Missy Turner thinks of herself as the most ordinary woman in the world. She has a lot to be thankful for-a great kid, a loving husband, a job she enjoys and the security of living in the small town where she was born. Then one day everything gets turned upside down-she loses her job, catches her husband making out with the neighbor and is briefly taken hostage by a young man who robs the local cafe. With her world rapidly falling apart, Missy finds...

Ignored by his father and sent to Derbyshire for the weekend, twelve-year-old Peter and his new friend, Kate, are accidentally transported back in time to 1763 England where they are befriended by a reformed cutpurse.

"Six young magicians and illusionists team up to save their small town from a crooked carnival owner and his goons"--

Clever trapsmith Wily Snare will need the help of friends, old and new, to find and capture the beast who hides in a lair more dangerous than the deadliest dungeon in the castle. Thanks to a crew of misfit treasure-seekers, Wily Snare has assumed his rightful place as King of Panthasos. Wily knows how to be a great trapsmith - devising and building various contraptions to keep plunderers at bay - but he has no idea how to be a good king. And he hasn't...

"Kaz Brekker y los suyos han conseguido llevar a cabo un golpe legendario al que ni ellos mismos pensaban sobrevivir. Pero en lugar de repartirse una suculenta recompensa, a su regreso se ven obligados a luchar de nuevo por sus vidas. Traicionados y con un miembro menos, los cuervos andan escasos de recursos, aliados y esperanza. A medida que poderosas fuerzas llegadas de todo el mundo se dan cita en Ketterdam para luchar por el control de la peligrosa...

Winston attends a weekend of puzzles at a famous musician's mansion, but when he and other young guests pursue a thief, they find themselves in big trouble. Puzzles for the reader to solve are included throughout the text.

"When a Russian billionaire robs the Norwegian Gold Reserve and melts the last remaining gold bar into the Premier Soccer League trophy, it's up to Doctor Proctor, Nilly and Lisa to recapture it"--

When the Justice he works for is condemned for treason, fourteen-year-old and semi-reformed pickpocket Weasel sets out to find a notorious bandit who may be able to help save his master's life.

The kidnapped king: Someone has kidnapped the king and queen of Socotra. Then the prince is kidnapped, too! Can Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose unmask the royals' enemies before it's too late? Or is the royal family of Socotra gone forever? The lucky lottery: L is for Lucky ... And that's just how Lucky O'Leary feels when the lottery ticket his grandfather sends him turns out to be a million-dollar winner! But before Lucky can cash it in, someone sneaks...