Hodder & Stoughton

The Other Hand

The Poison Tree

It is the sweltering summer of 1997, and Karen is a strait-laced, straight-A university student. When she meets the impossibly glamorous Biba, a bohemian orphan who lives in a crumbling old mansion in Highgate with...

The Plains of Passage

The Peacock Emporium

The Pile of Stuff at the Bottom of the Stairs

Mary Gilmour feels as though her life is going down a plug hole clogged with cornflakes and Play-Doh. Her job is part time but housework is full time, and she has no time at all for her two young sons. Mary is...

The Regulators

Wentworth, Ohio: a small friendly town where the Carver children bicker over sweets in the E-Z shop and writer Johnny Marinville is the only resident who minds his own business. On Poplar Street, apart from the...

The Reapers

They are the Reapers, the elite among killers. Men so terrifying that their names are mentioned only in whispers. The assassin Louis is one of them. But now Louis, and his partner, Angel, are themselves targets. And...

The Running Man

It`s not just a game when you`re running for your life. Every night they tuned in to the nation`s favourite prime-time TV game show. They all watched, from the sprawling slums to the security-obsessed enclaves of the...

The Stand

There is a reason why Stephen King is one of the bestselling writers in the world, ever. Described by John Connolly as 'utterly compelling' and by the Daily Express as an author 'who can create an...

The Secret Life of Words: How English Became English

Communication is essential to our lives, but how often do we stop to think about where the words we use have come from? Have you ever thought about which words in English have been borrowed from Arabic, French or...

The Shelters of Stone

The Song of the Quarkbeast: A Last Dragonslayer Novel

A long time ago magic faded away, leaving behind only yo-yos, the extremely useful compass-pointing-to-North enchantment and the spell that keep bicycles from falling over. Things are about to change. Magical power is...

The Tenth Circle

Daniel Stone has always been close to his daughter. Staying at home to look after her while his wife pursued a career as a top level academic, his was always the first name she called. But recently it seems, without...

The Third Secret

What is the Third Secret? It is rumoured to be a prediction so shocking that it has been locked away for over eighty years. Could this be what is drawing Pope Clement XV to the Vatican archive, night after sleepless...

The Tiger. A True Story of Vengeance and Survival

It`s December 1997, and a man-eating tiger is on the prowl outside a remote village in Russia`s Far East. The tiger isn`t just killing people, it`s annihilating them, and a team of men and their dogs must hunt it on...

The Tommyknockers

Everything was similar. But everything had back to the little community was like walking into a nightmare for Jim Gardener, poet, drunk, potential all looked the same, the house, the furniture, Jim`s friend Bobbi, her...

The Teleportation Accident

The Wolfs Gold: Empire V’

The Zebrapotamus

This text is part of the Superphonics series of graded readers which use a phonic approach developed by reading expert Ruth Miskin. There are four levels in this series; Blue (the easiest), Green, Purple and Turquoise...

Theodore Boone (Exp)

In the small city of Strattenburg, there are many lawyers, and though he's only thirteen years old, Theo Boone thinks he's one of them. Theo knows every judge, policeman, court clerk - and a lot about the...

Theodore Boone: The Activist

Theodore Boone 2: Abduction (TPB) Exp

Following on from the bestselling Theodore Boone, John Grisham delivers high intensity legal drama for a new generation of readers. Theodore Boone is back in a new adventure, and the stakes are higher than ever. When...

Theodore Boone: Accused (HB)

He loves the law. But now theodore boone is the one accused of a crime. Theodore Boone is the thirteen-year-old who knows more about the law than most adult lawyers. He certainly never expected to be a victim of crime...

Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer HB

When it comes to giving advice on divorce issues and impounded pets, 13-year-old Theodore Boone is first choice with his teachers and classmates. Theo knows more about the law than most lawyers. But he also knows he...

Theodore Boone: Accused