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Brought to you by Penguin. The brand new series from Zoe Sugg and Amy McCulloch Illumen Hall is an elite boarding school. Tragedy strikes when the body of a student is discovered at their exclusive summer party - on her back is an elaborate tattoo of a magpie. When new girl Audrey arrives the...

In this pulse-pounding thriller, a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Antarctica—to camp beneath the legendary midnight sun—becomes a desperate battle for survival against a killer determined to follow their prey to the ends of the earth. "Midnight is a clever mystery, a twisting page-turner, and a...

Brought to you by Penguin. The gripping new thriller from the bestselling author of Breathless, based on her own extraordinary ultra-running experience. It’s the ultimate test of endurance: two-hundred-and-fifty miles in the brutal heat of the Sahara, with only the supplies you can carry on...

Brought to you by Penguin. IT'S ICE COLD. YOU'RE MILES FROM HELP. AND ONE OF YOU WILL BE NEXT . . . When struggling journalist Cecily Wong is invited to join an expedition to climb one of the world's tallest mountains, it seems like the chance of a lifetime. She doesn't realise how deadly the...

With her life back in London falling apart, Olivia cannot believe her luck when she's invited on a once-in-a-lifetime Antarctic cruise with her boyfriend, Aaron. Olivia has never been anywhere so spectacular: huge cliffs of ice loom high on the horizon, penguins dive through the sparkling sea, and above it all, the sun never sets in the eerie twilight sky. Then Aaron disappears. And a body is discovered on board.

Brought to you by Penguin. THE CHILLING SEQUEL TO #1 YA BESTSELLER THE MAGPIE SOCIETY: ONE FOR SORROW Audrey and Ivy, determined to bring their fellow student Lola Radcliffe's killer to justice, find themselves in the middle of another mystery when a friend disappears in suspicious circumstances...

Lacey Chu has always dreamed of working as an engineer for MONCHA, the biggest tech firm in the world and the company behind the "baku" - a customizable "pet" with all the capabilities of a smartphone. But when Lacey is rejected by the elite academy that promises that future, she's crushed. One night, Lacey comes across the broken form of a highly advanced baku. After she repairs it, the cat-shaped baku she calls Jinx opens its eyes and somehow gets her into her dream school. But Jinx is different than any other baku she's ever seen.... He seems real.

'A little bit Golden Compass, a little bit Hunger Games, and all adventure' - Amie Kaufman, NYT bestselling author of ILLUMINAE The brand-new series from the author of the magical POTION DIARIES adventures! Lacey Chu has big dreams of working for the company behind the 'baku' - a customizable...

An exhilarating thriller set against a 250-mile foot race in the Sahara Desert, where more than one ultramarathoner will be running for their lives Seven years ago, Adri left the running world after a major scandal. She leveled an explosive, and as it turns out career-ending, accusation at one...

A BOOK OF THE MONTH CLUB PICK A high-altitude thriller that will take your breath away—Cecily Wong is on her most dangerous climb yet, miles above sea level. But the elements are nothing compared to one chilling truth: There's a killer on the mountain. "A vertigo-inducing page-turner by an...

Eine Kreuzfahrt in die Antarktis, ein Killer an Bord und die erbarmungslose Mitternachtssonne. Die Antarktis ist das spektakulärste Reiseziel, das sich Olivia vorstellen kann. Aufgeregt bezieht sie ihre Kabine auf dem zu einem Luxusschiff umgebauten Eisbrecher. Die ersten riesigen Eisberge mit ihren schroffen Kanten versetzen sie in Staunen – bis ihr die Vorkommnisse an Bord den Atem rauben: Zwei Passagiere sterben! War es Mord? In der Antarktis gibt es keine Polizei, keine Telefone und keine Rettung.

Für die Story ihres Lebens riskiert sie alles. Diese Story ist die Chance ihres Lebens: Cecily darf als Erste den berühmten Bergsteiger Charles McVeigh interviewen, nachdem dieser innerhalb eines Jahres alle vierzehn Achttausender bestiegen hat. Die Sache hat nur einen Haken: Cecily bekommt das Interview erst, wenn sie mit ihm den letzten Gipfel, den Manaslu, erklommen hat. Die kleine Gruppe macht sich auf den Weg, da kommt es im Basislager zu einem tragischen Unfall.