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Books > Children's Fiction & Fun > Adventure Stories > Thrillers

Knights and Bikes: Wheels of Legend (Paperback): Gabrielle Kent Knights and Bikes: Wheels of Legend (Paperback)
Gabrielle Kent; Illustrated by Rex Crowle, Luke Newell
R192 Discovery Miles 1 920 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A new mystery has rolled onto Penfurzy island and the Rebel Bicycle Club are ready to investigate! Nessa, Demelza and Captain Honkers set-off to explore a travelling fun-fair when things begin to get strange. With new friends and a new legend to uncover, the bestfriends do what they do best: SAVE THE DAY FROM A FATE WORSE THAN HOMEWORK. A mysterious adventure with twists, turns and gross-out caravan invaders guaranteed to make you laugh!

Dead End Girls (Paperback): Wendy Heard Dead End Girls (Paperback)
Wendy Heard
R322 R275 Discovery Miles 2 750 Save R47 (15%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

"A clever page-turner that I couldn't put down."-Natasha Preston, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author? Two girls fake their deaths only to face mortal danger in this YA thriller perfect for fans of The Twin and None Shall Sleep. In one week, Maude will be dead. At least, that's what she wants everyone to think. After years of research, Maude has decided to fake her own death. She's figured out the how, the when, the where, and who will help her unsuspectingly. The why is complex: revenge, partly. Her terrible parents deserve this. But there's also 'l'appel du vide,' the call of the void, that beckons her toward a new life where she will be tied to no one, free and adrift. Then Frankie, a stepcousin she barely knows, figures out what she's plotting, and the plan seems like it's ruined. Except Frankie doesn't want to rat her out. Frankie wants in. The girls vault into the unknown, risking everything for a new and limitless life. But there are some things you can never run away from. What if the poison is not in the soil, but in the roots? This pulse-pounding thriller offers a nuanced exploration of identity, freedom, and falling in love while your world falls apart.

Black Heat (Paperback): Bex Hogan Black Heat (Paperback)
Bex Hogan
R250 R200 Discovery Miles 2 000 Save R50 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Exile. Rebel. Healer. Three underestimated women, destined to be brought together by revenge in this dark and thrilling new YA fantasy. Marzal - an exiled daughter with a plan for her return. Rayn - a rebel blacksmith with a blade of blood. Elena - a gentle midwife with a fiercely protected secret. Each young woman wants peace for their country, but in times of war, not everyone fights by the same rules. As their countries burn around them, and the stakes of victory rise, each woman will have to decide how far she is willing to go for peace. But the desire for revenge also burns deep... A dark and thrilling new fantasy from the author of The Isles of Storm and Sorrow trilogy.

HappyHead (Paperback): Josh Silver HappyHead (Paperback)
Josh Silver
R297 R248 Discovery Miles 2 480 Save R49 (16%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

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...

Soen (Afrikaans, Paperback): Jan Vermeulen Soen (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Jan Vermeulen
R225 R194 Discovery Miles 1 940 Save R31 (14%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Peet Rautenbach is Algoa Hoër se hoofseun: hoogs intelligent en met baie talent in musiek, kuns en redenaars. Daar word sewe A's van hom verwag. Daarby is Peet 'n toegewyde, voorbeeldige seun in die oë van sy pastoor-ouers. Maar Peet het 'n swakte: sy obsessie met die blonde onderwyseres Scarlett Rose Reynolds. Dit maak die deur oop vir talle aanslae op hom, en wat hom uiteindelik amper sy lewe kan kos.

Ali Cross: The Secret Detective (Hardcover): James Patterson Ali Cross: The Secret Detective (Hardcover)
James Patterson
R418 R339 Discovery Miles 3 390 Save R79 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Nightfall in New York (Paperback): Katherine Woodfine Nightfall in New York (Paperback)
Katherine Woodfine; Illustrated by Karl James Mountford
R194 Discovery Miles 1 940 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The fourth and final adventure in the brilliant Taylor & Rose series by bestselling author, Katherine Woodfine. For fans of The Sinclair Mysteries and Murder Most Unladylike series Top secret agents, Sophie Taylor and Lil Rose have set sail to New York City on an elegant ocean liner, ready to face their enemies and settle old scores. These two brave friends will need all of their detective skills, courage and derring-do as they race against time to rescue a beloved friend ...

The Magpie Society 1: One For Sorrow (Paperback): Amy McCulloch, Zoe Sugg The Magpie Society 1: One For Sorrow (Paperback)
Amy McCulloch, Zoe Sugg
R334 Discovery Miles 3 340 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Illumen Hall is a boarding school of tradition and achievement. But tragedy strikes when the body of a girl, a student, is discovered - on her back is an elaborate tattoo of a magpie.

For new student Audrey, it is just another strange and unsettling thing about her new surroundings. And for her roommate Ivy, well, she's just annoyed she has to share with the new girl from America.

As an unlikely friendship develops, the two are drawn deeper into the mystery of this strange and terrible murder. They will discover that something dangerous is at the heart of their school.

Welcome to The Magpie Society.

Hawk (Paperback): James Patterson Hawk (Paperback)
James Patterson
R339 R295 Discovery Miles 2 950 Save R44 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
All These Bodies (Paperback): Kendare Blake All These Bodies (Paperback)
Kendare Blake
R220 R172 Discovery Miles 1 720 Save R48 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

For months, a gruesome killer has been plaguing the Midwest. The murderer's calling card? The bodies they leave behind are completely drained of blood. Aspiring journalist Michael Jensen, desperate to escape his small-town life, can hardly believe it when the Bloodless Murders come to sleepy Black Deer Falls, Minnesota. Or that his father, the sheriff, located the only suspect: fifteen-year-old Marie Catherine Hale. Tiny Marie doesn't look capable of committing the grisly, inhumane attacks that are gripping the nation. At least, not on her own. With Marie refusing to talk to anyone but Michael, he agrees to tell her side of the story. But how can Michael trust Marie's confession when it calls into question everything he's ever known . . . when falling for her lies may cost him his life? All These Bodies by Kendare Blake is the bone-chilling supernatural thriller for older readers, perfect for fans of Rory Power.

Ali Cross: The Secret Detective (Paperback): James Patterson Ali Cross: The Secret Detective (Paperback)
James Patterson
R272 R230 Discovery Miles 2 300 Save R42 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Clown in a Cornfield (Paperback): Adam Cesare Clown in a Cornfield (Paperback)
Adam Cesare
R217 Discovery Miles 2 170 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Bram Stoker Award Winner for Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel In Adam Cesare's terrifying young adult debut, Quinn Maybrook finds herself caught in a battle between old and new, tradition and progress-that just may cost her life. Quinn Maybrook and her father have moved to tiny, boring Kettle Springs, to find a fresh start. But what they don't know is that ever since the Baypen Corn Syrup Factory shut down, Kettle Springs has cracked in half. On one side are the adults, who are desperate to make Kettle Springs great again, and on the other are the kids, who want to have fun, make prank videos, and get out of Kettle Springs as quick as they can. Kettle Springs is caught in a battle between old and new, tradition and progress. It's a fight that looks like it will destroy the town. Until Frendo, the Baypen mascot, a creepy clown in a pork-pie hat, goes homicidal and decides that the only way for Kettle Springs to grow back is to cull the rotten crop of kids who live there now. YALSA's Best Fiction for Young Adults Nominee

The Medusa Project 3: The Rescue (Paperback, New Edition): Sophie McKenzie The Medusa Project 3: The Rescue (Paperback, New Edition)
Sophie McKenzie
R165 Discovery Miles 1 650 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The third gripping installment in bestselling children's author Sophie McKenzie's MEDUSA PROJECT series – back with a bold new cover look!

Fourteen years ago, four babies were implanted with the Medusa gene– a gene for psychic abilities.

Now teenagers, Nico, Ketty, Ed and Dylan have been brought together by government agents to create a secret crime-fighting force: The Medusa Project. Since their existence became known to members of the criminal underworld, they have been hidden away in a secluded training camp in Spain, where their identities are being kept secret.

Life in camp is hard enough, but then things take a turn for the worse. Ed is blackmailed into using his mind-reading powers – and in doing so he threatens to endanger the whole Medusa Project . . .

Things The Eye Can't See (Paperback): Penny Joelson Things The Eye Can't See (Paperback)
Penny Joelson 1
R185 Discovery Miles 1 850 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The thrilling new novel from the award-winning author of I Have No Secrets

A chance meeting and a secret message drags Libby into a thrilling mystery, but no one believes she can spot the clues. Can she make them realise what she is really capable of, before it’s too late?

Libby is visually impaired but that doesn’t stop her being a keen photographer. She loves going out walking with her guide dog, Samson, and taking photos, but her family worry about her – and Libby wishes she could be more independent.

The day that the boy gives her a secret note to deliver changes everything. Because soon after, the boy goes missing, and no one – except Libby and her new friend Kyle – thinks there is anything to worry about.

Libby knows there's no way her parents would let her get involved. But what if she’s the only person who can solve the mystery...?

A compulsive page-turner for readers aged 12 and up.

Arabesque (Paperback): Colin Mulhern Arabesque (Paperback)
Colin Mulhern 1
R224 R177 Discovery Miles 1 770 Save R47 (21%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Amy May is the best at everything she does. But how do you know you're really the best until you're tested? Until you're pushed to the limit? A botched kidnapping drags Amy and her best friend, Mia, into the depths of a criminal underworld, a world where the players think with bullets and blackmail.

Waiting For Murder (Paperback): Fleur Hitchcock Waiting For Murder (Paperback)
Fleur Hitchcock 1
R247 R176 Discovery Miles 1 760 Save R71 (29%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

It's a long, hot summer. As the water drains away from the reservoir, a car emerges. And there seems to be a body in it, a body that then disappears... Daniel and Florence start to investigate and uncover a long-ago robbery, missing gold and murder. When the drought breaks, everything is swept downstream and the truth is revealed... Another thriller from the brilliant author of Murder at Midwinter.

Program 6: The Complication (Paperback, New Edition): Suzanne Young Program 6: The Complication (Paperback, New Edition)
Suzanne Young
R383 R329 Discovery Miles 3 290 Save R54 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

How do you go back to a life you can’t remember? Find out in this final installment in the New York Times bestselling Program series from Suzanne Young.

Every cure has a cost.

Tatum Masterson learned this after years of being monitored by The Program. She witnessed it when her boyfriend, Wes, came back changed, erased. And now, even the newest “cure” has a heavy cost—one she and Wes paid.

The Adjustment came into Tatum’s life just when she thought she needed it most, a promise for Wes to get back his forgotten memories. But when the procedure went wrong, a revelation shattered everything Tatum thought she knew.

Now, with no one left to trust, Tatum must find out what really happened last summer. And with the help of the boyfriend she lost, Tatum will have to dig into the past and future of The Program and its handlers.

And discover the true cost of a cure.

All Your Twisted Secrets (Paperback): Diana Urban All Your Twisted Secrets (Paperback)
Diana Urban
R227 Discovery Miles 2 270 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A thrilling debut, reminiscent of new fan favorites like One of Us Is Lying and the beloved classics by Agatha Christie, that will leave readers guessing until the explosive ending. "Welcome to dinner, and again, congratulations on being selected. Now you must do the selecting." What do the queen bee, star athlete, valedictorian, stoner, loner, and music geek all have in common? They were all invited to a scholarship dinner, only to discover it's a trap. Someone has locked them into a room with a bomb, a syringe filled with poison, and a note saying they have an hour to pick someone to kill...or else everyone dies. Amber Prescott is determined to get her classmates and herself out of the room alive, but that might be easier said than done. No one knows how they're all connected or who would want them dead. As they retrace the events over the past year that might have triggered their captor's ultimatum, it becomes clear that everyone is hiding something. And with the clock ticking down, confusion turns into fear, and fear morphs into panic as they race to answer the biggest question: Who will they choose to die?

Mirage (Paperback): Annabelle Starr Mirage (Paperback)
Annabelle Starr 2
R105 R70 Discovery Miles 700 Save R35 (33%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Rosie and her best mates Soph and Abs are three regular girls. They like regular-girl things; they eat regular-girl food and wear regular-girl gear. In book one in the "Megastar Mysteries" series, their regular-girl lives are turned upside down when Rosie gets caught up with a desperate plea for help from a mega pop star, Mirage Mullins, who's doing a signing in their local record shop. The girls don't know quite what to do, but they'll go to any lengths to help save the career of their favourite pop star. The trio of friends must find a way to solve the murky mystery surrounding Mirage's gorgeous stepbrother, Joe, and they resolve to get to the bottom of the strange behaviour of Mirage's manager, Simone Jones. Over the course of the "Megastar Mysteries" series, Rosie and her friends unintentionally stumble upon other celebrity mysteries that need solving and, much to their delight, are always finding themselves in demand by mega stars with mega problems. Readers will fall in love with Maff, the troubled star of rising pop band Fusion, actress twins Paige and Shelby, teen model Angel, soap opera star Cassie St Claire and the enigmatic new chart sensation Songbird.

Three Bullets (Paperback): Melvin Burgess Three Bullets (Paperback)
Melvin Burgess
R197 Discovery Miles 1 970 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Bloods are in control and they're desperate to turn Britain into the world they want to see: right, white, Christian supremist. Anyone who they call abnormal is a target. Amidst the chaos of civil war the country is on the move as small militia groups fight each other and a sea of refugees escapes the cities and the pursuing Bloods. When her home is destroyed in a bombing raid, Marti must strike out on a mission of her own - to save her father and get his vital software into the right hands. But Marti is mixed race and trans and has her young brother in tow. Crossing into enemy territory could prove suicidal. Yet Marti's enemies haven't reckoned with her indomitable will to survive - and the gun she carries, which has three bullets . . .

She's Gone (Paperback): David Bell She's Gone (Paperback)
David Bell
R255 R199 Discovery Miles 1 990 Save R56 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

A new page-turning thriller from USA Today bestselling author David Bell. When a girl disappears, who do you suspect? When 17-year-old Hunter Gifford wakes in the hospital on the night of homecoming, he's shocked to learn he and his girlfriend, Chloe Summers, have been in a terrible car accident. Hunter has no memory of the crash, and his shock turns to horror when he is told Chloe's blood has been found in the car-but she has disappeared. Back at school, his fellow students taunt him, and his former best friend starts making a true-crime documentary about the case-one that points the finger directly at Hunter. And just when things can't get any worse, Chloe's mother stands in front of the entire town at a candlelight vigil and accuses Hunter of murder. Under mounting pressure from the police, Hunter takes matters into his own hands by questioning anyone who might know the truth and posting videos to prove his innocence. When Hunter learns he and Chloe were seen arguing loudly outside the dance, he faces a sickening possibility. Was he angry enough to kill the person he loved? Praise for David Bell: "David Bell is a top-notch storyteller and Layover is his best book yet. I flew through this twisty, riveting psychological thriller at breakneck speed, hooked from the first page right up through the book's breathless conclusion."-Cristina Alger, New York Times bestselling author of Girls Like Us "With hints of Patricia Highsmith's THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY, this is a riveting thriller." -Palm Beach Daily News "Readers will find themselves thoroughly immersed in this riveting thriller...both compelling and surprising."-Booklist "Bell is a brilliant craftsman as well as storyteller."-The Providence Journal

Eight Pieces Of Silva (Paperback): Patrice Lawrence Eight Pieces Of Silva (Paperback)
Patrice Lawrence 1
R251 R207 Discovery Miles 2 070 Save R44 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

From the multi-award-winning author of Orangeboy, an addictive mystery that refuses to let you go long after you turn the final page. Can Becks piece the jigsaw together and find her sister before Silva loses herself? Becks is into girls but didn't come out because she was never in. She lives with her mum, stepdad and eighteen-year-old Silva, her stepdad's daughter. Becks and Silva are opposites, but bond over their mutual obsession with K-pop. When Becks' mum and stepdad go on honeymoon to Japan, Becks and Silva are left alone. Except, Silva disappears. Becks ventures into the forbidden territory of Silva's room and finds the first of eight clues that help her discover her sister's secret life. Meanwhile, Silva is on a journey. A journey to make someone love her. He says he doesn't, but he's just joking. All she has to do is persuade him otherwise ...

The Medusa Project 1: The Set-Up (Paperback, New Edition): Sophie McKenzie The Medusa Project 1: The Set-Up (Paperback, New Edition)
Sophie McKenzie 1
R205 R162 Discovery Miles 1 620 Save R43 (21%) Ships in 3 - 5 working days

The first gripping installment in bestselling children's author Sophie McKenzie's MEDUSA PROJECT SERIES – back with a bold new cover look!

Fourteen years ago, scientist William Fox risked it all to achieve the impossible: he successfully implanted four babies with the Medusa gene, designed to give the recipient psychic abilities.

But Fox’s experiment had some devastating consequences, so the babies were hidden away for years and the Medusa gene was heard of no more. Now the children are teenagers – and about to have their minds blown as their psychic powers kick in.

Cocky, charismatic Nico thinks his emerging telekinetic abilities will bring him money, power and the girl of his dreams. He's about to find out just how wrong he is. And that new friends can often turn out to be snakes in the grass . . .

The Art Detectives visit Venice (Paperback): Bjorn Sortland The Art Detectives visit Venice (Paperback)
Bjorn Sortland
R214 R166 Discovery Miles 1 660 Save R48 (22%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Daughter of the Deep (Hardcover): Rick Riordan Daughter of the Deep (Hardcover)
Rick Riordan
R554 R456 Discovery Miles 4 560 Save R98 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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