Anthony Horowitz

Editor Susan Ryeland receives a tattered manuscript from Alan Conway, one of the country's most esteemed crime writers, and she has little idea that this will drastically alter her life forever. Over the years, Susan has developed a strong familiarity with Conway's work, particularly his famous detective, Atticus Pünd, celebrated for solving crimes in the deceptively quiet English villages of...

Moonflower Murders, the brilliantly intricate and original thriller by bestselling author Anthony Horowitz, invites readers into a labyrinth of clues and a deadly mystery. Known for his famous literary detective Atticus Pünd and editor-turned-amateur sleuth Susan Ryeland, Horowitz delivers another masterpiece following the highly acclaimed Magpie Murders. Retired publisher Susan Ryeland is now running a small hotel on a picturesque...

She planned her own funeral. But did she arrange her murder? In The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz, readers are invited to unravel a thrilling and intricately woven mystery. The plot kicks off with an astonishing premise: a woman meticulously organises her own funeral, only to be found strangled just six hours later. The shocking and puzzling circumstances lead...

Passion, deception, an unexplained death, and a detective with quite a lot to hide lie at the heart of Anthony Horowitz's brilliant new murder mystery, the second in the bestselling series starring Private Investigator Daniel Hawthorne. A smooth-tongued divorce lawyer, Richard Price, is found bludgeoned to death in his upscale London home, and the crime scene holds a bewildering clue:...

From bestselling author, Anthony Horowitz, a new novel in the bestselling Magpie Murders series in which editor, Susan Ryeland, uncovers the clues in an Atticus Pünd mystery to solve a murder. Susan Ryeland has had enough of murder. She's edited two novels about the famous detective, Atticus Pünd, and both times she's come close to being killed. Now she's back...

By global bestselling author Anthony Horowitz, a brilliantly entertaining new locked-room mystery with a key that only Hawthorne can find. 'Our deal is over.' This is what reluctant author Anthony Horowitz tells ex-detective Daniel Hawthorne in an awkward encounter. The truth is that Anthony has other things on his mind. His new play Mindgame is about to open at London's...

The first book in the number one bestselling Alex Rider series. Experience the exhilarating world of espionage in Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz, the opening novel in the wildly popular Alex Rider series. Fourteen-year-old Alex Rider's life is dramatically altered when he discovers his late uncle, Ian Rider, was not merely a banker as Alex had been led to believe, but...

By the global bestselling author, Anthony Horowitz, the third novel in his acclaimed Hawthorne and Horowitz series. The Russian mafia, a strange religious order and not one but two murders - stand by for a hugely enjoyable, twisty turny read. On a small island, everyone's a suspect ... Private Investigator, Daniel Hawthorne, and Anthony Horowitz have been invited to a...

A bold and stylish reissue of the groundbreaking and hugely popular graphic adaptation of Alex Rider's very first mission. Forcibly recruited into MI6 after the mysterious death of his guardian, fourteen-year-old Alex is sent to infiltrate the organisation of a sinister billionaire. Within days, he's gone from schoolboy to superspy – and it looks like his first assignment may be...

By global bestselling author Anthony Horowitz, comes a brilliantly entertaining new mystery in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series. The quiet, gated community of Riverview Close offers its inhabitants the perfect life within one of the most desirable areas of London. That is, until Giles Kenworthy moves in with his wife and noisy children, his gas-guzzling cars, loud parties, and outrageous...

A spy is dead. A legend is born. This is how it all began. The explosive prequel to Casino Royale, from bestselling author Anthony Horowitz. The story begins in Moscow where a new organisation, Stalnaya Ruska, Iron Hand - a successor to Smersh - is planning a major act of terrorism which is intended to destabilise relations between East and...

Russian Roulette by Anthony Horowitz is the gripping and highly anticipated prequel to the number one bestselling Alex Rider series. This thrilling novel delves into the chilling backstory of the enigmatic contract killer, Yassen Gregorovich. Set against a backdrop of espionage and deadly missions, the story unravels the complex layers of Yassen's past, exploring the events and choices that turned...

Anthony Horowitz’s classic gothic page-turner is brought to life in full colour in this hilarious graphic novel adaptation. When David Elliot is expelled from his boring school, his parents send him to Groosham Grange to knock him into shape. But when he arrives at the gothic castle on remote Skrull Island, he discovers Groosham Grange is an unusual sort of...

The epic conclusion to the ever-popular supernatural series, by the number one bestselling author of Alex Rider. Having escaped from Hong Kong, the five gatekeepers – Matt, Pedro, Scott, Jamie and Scarlett – are lost in a hostile and dangerous world. As they struggle to re-group and plan their next move, the malevolent King of the Old Ones gathers his...

The Power of Five: Raven's Gate is the first book in the bestselling fantasy series by Anthony Horowitz. This is the initial instalment in The Power of Five series by the author of the bestselling Alex Rider series, Anthony Horowitz. Matt has always known he has unusual powers. Raised in foster care, he is sent to Yorkshire on a rehabilitation...

Point Blanc is the thrilling second instalment in the number one bestselling Alex Rider series by celebrated author Anthony Horowitz. This high-stakes adventure follows the teenage spy, Alex Rider, as he's thrust into a new and perilous mission assigned by MI6. Tasked with infiltrating the enigmatic Point Blanc Academy, Alex poses as a student to uncover the sinister secrets lurking...

Crocodile Tears by Anthony Horowitz is the gripping eighth instalment in the critically acclaimed Alex Rider series. Packed with high-octane action and thrilling espionage, this novel follows teenage MI6 agent Alex Rider on another dangerous mission that has worldwide stakes. When Alex meets the charismatic philanthropist Desmond McCain at a New Year’s Eve party, he quickly senses that there is...

The third episode in the epic fantasy series by Anthony Horowitz. Nightrise takes place in Nevada, USA, where fourteen-year-old twins Jamie and Scott Tyler are performing a mind-reading act in a dingy theatre. Their lives take a drastic turn when a sinister multinational corporation, Nightrise, kidnaps Scott, leaving Jamie alone and accused of murder. Jamie becomes embroiled in a corrupt...

'Horowitz has captured Holmes Heaven' THE TIMES The House of Silk was the first official new Sherlock Holmes mystery and a SUNDAY TIMES bestseller from the author of Magpie Murders. THE GAME'S AFOOT . . . It is November 1890 and London is gripped by a merciless winter. Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are enjoying tea by the fire when...

The second story in the bestselling fantasy series The Power of Five by Anthony Horowitz. After his experiences at Raven's Gate, fourteen-year-old Matt Freeman thinks his days of battling evil are over. But he is pulled into another horrifying adventure when he discovers a second gate exists. Matt and his friend Richard travel to Peru, assisted by a secret organisation...

Anthony Horowitz’s classic gothic page-turner is brought to life in full colour in this hilarious graphic novel adaptation. The authorities are determined to destroy Groosham Grange, the creepy school of witchcraft and sorcery. However, David Eliot and his friends have settled into life there, even if Jeffrey is now a ghost after a failed chemistry experiment. David is near the...

A boxset collecting the striking graphic novel adaptations of the first seven stories in Anthony Horowitz's acclaimed Alex Rider series. The first seven gripping graphic novel adaptations of Anthony Horowitz's bestselling Alex Rider series are collected here. From Alex's drafting into MI6 and confrontation with tech-magnate Herod Sayle, to his spacewalking takedown of the villainous Nikolai Drevin's orbital weapon Ark...

A bold and stylish reissue of the groundbreaking and hugely popular graphic adaptation of Alex Rider's fourth mission. Relaxing in the south of France, reluctant MI6 agent Alex Rider is finally able to feel like any ordinary fourteen-year-old – until a sudden, ruthless attack on his hosts plunges him back into a world of violence and mystery. And this time,...

Literary legend James Bond returns to his 1950s heyday in this exhilarating thriller by Sunday Times bestselling author Anthony Horowitz. Set in the year 1957, Trigger Mortis picks up right where Goldfinger left off. James Bond, agent 007, has once again narrowly escaped death after his tense clash with the infamous Auric Goldfinger at Fort Knox. By his side is...

Snakehead by Anthony Horowitz takes readers on a high-octane journey where danger lurks at every corner. This seventh instalment in the best-selling Alex Rider series finds our teenage spy embroiled in another perilous adventure. After the explosive events in Ark Angel, Alex Rider is thrust into the clutches of ASIS, the Australian Secret Intelligence Service. His mission: to infiltrate a...

The dark and shocking conclusion to the number one bestselling Alex Rider series. In the gripping finale of Anthony Horowitz's acclaimed Alex Rider series, Scorpia Rising, Alex Rider is determined to leave his life as a teenage spy behind and resume some semblance of normalcy. But when the sinister organisation Scorpia re-emerges, Alex finds himself pulled back into the dangerous...

Alex Rider is now an IMDb TV/Amazon Original Series! Scorpia is the thrilling fifth instalment in the number one bestselling Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz. In this adrenaline-pumping novel, teenage spy Alex Rider embarks on a perilous journey to Venice with the aim of unlocking the secrets of his past. However, this beautiful and mysterious city holds more danger...

The fourth, thrilling episode in the number one bestselling Alex Rider series. In Eagle Strike, Anthony Horowitz delivers another riveting story in the thrilling Alex Rider series. This time, our teenage spy Alex Rider finds himself in the picturesque South of France, ostensibly to enjoy a much-needed break from his perilous life as a spy and distance himself from MI6....

From bestselling author, Anthony Horowitz, comes a new novel in the bestselling Magpie Murders series in which editor, Susan Ryeland, uncovers the clues in an Atticus Pünd mystery to solve a murder. Susan Ryeland has had enough of murder. She's edited two novels about the famous detective, Atticus Pünd, and both times she's come close to being killed. Now she's...

A special 25th anniversary edition of the first action-packed Alex Rider adventure, featuring a brand new short story. The iconic first book in the number one bestselling Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz. Fourteen-year-old Alex is forcibly recruited into MI6. Armed with secret gadgets, he is sent to investigate Herod Sayle, a man who is offering state-of-the-art Stormbreaker computers to...

Sherlock Holmes is dead. Days after Holmes and his arch-enemy Moriarty fall to their doom at the Reichenbach Falls, Pinkerton agent Frederick Chase arrives from New York. The death of Moriarty has created a poisonous vacuum which has been swiftly filled by a fiendish new criminal mastermind. Ably assisted by Inspector Athelney Jones, a devoted student of Holmes's methods of...

A hilarious new story about the world’s worst detectives, by the bestselling author of the Alex Rider series, Anthony Horowitz. Private investigators Tim and Nick Diamond haven’t had a case for three months and are down to their last cornflake. So when a glamorous woman comes into their office offering them a pile of cash to find her missing father,...

Welcome to a strange and twisted world where the spooky, the shocking, and the positively petrifying are lurking just out of sight. A bus ride home ... turns into your worst nightmare. A quaint country cottage ... has a grisly secret. A man returns from holiday ... with bubbling skin and bloodshot eyes. Horowitz Horror. It's all around you. Alive....

A bold and stylish graphic adaptation of Alex Rider's fifth mission. In the fifth book in the number one bestselling Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz, teenage spy Alex travels to Venice to discover the truth about his past. But the truth lies with a criminal organisation known as Scorpia, and Alex must make a choice … work for MI6...

Alex Rider is in hospital and determined to put his spying days behind him. But he is forced back into action when the vicious terrorist group Force Three takes him prisoner. Alex makes his escape, yet his most perilous adventure is only just beginning. Alex must stop Force Three in their attempt to destroy Russian billionaire Nikolei Drevin and his...

The world’s bestselling teenage spy takes on a new and daring mission. This much-awaited new book in the bestselling Alex Rider series continues Alex’s fight against the deadly assassins encountered in the last book, Nightshade. Alex still has unfinished business with this sinister group made up of brainwashed children. He is determined to try and reunite MI6 chief Mrs Jones...

A stylish new edition of the acclaimed graphic novel adaptation of Alex Rider's third thrilling mission. The hazy days of Wimbledon are the unlikely first link in a terrifying chain of events. Alex Rider, reluctant teenage spy, is forced into hiding after his reconnaissance mission as a ballboy makes him a target for a murderous Chinese gang. Sent to the...

A stylish new edition of the acclaimed graphic novel adaptation of Alex Rider's second thrilling mission. Investigations into the "accidental" deaths of two of the world's most powerful men have revealed just one link: both had a son attending Point Blanc Academy, a school for rebellious rich kids run by the sinister Dr Grief and set high in the French...

In this adrenaline-fuelled adventure in the number one bestselling series, Alex Rider is sent by MI6 Special Operations to infiltrate a new and sinister organization known only as Nightshade. Alex is on his own, with the fate of thousands of people resting in his hands.

A bold and striking graphic novel adaptation of the seventh novel in Anthony Horowitz's acclaimed Alex Rider series. Teenage spy Alex is forced into the Australian secret service. His target is the criminal underworld of South East Asia, and a ruthless organization known as the Snakehead. Snakehead: The Graphic Novel takes readers on a gripping adventure, where danger and intrigue...

Ark Angel, the gripping sixth novel in Anthony Horowitz's acclaimed Alex Rider series, plunges readers into a world of high-stakes espionage, where the margin between life and death narrows with every step. Alex Rider, the fourteen-year-old spy, is recovering in hospital from his previous mission when he encounters Paul Drevin, the son of the enigmatic billionaire, Nikolei Drevin. What begins...

By the global bestselling Anthony Horowitz, a brilliantly entertaining new mystery in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series. From the global bestselling author of Moonflower Murders and Close to Death comes an unputdownable new mystery in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series. Easily the greatest of our crime writers – Sunday Times Nobody does this crime fiction better than Anthony Horowitz –...

In New York Times bestselling author Anthony Horowitz's ingenious fifth literary whodunnit in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series, Detective Hawthorne is once again called upon to solve an unsolvable case — a gruesome murder in an idyllic gated community in which suspects abound. Riverside Close is a picture-perfect community. The six exclusive and attractive houses are tucked far away from...

"The author turns up the suspense, the sleuths turn up the clues, and crooks end up dead all while Moriarty's specter hovers. Anything but elementary, this clever thriller is sure to please Sherlock fans." --People A brilliantly inventive murder mystery and compelling whodunnit by the author of the New York Times bestseller The Word Is Murder. "You shouldn't be here....

Horror fans aged 10+ will love these four sinister graphic novels to keep them up at night, from the bestselling author of the Alex Rider series, Anthony Horowitz. Read at your own risk. The Phone Goes Dead Calls from beyond the grave haunt David's every waking moment . . . Scared As animals attack and the trees close in, Gary...

From the bestselling mystery-thriller author, Anthony Horowitz, read the penultimate book in the original young spy series that’s now a global sensation. In this adrenaline-fuelled adventure, Alex Rider is sent by MI6 Special Operations to infiltrate a new and sinister organisation known only as Nightshade. Alex is on his own, with the fate of thousands of people resting in his...

A wickedly funny tale about the granny from Hell by the creator of Alex Rider. Anthony Horowitz, creator of the bestselling Alex Rider series, has written a wickedly funny story, with hilarious illustrations by Tony Ross. Twelve-year-old Joe has an unbelievably evil Granny. Not only is Granny physically repulsive and horribly mean, but she also has the look in her...

Two Diamond Brothers cases in one sparkling volume by the author of the number one bestselling Alex Rider series. Meet the Diamond Brothers, the world's worst private-detective agency, in this Chandler-esque spoof by Anthony Horowitz, creator of the bestselling Alex Rider series. The Diamond Brothers in The Blurred Man & I Know What You Did Last Wednesday introduces Tim Diamond,...

The third, explosive mission in the number one bestselling Alex Rider series. In the third instalment of the number one bestselling Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz, teenage spy Alex Rider faces his most dangerous challenge yet. Continuing his journey as a reluctant hero, Alex teams up with the CIA on a perilous assignment that leads him to a remote...

By global bestselling author Anthony Horowitz, this is a brilliantly entertaining new mystery in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series. Richmond Upon Thames is one of the most desirable areas to live in London. Riverview Close, a quiet, gated community, seems to offer its inhabitants the perfect life. At least it does until Giles Kenworthy moves in with his wife and...