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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 26 books in this booklist
£1.00 paperback (2016) - ISBN 13: 9780008165093 | ISBN 10: 0008165092
A perfect introduction to Agatha Christie - four of the best Hercule Poirot stories, chosen for their readability and sense of adventure. A man is found shot through the head in a locked room. A wealthy banker vanishes while posting a letter. ... more
View book details£1.00 paperback (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781447278337 | ISBN 10: 144727833x
A Baby at the Beach Cafe is an engaging short story follow-up to Lucy Diamond's bestselling novel The Beach Cafe. Evie loves running her beach cafe in Cornwall but with a baby on the way, she's been told to put her feet up. Let someone else ... more
View book details£1.00 paperback (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781474600484 | ISBN 10: 1474600484
A special abridged Quick Reads edition of I Am Malala, the bestselling memoir from the youngest-ever winner of a Nobel Prize. *Winner of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize* When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley, one girl fought for her right ... more
View book details£1.00 paperback (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781509806119 | ISBN 10: 1509806113
Too Good To Be True is a gripping Quick Read from Ann Cleeves, featuring Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez from the bestselling Shetland series. When young teacher Anna Blackwell is found dead in her home, the police think her death was suicid ... more
View book details£2.99 paperback (2014) - ISBN 13: 9780007545360 | ISBN 10: 0007545363
An absorbing and romantic Quick Read from the Sunday Times bestselling author. Do you believe in happy endings? Laura Foster used to be a hopeless romantic. She was obsessed with meeting her own Prince Charming until she grew up and r ... more
View book details£1.99 paperback (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781409104018 | ISBN 10: 140910401x
At Everdene, setting for The Beach Hut, two people meet, both with secrets to hide... Jenna is known as The Ice Cream Girl. She doesn't mind the name one bit. After all, it's a happy name, and there are far worse jobs than selling ice creams ... more
View book details£2.00 paperback (2013) - ISBN 13: 9780099580225 | ISBN 10: 0099580225
A gripping Quick Read from the master of the race against time thriller. Have you ever been in the wrong place at the wrong time? You are hiking in the Scottish highlands with three friends when you come across a girl. She is ... more
View book details£1.00 paperback (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781849905589 | ISBN 10: 1849905584
‘My new Fire-Ice will solve all the problems of the planet!’ The world is on the brink of crisis. As fuel runs short, society begins to break down. One man seems to have the answer. But is it too good to be true? The Doctor arrives ... more
View book details£4.99 paperback (2012) - ISBN 13: 9780007455980 | ISBN 10: 0007455984
An exclusive short story for World Book Day from one of our bestselling authors. This brilliant comic thriller will have you on the edge of your seat. Albert Rossi has many qualities. He’s a man who can spot polyester at a hundred paces. ... more
View book details£1.99 paperback (2012) - ISBN 13: 9781409137382 | ISBN 10: 1409137384
Set during the Second World War in Liverpool, this is a brand new Maureen Lee - written specially for the World Book Day Quick Reads promotion. On 3rd September 1939, Amy Browning decided to start writing a diary. It was a momentous day ... more
View book details£1.99 paperback (2012) - ISBN 13: 9780007449132 | ISBN 10: 0007449135
From the number one bestselling author comes a swashbuckling tale of mutiny and murder in paradise... Even Paradise can turn into a nightmare... The Mutiny on the Bounty is the most famous uprising in naval history. Le ... more
View book details£1.99 paperback (2012) - ISBN 13: 9781849902861 | ISBN 10: 1849902860
'No one from this time will ever see that girl again...' The Doctor, Amy and Rory round off a sight-seeing tour round London with a trip to the theatre. That's when things start to go wrong. The Doctor wonders why so ... more
View book details£8.99 paperback (2012) - ISBN 13: 9780857209207 | ISBN 10: 0857209205
An exclusive short story for World Book Day from bestselling author Lynda La Plante. This spooky tale will make you want to sleep with the light on. Barbara needs a story. A struggling journalist, she tricks her way into the home of former ... more
View book details£2.99 paperback (2012) - ISBN 13: 9781409136613 | ISBN 10: 1409136612
A brand new Maeve Binchy - written specially for the World Book Day Quick Reads promotion. Dee loves her children very much, but now they are all grown up, shouldn't they leave home? Rosie moved out when she got married, but i ... more
View book details£1.99 paperback (2012) - ISBN 13: 9781908192943 | ISBN 10: 1908192941
What does it take to go for gold and be the greatest? In Going For Gold, Wales's leading athletes share the secrets of their drive and determination to be the best in their sport. Cyclist Geraint Thomas, who won Olympic gold in ... more
View book details£1.99 paperback (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780755359318 | ISBN 10: 0755359313
A fabulously warm, witty and romantic novella from the much-loved bestselling author Sheila O'Flanagan, published as part of the Quick Reads series. Pippa Jones seems to have it all. The only thing that the high-flying career girl is missin ... more
View book details£1.99 paperback (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780099556756 | ISBN 10: 0099556758
This year Valentine’s Day isn’t for romance. It’s for murder. Mega rich restaurant owner Jack Barnes and his second wife Zee are very much in love. However, their plans for Valentine’s Day are about to be torn apart by the most violent m ... more
View book details£1.99 paperback (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780552161787 | ISBN 10: 0552161780
Charlie Oatway was born into a family who were often in prison and always on the wrong side of the law. Unable to learn his lessons in school, Charlie was soon involved in petty crime and it seemed his life would follow that of his dad and uncles. He ... more
View book details£4.99 paperback (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780007374755 | ISBN 10: 0007374755
The second novel, and first quick read title, from bestselling author Cathy Glass. My Dad's a Policeman is a dramatic and engaging story of a young boy with an alcoholic mother and no knowledge of his father. Lonely, bullied and desperate for a life ... more
View book details£2.99 paperback (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780099542285 | ISBN 10: 0099542285
Produced as part of the 2010 Quick Reads Series, Alison Weir's Traitors of the Tower is a wonderful introduction to this brilliant historian. More than four hundred years ago, seven people – five of them women – were beheaded in the Tower of ... more
View book details£1.99 paperback (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780141044385 | ISBN 10: 0141044381
It's a hot summer afternoon. Tension is in the air. A gang of youths on bikes gathers outside a chip shop. A teenage boy is stabbed and left bleeding on the street. The boy's mother wonders how this could have happened to her son. She is f ... more
View book details£3.99 paperback (2009) - ISBN 13: 9780752884493 | ISBN 10: 0752884492
"My dad used to say to me, 'Try to keep a cool head and a warm heart'. At least I think it was my dad. I don't really remember him." Gravy worked in the graveyard - hence the name. He was having a normal day until his friend Benjy turned up ... more
View book details£3.99 paperback (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781846076435 | ISBN 10: 1846076439
Every time the lights go out, someone dies... The Tardis lands at an academy for top athletes, all hoping to be chosen for the forthcoming Globe Games. But is one of them driven enough to resort to murder? The Doctor discovers that the stude ... more
View book details£1.99 paperback (2008) - ISBN 13: 9781906125936 | ISBN 10: 1906125937
Colin Jackson is one of the greatest athletes that Britain has ever produced. He was in the world top ten for sixteen years, and was world number one for two of them. He set seven European and Commonwealth and nine UK records, and he still holds the ... more
View book details£4.99 paperback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780091907037 | ISBN 10: 0091907039
Want to improve your life but don't know where to start? Then this is the book for you. In this lively self-help book, Big Issue founder John Bird explains seven simple rules that could help you change your life. Whether you want t ... more
View book details£3.99 paperback (2006) - ISBN 13: 9780752879543 | ISBN 10: 0752879545
Molly Sullivan said that the new baby was a little star. She was no trouble at all and she was always smiling...so she became known as Star. Star Sullivan just wanted everyone to be happy - her father to stop gambling, her mother not to work ... more
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