L'Ennemi Public N°2Les détectives les plus gaffeurs d'Angleterre sont de retour... et leurs ennuis avec !Le nain Johnny Naples confie à Tim un précieux colis renfermant un trésor des plus appétissants : des chocolats maltés. Mais ces gourmandises font bien des envieux parmi les truands... De son côté, Nick est forcé par Scotland Yard à partager la cellule du plus dangereux criminel de Grande-Bretagne. Et devient malgré lui l'Ennemi Public N°2. Sa seule option ? Fuir et vite !La justice est loin d'être de tout repos pour les frères Diamant !
De nouveau embrigadé par le MI6, Alex doit enquêter sur un laboratoire qui cultive les plantes génétiquement modifiées. Quand il découvre les manipulations de Desmond Mc Cain, un gérant d'oeuvres caritatives, il est kidnappé, emmené en Afrique et emprisonné. Mc Cain projette tout simplement d'empoisonner la planète. Des millions de vies sont en danger et seul Alex peut agir.
Alex Rider se retrouve en Australie pour une nouvelle mission d'espionnage. Il doit infiltrer une filière d'immigration clandestine, le Snakehead, dirigée par le redoutable Major Yu. Cette fois, il s'agit de démanteler l'une des plus dangereuses organisations criminelles du monde. Ces nouvelles péripéties le conduisent sur la piste d'un personnage énigmatique qui semble en savoir long sur la mort de ses parents... Alex aura-t-il la force de survivre à ce qu'il va apprendre ?
Millions adore him. A philanthropist. Anti-drug crusader. Peace activist. And former pop star the likes of which the world has never seen. Sir Damian Cray even has the president's ear. Yet the president's ear is not enough for Damian - he wants more. Such as the president's fingerprints. So he can manipulate computer systems only the President of the United States has access to. So he can launch nuclear missiles. From aboard Air Force One. All in the name of peace.... So what if a few million lives are lost in the process? Teen spy Alex Rider survives a bullfight, a high-speed bicycle chase through Amsterdam, and even being the target in a human video-game, only to face his most disturbing challenge yet - when the best of intentions are driven by insanity, how do you reason with a madman?
Scorpia, cet organisme de l'ombre qui a fait tuer les parents d'Alex Rider, est plus puissant que jamais et joue avec le feu dans la poudrière du monde : le Moyen Orient. Personne n'est mieux en mesure d'ébranler Scorpia que Alex. Et personne n'est mieux à même de déstabiliser Alex que Scorpia.
Shot outside the offices of MI6 and left for dead by Scorpia, Alex Rider awakens in a top-secret hospital, glad simply to be alive. But danger has a way of following Alex, and when the boy in the next room is the victim of a kidnapping attempt, it is Alex who saves him; only to be kidnapped himself. The man behind the kidnapping? None other than Nikolei Drevin, wealthiest developer in the world, and the man who single-handedly is funding the first luxury hotel in outer space, Ark Angel. Yet the project is hemorrhaging millions of dollars along the way, and Drevin will stop at nothing to cease the bleeding. Even if it means blowing up Ark Angel. Even if it means sacrificing his only son. . . .
Michael J. Roscoe était un homme prudent. Pourtant le corps du milliardaire est retrouvé au bas de la cage d'ascenseur après une chute de soixante étages. Le MI 6 - les services secrets britanniques - s'intéresse de très près à cette mort suspecte et a de bonnes raisons de penser qu'elle est liée au séjour du fils de Roscoe dans une école très spéciale : Pointe Blanche. Isolé sur un sommet des Alpes, près de Grenoble, ce pensionnat n'accueille qu'une quinzaine d'adolescents, tous fils d'hommes politiques, de magnats de la presse, de l'industrie ou de la finance... Pour découvrir ce qui se trame vraiment à Pointe Blanche, le MI 6 dispose d'un agent secret idéal : Alex Rider, quatorze ans. Mais le jeune garçon, ne rêve que d'une chose : mener une tranquille de collégien londonien ! Lui en laissera-t-on le choix ?
Dès les premières minutes qui suivent son atterrissage à Hong-Kong, le jeune Will en a la conviction : quelque chose n'est pas normale. Pourquoi son père, qui l'a invité, n'est-il pas là pour le recevoir ? Qui est cette prétendue " amie " qui le suit comme son ombre, sous prétexte de veiller sur lui ? Hommes, femmes, enfants, tous les habitants de la ville semblent en proie à une terreur inexplicable. Comme si quelque obscure malédiction planait sur la cité insulaire...
Teenage superspy Alex Rider is enlisted by the national security services again – this time for a routine reconnaissance mission at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships. But before long, Alex finds himself caught up in a terrifying chain of events that leads from the Chinese Triad gangs in London to an undercover assignment in Cuba. Alex begins to make chilling links between suspicious deaths, an illegal nuclear weapons deal and the plans of his host, Russian General Sarov, for the future of the world...
Un vrai casse-tête ! Le détective privé Tim Diamant et son frère Nick doivent retrouver Charon, un tueur à Gages, avant qu'il n'assassine un diplomate russe. Mais personne n'a jamais vu Charon ! On ne lui connaît qu'un signe particulier : Le tueur a neuf doigts ...
" Quand on sonne à votre porte à trois heures du matin, ce n'est jamais bon signe. " Voilà ce que pense Alex en voyant deux policiers devant sa maison. Il a raison : lan Rider, son oncle et unique parent, s'est tué en voiture. Et les bouleversements ne font que commencer dans la vie du collégien londonien. Découvrant que son oncle était en réalité un espion, le voici, malgré lui, enrôlé à son tour, à quatorze ans, par le MI6, les services secrets britanniques. Sa première mission : découvrir ce qui se cache derrière le Stormbreaker, un nouvel ordinateur ultrapuissant... Le premier épisode des aventures d'Alex Rider, magistralement Interpreté par Alex Pettyfer, dans un film à vous couper le souffle !
Peu avant l'accident qui détruit son collège, Martin Hopkins à l'intuition de la catastrophe on cherche à le tuer, il en est convaincu. Il découvre de plus un manuscrit tellement convoité qu'il provoque la mort de son propriétaire et c'est ce même manuscrit - journal intime d'un missionnaire du XVIe siècle - qui va le conduire au Pérou, dans une périlleuse course-poursuite contre les forces diaboliques des Anciens.
Le détective privé Tim Diamant a sans doute fait une bonne affaire : le nain Johnny Naples, qui semble redouter de très gros ennuis, lui a offert une vraie fortune pour qu'il garde précieusement un paquet. Et le plus étonnant, c'est que ce paquet ne contient que des chocolats maltés! Mais voilà que pour Tim, les catastrophes s'enchaînent...
Un an après la mort de Holmes, le docteur Watson prit la plume pour relater la dernière aventure du plus célèbre des détectives privés mais il exigea que ce récit restât inédit pendant un siècle… Pourquoi attendre si longtemps ? La réponse est élémentaire : parce que cette affaire était si monstrueuse, si terrible que, selon Holmes lui-même, « il n’est pas exagéré de dire qu’elle pourrait bien ébranler la société toute entière ». Cent six ans après la dernière aventure de Sherlock Holmes par son créateur Sir Arthur Conan Doyle nous est révélé le dernier secret du locataire du 221b Baker Street. La partie reprend !
Pour quelle raison un messager de la reine vient-il chercher Tom au fin fond d'une province reculée ? Le jeune garçon n'en sait rien, et le messager est assassiné sur le chemin du retour. Livré à lui-même en plein Londres, Tom rejoint une troupe de théâtre. Et voici qu'on lui propose de jouer une pièce devant la reine ! Mais Tom s'aperçoit que quelque chose ne tourne pas rond : les comédiens sont étranges, les accessoires mortellement dangereux... Le soir de la première, Tom découvre qu'il est, bien malgré lui, mêlé à un crime horrible...
Il y a une ombre au tableau de la famille Warden: la grand mere. Elle est avare, repoussante et prend plaisir a tourmenter son petit-fils. Joe soupconne le pire mais il est encore loin de la verite ! Son effrayante grand mere prepare un plan diabolique pour l'emmener avec elle...Mais dans quel but ?
Sur l'île du crâne, c'est l' le Graal Maudit va être remis au dernier élève de l'école dans quelques jours. David est sûr de remporter le prix ! Pourtant, rien ne se passe comme prévu. Et ce qu'il découvre est plus terrible encore : ce n'est pas lui qui est menacé, c'est le Graal Maudit et peut-être même l'île du crâne...
David Eliot vient d'être renvoyé du collège et cette fois ses parents ont décidé de sévir ! Il se retrouve dans une école bien étrange, sur la sinistre île du crâne, au large de l'Angleterre. Très vite, il soupçonne le pire. Mais il est encore loin de la vérité...
La quatrième de couverture indique : "Quelqu'un croit-il réellement à ce qui s'est produit aux Chutes de Reichenbach ? Pas moi. Et je vais vous expliquer pourquoi. Mais avant toute chose, laissez-moi me présenter. Frederick Chase, détective de l'agence Pinkerton. Ma mission ? retrouver et neutraliser Clarence Devereux, cerveau du crime qui s'est empressé de combler le vide laissé par la disparition de Moriarty, l'ennemi juré de Sherlock Holmes. Pour arrêter ce génie du mal, un homme presqu'invisible, j'ai suivi l'inspecteur Athelney Jones de Scotland Yard, fervent disciple de Sherlock Holmes, dans les recoins les plus sombres de la ville. Mais le criminel le plus dangereux de Londres n'est pas celui qu'on croit."
Un appareil photo d'occasion bien embarrassant, une antique baignoire de fonte d'où s'écoule du sang, un bus de nuit sans passagers, un ordinateur démodé qui affiche des messages inquiétants, un souvenir rapporté de vacances... Neuf histoires à glacer le sang, où la réalité la plus anodine glisse inexorablement vers le cauchemar. Ce recueil est composé des nouvelles suivantes : - La photo qui tue - Bain du soir - Transport éclair - Le bus de nuit - L'horrible rêve de Harriet - Peur - Jeux vidéos - L'homme au visage jaune - L'oreille du singe.
Get ready for action, adrenaline and adventure in this explosive, brand new Alex Rider mission by bestselling author, Anthony Horowitz. In this adrenaline-fueled adventure in the number one bestselling series, Alex Rider is sent by MI6 Special Operations to infiltrate a new and sinister organisation known only as Nightshade. Alex is on his own, with the fate of thousands of people resting in his hands.
Having escaped from Hong Kong, the five gatekeepers - Matt, Pedro, Scott, Jamie and Scarlett - are scattered in a hostile and dangerous world. As they struggle to re-group and plan their next move, the malevolent King of the Old Ones gathers his forces in Oblivion: a desolate landscape where the last survivors of humanity must fight the ultimate battle.
Private investigators Tim and Nick Diamond haven't had a case for three months and are down to their last cornflake. So when a glamorous woman comes into their office offering them a pile of cash to find her missing father, they think Christmas has come - only it turns out they are the turkeys! Before they know it, they are caught up in a case involving bike-riding hitmen, superhackers and a sinister far right organisation, the White Crusaders. The Diamond Brothers are in the soup and in it over their heads.
Four mysteries challenge Nick Diamond's survival instincts: a school reunion on a remote Scottish island, a dream trip to Paris, a search for a man in a blurry photo, and a visit from a world-famous singer. What ties these events together?
Alex Rider is back in this brand new, explosive mission in the number one bestselling series. In this brand new, explosive adventure in the number one bestselling series, Alex Rider is trying to get his life back on track after the traumatic events of his last mission. But even Alex can't fight the past . . . especially when it holds a deadly secret.
The earth has almost been destoyed by the forces of darkenss. Those who have survived are barely human, drifting in a world ruled by famine, terrorism and war. Any last hope now rests with five extraordinary teenagers: the Gatekeepers. (From book cover).
Susan Ryeland has had enough of murder. She's edited two novels about the famous detective, Atticus Pünd, and both times she's come close to being killed. Now she's back in England and she's been persuaded to work on a third. The new 'continuation' novel is by Eliot Crace, grandson of Miriam Crace who was the biggest selling children's author in the world until her death exactly twenty years ago. Eliot believes that Miriam was deliberately poisoned. And when he tells Susan that he has hidden the identity of Miriam's killer inside his book, Susan knows she's in trouble once again. As Susan works on Pünd's Last Case, a story set in an exotic villa in the South of France, she finds more and more parallels between the past and the present, the fictional and the real world - until suddenly she finds that she has become a target. Someone in Eliot's family doesn't want the book to be written. And they will do anything to prevent it. ______________ Praise for the Magpie Murders series . . . 'A beautiful puzzle: fiendishly clever and hugely entertaining. A masterpiece.' Lucy Foley 'Ingenious' Sunday Times 'Thrilling and compelling with a stunning twist' Daily Mail
To stop the evil corporation Nightrise from unleashing its devastating power around the globe, fifteen-year-old Matt and three other Gatekeepers travel to Hong Kong to find Scarlet, the final Gatekeeper, whose fate is inextricably joined to their own.
The plot revolves around Alex Rider, who faces a dire situation when the criminal organization Nightshade retaliates by kidnapping his best friend. To save him, Alex is reluctantly drawn back into the dangerous world of espionage, forced to comply with Nightshade's demands. This gripping scenario highlights themes of friendship, loyalty, and the moral complexities of espionage, as Alex navigates the treacherous waters of his new enemy's schemes.
Editor Susan Ryeland has left her Greek Island, her hotel and her Greek boyfriend Andreas in search of a new life in England. She is freelancing for Causton Books, where she is asked to work on a 'continuation' novel , Pund's Last Case, by a young author, Eliot Crace. Susan is surprised: Eliot Crace is the grandson of one of the most well known children's authors ever, Marian Crace. Think Enid Blyton, then double her sales. Marian Crace died some 15 years previously and Eliot is sure she was poisoned. Rather doubtfully, Susan starts to read the opening chapters, finding to her relief that Pund's Last Case is actually pretty good. Set in the South of France, it revolves around the mysterious death of Lady Margaret Chalfont who, though mortally ill, is poisoned - perhaps by a member of her own family. But why? And who did it? It soon becomes clear to Susan that the clues to who was responsible for the death of Eliot's grandmother, Marian Crace, are hidden from view in this Atticus Pund mystery. Eliot's behaviour becomes increasingly erratic as his alcohol and gambling addictions increase. But when he is killed in a hit and run accident, Susan realises that she is suspected of his murder. Three mysterious deaths and a group of people with multiple motives for murder: Susan realises that if she doesn't solve the mystery in Pund's Last Case, her death may well be next ...
Anthony Horowitz Collection of 10 Books. This Collection is packed with 10 hilarious books for children which is fantastically funny and great reading for young readers.
It's a world where everything might seem pretty normal. But the weird, the surprising and the truly terrifying are lurking just out of sight. Like a hitchhiker who isn't quite all he seems, a spooky cottage with a grisly secret and a mobile phone that lets you contact the dead! Each story has a shocking sting in the tail...
Alex Rider is in hospital and determined to put his spying days behind him. But he is forced back into action when the vicious terrorist group Force Three takes him prisoner. Alex makes his escape - yet his most perilous adventure is only just beginning. Alex must stop Force Three in their attempt to destroy Russian billionaire Nikolei Drevin and his revolutionary space hotel Ark Angel; but this time, the teenage superspy will have to push himself to the limits - and beyond.A bold and stylish graphic novel adaptation of the sixth novel in Anthony Horowitz's acclaimed Alex Rider series.
A collection of short stories featuring familiar characters from the Alex
Rider series. From the dangers of SAS training, high-speed ski-ing in Colorado
and a parasailing journey which could go horribly wrong - it provides insight
into the life of teenage super-spy Alex Rider.
Teenage spy Alex is forced into the Australian secret service. His target is the criminal underworld of South East Asia, and a ruthless organization known as the Snakehead.
A gate has been opened. The Old Ones have been released. And now the third and fourth of The Five -- twins with a mysterious psychic bond -- are joining the fight.
In New York Times–bestselling author Anthony Horowitz’s ingenious fifth literary whodunit in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series, Detective Hawthorne is once again called upon to solve an unsolvable case—a gruesome murder in an idyllic gated community in which suspects aboundRiverside Close is a picture-perfect community. The six exclusive and attractive houses are tucked far away from the noise and grime of city life, allowing the residents to enjoy beautiful gardens, pleasant birdsong and tranquility from behind the security of a locked gate.It is the perfect idyll until the Kentworthy family arrives, with their four giant, gas-guzzling cars, a gaggle of shrieking children and plans for a garish swimming pool in the backyard. Obvious outsiders, the Kentworthys do not belong in Riverside Close, and they quickly offend every last one of their neighbours.When Giles Kentworthy is found dead on his own doorstep, a crossbow bolt sticking out of his chest, Detective Hawthorne is the only investigator that can be called on to solve the case.Because how do you solve a murder when everyone is a suspect?
By global bestselling Anthony Horowitz, a brilliantly entertaining new locked-room mystery with a key that only Hawthorne can find.'EASILY THE GREATEST OF OUR CRIME WRITERS' Sunday Times'Funny, addictive and clever, and the crime fighting duo of Hawthorne and Horowitz are as entertaining as ever. Brilliant. I can't wait for more.' Adam[Bokinfo].
"Managing a small hotel on a Greek island, retired publisher Susan Ryeland is getting restless when her new guests announce that their daughter Cecily was married in a Suffolk coast hotel where a notorious murder took place--on the same day as the wedding. Susan's late author Alan Conway based a mystery on the murder, and Cecily, who read the book and is convinced that the wrong person was convicted of the real-life crime, is now missing"--Library Journal (06/01/2020).
Death, deception, and a detective with quite a lot to hide stalk the pages of
Anthony Horowitz's brilliant new murder mystery, the second in the bestselling
series starring Private Investigator Daniel Hawthorne.
After the death of the uncle who had been his guardian, fourteen-year-old Alex Rider is coerced to continue his uncle's dangerous work for Britain's intelligence agency, MI6
Meet the Diamond Brothers, the world's worst private-detective agency, in this Chandler-esque spoof from the creator of the bestselling Alex Rider series. Life as the younger brother of the world's most defective detective can be tough – and these two adventures will test Nick to the full. What connects them? Murder! And if the Diamond Brothers don't play their cards right, they could be next…
Detective and mystery stories. It's a dangerous life being the younger brother of the world's worst private detective - but Nick Diamond has survived... so far. But in this fantastic value bind-up of the novellas "I Know What You Did Last Wednesday", "The French Confection" and "The Blurred Man", his survival instincts are tested to the full. A school reunion on a remote Scottish island, a dream holiday to Paris, an investigation into the whereabouts of a man in a blurry photo... What connects them? Murder! And if the Diamond Brothers don't play their cards right, they could easily end up dead!
The first Atticus Pund and Susan Ryeland mystery from bestselling author Anthony Horowitz, and inspiration for the major hit BBC series MAGPIE MURDERS. Editor Susan Ryland has worked with bestselling crime writer Alan Conway for years. Readers love his detective, Atticus Pünd, a celebrated solver of crimes in the sleepy English villages of the 1950s. But Conway's latest tale of murder at Pye Hall is not quite what it seems. Yes, there are dead bodies and a host of intriguing suspects, but hidden in the pages of the manuscript lies another story: a tale written between the very words on the page, telling of real-life jealousy, greed, ruthless ambition and murder. From the creator of Midsomer Murders comes a fiendish mystery perfect for fans of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot. Now available to preorder: MARBLE HALL MURDERS, the fiendishly brilliant follow-up to Magpie Murders and Moonflower Murders Praise for Magpie Murders - the gripping Sunday Times bestselling crime thriller: 'Ingenious' Sunday Times 'Thrilling and compelling with a stunning twist' Daily Mail 'A stylish thriller' Sunday Mirror 'A cunning reinvention of the thriller' Mail on Sunday
The Diamond Brothers – the world's worst detectives – are embroiled in a Parisian mystery!The hard-up Diamond Brothers win a weekend for two in Paris, but as soon as they arrive, they find themselves in danger. There’s a nasty smell in the air and it’s not the cheese. If Nick and Tim aren’t careful, their dream holiday could end up being a nightmare from which they’ll never wake…
From the back of the book: Legendary! A riddling sphinx, a dragon that oversleeps, a head of snakes and a monkey who would be king - timeless tales of heroes and heroines, villains and curses, from all around the world! Stories include: The Achilles Heel, The Dragon and St. George, Narcissus, Pandora's Box, The Riddle of the Sphinx, and the Minotaur.
When a wealthy woman is found murdered after planning her own funeral service, disgraced police detective Daniel Hawthorne and his sidekick, author Anthony Horowitz, investigate.
The second thrilling, chilling installment in Anthony Horowitz's bestselling Gatekeepers series. Matt thought his troubles were over when he closed Raven's Gate . . . but in fact they were just beginning. His fate -- and the fate of the world -- is tied to four other kids across the globe. The second is a street kid in Peru. He and Matt have never met; they don't even speak the same language. But destiny is going to throw them together as the evil threat of the Old Ones grows . . . and another Gate suddenly comes into play.
It is M's funeral. One man is missing from the graveside- the traitor James Bond, in custody accused of M's murder. Behind the Iron Curtain, a group of former Smersh and Stasi agents now want to use their lethal British spy against a target whose assassination will change history. Bond is smuggled into the lion's den to receive his orders - but whose orders is he following, and what will he do when the time comes to pull the trigger? In a mission where one false move means death, Bond must also grapple with the darkest questions about himself - but not even he knows what has happened to the man he used to be.
FICTION. When the Diamond Brothers receive an invitation to a school reunion on a remote Scottish island, things seem to be looking up. But Nick's got a bad feeling, and it's not indigestion. And when he meets their fellow guests, the feeling only gets worse especially when they start dying in ever more bizarre ways!
As punishment for a crime he didn't really commit, Matt was given a choice: go to jail or go live with an old woman named Mrs. Deverill in a remote town called Lesser Malling. He should have chosen jail. A strange and sinister plan is coming together made in Lesser Malling, with Matt at the center of it all. People who try to help him disappear or die. It all ties to an evil place named Raven's Gate - a place whose destiny is horrifyingly intertwined with Matt's own.
Wisecracking young Nick Diamond finds himself sharing a prison cell with Johnny Powers, Public Enemy No. 1. His only chance of rescuing the situation is to nail the Fence, the country's master criminal. First, though, Nick has to get out of jail.
Adapted from the original story by Anthony Horowitz, No. 1 bestselling author,
comes the second graphic novel in his chilling series of supernatural
adventures.
Matt has always know he has unusual powers. Raised in foster care, he is sent to Yorkshire on a rehabilitation programme, only to find himself in the midst of sinister goings-on centring on a battle between eight guardians and a group of devil worshippers seeking to release evil ones who must be stopped.
This chilling collection of ten nightmarish and fiendishly funny short stories is a perfect read for fearless children. From a train journey straight to hell, out of control robots with a murderous streak and even a television show where death is the penalty - these terrifying tales display the dazzling wit and wicked humour of master storyteller Anthony Horowitz, and are guaranteed to make your blood curdle and your spine tingle.
Private investigator Daniel Hawthorne and the writer Anthony Horowitz have been invited to a literary festival on the island of Alderney to talk about their new book. Very soon they discover that dark forces are at work. Alderney is in turmoil over a planned power line that will cut through it, desecrating a war cemetery and turning neighbour against neighbour. And the visiting authors seems to be harbouring any number of unpleasant secrets. When the festival's wealthy sponsor is found brutally murdered, Alderney goes into lockdown and Hawthorne knows he doesn't have to look too far for suspects. There's no escape. The killer is still on the island. And there's about to be a second death..
Mark Styler ist Schriftsteller und tut alles, um ein Interview mit dem grauenerregenden Serienmörder Easterman führen zu können. Dazu muss er allerdings erst einmal Dr. Farquhar vorbei, dem charismatischen Leiter der Heilanstalt, in der Easterman untergebracht ist. Während sich die beiden unterhalten, wird Styler, und dem Publikum, schnell klar, dass in diesem Thriller nichts ist, wie es scheint. Ein herausragendes Stück, in dem auch die kleinsten Hinweise entscheidend für den Ausgang sind.
It's Christmastime, and Tim and Nick are flat broke. Luckily for them, a famous Greek pop singer has been getting death threats--and the Diamond brothers are hired to solve the mystery, in this latest novel by the New York Times-bestselling author of the Alex Rider series.
Literary legend James Bond returns to his 1950s heyday in this exhilarating thriller by Sunday Times bestselling author Anthony Horowitz. It's 1957 and James Bond (agent 007) has only just survived his showdown with Auric Goldfinger at Fort Knox. By his side is Pussy Galore, who was with him at the end. Unknown to either of them, the USSR and the West are in a deadly struggle for technological superiority. And SMERSH is back. The Soviet counter-intelligence agency plans to sabotage a Grand Prix race at the most dangerous track in Europe. But it's Bond who finds himself in the driving seat and events take an unexpected turn when he observes a suspicious meeting between SMERSH's driver and a sinister Korean millionaire, Jai Seong Sin. Soon Bond is pitched into an entirely different race uncovering a plan that could bring the West to its knees. Welcoming back familiar faces, including M and Miss Moneypenny, international bestselling author Anthony Horowitz ticks all the boxes: speed, danger, strong women and fiendish villains, to reinvent the golden age of Bond in this brilliantly gripping adventure. Trigger Mortis is also the first James Bond novel to feature previously unseen Ian Fleming material. This is James Bond as Fleming imagined him.
A spy is dead. A legend is born. This is how it all began. The explosive prequel to Casino Royale, from bestselling author Anthony Horowitz. M laid down his pipe and stared at it tetchily. 'We have no choice. We're just going to bring forward this other chap you've been preparing. But you didn't tell me his name.' 'It's Bond, sir,' the Chief of Staff replied. 'James Bond.' The sea keeps its secrets. But not this time. One body. Three bullets. 007 floats in the waters of Marseille, killed by an unknown hand. It's time for a new agent to step up. Time for a new weapon in the war against organised crime. It's time for James Bond to earn his licence to kill. This is the story of the birth of a legend, in the brutal underworld of the French Riviera.
When Guy Fletcher scoffs at a feeble joke he overhears in his local pub, he finds himself, in quick succession, head-butted and struck by an idea. Is it possible to trace a joke all the way back to its original source? Guy’s meandering trail leads him to a Hungarian dentist, a hyperactive troop of Boy Scouts, a group of giggling grave-diggers, and a half-dozen undercover detectives. He’s also sure that he’s being followed by a sinister Englishman, Irishman, and Scotsman. He has an unfortunate encounter with a banana peel. And there’s a fly in his soup. Guy is on the verge of discovering something very unpleasant. Making jokes is no laughing matter.
Sent to Groosham Grange as a last resort by his parents, David Elliot soon discovers that his new school is a very weird place indeed. New pupils are made to sign their names in blood... The French teacher disappears every full moon... And where do the other pupils vanish to at night? Most important of all, how on earth can David get away -- alive?
Enter the strange and twisted world of Anthony Horowitz, and prepare for the fright of your life. David's mobile seems to have a hotline to heaven... or hell. And Isabel is in for a nasty surprise next time she takes a bath. Ordinary objects or events, take unexpected and chilling twists in these fabulously scary stories.
Gives fans of super spy Alex Rider a behind-the-scenes look at top-secret blueprints and plans for his high-tech gadgets, including the Game Boy that doubled as a Geiger counter in Skeleton Key, and the CD player with the fast-spinning saw blade in Point Blank.
Three terrifying short stories by Anthony Horowitz, a master storyteller and the bestselling author of the Alex Rider series. It's Hallowe'en, but the living dead on the Night Bus aren't trick or treaters. And when Nick and Jeremy get on board, it looks like the bus is not going to be taking them home... When his dad picks up a hitchhiker, Jacob find himself in a life or death situation. Could the hitcher be on the run from the nearby Maximum Security Unit? For sure, someone in the car has a deadly secret... Who is the man with the damaged yellow face in the middle photo in Peter's strip of passport photos - because it can't be him, can it? Is is a ghost, or something more sinister?
