Missing Bridegroom

Molly the maid is used to being invisible. Now someone is watching her every move …–––––*THE SPARKLING NEW MYSTERY FROM THE MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE MAID*As a hotel maid, Molly Gray wipes away fingerprints as a matter of routine. But when a priceless Fabergé egg is stolen from the Regency Grand Hotel – and she receives an ominous note threatening her life – it's clear there's more to this mystery than meets the eye.Can Molly crack the case of the missing Fabergé? Or are some secrets best left buried?

揹著背包的企鵝朋友帶著續集找上門了！孩子們好想念返回澳洲的愛因斯坦，如今有個好機會能讓他們的新朋友回來，自然要好好把握，但愛因斯坦及艾薩克卻遭到綁架…這下，該是兩人化身偵探的時候了。An unforgettable friend returns in this warm and fantastically funny sequel to the bestselling debut Einstein the Penguin. Imogen and Arthur have been missing their friend, the penguin, Einstein, since he went back to Australia. So when an opportunity for him to return arises, they jump at the chance.But then Einstein and his friend Isaac are kidnapped. It's time to turn detective again ... 'A delightful series' The Bookseller

Get your kids into reading with this exciting new adventure in the Galar region for young struggling or reluctant readersJoin Pikachu and pals to help Ash and Goh solve a mystery in Galar!The new Pokémon are here, and you’ve gotta catch 'em all!Start by joining legendary Pokémon trainers Ash and Goh. They are trying to solve the mystery of the missing food in Cerise Park. Can Pikachu and pals help before the other Pokémon get too hungry?Enjoy exploring in Galar, the new region from the blockbuster games, Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield.

Hana joins the Moonlight Mystery Agency to help Spark the bionic unicorn find her missing birthday cake in the first of an exciting new series from bestseller Vashti Hardy. Hana has always longed to have a pet of her own. So when a cat turns up at her bedroom window one night, she thinks her dream has come true.But Ace is no ordinary cat. He’s a detective cat who has come to invite Hana to join the Moonlight Mystery Agency, and that’s when the magical adventures begin! Join Hana and Ace on their first mission to solve the mystery of Spark the bionic unicorn’s missing birthday cake!

A missing woman. A husband suspected. The truth will ... Take Your Breath Away Linwood Barclay is... 'A suspense master' Stephen King 'In a class of his own' T.M. Logan'One of

When a precious emerald goes missing from a secure vault, your detective skills are put to the test!Explore an old castle, giant nests and underground caves. Meet goblins, ghosts, dragons and other fantastic beasts in this fun-packed book of puzzles. Solve mazes, wordsearches, number puzzles and more Find the clues and crack the code to finish the storyWill you take on the quest?For more puzzling fun…collect the set!Mythical Mystery (9780008457457)Enchanted Lands (9780008457464)The Missing Astronaut (9780008457471)Secret Island (9780008532109)The Magician’s Library (9780008532123)

'A timely, vitally important read about what’s missing from so many people’s lives. Jennifer Wallace has a deep understanding of what matters most to us – and her book shows us how to find it' ADAM GRANT, internationally bestselling author of Think Again

(Dyslexia-friendly)The courage of a loyal dog is tragically mistaken for violence in this gripping quick read for seriously struggling readers from award-winning author Tanya Landman.When the prince and his lady go out hunting, they leave their baby in the care of their faithful wolfhound, Gelert.But when they return, their baby is missing, and a horrific attack has taken place. What has happened and who will pay the price?Particularly suitable for readers aged 11+ with a reading age of 6.

Book 6 in the funniest illustrated series for children – perfect for funny kids aged 7, 8, 9 and 10!Can Dennis, Gnasher and the crew catch Bea in time before Dennis’s parents get home and find out she’s missing?When Dennis’s parents are invited to an adult-only wedding, he and Harsha devise the perfect plan to avoid nagging babysitters: they’ll do it! However, when Dennis’s little sister Bea goes missing, they’ll start to realise that babysitting isn’t all it’s cracked up to be!Join Dennis, Gnasher, Harsha and Rubi as they chase Bea across Beanotown, following the trail of destruction she leaves in her wake.Will they find her before Dennis’s parents get home?An adventure story, told with funny pictures!

The gang are off on another adventure to find the next missing piece of the Evoker King. What they find is buzzare! Harper and her friends tackle a real-life ecological crisis. The bees around their school and the Stonesword Library are disappearing - and a splinter of the Evoker King has taken on the form of a bee colony with a hive mind! Could there be a connection with the rip they've seen growing bigger and darker in the Minecraft sky? And will their actions make things better or worse? Find out in the next amazing instalment of the Minecraft Stonesword Chapter Book series.

The second book in the globally bestselling thriller trilogy, now a major TV series starring Emma Myers – this edition new for 2026!The New York Times and Sunday Times best-selling, brilliantly crafted crime-thriller sequel to A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder. NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES.Pip Fitz-Amobi is not a detective anymore.With the help of Ravi Singh, she released a true-crime podcast about the murder case they solved together last year. The podcast has gone viral, yet Pip insists her investigating days are behind her.But she will have to break that promise when someone she knows goes missing. Jamie Reynolds has disappeared but the police won’t do anything about it. And if they won’t look for Jamie then Pip will, uncovering more of her town’s dark secrets along the way. But will she find him before it’s too late?The Good Girl’s Guide to Murder series is perfect for fans of The Inheritance Games and One of Us Is Lying

From the critically acclaimed, bestselling author of Weyward: FOUR SISTERS, SEPARATED BY HISTORY, BOUND BY THE SEA 'Beautiful and magnificent' Jennifer Saint, author of ARIADNE'A profoundly moving and rich historical story wrapped up in a contemporary murder mystery’ ROSIE ANDREWS, author of THE LEVIATHAN When Lucy arrives at her sister’s house in a wild panic, she doesn’t find the solace she’s desperately seeking – only an abandoned house, in a town steeped in mystery. As Lucy searches for her sister, instead she uncovers tales of missing men. Stories of women drowned just off the coast two hundred years before.Rumours of their voices on the waves. Can the voices lead Lucy to her sister – or are they trying to pull them both under? 'I can't wait to see what Emilia Hart writes next' Kate Morton READERS ARE SAYING… ‘This book is a beauty. A real hidden gem.

Waterstones Young Adult Book of the Month for September 2025Shortlisted for the British Book Awards Children's Fiction Book of the Year 2026The #1 Sunday Times bestselling dark academia historical fantasyThe most exciting debut of 2025 – an incredible fantasy Dark Academia, perfect for fans ofBabel,Fourth Wing, and the Scholomance trilogyEVERY FIRE STARTS WITH A SINGLE SPARK.Welcome to Bletchley Park… with dragons.London, 1923. Dragons soar through the skies and protests erupt on the streets, but Vivien Featherswallow isn’t worried. She’s going to follow the rules, get an internship studying dragon languages, and make sure her little sister never has to risk growing up Third Class. By midnight, Viv has started a civil war.With her parents arrested and her sister missing, all the safety Viv has worked for is collapsing around her. So when a lifeline is offered in the form of a mysterious ‘job’, she grabs it. Arriving at Bletchley Park, Viv discovers that she has been recruited as a code

A heartwarming, illustrated festive children’s story from the bestselling author of Artemis Fowl - an instant New York Times bestseller ��A brand-new Christmas classic adventure about the magic of Santa Claus, set in North London and the North Pole – from the bestselling author of Artemis FowlA New York Times BestsellerIT ALL STARTED IN CHRISTMAS PAST …It’s been ten years since Santa Claus performed his Christmas duties, but when Juniper Lane discovers the mysterious Niko, who lives in her local London park surrounded by Christmas trees and reindeer that can fly, she steps into a Christmas story like no other.When Juniper’s mum goes missing and the park comes under threat from an ambitious park keeper, Juniper enlists Niko, who is surely Santa Claus, to help.As the countdown to Christmas begins, Juniper must find her mother, restore the festive spirit, bring to life the true magic of the season and learn to ride her very own reindeer.A brand-new festive classic, Juniper’s Christmas is

A new illustrated story about friendship, featuring the boy and the penguin, from highly regarded picture-book creator, Oliver JeffersCelebrate twenty years of The Boy in this highly anticipated new adventure from the internationally bestselling picture book creator of Lost and Found Oliver Jeffers!“Jeffers has not lost his lovely knack for weaving fantastical elements into depictions of everyday life … an adventure that will not disappoint” Observer"A simply glorious evocation of friendship, loyalty and home with unforgettable characters for a new generation to fall in love with" Daily MailOnce there was a boy who would often play hide-and-seek with his friends the star and the penguin. The star was always easy to find, but one day it went missing. So, the boy radioed the Martian for help and soon found himself on an exciting spaceship rescue mission to the North Pole! But there, he discovered that he wasn’t the only one who had always dreamed of having a star as a friend…The out-of-t

Celebrate twenty years of The Boy in this highly anticipated new adventure from the internationally bestselling picture book creator of Lost and Found Oliver Jeffers!Once there was a boy who would often play hide-and-seek with his friends the star and the penguin. The star was always easy to find, but one day it went missing. So, the boy radioed the Martian for help and soon found himself on an exciting spaceship rescue mission to the North Pole! But there, he discovered that he wasn’t the only one who had always dreamed of having a star as a friend…The out-of-this-world, long-awaited sequel to the much-loved Boy stories, loved all around the world – now introducing a brand-new character!

✨A LOVE STORY TO DEFY THE GODS✨Begin the no. 1 Sunday Times bestselling international sensation from Rebecca RossA LOVE THAT CONQUERS ALLEighteen-year-old Iris dreams that one day her writing will make a difference.A war between gods is raging, and she’s landed a prestigious job at the Oath Gazette.But at home, she’s barely holding it together. Her brother is missing on the frontline.Her mother is lost in a haze of addiction.And each night Iris pours her heart out in letters to her brother.Letters that will never be answered.Or so she thinks…RIVALS DRAWN TOGETHER BY INK AND MAGICHer letters have made their way into the hands of the last person Iris trusts: Roman Kitt, her cold, unforgiving rival at the paper.When he anonymously writes back, they forge a magical connection that will seal their fate forever.NO GOD. NO CREATURE. NO WAR CAN COME BETWEEN THEM."Rich and romantic" — Shelby Mahurin, New York Times bestselling author of Serpent & Dove"I adored this book" — Adalyn Grace, New

From million-copy bestselling author David Walliams comes his first ever murder mystery – with thrills, spills and laughs galore. Dilly loves a good murder. Not a REAL murder.A made-up murder. One you would find in a murder-mystery novel. Sherlock Holmes is her favourite detective.She even named her dog Watson after his faithful companion, and trained him to sniff out clues and follow trails. So far, Dilly and Watson haven’t cracked many cases – beyond lost cats, or missing biscuits that turned out to have been eaten all along. But now the detective duo find themselves on a luxury ocean liner bound for London.A thousand passengers. A thousand miles of ocean around them. It's the perfect place for a murder… Or two.Or three. Or four. Or MORE!

With incredible twists and an unputdownable story, Silent Sister is the gripping YA thriller of the year.An unputdownable YA thriller with a twist that will electrify readers, Silent Sister is perfect for fans of Karen McManus, Holly Jackson, and Kathleen Glasgow.Grace can't remember how her sister Maddy disappeared, and even the police think she’s lying. But it’s hard to look innocent with a missing girl’s blood on your clothes…One week earlier, Maddy – rejected for the college scholarship of her dreams, abandoned by her only friend on her birthday – was tired of living in Grace’s shadow. She was ready to be someone new, which was exactly what was promised by an exclusive senior trip at their expensive private school.But eighteen years' worth of awkwardness didn't evaporate just because Maddy was holed up in a mountain lodge with thirty classmates, playing games and learning so-called life lessons.Now, without her memories of the trip, Grace must piece together notebook entries and cl

A beautiful hardback gift edition of the second book in the bestselling A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder seriesThe New York Times No.1 bestselling YA crime thriller that everyone is talking about now in this special collector’s gift edition. From TikTok Author of the Year, Holly Jackson. Soon to be a major BBC series!Pip Fitz-Amobi is not a detective anymore.With the help of Ravi Singh, she released a true-crime podcast about the murder case they solved together last year. The podcast has gone viral, yet Pip insists her investigating days are behind her.But she will have to break that promise when someone she knows goes missing. Jamie Reynolds has disappeared but the police won’t do anything about it. And if they won’t look for Jamie then Pip will, uncovering more of her town’s dark secrets along the way& and this time EVERYONE is listening.But will she find him before it’s too late?

Dog Man meets SpongeBob in Officer Clawsome: Lobster Cop, a fast-paced and funny middle grade graphic novel series about the latest and greatest crimefighting duo! Meet Clawsome: lobster, crime fighter, and all-round badass, and his partner Stariana, the sharpest and smartest starfish in all of Caper Cove! Follow the dynamic duo as they fight such denizens of the deep as the Catfishburglar, Chowderhead, and the Brain Sturgeon. Crime doesn't pay in Caper Cove with Officer Clawsome and his partner, Stariana, on the case. Just ask the notorious Catburglarfish-she'll confirm.But when the beloved bakery Kelpy's Kelpcakes goes missing and rumors begin swirling about shark sightings for the first time in a hundred years, the duo is about to find themselves claw-deep in a mystery for the ages. Will this dynamic duo save the day yet again, or have the citizens of Caper Cove eaten their last Kelpcake...for good?

A heartwarming, illustrated festive children’s story from the bestselling author of Artemis Fowl - an instant New York Times bestseller ��A brand-new Christmas classic adventure about the magic of Santa Claus, set in North London and the North Pole – from the bestselling author of Artemis FowlA New York Times BestsellerIT ALL STARTED IN CHRISTMAS PAST …It’s been ten years since Santa Claus performed his Christmas duties, but when Juniper Lane discovers the mysterious Niko, who lives in her local London park surrounded by Christmas trees and reindeer that can fly, she steps into a Christmas story like no other.When Juniper’s mum goes missing and the park comes under threat from an ambitious park keeper, Juniper enlists Niko, who is surely Santa Claus, to help.As the countdown to Christmas begins, Juniper must find her mother, restore the festive spirit, bring to life the true magic of the season and learn to ride her very own reindeer.A brand-new festive classic, Juniper’s Christmas is

Funny illustrated gothic middle-grade MG award-winning humour, new in the series for 2023!The book that bites back is BACK! In the fourth beastly book from Jack Meggit-Phillips, the most distinctive new voice for readers of 8-12, there are surprises in store for Bethany about her missing family…For centuries, the beast has tormented the world. But now, there’s a change to a menu, and the beast is going cold turkey – which essentially means eating no priceless works of art . . . or purple parrots . . . or CHILD-SIZED PRANKSTERS.Ebenezer and Bethany are attempting to help the beast vomit some good into the world – even though they really haven’t come anywhere close to managing the business of do-gooding themselves. But Bethany is distracted by her date-not-a-date with Geoffrey, while Ebenezer is worried by a file which reveals a truth about Bethany’s parents that might just ruin life for everyone at the 15-storey house . . .The beast is left to teach itself how to be good. But its impuls

A powerful animal adventure story for children, from the bestselling author of The Last BearThe enchanting second novel from the author of The Last Bear: the bestselling debut hardback of 2021 and The Times Children’s Book of the Week, winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize and the Blue Peter Book Award‘An irresistible ocean-loving yarn’ The TimesWinner of the Edward Stanford Children’s Travel Book of the Year 2023Shortlisted for BAMB Indie Book Awards for Children's Fiction 2023THEIR BOND COULD SET THEM FREE …Rio has been sent to live with a grandmother he barely knows in California, while his mum is in hospital. All Rio wants is for Mum to get better so he can return home. But everything changes when he joins a whale-watching trip and meets White Beak, a gentle giant of the sea. Rio forms an instant bond with the whale, and for the first time in ages he feels a spark of hope. Then White Beak goes missing and Rio may be the only person who can help.Can Rio draw on their speci

A magical fantasy fiction book about family, friendship and finding your feet, perfect for 9+ readers of Kiran Millwood Hargrave and Michelle Harrison.A magical middle grade book about family, friendship and finding your place, with a delicate touch of magic. Perfect for 10-12 year olds and fans of Jacqueline Wilson, Michelle Harrison and Kiran Millwood-Hargrave and The Girl Who Speaks Bear.Hazel’s new life in England should have been the stuff of fairy tales; after all her Great Aunt’s cottage looked just like a gingerbread house, with a magical garden and whispering fireflies promising quests and adventures.But as Hazel struggles to deal with the challenges of the everyday world –⁠ making friends, missing her family –⁠ shealso learns that every fairy tale has a dark side. And there are terrifying creatures that lurk in the shadows . . .

Funny illustrated gothic middle-grade award-winning humour for 8+ readers, new look for 2023!The book that bites back is BACK! In the second beastly book from Jack Meggit-Phillips, the most distinctive new voice for readers of 8-12, revenge is a dish best served with a surprise …'Reads like a modern classic. Sharp, funny, original – I thought this was brilliant', Sam Copeland, bestselling author of Charlie Changes into a ChickenOnce upon a very badly behaved time, 511-year-old Ebenezer kept a beast in his attic. He would feed the beast all manner of objects and creatures and in return the beast would vomit him up expensive presents. But then The Bethany arrived …Now notorious prankster Bethany, along with her new feathery friend Claudette, is determined that she and Ebenezer are going to DE-BEAST their lives and Do Good. But Bethany finds that being a notorious prankster makes it hard to get taken on for voluntary work. And Ebenezer is secretly missing the beast's vomity gifts. And nei

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Guest List comes a new locked room mystery, set in a Paris apartment building in which every resident has something to hide… Jess needs a fresh start. She’s broke and alone, and she’s just left her job under less than ideal circumstances. Her half-brother Ben didn’t sound thrilled when she asked if she could crash with him for a bit, but he didn’t say no, and surely everything will look better from Paris. Only when she shows up – to find a very nice apartment, could Ben really have afforded this? – he’s not there. The longer Ben stays missing, the more Jess starts to dig into her brother’s situation, and the more questions she has. Ben’s neighbors are an eclectic bunch, and not particularly friendly. Jess may have come to Paris to escape her past, but it’s starting to look like it’s Ben’s future that’s in question. The socialite – The nice guy – The alcoholic – The girl on the verge – The conciergeEveryone's a neighbor. E