Anthony Horowitz
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"Riverside 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, gaggle of shrieking children, and plans for a garish swimming pool in...
2) Ark angel
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Alex Rider adventures volume 6
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After recovering from a near fatal gunshot wound, teenage spy Alex Rider embarks on a new mission to stop a group of eco-terrorists from sabotaging the launch of the first outer space hotel.
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Ever thought a bathtub could drive you to want to kill? How about a restaurant that's famous for serving up the rarest and most spoiled little girls, or a bully who is transformed into a real scarecrow? Who would guess that ordinary objects could turn out to be evil, such as a murdering camera, or a cell phone that communicates with the dead? Whether it's an elevator full of hungry cannibals or a haunted cottage with a terrifying curse, this collection...
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Magpie murders volume 3
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"Editor Susan Ryeland has left her Greek island, her hotel and her Greek boyfriend, Andreas, in search of a new life back in England. Freelancing for a London publisher, she's given the last job she wants: working on an Atticus Pünd continuation novel called Pünd’s Last Case. Worse still, she knows the new writer. Eliot Crace is the troubled grandson of legendary children’s author Miriam Crace who died twenty years ago. Eliot is convinced she...
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Alex Rider adventures volume 14
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"When Alex Rider thwarted the plans of the criminal organization Nightshade, he knew he’d made a new, blatantly evil enemy. But he hadn’t expected to get sucked back into the spy game so quickly–that is, until the Nightshade masterminds kidnap his best friend, forcing Alex to do their bidding if he ever wants to see his pal alive again. As Alex dives deep into this latest mission, his friend isn’t the only one whose life is on the line. Nightshade...
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Alex Rider adventure volume 4
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"Reluctant secret agent Alex Rider is relaxing in the South of France with Sabina Pleasure and her parents when a surprise attack on their vacation home plunges him back into a world of violence, mystery and video games that come to life"--Back cover.
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"After learning a terrible secret about his father, teen spy Alex Rider travels to Venice to uncover the truth about his past. But the truth lies with a criminal organization known as Scorpia. When he agrees to train as an assassin and is given a target that he knows well, Alex must make a choice: work with MI6 once more or betray everything he believes in"--Amazon.
12) Collision
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After a major accident leaves two dead, two critically wounded, and the surviving victims' lives changed forever, the father of one of the victims files a suit against the police department. Detective Inspector John Tolin must come to terms with his own past, and with his partner in the investigation if he has any hope of untangling the carnage, and understanding what caused the accident that threw so many lives together.
13) Injustice
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When successful London barrister William Travers suffers a nervous breakdown, he moves his family and practice to rural Suffolk. Called upon to defend an old friend, he is caught up in a conspiracy that stretches far beyond the courtroom. James Purefoy stars in a taut, engrossing thriller from the creator of Foyle's War.
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Alex Rider (Graphic novels) volume 3
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"MI6 nees Alex Rider's help once more. But when a routine reconnaissance mission sets off a terrifying chain of events, Alex is forced to hide out. The reluctant teenage superspy is sent to Skeleton Key--an island near Cuba--where General Sarov, a coldly insane Russian, is hatching explosive plans to rewrite history. Alone and equipped with only a handful of gadgets, Alex must outwit Sarov as the seconds tick away towards the end of the world."...
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Michael Kitchen stars as Detective Chief Inspector Christopher Foyle in this original PBS Masterpiece Theatre mystery series. Set in the beautiful southern English countryside amid the disorder and danger of World War II, Foyle's War takes place far from the glory of the front. His is an ordinary struggle, against everyday evil, in extraordinarily dangerous times.
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"Susan Ryeland and her partner Andreas are living in idyllic Crete. But her life is upended when Pauline and Lawrence Treherne bring an explosive mystery to her doorstep. Their daughter, Cecily, has gone missing, and her disappearance is linked to a novel written by Alan Conway. Once again, Susan is plunged into the glamorous world of Atticus Pünd as she decodes a tangled web of lies, rage and jealousy. Will Susan solve the puzzle of Cecily’s disappearance...
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The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in these contemporary British television mysteries. The killings at Badger's Drift: The death of an elderly woman and the persistence of her lifelong friend draw Barnaby into a case that reveals the sordid side of this quaint village. Written in blood: Investigating the brutal murder of a Midsomer Worthy writer, Barnaby discovers that the victim had been living a fictitious life....
20) Magpie murders
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"A successful author of Agatha Christie-style novels dies under suspicious circumstance, with his last book seemingly unfinished. This leaves two mysteries: what happened to him? And how does his latest potboiler end?...the author's book editor, Susan Ryeland...assumes the role of detective in the case. Meanwhile, Tim McMullan plays the fictional sleuth in the incomplete novel, whose investigation parallels Susan's." --container.