gr8 txts: thrillers
Here are our librarians' picks:
Bloodchild
Tim Bowler
Will remembers nothing, apart from waking up badly injured in a deserted alley. As he tries to piece his life back together through a fog of amnesia he is haunted by a strange and secretive boy and memories of something very, very wrong within his home town…
9780192719805 OUP, 2008
Shadow Web
N.M Browne
Jessica finds her doppelganger online and they arrange to meet, only to be thrown into parallel worlds the moment they touch. Original Jessica must figure out what went wrong in the past to cause such a dark future and try to get back to her own timeline in which other Jessica may well be causing havoc.
9780747593454 Bloomsbury, 2008
Jimmy Coates: Power
Joe Craig
Genetically engineered assassin Jimmy continues to fight to find out the truth about his existence and protect his friends and family. The sixth book in this fast paced series set in a world very similar to our own.
9780007277308 HarperCollins Children’s, 2008
Spray
Harry Edge
Five teenagers target each other in a game of mock-assassination, taking the chance to feel like an action hero without any real danger. However, the mysterious gamekeeper who assigned them their ‘victims’ may have more sinister plans…
9780340956144 Hodder Children’s, 2008
Danger Zone: Ice Claw
David Gilman
Max Gordon is a wanted man, on the run for murder across the Pyrenees with only his snowboard and his cunning to keep him alive. He’ll have to prove his innocence as well as find a way to stop an ecological disaster that may wipe out the whole of Europe. The second book in the series of Max’s high-octane adventures across all seven continents.
9780141323039 Puffin, 2008
By Royal Command
Charlie Higson
The last book in Charlie Higson’s series reveals the truth behind Bond being expelled from Eton after less than a year, the return of some friends and enemies and the possibility of Bond’s first great romance.
9780141384511 Puffin, 2008
Necropolis
Anthony Horowitz
The fourth book in the ‘Power of Five’ series features the return of Matt Freeman as he journeys to Hong Kong in the hope of rescuing Scarlett, the last gatekeeper. Matt’s job is going to be made much more difficult by the dead returning to walk the earth and Scarlett’s mysterious developing powers.
9781844286225 Walker, 2008
The Knife that Killed Me
Anthony McGowan
Paul is an ordinary teenager at an ordinary school, just trying to keep his head down and stay out of trouble. Dragged into the inner circle of school thug Roth, he is forced to act as his messenger and he is given a knife for his own protection, which both scares and fascinates him. A taut, tense thriller about a very real problem.
9781862306066 Definitions, 2008
Blood Ties
Sophie McKenzie
Theo and Rachel are both desperate to escape, he from a ridiculously overprotective mother, she from her parents’ constant disappointment that she isn’t exactly like her long dead sister. After a chance meeting, they are attacked by an extremist group against genetic engineering, leading them to discover the truth about their origins and quite how valuable they might be.
9781847382757 Simon & Schuster Children’s, 2008
Foul Play
Tom Palmer
Danny’s life revolves around two things, football and crime, so when he discovers that his favourite striker has been kidnapped, he puts his skills to the test in order to rescue him. The start of a brand new series about an ordinary boy who uses nothing but his wits and cunning to solve all sorts of crimes in the world of football.
9780141323671 Puffin, 2008
Teen Inc.
Stefan Petrucha
Jaiden’s parents are a little different from everyone else’s. Since his real parents were killed when he was a baby, he’s been raised in the headquarters of NECorp, with a committee of managers making every decision for him. Finally being allowed out to attend high school leads Jaiden to discover that his ‘family’ may not be as nice as they seem.
9780747593300 Bloomsbury, 2008