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Mr October heads the Ministry of Pandemonium, helping souls of the recently departed on their way, rescuing them from darker, deadlier forces.

Cleverly constructed and well characterised, it will leave readers eagerly anticipating the second installment

Skeletons, vampires, black magic, ancient gods, secret powers and a gruesome monster... Skulduggery Pleasant is back. 

Action-packed and fast-paced, this is a gripping adventure with a compelling hero that is likely to appeal to young fans of fantasy and horror

In seven stories that take place on the strange island of Blessed, two souls seek each other over a period of a thousand years.

Nova is bored and discontented. When she meets the good-looking Liam, she can't believe her luck, but then she discovers that he is not quite like other boys.

Cassel Sharpe doesn't know who to trust - his mother is in prison; his grandfather is a black-fingered death-dealer and his brothers plan to use him to commit a murder.

Full of drama, red herrings and lots of unexpected twists and turns

A future where demons and the undead walk the streets

The third book in Jane Smiley's series about Abby and her family moves their fractured relationships onwards, as well as introducing a new horse, and a supernatural element. 

The isolated All Hallows church holds great terrors for Cora and Mimi and their new friends. Here the ghosts of children slain by Long Lankin appear. And now he's coming for Mimi...

Jon (or is it Joe?) lies alone and amnesiac in his hospital bed, plagued by a disturbing dream of a torch, a knife, and a murder in the dark.

To Nicola, the arrival of a new girl at school presents a golden opportunity for a cruel practical joke: convince her that the school is haunted and scare her out of her wits.

Edgy Taylor has a gift - he can see demons in the crowded streets of Victorian London. A gripping, gothic, horror story lightened by its dark humour and unpredictable characters.

It's a mistake anyone could make - digging up the body from the wrong grave. How could you possibly know the corpse would follow you home? And how can you explain it to your Mum?

Oppel paints a vivid, sometimes horrific, picture of medicine at the time, in a gripping, fast-moving and atmospheric narrative

Marko's father, a doctor, is missing. He was attending Sorrel's father, a man being driven mad by some evil curse.

A modern-day gothic horror story, which mixes the creepy with teenage experiences of love and identity.

This is a chilling and haunting story of magic and mystery

Death, family fall-outs, spiritualism, ghosts, sibling relationships, young love and murder all feature in this engaging page-turner.

This is the complete story of Vladek Spiegelman and his wife, living and surviving in Hitler's Europe.

A fantastic, gripping read for all those who love living on the edge!

A powerful and chilling thriller with elements of the supernatural that will have readers gripped and enthralled from the first sentence to the very last word.

Being a teenager is hard enough when you’re alive but imagine the extra problems faced when you’re a teenage zombie!

After the breakup of her parents' marriage, Finn, her mother and two younger brothers move to the Cornish coast.

Now a new family has come to the house. Soon they will discover themselves in a game of terror and suspense.

Moving to Weston Manor will offer Tabitha and her family a much-needed fresh start - but Tabitha soon begins to feel uneasy in the strange old house.

A lone human living among vampires, Gene must contain his emotions and physical reactions to blend in and stay alive. Then he is chosen to participate in The Hunt - a game that threatens to expose his true nature.

When Kit moves to a village with his parents to care for his grandfather, he becomes involved with a dangerous boy who organises the Game of Death.

John returns from the First World War with a fever and haunted by nightmares of battle and the exploits of his commanding officer.

Davy, who appears to have Second Sight, is persuaded against his will to accompany his sister and his cousins, Tom and Elinor, on a Ghost Tour.

A macabre tale full of ghoulish and gruesome escapades.

Grubbs Grady thinks he's having a bad day when he's caught smoking and sent home from school. Very soon however, he learns that this is the least of his worries.

Sinister occultist Austerly Fellowes died in 1936. Didn't he? A truly disturbing supernatural thriller which may well keep readers awake at night.

Bod sometimes goes beyond the graveyard into the world of the living – and here his life is under threat from the man Jack, who has sought him since he was a baby.

Friendship, trust and betrayal combine to form a dangerous liaison in this moving and frightening new book from Chris Priestley

City girl Rebecca, spending the summer in a remote East Anglian seaside village, encounters Ferelith, a Goth who lives in a commune.

Derek Landy’s series about Skulduggery Pleasant, skeleton detective, reaches its sixth entertaining installment

In this sequel to His Dark Endeavour, Victor discovers a means of travelling through a time portal to find his dead brother, Konrad.

What makes a witch? Despite the title, the stories in this imaginative collection suggest you might need more than just a pointy hat or a broomstick.

Mathias’ life is in danger. He is being pursued by the evil Dr Leiter and his cruel dwarf, for a small, blank piece of paper.

A short novel, ideal for reluctant boy readers, which begins with a chilling ride in a ghostly, pre-programmed car.

A scintillating selection of supremely scary tales from 11 well-known children’s authors

Skulduggery Pleasant, the skeleton detective, and his sidekick, fourteen-year-old Valkyrie Cain, known to her Irish friends as Steph, are unofficially on the case.

On holiday at the strangely artificial Leisure World Holiday Complex, Daniel meets a mysterious girl called Lexi

Kyle is the only one conscious after an horrific train crash, but how long can he survive when death is stalking the carriages looking for him?

When Simeon is taken in by the Cathedral school, we meet the sinister school Warden – Dr Dee, a real necromancer of the time, and the ghost of his collaborator Edward Kelly.