Stewart Crank

Having upset the Hamelyn Piper's dastardly plan to build an army through songs of mind control, thirteen-year-old Piper, Patch Brightwater and his companions Wren and Barver seek the aid of old friends, legendary heroes, and a near-dead sorcerer to help foil the escaped villain's next sinister plot.

Sixteen-year-old Tom Cavanagh--a survivor of past trauma who suffers from anxiety--befriends Alice, a new girl at his school and the former inhabitant of his home, hoping to rescue her from the secrets she seems to be concealing. Tom's family have moved into their dream home, but soon he notices that something is very wrong: there are strange messages written on the wall and locks on the bedroom doors. On the outside. The previous owners have moved...

With trouble on the streets, DS Zander Ellery is under even more pressure to solve the case of the Prayer Slayer. His partner DC Isabel York is convinced she is being targeted, as all the postcards the Slayer sends are addressed only to her. With Zander and Isabel pulled in different directions, the body count escalates, until the case explodes in a direction no one could foresee-Something that will test everyone to the limits of their experience...

As the body count increases and more paintings are recovered, DC Zander Ellery and his partner DC Isabel York are under increasing pressure to catch the killer the press has dubbed the Prayer Slayer. A few tenuous links are all they have between the deaths of three young, pretty women. The new Chief Superintendent is only adding to the pressure and seems to be picking on Isabel more than any other officer. Torn between his urge to protect his partner...

"Stunningly written this will be one of my books of the year." Daisy meets Adam on their first day at Manchester University and they immediately become friends. But when, tongues begin to wag and their relationship is questioned, for the first time in his life Adam shares his secret with Daisy who promises to stand by him and keep his secret. Then Adam's older brother, Ryan, returns from abroad and Daisy quickly falls for him. After a troubled upbringing,...

YOU'D BETTER WATCH OUT. YOU'D BETTER NOT CRY. SANTA CLAUS IS GOING TO DIE...DCI Boaz Matthias isn't a Christmas person. He never has been. Not since he discovered the truth when he was seven. Christmas is a lie and a con and nothing is ever going to change his mind. Being given a temporary six week assignment isn't helping his mood either-as it means Christmas with the family. Only good thing is the accidental meeting of someone he thinks he could...

Sample Key Takeaways: 1) In September 2001, Irish American actress Sharon Stone had a stroke and almost died. Despite a 1 percent chance of survival, Sharon beat the odds. 2) During her close brush with death, Sharon connected to what felt like an eternal source of love, seeing a beautiful white light and hearing the voices of loved ones who had already passed.

Are you ready to meet The Bloody British? For fans of Very British Problems, Douglas Adams and Bill Bryson, it's the perfect gift for the socially awkward oddball in your life. Being British isn't easy. Especially if you live abroad, where your countrymen aren't exactly famous for, well, blending in. As his beloved homeland goes Brexit bananas, bestselling humourist Paul Hawkins takes on Britishness - how it looks from the outside, how to be British...

Buy now to get the key takeaways from Elie Wiesel's Night. Sample Key Takeaways: 1) Author and narrator Eliezer Wiesel, who was twelve when the story begins in 1941, was a Jewish boy living with his family in a small town named Sighet, in what we now know as Romania. 2) In 1942, during World War II, the local authorities decided to kick out all Jews who were foreign from Sighet. They were packed into trains and sent off. The other inhabitants of...

Ada Moncriefe cannot stand by while her betrothed cruelly executes prisoners. She makes a daring plan to free the Scots warriors in the dungeon, only asking that the brave leader take her with him when they escape. Things go horribly wrong, and Ada pays a dear price for her sacrifice. Broken and scarred afterward, she lives a ghost-like existence, having no idea what her future holds. Jamie MacKenna is haunted by the fact that he was prevented from...