Alex Rider is in Venice, looking for secrets long-buried in the past. Was his father really a ruthless assassin - and if so, what does that make Alex?The truth lies with the shadowy criminal organization known as Scorpia, and Alex will have to make a choice, will he continue to work for MI6, who have manipualted him from the very start?Or will Alex join Scorpia - and get his revenge?

When his guardian dies in suspicious circumstances, fourteen-year-old Alex Rider finds his world turned upside down. Forcibly recruited into MI6, Alex has to take part in gruelling SAS training exercises. Then, armed with his own special set of secret gadgets, he's off on his first mission to Cornwall, where Middle-Eastern multi-billionaire Herod Sayle is producing his state-of-the-art Stormbreaker computers. Sayle has offered to give one free to every school in the country - but there's more to the gift than meets the eye.

Framed for jewel robbery, young Nick Diamong finds himself sharing a prison cell with Johnny Powers, Public Enemy Number One. His only change of getting out of jail is with the help of his older brother Tim, the world's worst private detective. But with Ma Powers and her gang waiting to greet the jailbirds, the heat is really on!"Horowitz has become a writer who converts boys to reading." The Times

A year ago, David Eliot would have been happy to escape from his weird school and its ghoulish teachers. Now he's fighting for its survival. Someone is trying to get their hands on the Unholy Grail, the source of all power, and unless David can stop them, Groosham Grange will be history!

It began with Raven's Gate. But it's not over yet. Once again the enemy is stirring.After defeating the Old Ones at Raven's Gate, Matt Freeman thought he could get on with his life. But someone has other ideas.Far away in Peru a second gate is about to open. Only Matt has the power to stop the forces of darkness breaking through, but now they know all about him. This time they're going to destroy him first.

Fourteen-year-old twins Scott and Jamie Tyler have never known who they are or where they came from, but they have always known that they possess extraordinary powers. When Scott is kidnapped by the sinister Nightrise Corporation and Jamie is framed for murder, they realize they must use those powers if they are going to survive.But Jamie is catapulted thousands of years into the past, bringing him face to face with the full horror of the Old Ones. Here Jamie learns that he is one of five Gatekeepers whose power is all that stands in the way of eternal chaos. Together at last, the Five must fight the massed forces of evil. And they must win.

The hard-up Diamond Brothers win a weekend for two in Paris, but as soon as they arrive, they find themselves in danger. 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...

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!

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?

Once again, Tim Diamond and his younger brother Nick are flat broke. So when they're hired to investigate an anonymous death threat made to world-famous pop singer and movie actress Minerva, they jump at the chance. However, the Greek celebrity seems to have plenty of enemies – so the question is, which one actually wants her dead? Meanwhile, Tim needs to resist Minerva's amorous advances and focus in the matter in hand...