Thrillers & Suspense

CRIMINAL TURNED SOLDIER - NOW HE MUST STOP A WAR ON LONDON'S STREETS.London gang member Sean Harker is down on his luck. After a car heist gone wrong, he finds himself in a young offender's institution . . . aged only 16.Locked up and afraid, a...

Welcome back to the FAYZ! This is Book 4 in the GONE series that Stephen King calls a 'driving, torrential narrative'. Disease is spreading through the streets of Perdido Beach: a devastating, hacking cough that makes...

The stunning first novel in a new speculative thriller trilogy from the bestselling author of SLATED.Tabby lives a transient life with her mum Cate, never sticking in one place long enough to make friends. Until one day, an accident changes everything...

IT'S A DEADLY GAME OF HIDE AND SEEKLiam Scott has joined Recce Platoon. And it looks like he will be heading for Somalia. His mission is to gather intelligence from behind enemy lines, carrying out top-secret surveillance and dead letter drops. But he's...

Stand By Me meets We Were Liars - a heartbreaking and stunning breakout novel for teenagers from the award-nominated author of Seed. June's life at home with her stepmother and stepsister is a dark one - and a secret...

Nick Brooks's Promise Boys is a trailblazing, blockbuster YA mystery about three teen boys of colour who must investigate their principal's murder to clear their own names. For fans of Angie Thomas, Jason Reynolds, and Karen McManus.The Urban Promise...

The second instalment in Andy McNab's Street Solder Series. HOW DO YOU FIGHT AN INVISIBLE ENEMY?A high-speed chase through the backstreets of Lagos and an unexpected bomb explosion in the jungle - it's all in a day's work for soldier Sean Harker.Looking...

The only thing worse than being lost . . . is being found. Keely planned to keep her head down at her new school - she isn't there to make friends or memories, she just wants to be left alone. In order to get into college, she is roped into a programme...

From the bestselling author of THE ONE DOLLAR HORSE trilogy a sensational, stand-alone equestrian thriller and romance about a girl on the run from the law, a boy on a mission to save a life and a race from Colorado to Oregon that they both have to win.....

You don't need to have superpowers to be a hero.Theodore Boone is back in a new adventure, and the stakes are higher than ever. When his best friend, April, disappears from her bedroom in the middle of the night, no one, not even Theo Boone - who knows...

A brand new addictive, twisty thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of 14 WAYS TO DIE - for fans of Karen McManus, Holly Jackson and Lisa Jewell.LOCK EVERY DOORTom's family have moved into their dream home. But pretty soon he starts to...

NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES. This stunning collector's edition of the internationally bestselling YA smash hit, ONE OF US IS LYING, contains a thrilling BONUS chapter!Book One of the Bayview Trilogy.Five students go to detention. Only four leave alive...

Based in part on the author's mother's handwritten memoirs, this novel is an act of bricolage in which the narrator keeps finding gaps in the materials. We desire to regain the past, but every time we attempt it we fabricate it anew. Through various...

Harlow and her mum, Cora, have been on the run her entire life. She has no idea why or what they're running from, but in every place they stop, they create new names and stories, and they never stay for long. Then, one night, while attempting to skip...

"A nail-biting page turner written with cinematic sparkle" - Jennifer Niven, bestselling author of All The Bright Places "Think Serial at Malory Towers" - Katie Lowe, author of The FuriesWelcome to the Magpie Society...Tragedy has struck Illumen Hall, a...

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZE 2022*'A superbly original debut' - Guardian'A time-twisting, mind-bending thrill ride . . . I loved it!' - Holly Jackson, author of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder'Impossible to put down' - The...

A one-of-a-kind, hilarious, high-stakes murder mystery! "Funny, heartfelt and I loved the mystery" - Rosie Talbot, author of Sixteen Souls "How many weeks before the ghost of your unspeakably generous...

'Truly gripping!'' - 5-star reader reviewTheodore Boone is the thirteen year old who knows more about the law than most adult lawyers. He certainly never expected to be the victim of crime himself. But then his bike is vandalised, he's attacked while...

Perfect for fans of Alex Rider and Artemis Fowl, Simon Fox's latest action-packed thriller is ideal for readers too young for Jack Reacher or Line of Duty.Archie Blake thought his policeman father teaching him how to pick locks and open safes was just a...

Twisted secrets that will have readers guessing with every flip of the page. Perfect for fans of GONE GIRL, WE WERE LIARS and Karen M. McManus.An end-of-summer party. A prank gone wrong. A body on the beach. Who's to blame?Tegan Sheffield's annual...

Piper's fall was no accident. Did someone want her dead? It's up to her sister to discover the truth in this shocking new thriller with an unreliable narrator, from the acclaimed author of Little Creeping Things.Piper Sullivan was in a strange hiking...

One of Us Is Lying meets Lord of the Flies meets Fyre Fest in this wickedly addictive and funny YA thriller. Rafi Francisco needs something really special to put her true crime podcast on the map. She sets her sights...

Living on an East London council estate has its worries - and life for 15 year old Molly hasn't always been easy. But she has a dream, a dream to be a boxer just like her older brother Denny. When he agrees to train her, she couldn't be more excited. But...

Welcome to the Kingdom, a dazzling fantasy theme park where 'happily ever after' is not just a promise, but a rule . . . It's a fairytale which ends in murder as the one of the 'Fantasists' goes renegade. Ana, a half-human, half-android princess, is...

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material...

An emotional love story with a thrilling twist from the globally bestselling author of The One Memory of Flora Banks.Ariel's accidental meeting with a handsome stranger called Joe is completely perfect; they have a connection like she's never known...

A prequel and new entry point in the bestselling Bodyguard series.FAME MAKES FOR AN EASY TARGET. Ash Wild is the most successful teen rockstar in history. Millions of fans adore him. But one fanatic wants him dead. Surf champion and top bodyguard recruit...

Lia Setiawan has never really fit in. And when she wins a full ride to the prestigious Draycott Academy on a track scholarship, she's determined to make it work even though she's never felt more out of place.But on her first day there she witnesses a...

During the two-and-a-half years fighting in the Western Desert of North Africa, which began with the Italian declaration of war in June 1940 and ended in 1943, the Long Range Desert Group became the acknowledged master of the vast desert. This small,...

WINNER OF THE 2014 CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL.Room meets Lord of the Flies, The Bunker Diary is award-winning, young adult writer Kevin Brooks's pulse-pounding exploration of what happens when your worst nightmare comes true - and how will you survive?I can't...

Tense thriller. Rob must use all his bomb-defusing skills when he comes up against an explosive in a school. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers of 10+ Action packed thriller. Rob's the army's youngest bomb...

What would you do if you knew the world was going to be destroyed by a huge asteroid in one month? The mesmerising YA debut from the winner of the CWA Gold Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel 2021 and the New York Times Bestselling author of We Begin at...

The border's closed . . . No one can get into Scotland, just like no one can cross the channel . . . England is under the control of an authoritarian regime. Chips implanted in citizens' skin at birth mean anyone can be tracked, anywhere. But Jake,...

He was supposed to be having fun with his friends, not playing detective and stalking a serial killer.Theodore Boone - teenage lawyer and courtroom hero - is on a class trip seeing the sights of the capital city. But he hadn't counted on seeing the most...

Seventeen-year-old Kim gets more than she bargained for when she is set up for murder. Perfect for fans of One of Us Is Lying, E. Lockhart, and Gillian Flynn.Kim never expected to plot a murder. But that was before her boyfriend dumped her for another...

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...

It's the closing night at the Tempest Theaters, the only remaining business in a shuttered shopping complex. The last moviegoers have left, and Jo Edwards and her seven coworkers just want to get through their final shift and be done with this job. But...

The new and explosive book in Chris Bradford's Bodyguard series. Russia - the most dangerous place on earth to be a bodyguard.Teenage bodyguard Connor Reeves faces his deadliest assignment yet. In a country governed by criminals, he must protect Feliks,...

Trapped inside a superstore, fourteen kids have worked together to create a refuge while a series of escalating disasters, including a monster hailstorm and a terrifying chemical weapons spill, mean they cannot leave. Then strangers appeared, destroying...

A thrilling supernatural adventure: dark, funny, with twists at every turn. The sequel to Thirteen Days of Midnight, shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Prize 2016.Luke Manchett used to be one of the most popular boys at school.That was before his...