Anthony Craig Horowitz (born 5 April 1956) is a novelist and screenwriter from England. He is the author of many children’s books, including The Power of Five, Alex Rider, and The Diamond Brothers series. He is the author of over fifty books and has also written for television. He created and wrote the ITV shows Foyle’s War, Midsomer Murders, and Collision.
Horowitz knew he wanted to be a writer since he was eight years old. He received a BA in English literature from the University of York in 1977.
In the 1980s, Horowitz began writing for television with the children’s show Dramarama. He also wrote five episodes of the fantasy series Robin of Sherwood’s third season. He turned three of Carpenter’s episodes into a book called Robin Sherwood: The Hooded Man. His involvement with murder mysteries began in the 1990s when he adapted Hercule Poirot stories for ITV’s popular Agatha Christie’s Poirot series. His work has a comic edge, such as the comic murder anthology Murder Most Horrid.
Horowitz and his wife Jill Green live in North London. Green is the producer of Foyle’s War, an ITV series written by Horowitz. They live with their two sons and a dog named Lucky.
Anthony Horowitz Books in order
Alex Rider
- Stormbreaker (2000)
- Point Blank (2001)
- Skeleton Key (2002)
- Eagle Strike (2003)
- Scorpia (2004)
- Ark Angel (2005)
- Snakehead (2007)
- Crocodile Tears (2009)
- Quite a Ride (2010)
- Scorpia Rising (2011)
- Russian Roulette (2013)
- Never Say Die (2017)
- Nightshade (2020)
Alex Rider Standalone Novel Non-fiction
Detective Daniel Hawthorne
Diamond Brothers
- The Falcon’s Malteser (1986)
- Public Enemy Number Two (1987)
- South by Southeast (1991)
- The Blurred Man (2003)
- The French Confection (2003)
- I Know What You Did Last Wednesday (2003)
- The Greek Who Stole Christmas (2007)
- Two of Diamonds (2009)
- Three of Diamonds (2004)
- Four of Diamonds (2012)
Groosham Grange
Horowitz Horror Shorts
Legends
- Battles and Quests (2010)
- Beasts and Monsters (2010)
- Death and the Underworld (2011)
- Heroes and Villains (2011)
- Tricks and Transformations (2012)
- The Wrath of the Gods (2012)
- Burnt (2002)
- Killer Camera (2002)
- The Night Bus (2002)
- The Phone Goes Dead (2002)
- Scared (2002)
- Twist Cottage (2002)
The Gatekeepers
Sherlock Holmes
Susan Ryeland
James Bond (Extended)
Standalone Novel
- Robin of Sherwood: The Hooded Man (1986)
- Adventurer (1987)
- Granny (1994)
- The Switch (1995)
- The Devil and His Boy (1997)
- Mindgame (2001)
- The Killing Joke (2002)
- Vermeer to Eternity (2015)
Pentagram Chronicles
Short Story
Similar authors
- Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club is a cozy mystery focused on four friends who live in a retirement village. They enjoy getting together on Thursdays to investigate and solve cold cases.
- Robert Muchamore’s CHERUB spy series focuses on a fictional division of the British Security Service. It employs orphan children, 17 or younger as intelligence agents.
- Louise Penny‘s Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series follows Chief Inspector Armand Gamache. He works in Sûreté du Québec, the provincial police force of Quebec.
See also: Elizabeth George’s Inspector Lynley Books in Order.
Most recommended books
- Nightshade (Alex Rider, #12) (4.48 Goodreads score)
- Never Say Die (Alex Rider, #11) (4.36 Goodreads score)
- Russian Roulette (Alex Rider, #10) (4.35 Goodreads score)
- Scorpia Rising (Alex Rider, #9) (4.30 Goodreads score)
- Oblivion (The Gatekeepers, #5) (4.26 Goodreads score)
Awards
Anthony has won many awards for his literary work over the years. These include the Bookseller Association/Nielsen Author of the Year Award and the Children’s Book of the Year Award at the British Book Awards. In 2003, ‘Skeleton Key’ by Anthony Horowitz was voted to receive the Red House Children’s Book Award.
Upcoming releases
The next book in the Hawthorne Mystery series, The twist of a knife, will be published on August 18th, 2022.
Books made into movies
- In 1991, The Diamond Brothers, a series written by Horowitz, was broadcast on ITV. The series is based on the book South by South East. Horowitz wrote it after he had written the television series.
- The first book in the Alex Rider series ‘Stormbreaker’ became a movie with the same name in 2016. The spy novels were also made into a TV series in 2020. The first season is based on Horowitz’s second book titled ‘Point Blanc’.
- His novel, Magpie Murders, was also adapted into a television miniseries, airing this year.
Book summaries
Stormbreaker (2000)
They said his uncle Ian died in a car accident. But Alex Rider knows that’s a lie, and the bullet holes in the windshield prove it. Yet he never suspected the truth: his uncle was really a spy for Britain’s top-secret intelligence agency. And now Alex has been recruited to find his uncle’s killers . . .Alex Rider’s debut mission is packed with bonus material – including an extra Alex Rider short story, a letter from Anthony Horowitz, and much more!
Point Blank (2001)
When an investigation into a series of mysterious deaths leads agents to an elite prep school for rebellious kids, MI6 assigns Alex Rider to the case. Before he knows it, Alex is hanging out with the sons of the rich and powerful, and something feels wrong. These former juvenile delinquents have turned well-behaved, studious—and identical—overnight. It’s up to Alex to find out who is masterminding this nefarious plot before they find him.
Skeleton Key (2002)
Alex Rider has been through a lot for his fourteen years. He’s been shot at by international terrorists, chased down a mountainside on a makeshift snowboard, and has stood face-to-face with pure evil. Twice, young Alex has managed to save the world. And twice, he has almost been killed doing it. But now Alex faces something even more dangerous. The desperation of a man who has lost everything he cared for: his country and his only son. A man who just happens to have a nuclear weapon and a serious grudge against the free world. To see his beloved Russia once again be a dominant power, he will stop at nothing. Unless Alex can stop him first… Uniting forces with America’s own CIA for the first time, teen spy Alex Rider battles terror from the sun-baked beaches of Miami all the way to the barren ice fields of northernmost Russia.
Eagle Strike (2003)
Sir Damian Cray is a philanthropist, peace activist, and the world’s most famouspop star. But still it’s not enough. He needs more if he is to save the world. Trouble is, only Alex Rider recognizes that it’s the world that needs saving from Sir Damian Cray. Underneath the luster of glamour and fame lies a twisted mind, ready to sacrifice the world for his beliefs. But in the past, Alex has always had the backing of the government. This time, he’s on his own. Can one teenager convince the world that the most popular man on earth is a madman bent on destruction-before time runs out?
Scorpia (2004)
Alex Rider, teen spy, has always been told he is the spitting image of the father he never knew. But when Alex learns that his father may have been an assassin for the most lethal and powerful terrorist organization in the world, Scorpia, his world shatters. Now Scorpia wants Alex on their side, and Alex no longer has the strength to fight them. That is, until he learns of Scorpia’s latest plot: an operation known only as “Invisible Sword” that will result in the death of thousands of people. Can Alex prevent the slaughter, or will Scorpia prove once and for all that the terror will not be stopped?
Ark Angel (2005)
The sniper’s bullet nearly killed him. But Alex Rider managed to survive . . . just in time for more trouble to come his way. When kidnappers attempt to snatch a fellow patient from the exclusive hospital where Alex is recovering, he knows he has to stop him. But the boy he saves is no ordinary patient: He is the son of Nikolai Drevin, one of the richest men in the world. The eccentric billionaire has been targeted by Force Three, a group of eco-terrorists who claim his project Ark Angel—the first luxury hotel in outer space—is a danger to the environment. Soon Alex discovers that Force Three will stop at nothing to destroy Ark Angel, even if it means sending four hundred tons of molten glass and steel hurtling down to Earth and killing millions . . . unless Alex can stop them.
Snakehead (2007)
When Alex Rider crash-lands off the coast of Australia, the Australian Secret Service recruits him to infiltrate one of the ruthless gangs operating across Southeast Asia. Known as snakeheads, the gangs smuggle drugs, weapons, and worst of all, people. Alex accepts the assignment, in part for the chance to work with his godfather and learn more about his parents. What he uncovers, however, is a secret that will make this his darkest and most dangerous mission yet . . . and the knowledge that his old nemesis, Scorpia, is anything but out of his life.
Crocodile Tears (2009)
A charity broker con artist has raised millions of dollars in donations, only to invest them in a form of genetically modified corn that has the power to release an airborne strain of virus so powerful it can knock out an entire country in one windy day. A catastrophe so far-reaching that it would raise millions of dollars more in charitable donations, all of which would be embezzled by one man. The antidote? Alex Rider, of course, who survives gunfire, explosions, and hand-to-hand combat with mercenaries–just another day in the life of an average kid.
Quite a Ride (2010)
Just a few months into his new life as Britain’s top superspy, Alex Rider is in need of some serious r&r. But what should have been a fun, relaxing vacation on the south of France turns deadly. Alex will need to use all of his training to get out of this tight spot, because there’s more than just his life at stake in this nail-biting story.
Scorpia Rising (2011)
Scorpia has dogged Alex Rider for most of his life. They killed his parents, they did their best to con Alex into turning traitor, and they just keep coming back with more power. Now the world’s most dangerous terrorist organization is playing with fire in the world’s most combustible land: the Middle East. No one knows Scorpia like Alex. And no one knows how best to get to Alex like Scorpia. Until now.The chases have never been more intense, the fights more treacherous, or the risks so perilous to mankind. And this time, Alex won’t get away.
Russian Roulette (2013)
Alex Rider’s life changed forever with the silent pull of a trigger. When Ian Rider died at the hands of the assassin Yassen Gregorovich, Alex, ready or not, was thrust into the world of international espionage—the world’s only teenage spy. Alex vowed revenge against Yassen and the two have battled ever since. Yet, years ago, it was none other than Alex’s own father who trained and mentored Yassen, turning him into the killer he would eventually become.What makes us choose evil? Why did one boy choose to kill while another chose to risk his life to save others? In some ways, Alex Rider and Yassen Gregorovich are mirror images of each other. Yet the paths they traveled turned them into mortal enemies.
Never Say Die (2017)
following the events of Scorpia Rising, Alex relocates to San Francisco as he slowly recovers from the tragic death of his best friend and caregiver, Jack Starbright, at the hands of terrorists working for SCORPIA. With Jack gone, Alex feels lost and alone, but then, out of the blue, he receives a cryptic email – just three words long, but enough to make Alex believe that Jack may be alive. Armed with this shred of hope, Alex boards a flight bound for Egypt and embarks on a dubious quest to track Jack down.Yet SCORPIA knows Alex’s weakness. And the question of whether Jack is alive soon takes a backseat to a chilling new terrorist plot – one that will play with Alex’s mind as he grasps the magnitude of what is at stake.
Nightshade (2020)
Following the shocking events of Never Say Die, Alex Rider’s world has changed: his biggest enemy, the evil organization Scorpia, has been destroyed. Alex is hoping his life can finally go back to normal, that he can go to school and spend time with his friends–but very quickly everything changes. A new and dangerous criminal organization–Nightshade–is rising.When Alex discovers they’ve planned a mysterious attack on London, he will stop at nothing to take them down. But protecting his home city means facing off a ruthless new enemy and putting his life at stake, again. And this time, there’s no one to save him if he makes a mistake.
The Gadget (2005)
As fans of teen spy Alex Rider know, nothing is more fun or mind-boggling than the gadgets that time and again help free him from tight spots, such as the Game Boy that doubled as a Geiger counter in Skeleton Key. Or the CD player with the fast-spinning saw blade in Point Blank that helped free Alex from a steel-barred window. Now, for the first time, readers everywhere can glimpse the secret files and blueprints that detail each gadget. Its almost as much fun as actually owning these techno-toys. . . .
The Mission Files (2008)
Resembling an MI6 secret dossier, these classified documents reveal the inside story of British Intelligence’s secret weapon: 14-year-old Alex Rider
The Word Is Murder (2018)
One bright spring morning in London, Diana Cowper – the wealthy mother of a famous actor – enters a funeral parlor. She is there to plan her own service.Six hours later she is found dead, strangled with a curtain cord in her own home.Enter disgraced police detective Daniel Hawthorne, a brilliant, eccentric investigator who’s as quick with an insult as he is to crack a case. Hawthorne needs a ghost writer to document his life; a Watson to his Holmes. He chooses Anthony Horowitz.Drawn in against his will, Horowitz soon finds himself a the center of a story he cannot control. Hawthorne is brusque, temperamental and annoying but even so his latest case with its many twists and turns proves irresistible. The writer and the detective form an unusual partnership. At the same time, it soon becomes clear that Hawthorne is hiding some dark secrets of his own.A masterful and tricky mystery that springs many surprises, The Word is Murder is Anthony Horowitz at his very best.
The Sentence Is Death (2019)
“You shouldn’t be here. It’s too late . . . “These, heard over the phone, were the last recorded words of successful celebrity-divorce lawyer Richard Pryce, found bludgeoned to death in his bachelor pad with a bottle of wine—a 1982 Chateau Lafite worth £3,000, to be precise.Odd, considering he didn’t drink. Why this bottle? And why those words? And why was a three-digit number painted on the wall by the killer? And, most importantly, which of the man’s many, many enemies did the deed?Baffled, the police are forced to bring in Private Investigator Daniel Hawthorne and his sidekick, the author Anthony, who’s really getting rather good at this murder investigation business.But as Hawthorne takes on the case with characteristic relish, it becomes clear that he, too, has secrets to hide. As our reluctant narrator becomes ever more embroiled in the case, he realizes that these secrets must be exposed—even at the risk of death
A Line to Kill (2021)
When Ex-Detective Inspector Daniel Hawthorne and his sidekick, author Anthony Horowitz, are invited to an exclusive literary festival on Alderney, an idyllic island off the south coast of England, they don’t expect to find themselves in the middle of murder investigation—or to be trapped with a cold-blooded killer in a remote place with a murky, haunted past.Arriving on Alderney, Hawthorne and Horowitz soon meet the festival’s other guests—an eccentric gathering that includes a bestselling children’s author, a French poet, a TV chef turned cookbook author, a blind psychic, and a war historian—along with a group of ornery locals embroiled in an escalating feud over a disruptive power line. When a local grandee is found dead under mysterious circumstances, Hawthorne and Horowitz become embroiled in the case. The island is locked down, no one is allowed on or off, and it soon becomes horribly clear that a murderer lurks in their midst. But who?
The Falcon’s Malteser (1986)
When a dwarf comes into the office and leaves a package, Tim Diamond, the world’s worst private dick, is faced with his toughest case yet. The office is ransacked and the package is found to contain simply a box of Maltesers. Who was the dwarf and why was he murdered shortly after his visit?
Public Enemy Number Two (1987)
Wisecracking young Nick Diamond finds himself sharing a prison cell with Johnny Powers, Public Enemy No.1. His only chance of rescuing the situation is to nail master criminal the Fence. But first, Nick has to get out of jail…
South by Southeast (1991)
Tim is broke. So when a mysterious stranger offers him a wad of money for his overcoat, it seems like a stroke of good fortune. But there are worse things than being broke. Being shot, for one – which is what happens to the stranger, and could soon be the fate of the Diamond Brothers…
The Blurred Man (2003)
My name is Carter,” he said at last. He spoke with an American accent. ‘Joe Carter. I’ve just got in from Chicago. And I’ve got a problem.’ The man in the photo is so blurry it’s impossible to make out what he really looks like. And that was before he was run over by a steamroller! His name was Lenny Smile and he ran a children’s charity called Dream Time, financed by millionaire author Joe Carter. Now Carter wants to know just what happened to Smile – and to the money.Unfortunately for him, he’s hired the Diamond Brothers – Tim, the world’s worst private detective, and his wise-cracking younger brother Nick – to solve the mystery!
The French Confection (2003)
When the hard-up Diamond brothers, Tim and Nick, win a weekend for two in Paris, it looks as if their luck is taking a turn for the better. But looks can be deceptive. There’s a nasty smell in the air and it’s not the cheese. If Nick and Tim aren’t careful, their dream holiday could end up being a nightmare from which they’ll never wake up.
I Know What You Did Last Wednesday (2003)
When the Diamond Brothers receive an invitation to a school reunion on a remote Scottish island, things seem to be looking up. But Nick’s got a bad feeling, and it’s not indigestion. And when he meets their fellow guests, the feeling only gets worse – especially when they start dying in ever more bizarre ways!
The Greek Who Stole Christmas (2007)
Tim Diamond is the worst detective in the world—he couldn’t find his nose with both hands and a road map. Luckily, his younger brother, thirteen-yearold Nick, is the real brains behind the operation! It’s Christmastime, and once again, Tim and Nick are flat broke. Luckily for them, a famous Greek pop singer and movie star, Minerva, has been getting death threats—and they’re the detectives hired to solve the mystery. Unfortunately for Nick, Tim’s busy fending off Minerva’s amorous advances, and the international star has made plenty of enemies on her way to the top, all of whom seem to want her dead. Can Nick track down the would-be assassin on his own?
Two of Diamonds (2009)
Tim Diamond is the world’s worst detective – and these two mysteries will test his nerves to the limit. What does strawberry yoghurt possibly have to do with Paris? Why on earth are Tim and his kid brother Nick invited to a remote Scottish island? The answer … murder! And if the Diamond Brothers don’t play their cards right, they could be next.
Three of Diamonds (2004)
What would Tim Diamond, the world’s worst private detective, dowithout his quick-thinking brother Nick? The bumbling detective and his kid brother are at it again in these three hilarious, fast-paced mysteries. Whether it’s finding out who flattened a philanthropist with a steamroller in The Blurred Man, outsmarting Parisian drug smugglers on a vacation gone miserably wrong in The French Confection, or catching the murderer behind a deadly class reunion in I Know What You Did Last Wednesday, there’s never a dull moment with this crimesolving duo around. Find out if Nick can get to the bottom of these mysteries before Tim messes everything up, or worse, gets them both killed.
Four of Diamonds (2012)
Three thrilling cases for the world’s most defective detectives, from the creator of the Alex Rider series.It’s a dangerous life being the younger brother of the world’s worst private detective – but Nick Diamond has survived … so far. But in this fantastic value bind-up of the novellas I Know What You Did Last Wednesday, The French Confection and The Blurred Man, his survival instincts are tested to the full. A school reunion on a remote Scottish island, a dream holiday to Paris, an investigation into the whereabouts of a man in a blurry photo… What connects them? Murder! And if the Diamond Brothers don’t play their cards right, they could easily end up dead!
Groosham Grange (1988)
Thirteen-year-old David Eliot was a disappointment to his parents. But to be sent to Groosham Grange? Hidden away on a lonely island, Groosham Grange is a school that is unknown to the outside world. Pupils forced to sign their names in blood. An English teacher held together entirely with bandages. A soccer ball made of . . . well, you?d rather not know. What is the chilling secret hidden behind the headmaster?s door? And why are students disappearing in the middle of the night? Suddenly, David has a lot more to worry about than pleasing his parents?like survival!
The Unholy Grail/Return (1990)
A year ago, thirteen-year-old David Eliot would have given anything to see the end of Groosham Grange and its ghastly teachers. Now he’s on track to win the Unholy Grail, a cup of magical power rewarded to the star student. But a series of suspicious mishaps is closing the gap between David and the new boy, Vincent. It seems as though someone – or some thing – doesn’t want David to win the cup and may even be threatening Groosham Grange’s very existence!
Horowitz Horror (1999)
A bus ride home … turns into your worst nightmare.A quaint country cottage … has a grisly secret.A hot bath … swirls with blood.
More Horowitz Horror (2000)
It’s a world where everything might seem pretty normal. But the weird, the surprising and the truly terrifying are lurking just out of sight. Like a hitchhiker who isn’t quite all he seems, a spooky cottage with a grisly secret and a mobile phone that lets you contact the dead! Each story has a shocking sting in the tale…
Battles and Quests (2010)
Don’t mess with the gods. And if they mess with you? Run like hell . . .Including King Arthur, The Minotaur, Inca legends and more!There was a time when monsters and dragons roamed the earth and the gods walked among us. A time of blood, swords and furious battles. A time of legends, heroes, darkness and death .
Beasts and Monsters (2010)
Gorgons, Banshees, Dragons, Spinxes, Sea Monsters-where would a hero be without a monster to conquer? Legends: Beasts and Monsters by Anthony Horowitz pulls together the baddest beasts in story and song along with fast-moving action, plenty of fighting, and a good dose of gruesome gore. The moody graphics add just the right punch of drama. From the Dragon who fought Saint George, to the Sphinx’s Riddle, Medusa’ magnificent hair, the epic heroism of Perseus’ many battles and more, this is the ultimate tour of mythology’s fantastic beasts.
Death and the Underworld (2011)
When life is over, and the conflicted souls of the dead wend their weary way down to the underworld, what do they see? A three-headed dog with slavering jaws, a bubbling swamp and a hangman’s noose, or simply darkness? From familiar stories like the Greek myth of Orpheus, to lesser known tales like the Viking legend of the poet Nornagest and his precious candle, or the story of the Indian Princess Savitri who cheated death with nothing but her smarts, Legends: Death and the Underworld is full of characters who are brave enough (or foolish enough) to cheat death and tell the tale.
Heroes and Villains (2011)
The battle between good and evil has raged throughout time, in every corner of this world and the next. Some have fought using their superior strength, and some their wit and cunning. Legends: Heroes and Villains features some epic favorites on both sides like Hercules, Theseus, and Polyphemus the Cyclops, and other less-familiar but equally fierce opponents like Polynesian trickster Maui, and Grendel of Beowolf. No matter if they fight with speed, skill, or sheer determination, they all have one thing in common: they will fight each other to the death.
Tricks and Transformations (2012)
Myths and legends are full of stories of the transformation of humans and animals into other things through the magical intervention of the Gods. From better-known characters like Actaeon, the famous Greek huntsman who was doomed to become a stag forever chased by his own dogs, and Glaucus, the fisherman who became a fish himself, only to fall hopelessly in love with a naiad, to the Japanese tale of the Goddess Amaterasu, who created the first eclipse when she hid herself in a cave and more, this collection proves that all is never what it seems when it comes to the affairs of the Gods.
The Wrath of the Gods (2012)
On the run from an ancient evil and his army of terrors straight out of myths from around the world, Fi and Zeke aid Peter in his globe-trotting quest to seek out the remaining Firstborn, uncover the enemy’s plans, and gather the warriors of old for what may become the final battle in the world’s oldest war. Along the way, Fi and Zeke discover they, too, have strengths of their own—though they come at a cost neither may wish to bear.
Burnt (2002)
Uncle Nigel is determined to get a sun tan. But Tim is sure there is something sinister going on, when his uncle’s skin starts to frazzle and his brain begins to fry.When Bart buys a magical monkey’s ear in a market in Marrakesh, he discovers that making wishes is a dangerous game – you might just get what you wish for . . .
Killer Camera (2002)
Jamie is pleased with the camera he finds at a car boot sale – that is until he realises everything he photographs breaks . . . or dies.Henry soon finds out that his new computer has a life of its own – and it’s not afraid to gamble with people’s lives.
The Night Bus (2002)
It’s Hallowe’en, but the living dead on the Night Bus aren’t trick or treaters. And when Nick and Jeremy get on board, it looks like the bus is not going to be taking them home…When his dad picks up a hitchhiker, Jacob find himself in a life or death situation. Could the hitcher be on the run from the nearby Maximum Security Unit? For sure, someone in the car has a deadly secret…Who is the man with the damaged yellow face in the middle photo in Peter’s strip of passport photos – because it can’t be him, can it? Is is a ghost, or something more sinister?
The Phone Goes Dead (2002)
Two dark and creepy tales by Anthony Horowitz, a master storyteller and the bestselling author of the Alex Rider series.David’s mobile won’t stop ringing, but these are no ordinary callers. He seems to have a hotline to heaven – or is it to hell?Isabel has a nasty feeling that the Victorian bath her parents have installed is waiting for her – and it isn’t for a bubble bath, more a blood bath…
Scared (2002)
Gary hates the countryside – why did his mum have to bring him here to stay with his gran? It’s boring and prickly and field after field, it all looks the same – especially when you’re lost…Kevin loves computer games, but this latest game (Smash Crash Slash 500 Plus) breaks all the rules, and now Kevin is part of the game…Howard is in Heaven, strange after a life spent bullying, stealing and playing truant – so why is he so unhappy?
Twist Cottage (2002)
All the previous owners of Twist Cottage have died in mysterious circumstances. Just a coincidence, thinks Ben, when he, his father and his unpleasant new stepmother move in. But then he starts to discover the cottage’s secret..
Raven’s Gate (2005)
As punishment for a crime he didn’t really commit, Matt was given a choice: go to jail or go live with an old woman named Mrs. Deverill in a remote town called Lesser Malling. He should have chosen jail. A strange and sinister plan is coming together made in Lesser Malling, with Matt at the center of it all. People who try to help him disappear . . . or die. It all ties to an evil place named Raven’s Gate – a place whose destiny is horrifyingly intertwined with Matt’s own.
Evil Star (2006)
Matt thought his troubles were over when he closed Raven’s Gate . . . but in fact they were just beginning. His fate — and the fate of the world — is tied to four other kids across the globe. The second is a street kid in Peru. He and Matt have never met; they don’t even speak the same language. But destiny is going to throw them together as the evil threat of the Old Ones grows . . . and another Gate suddenly comes into play.
Nightrise (2007)
A gate has been opened. The Old Ones have been released. And now the third and fourth of The Five — twins with a mysterious psychic bond — are joining the fight.
Necropolis (2008)
The evil corporation Nightrise has amassed an immense amount of power . . . and the devastating force of the Old Ones is about to be unleashed around the globe. To stop this from happening, Matt and three of the Gatekeepers head to Hong Kong–not just the modern city of skyscrapers and wealth, but the secretive underworld beneath. In Hong Kong they will meet the final Gatekeeper, a girl named Scarlet, whose fate is inextricably joined to their own….
Oblivion (2012)
Matt. Pedro. Scott. Jamie. Scar. Five Gatekeepers have finally found one another. And only the five of them can fight the evil force that is on the rise, threatening the destruction of the world. In the penultimate volume of The Gatekeepers series, a massive storm arose that signalled the beginning of the end. Now the five Gatekeepers must battle the evil power the storm has unleashed – and strive to stop the world from ending.
The House of Silk (2011)
London, 1890. 221B Baker St. A fine art dealer named Edmund Carstairs visits Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson to beg for their help. He is being menaced by a strange man in a flat cap – a wanted criminal who seems to have followed him all the way from America. In the days that follow, his home is robbed, his family is threatened. And then the first murder takes place.Almost unwillingly, Holmes and Watson find themselves being drawn ever deeper into an international conspiracy connected to the teeming criminal underworld of Boston, the gaslit streets of London, opium dens and much, much more. And as they dig, they begin to hear the whispered phrase-the House of Silk-a mysterious entity that connects the highest levels of government to the deepest depths of criminality. Holmes begins to fear that he has uncovered a conspiracy that threatens to tear apart the very fabric of society.
Moriarty (2014)
Days after the encounter at the Swiss waterfall, Pinkerton detective agent Frederick Chase arrives in Europe from New York. Moriarty’s death has left an immediate, poisonous vacuum in the criminal underworld, and there is no shortage of candidates to take his place—including one particularly fiendish criminal mastermind.Chase and Scotland Yard Inspector Athelney Jones, a devoted student of Holmes’s methods of investigation and deduction originally introduced by Conan Doyle in “The Sign of Four”, must forge a path through the darkest corners of England’s capital—from the elegant squares of Mayfair to the shadowy wharfs and alleyways of the London Docks—in pursuit of this sinister figure, a man much feared but seldom seen, who is determined to stake his claim as Moriarty’s successor.
The Three Monarchs (2014)
Sherlock Holmes and James Watson come together once again to uncover the motive behind a robbery gone awry. When an elderly man shoots an intruder he finds in his home, it seems like a clear case of self defense. What’s not so clear is why the robber was there. His bag contains no silver or jewelry—only three crude ceramic figurines of Queen Victoria which were mass-produced for her Golden Jubilee. When two of the figurines are traced to other houses on the same street, it’s Sherlock Holmes who sees the key to unlock the mystery.
The Magpie Murders (2016)
When editor Susan Ryeland is given the manuscript of Alan Conway’s latest novel, she has no reason to think it will be much different from any of his others. After working with the bestselling crime writer for years, she’s intimately familiar with his detective, Atticus Pünd, who solves mysteries disturbing sleepy English villages. An homage to queens of classic British crime such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers, Alan’s traditional formula has proved hugely successful. So successful that Susan must continue to put up with his troubling behavior if she wants to keep her job.Conway’s latest tale has Atticus Pünd investigating a murder at Pye Hall, a local manor house. Yes, there are dead bodies and a host of intriguing suspects, but the more Susan reads, the more she’s convinced that there is another story hidden in the pages of the manuscript: one of real-life jealousy, greed, ruthless ambition, and murder.
Moonflower Murders (2020)
Retired publisher Susan Ryeland is living the good life. She is running a small hotel on a Greek island with her long-term boyfriend Andreas. It should be everything she’s always wanted. But is it? She’s exhausted with the responsibilities of making everything work on an island where nothing ever does, and truth be told she’s beginning to miss London.And then the Trehearnes come to stay. The strange and mysterious story they tell, about an unfortunate murder that took place on the same day and in the same hotel in which their daughter was married—a picturesque inn on the Suffolk coast named Farlingaye Hall—fascinates Susan and piques her editor’s instincts. One of her former writers, the late Alan Conway, author of the fictional Magpie Murders, knew the murder victim—an advertising executive named Frank Parris—and once visited Farlingaye Hall. Conway based the third book in his detective series, Atticus Pund Takes the Cake, on that very crime. The Trehearne’s, daughter, Cecily, read Conway’s mystery and believed the book proves that the man convicted of Parris’s murder—a Romanian immigrant who was the hotel’s handyman—is innocent. When the Trehearnes reveal that Cecily is now missing, Susan knows that she must return to England and find out what really happened.
Trigger Mortis (2015)
It’s 1957 and James Bond (agent 007) has only just survived his showdown with Auric Goldfinger at Fort Knox. By his side is Pussy Galore, who was with him at the end. Unknown to either of them, the USSR and the West are in a deadly struggle for technological superiority. And SMERSH is back.The Soviet counter-intelligence agency plans to sabotage a Grand Prix race at the most dangerous track in Europe. But it’s Bond who finds himself in the driving seat and events take an unexpected turn when he observes a suspicious meeting between SMERSH’s driver and a sinister Korean millionaire, Jai Seong Sin.Soon Bond is pitched into an entirely different race uncovering a plan that could bring the West to its knees.Welcoming back familiar faces, including M and Miss Moneypenny, international bestselling author Anthony Horowitz ticks all the boxes: speed, danger, strong women and fiendish villains, to reinvent the golden age of Bond in this brilliantly gripping adventure. Trigger Mortis is also the first James Bond novel to feature previously unseen Ian Fleming material.This is James Bond as Fleming imagined him.
Forever and a Day (2018)
The sea keeps its secrets. But not this time. One body. Three bullets. 007 floats in the waters of Marseille, killed by an unknown hand. It’s time for a new agent to step up. Time for a new weapon in the war against organized crime. It’s time for James Bond to earn his license to kill.
Robin of Sherwood: The Hooded Man (1986)
The English folk hero Robin Hood has more adventures.
Adventurer (1987)
Jack Vincent has been a gentleman, a naval lieutenant, a fisherman and a smuggler. Now he is Convict 41 on a ship bound for the penal colony of Norfolk Island on the other side of the world – transported for life.Unluckily for Jack, the commander of the prison ship is none other than his sworn enemy, Lieutenant Anderson, who seems determined that Jack should not reach the colony alive…From the creator of the Robin of Sherwood series comes this new, thrilling, action-packed tale of bravery, determination and adventure!
Granny (1994)
Twelve-year-old Joe Warden isn’t happy. Sure, he’s rich, but his parents don’t care about him. His grandmother should make everything better, except that Joe’s granny is a nightmare. She’s not just physically repulsive, she’s horribly mean. Everyone thinks she’s just a dotty old woman, but Joe knows the truth. He’s seen behind her mask and glimpsed the wicked glimmer in her eyes – she is pure evil. And now she’s out to get Joe, unless he can stop her and her band of nasty grannies first.
The Switch (1995)
Tad Spencer lives a life of luxury: a mansion, servants, exotic vacations, and all the toys he could dream of. But when his father denies him a trip to a theme park, Tad wishes he were someone else. The next day, he wakes up as Bob Snarby, a carnival worker living in abject conditions in a criminal world. This terrifying body swap is just the beginning of an adventure that will lead Tad to uncover a secret that will change his life forever.
The Devil and His Boy (1997)
Tom Falconer is in trouble. Pursued by the notorious criminal Ratsey, Tom soon finds himself alone and hungry on the streets of London. Luckily enough, the mysterious Dr. Mobius soon recruits Tom to play an important role in a play to be performed in front of Queen Elizabeth. Tom knows there’s something not right about Mobius, but he’s willing to take a risk in order to keep his neck out of Ratsey’s murderous hands. Little does Tom realize that Mobius’s dark secret will trap him in the middle of an international conspiracy, holding the fate of the English empire in his hands.
Mindgame (2001)
When Mark Styler, a writer of glossy ‘true crime’ paperbacks, tries to get an interview with Easterman, a notorious serial killer, he has no idea what he’s walking into. First he has to get past Dr Farquhar, the quixotic head of Fairfields – the asylum where Easterman is kept. But soon he discovers that nothing is what it seems. Who is the mysterious Borson? Where did he get the meat in the fridge? And why isn’t the skeleton in the closet? Mindgame is a puzzle-box of a play. A dazzling thriller and a jet black comedy that twists its way towards a shocking conclusion. Reading the text is the only way to uncover all the clues.
The Killing Joke (2002)
When Guy Fletcher scoffs at a feeble joke he overhears in his local pub, he finds himself, in quick succession, head-butted and struck by an idea. Is it possible to trace a joke all the way back to its original source? Guy’s meandering trail leads him to a Hungarian dentist, a hyperactive troop of Boy Scouts, a group of giggling grave-diggers, and a half-dozen undercover detectives. He’s also sure that he’s being followed by a sinister Englishman, Irishman, and Scotsman. He has an unfortunate encounter with a banana peel. And there’s a fly in his soup. Guy is on the verge of discovering something very unpleasant. Making jokes is no laughing matter.
Vermeer to Eternity (2015)
When a widow inherits a Dutch painting from her late husband, she wonders if it could be a Vermeer – and enlists the help of a married couple to find out. They call in an old acquaintance from university, an imperious art historian named Goodhart who is the world’s greatest authority on the painter. Soon expertise and expectations collide – with astonishing results.
The Devil’s Doorbell (1983)
Thirteen-year-old Martin’s new life with a foster mother on a Yorkshire farm quickly becomes a nightmare where evil and unbelievable happenings seem to threaten his life
The Night of the Scorpion (1985)
In this new story by the author of The Devil’s Doorbell, Martin Hopkins and Richard Cole are together again. They soon find themselves airbound for Peru where Richard immediately gets arrested, Martin is beaten up and robbed of all his belongings, and he and a new friend Pedro, are chased by a sinister Mr Todd into a world of intrigue, suspicion and danger. In the end they are forced to take on the saving of life itself and Martin calls on all his strength and mystical power to combat the evil influences around them.
The Sliver Citadel (1986)
Nicholas races against time to save Jeremy, the brother with whom he shares a mysterious psychic bond, and stop the evil forces emanating from the Silver Citadel
Myths and Legends (1985)
Thirty-five ancient myths and legends, including lesser-known tales from Polynesia, North and South America, the Far East, Europe, and Africa, as well as some of the best stories from Greece, are gathered together in this far-ranging anthology of the tragedies and triumphs of the ancient world.
Death Walks Tonight (1995)
Chilling tales, such as the bathtub that turns one into an ax murderer.
Scared to Death (2018)
From a train journey straight to hell, out of control robots with a murderous streak and even a television show where death is the penalty
