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The runaway sunday times no.1 bestseller and thriller of the year, now a major film starring emily blunt ‘really great suspense novel. kept me up most of the night. the alcoholic narrator is dead perfect’ stephen king rachel catches the same commuter train every morning. she knows it will wait at the same signal each time, overlooking a row of back gardens. she’s even started to feel like she knows the people who live in one of the houses. ‘jess and jason’, she calls them. their life – as she sees it – is perfect. if only rachel could be that happy. and then she sees something shocking. it’s only a minute until the train moves on, but it’s enough. now everything’s changed. now rachel has a chance to become a part of the lives she’s only watched from afar. now they’ll see; she’s much more than just the girl on the train…

Under a new government program based on the slogan “it takes a village to raise a child”, the baudelaire orphans are adopted by an entire town, with disastrous results

Violet, klaus and sunny baudelaire have found a new home and it looks as though they are going to be happy. their new guardian, uncle monty, is a kind man. but then he employs a new assistant, who turns out to be none other than the evil count olaf.

Twelve-year-old artemis fowl is a brilliant criminal mastermind. but even artemis doesn’t know what he’s about to take on when he kidnaps a fairy – captain holly short of the leprecon unit. artemis thinks he’s got the fairies just where he wants them; but these fairies are armed and dangerous.

A story of prejudice and acceptance, funny lists and silly words, this new book has all the hallmarks of david’s previous bestsellers. our hero ben is bored beyond belief after he is made to stay at his grandma’s house. she’s the boringest grandma ever: all she wants to do is to play scrabble, and eat cabbage soup. but there are two things ben doesn’t know about his grandma.1) she was once an international jewel thief.2) all her life, she has been plotting to steal the crown jewels, and now she needs ben’s help…

Fly into a fiery and fantastical future with no. 1 bestselling author david walliams, in an epic adventure of myth and legend, good and evil, and one small boy who must save the world… illustrated by the artistic genius tony ross! it is 2120 and london is in ruins. the young prince alfred has never known a life outside buckingham palace – but when strange goings-on breach its walls and stalk the corridors in the dead of night, he is thrust into a world of mystery, adventure and monsters. and when his mother, the queen, is dragged away to the tower of london, alfred must screw up his courage and battle to save her, himself… and the entire city. in a future of myths and legends, join the bestselling david walliams and venture forth into his most enthralling tale yet!

The new children’s book from no. 1 bestselling author david walliams – a deliciously daft tall story of a child who had everything, but still wanted more. illustrated by artistic genius, tony ross. meet the meeks! myrtle meek has everything she could possibly want. but everything isn’t enough. she wants more, more, more! when myrtle declares she wants a fing, there’s only one problem… what is a fing? mr and mrs meek will do anything to keep their darling daughter happy, even visit the spooky library vaults to delve into the dusty pages of the mysterious monsterpedia. their desperate quest leads to the depths of the jungliest jungle where the rarest creatures can be found. but will they ever find a fing? an explosively funny, totally surreal tall story about two perfectly nice parents and their unbelievably monstrous daughter from the phenomenal bestselling author david walliams.