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Books > Children's & Educational > Fiction > Adventure stories > Thrillers
Whatever happens, no matter what, DO NOT step into Asco Express
because you might just end up leaving with more than you bargained
for... When eleven-year-old Wesley stops by at a mysterious local
shop to buy a drink, he does not realise the trouble he is getting
himself into. CURSED by the fiendish Pharaoh AKAHTEN IX, Wesley and
his friends, Marishana and Aiden, must solve the evil spell quickly
or be trapped for all ETERNITY! Cursed Tales is a brand-new series
bringing ancient scares to life. Readers BEWARE - this story will
leave you wrapped up and wanting your mummy!
The highly-anticipated and brilliantly crafted crime-thriller sequel to
the no.1 debut of 2019, A GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE TO MURDER
Pip Fitz-Amobi is not a detective anymore.
With the help of Ravi Singh, she released a true-crime podcast about
the murder case they solved together last year. The podcast has gone
viral, yet Pip insists her investigating days are behind her.
But she will have to break that promise when someone she knows goes
missing. Jamie Reynolds has disappeared but the police won’t do
anything about it. And if they won’t look for Jamie then Pip will,
uncovering more of her town’s dark secrets along the way… and this time
EVERYONE is listening.
But will she find him before it’s too late?
Perfect for fans of One of Us Is Lying, Eva Dolan, C L Taylor, We Were
Liars and Riverdale
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All In
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Jennifer Lynn Barnes
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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.
Three casinos. Three bodies. Three days.
After a string of brutal murders in Las Vegas, Cassie Hobbes and the
Naturals are called in to investigate. But even with the team's unique
profiling talents, these murders seem baffling: unlike many serial
killers, this one uses different methods every time. All of the victims
were killed in public, yet the killer does not show up on any security
feed. And each victim has a string of numbers tattooed on their wrist.
Hidden in the numbers is a code - and the closer the Naturals come to
unraveling the mystery, the more perilous the case becomes.
Meanwhile, Cassie is dealing with an equally dangerous and much more
painful mystery. For the first time in years, there's been a break in
her mother's case. As personal issues and tensions between the team
mount, Cassie and the Naturals will be faced with impossible odds - and
impossible choices.
Born smart. Born tough. Born FBI.
An utterly addictive and twisty thriller, full of dark family secrets
and deadly stakes. Perfect for fans of One of Us is Lying and Knives
Out.
She came from nothing.
Avery has a plan: keep her head down, work hard for a better future.
Then an eccentric billionaire dies, leaving her almost his entire
fortune. And no one, least of all Avery, knows why.
They had everything.
Now she must move into the mansion she's inherited.
It's filled with secrets and codes, and the old man's surviving
relatives - a family hell-bent on discovering why Avery got 'their'
money.
Now there's only one rule: winner takes all.
Soon she is caught in a deadly game that everyone in this strange
family is playing.
But just how far will they go to keep their fortune?
When Dawson Sumter goes missing, all he leaves behind is a smattering
of blood in room 4 of the debt-ridden motel owned by Neera Singh's
family.
Disappearances like this aren't uncommon in the rural Georgia town of
Carrion. Especially during the Cicada Festival, which takes place every
thirteen years when a cicada brood returns from underground, shrieking
their deafening screams.
Desperate to find out if Dawson is still alive, Neera joins forces with
three other local teens: Isaiah, clandestine true crime podcaster;
Reid, son of the wealthiest man in the region; and Sam, estranged
daughter of the local hitman. As they find themselves entangled in a
messy web of secrets and lies, they discover just how deep the rot in
Carrion goes . . .
Friendships, loyalty and online anonymity are tested when four of
the best young gamers in the world find themselves immersed in the
world of their favourite video game, Distant Dawn. Jack, Megan, Ayo
and Cameron are the Raid Mob: four teenage misfits whose lifelong
friendship involves obsessing over old films, surviving school
bullies ... and secretly being four of the best gamers on the
entire planet. When the release of radical VR technology draws them
deeper than ever into Distant Dawn, the Raid Mob's precious online
anonymity is shattered. Now they've got everyone's attention.
Including that of an extra-terrestrial menace who's been watching
them from across the stars ... About the Game Over series: Game
Over is a reality-bending, adventure series that tells the story of
the Raid Mob: four teenage misfits who happen to be world-class
gamers, until radical technology plucks them from their anonymous
existence and hurls them deep into a revolutionary virtual realm.
Exploring the worlds of online gaming and virtual reality, and with
graphical elements throughout, this four-book series is perfect for
teen gamers and sci-fi lovers aged 12+.
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Believe Me
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Tahereh Mafi
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The breath-taking and heart-pounding final instalment in the New
York Times bestselling fantasy series SHATTER ME. Perfect for fans
of Sarah J. Maas, Victoria Aveyard and Leigh Bardugo. The brand new
and devastatingly romantic final instalment in the bestselling
SHATTER ME series. Juliette and Warner fought hard to take down the
Reestablishment once and for all. Life in the aftermath isn't easy,
as they and their friends at the Sanctuary work with their limited
resources to stabilize the world. Warner has his sights set on more
than just politics. Since he proposed to Juliette two weeks ago,
he's been eager to finally marry her, the person he loves more than
anything and has endured so much to be with. But with so much chaos
around them, it's been nearly impossible for them to have a
wedding. And even Juliette has been distracted by everything they
need to do. At long last, Warner and Juliette's future together is
within reach, but the world continues to try to pull them apart.
Will they finally be able to be happily, officially, together?
Celebrate the tenth anniversary of Tahereh Mafi's bestselling
Shatter Me series with Believe Me! Praise for the Shatter Me
series: "Dangerous, sexy, romantic, and intense. I dare you to stop
reading." - Kami Garcia, #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of
the Beautiful Creatures series "Addictive, intense, and oozing with
romance. I'm envious. I couldn't put it down." - Lauren Kate, #1
New York Times bestselling author of the Fallen series "Tahereh
Mafi's bold, inventive prose crackles with raw emotion. A
thrilling, high-stakes saga of self-discovery and forbidden love,
the Shatter Me series is a must-read for fans of dystopian young
adult literature - or any literature!" -Ransom Riggs, #1 New York
Times bestselling author of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar
Children
Pippa kry nog altyd nagmerries oor haar grootste vrees:
spinnekoppe. Net voordat sy hulle plaas, Moordkuil, in die karoo
verlaat om ’n nuwe skooljaar in ’n koshuis in die Paarl te begin,
word die gemummifiseerde liggaam van ’n meisie in ’n bergskeur op
die plaas ontdek. Is dit die liggaam van haar pa se vermiste
suster? Tot Pippa se skok, is haar nuwe kamermaat gaande oor
spinnekoppe. En hoekom voel dit asof die mummie haar skool toe
gevolg het?
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96 Miles
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J L Esplin
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HappyHead
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Josh Silver
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Squid Game meets They Both Die at the End in the first in a thrilling
new YA series.
We are in an epidemic. An epidemic of unhappiness.
Friends, here is the good news: HappyHead has the answer.
When Seb is offered a place on a radical retreat designed to solve the
national crisis of teenage unhappiness, he is determined to change how
people see him and make his parents proud. But as he finds himself
drawn to the enigmatic Finn, Seb starts to question the true nature of
the challenges they must undergo. The deeper into the programme the
boys get, the more disturbing the assessments become, until it’s clear
there may be no escape...
When Skye Rogers and her twin brother Red move to Manhattan, rumours of a coming global apocalypse are building. But this does not stop the young elite of New York from partying without a care.
And then suddenly Skye is invited to join an exclusive gang known as the Secret Runners of New York. But this is no ordinary clique - they have access to an underground portal that can transport them into the future. And what Skye discovers in the future is horrifying.
As society crumbles, Skye and Red race to figure out how to use their knowledge to survive the impending annihilation, they soon discover that the chaotic end of the world is the perfect time for revenge...
Jodi never asked to be a Thrasher – a member of the high school elite.
But Jodi has been best friends with Zack Thrasher her whole life, and
like it or not, that means she’s branded a Thrasher by the rest of the
school. And different as she feels to the other four Thrashers – all
talented, privileged and beautiful – she can’t help appreciating her
social status, especially compared to her violent home life.
But being a Thrasher isn’t worth dying for – except, apparently, it was
to Emily Mills. Sweet but intense Emily, whose fixation on Zack brought
her close to the in-crowd, but never close enough. Emily, who took her
own life on prom night.
When a detective finds a copy of Emily’s diary, there are whispers that
she was ‘Thrashed’ – bullied to death by Zack and his gang. They are
arrested, charged, and ostracised, their once bright futures
extinguished. Then begin the texts from unfamiliar numbers,
inexplicable light flares, the run of bad luck that becomes a string of
near-fatal accidents… and the constant dreams of Emily.
But something isn’t adding up. The diary is too convenient. In fact,
it’s filled with Jodi’s own secrets, repurposed by Emily. But why?
One thing is clear. Emily isn’t done with the Thrashers.
Greg Owen, voormalige hoofseun van Lawson Kollege en kuberkraker van formaat, is 'n eerstejaar-Matie na die jaar waarin sy gesin se lewe uitmekaar val. Sy pa en Dok Pienaar is ontmasker as die Baker en die Candlestick Maker van Project Nursery Rhyme en is agter tralies. Maar wie en waar is die Butcher? Greg sal nie kan rus tot die derde lid van die gewetenlose driemanskap aan die pen ry nie. As jy wil wraak neem, moet jy twee grafte grawe . . .
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Psychic
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T S Rose
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This dystopian classic is 'exciting, relevant and
thought-provoking' (Stephen King). When a group of schoolboys are
stranded on a desert island, what could go wrong? ONE OF THE BBC'S
'100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD' 'The first book with hands -
strong ones that reached out of the pages and seized me by the
throat. It said to me, 'This is not just entertainment; it's life
or death.' ... I've been thinking about it ever since, for fifty
years and more.' Stephen King 'One of my favorite books - I read it
every couple of years.' Suzanne Collins, author of The Hunger Games
What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages? What's grown-ups going
to think? Going off-hunting pigs-letting fires out-and now! A plane
crashes on a desert island. The only survivors are a group of
schoolboys. By day, they explore the dazzling beaches, gorging
fruit, seeking shelter, and ripping off their uniforms to swim in
the lagoon. At night, in the darkness of the jungle, they are
haunted by nightmares of a primitive beast. Orphaned by society,
they must forge their own; but it isn't long before their innocent
games devolve into a murderous hunt ... 'Thrills me with all the
power a fiction can have ... Exemplary.' Ian McEwan 'An existential
fable backlit with death's incandescent glare.' Ben Okri 'Violently
real ... An apocalyptic novelist [who writes with] humanist rage
and defiance.' Marlon James 'Beautiful and desperate, something
quite out of the ordinary.' Stevie Smith 'Beautifully written,
tragic and provocative.' E. M. Forster 'A fragment of nightmare.'
New Statesman 'A post-apocalyptic, dystopian survivor-fantasy ...
[A novel] for all time ... A cult classic.' Guardian 'Stands out
mightily in my memory ... Such a strong statement about the human
heart.' Patricia Cornwell 'Terrifying and haunting.' Kingsley Amis
What readers are saying: 'Every real human being should read this
... This is what we are.' 'It's brilliant, it's captivating, it's
thought provoking and brutal and for some, its truly terrifying.'
'It can be read and re-read many times, and every time something
new will appear.' 'There is a reason why this is studied at school
... Excellent read.' 'This is one of the few books I've read that I
keep on my Kindle to read again.' 'I revisit this every few years
and it's always fresh and impressive ... One of the best books I've
ever read.'
An instant no. 1 New York Times Bestseller Winner of CrimeFest Best
YA Crime Fiction Prize Winner of the YA Fiction Goodreads Choice
Awards Shortlisted for Waterstones Children's Book Prize A Time
magazine pick for Best YA of All Time Keep the Secret. Live the
Lie. Earn your Truth. For fans of Angie Thomas and Tommy Orange
comes a ground-breaking YA thriller about a Native American teen
who must root out the corruption in her community Eighteen-year-old
Daunis has always felt like an outsider with her mixed heritage,
both in her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation. When she
witnesses a murder, Daunis reluctantly agrees to go undercover. But
secretly she pursues her own investigation, tracking down the
culprits with her knowledge of traditional medicine. As the bodies
pile up, Daunis finds herself caught in a web of deceit that
threatens the people she loves the most. 'Raw and moving'
Cosmopolitan 'A story that grips like a bulldog clip on your heart'
Katherine Rundell, author of The Good Thieves 'Thrilling and
heartwrenching' Aisha Bushby, author of A Pocketful of Stars 'A
swift-paced, compelling thriller' Guardian
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Illegal
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Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin; Illustrated by Giovanni Rigano
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This is a powerful and timely story about one boy's epic journey across Africa to Europe, a graphic novel for all children with glorious colour artwork throughout. From Eoin Colfer, previously Irish Children's Laureate, and the team behind his bestselling Artemis Fowl graphic novels.
Ebo: alone.
His sister left months ago. Now his brother has disappeared too, and Ebo knows it can only be to make the hazardous journey to Europe.
Ebo's epic journey takes him across the Sahara Desert to the dangerous streets of Tripoli, and finally out to the merciless sea. But with every step he holds on to his hope for a new life, and a reunion with his sister.
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