CHARLIE HIGSON

A hilarious new book from the bestselling children's author - Adrian Mole for the new generation!*'Made me cry with laughter and my heart ache' Lisa Thompson, author of The Goldfish Boy**'Funniest. Book. Ever' Ross Welford, author of Time Travelling with a Hamster*Stan is going on holiday to Italy with his (fifth) best friend Felix and a load of strangers.Stan is absolutely terrified.Luckily, his mum's given him an emergency list that includes how to survive a shark attack, and what to do if he gets kidnapped.

Before the name became a legend. Before the boy became a man. Meet Bond. James Bond.James Bond will one day become the worlds most famous spy, but right now his challenge is to fit in at his new school: making friends, learning the rules and standing up to bullies. However, unknown to James there is an even tougher challenge awaiting him on the remote shores of Loch Silverfin - a terrifying discovery that threatens to unleash a new breed of warfare. For something mysterious and deadly is lurking in the water . . . SilverFin is the first Young Bond adventure from bestselling writer Charlie Higson.

Charlie Higson is a well-known writer of screenplays and adult thriller novels, as well as a performer and co-creator of The Fast Show.

FILE NOTE STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL - AUTHORISED PERSONNEL ONLY Subject: James Bond Age: 13 Description: dark hair that falls in a comma above his brow, despite efforts to control it; blue eyes; tall for age; surprisingly strong; fluent French, good German Essential components: A villain so vile no white fluffy cat would go near him A girl - blond, green-eyed, named Wilder Lawless One fast car Additional detail: Sinister experiments at a remote castle in the Scottish Highlands The disappearance of a young boy Britain building to war in the 1930s Summary: A must-read book for spring. A hot sequel follows in autumn.

Charlie Higson is a well-known writer of screenplays and adult thriller novels, as well as a performer and co-creator of The Fast Show.

A terrible disease is striking everyone over the age of fourteen. Death walks the streets. Nowhere is safe. Maxie, Blue and the rest of the Holloway crew aren't the only kids trying to escape the ferocious adults who prey on them. Jack and Ed are best friends, but their battle to stay alive tests their friendship to the limit as they go on the run with a mismatched group of other kids - nerds, fighters, misfits. And one adult. Greg, a butcher, who claims he's immune to the disease. They must work together if they want to make it in this terrifying new world. But as a fresh disaster threatens to overwhelm London, they realize they won't all survive

No ordinary weekend. But then, James Bond is no ordinary boy... In a North London cemetery a professor is kidnapped at gunpoint. A suspicious letter crammed with cryptic clues arrives at Eton. To decipher the deadly mystery, James Bond must take a series of dangerous gambles. Once the code is cracked, he has just 48 hours to save the professor from the dark forces that threaten to destroy them both. And if the professor can't escape, it's not only his future under threat. It's the rest of the world's...

It's James Bond's first day at Eton, and already he's met his first enemy. This is the start of an adventure that will take him from the school playing fields to the remote shores of Loch Silverfin and a terrifying discovery that threatens to unleash a new breed of warfare.

From the author of the latest official James Bond novelCharlie Higsons thrillers are major events Mark BillinghamVery funny and utterly unstoppable The TimesA sizzlingly paced modern thriller NMEA man kills a prospective buyer for his car. On the verge of becoming a name in the interior design world, he cant afford a scandal and must discreetly dispose of the body - not an easy job when the whole of London seems to be conspiring against him.Action, consequence, retribution: Getting Rid of Mister Kitchen is a sustained nightmare of thwarted ambition, a Dante-esque tour of a world at home with Tarantino and temazepam, where motive is meaningless and justice is just another victim.

They'll chase you. They'll rip you open. They'll feed on you...When the sickness came, every parent, police officer, politician every adult fell ill. The lucky ones died. The others are crazed, confused and hungry.Only children under fourteen remain, and they're fighting to survive.Now there are rumours of a safe place to hide. And so a gang of children begin their quest across London, where all through the city down alleyways, in deserted houses, underground the grown-ups lie in wait.But can they make it there alive?

El espía más famoso de todos los tiempos nos descubre cómo era su vida adolescente y cómo, desde el prestigioso internado de Eton, despegó un jovencísimo 007 capaz de arriesgarse, indagar y desenmascarar una oscura operacion... hasta convertirse en el espia mas habil y seductor de cuantos han existido.

A must-read book for spring. First in a new series. Hot sequel follows in autumn 2005.