Orion Books

Jack has always had an affinity with the supernatural, people who lived long ago and whose spirits remain in this world. Following his father`s death, he and his mother move to an isolated house. Instantly, Jack senses the presence of the previous owner. But he is soon aware of other spirits reaching out to claim him ¿ At the heart of the house is the Ghost Mother - long dead, but still mourning her daughter, for whose death she feels responsible - who has imprisoned four children, from different times and families. She has intercepted their passage from the living world to the afterlife and draws her strength by leeching their souls. Is it her intention that Jack meets the same fate? Or has she other plans for her latest resident?...

Издательство: Orion Books
Дата выхода: август 2011

The life of Henry VIII is a wonderful subject for Richard Brassey to interpret through his comic, colourful pictures and funny captions. All the essential information is there, concisely and wittily put. With its small paperback format, its 24 pages packed with pictures, it is lots of fun to read and look at and makes the perfect introduction to one of the most famous characters in British history.

Издательство: Orion Books
Дата выхода: август 2011

Seventeen-year-old Haley McWaid is a good girl, the pride of her suburban New Jersey family, headed off to college next year with all the hopes and dreams her doting parents can pin on her. Which is why, when her mother wakes one morning to find that Haley never came home the night before and three months quickly pass without word from the girl, the community assumes the worst. Wendy Tynes is a reporter on a mission: to bring down sexual predators via elaborate - and nationally televised-sting operations. Wendy and her team have shamed dozens of men by the time she encounters her latest target. Dan Mercer is a social worker known as a friend to troubled teens, but his story soon becomes more complicated than Wendy could have imagined.

Издательство: Orion Books
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011

Издательство: Orion Books
Дата выхода: январь 2009

Lola Santisi is a twenty-six-year-old member of Hollywood Royalty (Papa`s vying for Best Director Oscar #2 and Mom`s a fixture at The Ivy). Without a kingdom--or even a condo--to call her own, she suffers from twin afflictions: Actorholism (a fatal addiction to dating hunky actors) and CDD (Career Deficit Disorder, an epidemic among children of Hollywood Royalty). Her latest gig as a Hollywood Ambassador means she`s been engaging in LA`s cruelest blood sport: convincing celebrities to wear her designer`s gowns to the Oscars. Lola`s first best friend is Kate, a Hollywood talent agent desperate to go from unter to uber, whether we`re talking sex, work, or both. Lola`s other BFF is Cricket, a struggling model/actress looking to surpass her...

Издательство: Orion Books
Дата выхода: август 2011

Издательство: Orion Books
Дата выхода: январь 2012

Издательство: Orion Books
Дата выхода: январь 2010

Forced to be a servant to her cruel stepmother and sisters, the beautiful Cinderella is heartbroken when they attend the Royal Ball without her. But then her fairy godmother arrives, and everything

Издательство: Orion Books
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2012

Forced into a life of drudgery and housework by her wicked stepmother and stepsisters, Cinderella is devastated when they are invited to the prince`s ball and she has to stay at home. But when her fairy godmother turns up, everything changes.

Издательство: Orion Books
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2012

When the bones of a boy are found scattered in the Hollywood Hills, Harry Bosch is drawn into a case that brings up dark memories from his past. Unearthing hidden stories, he finds the child`s identity and reconstructs his fractured life, determined that he won`t be forgotten. At the same time, a new love affair with a female cop begins to blossom - until a stunningly blown mission leaves him in more trouble than ever before. The investigation races to a shocking conclusion and leaves Bosch on the brink of an unimaginable

Издательство: Orion Books
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011

Издательство: Orion Books
Дата выхода: январь 2012

Nobody likes The Complaints - they're the cops who investigate other cops. Complaints and Conduct Department, to give them their full title, but known colloquially as 'the Dark Side', or simply 'The Complaints'. Malcolm Fox works for The Complaints. He's just had a result, and should be feeling good about himself. But he's middle-aged, sour and unwell. He also has a father in a care home and a sister who persists in an abusive relationship. In the midst of an aggressive Edinburgh winter, the reluctant Fox is given a new task. There's a cop called Jamie Breck, and he's dirty. Problem is, no one can prove it. But as Fox takes on the job, he learns that there's more to Breck than anyone...

Издательство: Orion Books
Дата выхода: июль 2011

When naughty Wizz Bee and Buzz Bee come home without any honey, Queen Bee is very cross. Can they cheer her up with a story?

Издательство: Orion Books
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2012

Death is my beat.` Those words, spoken by the narrator and hero of THE POET, Jack McEvoy, could also apply to Michael Connelly. Time and time again in these riveting pieces, we make the connection between Connelly the crime reporter and Connelly the novelist: `On the day I arrived in Los Angeles I sat in the newspaper editor`s office being interviewed for a job on the crime beat. The day before there had been a bank heist in which the thieves had gone into the city`s labyrinthine storm water tunnel system to get beneath the bank before tunnelling upward.` Years later that story would become THE BLACK ECHO. `Moments. They kept coming. One morning an editor called me and told me to swing by a murder scene on my way to the office. Just like...

Издательство: Orion Books
Дата выхода: август 2011

Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey. Cudweed`s birthday is coming up, and, like all small boys, he has big ideas and many lists about the presents he`d really like. Preparations for the party are in full swing at Otherhand Castle and the excitement is mounting. Sadly though for Cudweed, his parents, Lord and Lady Otherhand are definitely not keen on him adding to his collection of pets. Will he be disappointed, or will he get his heart`s desire: a small but noisy monkey? And if he does get what he wants, will it be by fair means or foul?

Издательство: Orion Books
Дата выхода: январь 2013

Издательство: Orion Books
Дата выхода: январь 2008

Dexter Morgan isn`t exactly the kind of man you`d bring home to your mum. At heart, he`s the perfect gentleman: he has a shy girlfriend, and seems to lead a quiet, normal life bordering on the mundane. Despite the fact that he can`t stand the sight of blood, he works as a blood-spatter analyst for the Miami police. But Dexter also has a secret hobby: he is an accomplished serial killer. So far, he`s killed 36 people and has never been caught because he knows exactly how to hide the evidence. And while that may lead some people to assume he`s not such a nice guy, he tempers his insatiable hunger for brutality by only killing the bad guys. However, Dexter`s well-organised life is suddenly disrupted when a second, much more visible serial...

Издательство: Orion Books
Дата выхода: март 2012

Dexter Morgan isn`t exactly the kind of man you`d bring home to your mum. At heart, he`s the perfect gentleman: he has a shy girlfriend, and seems to lead a quiet, normal life bordering on the mundane. Despite the fact that he can`t stand the sight of blood, he works as a blood-spatter analyst for the Miami police. But Dexter also has a secret hobby: he is an accomplished serial killer. So far, he`s killed 36 people and has never been caught because he knows exactly how to hide the evidence. And while that may lead some people to assume he`s not such a nice guy, he tempers his insatiable hunger for brutality by only killing the bad guys. However, Dexter`s well-organised life is suddenly disrupted when a second, much more visible serial...

Издательство: Orion Books
Дата выхода: июнь 2012

Издательство: Orion Books
Дата выхода: январь 2017

Издательство: Orion Books
Дата выхода: январь 2005

Sookie`s got just a month, before the next full moon, to find out who wants her brother dead - and to stop the fiend! Sookie Stackhouse enjoys her life, mostly. She`s a great cocktail waitress in a fun bar; she has a love life, albeit a bit complicated, and most people have come to terms with her telepathy. The problem is, Sookie wants a quiet life - but things just seem to happen to her and her friends. Now her brother Jason`s eyes are starting to change: he`s about to turn into a were-panther for the first time. She can deal with that, but her normal sisterly concern turns to cold fear when a sniper sets his deadly sights on the local changeling population. She afraid not just because Jason`s at risk, but because his new were-brethren...

Издательство: Orion Books
Дата выхода: июль 2011

Sookie Stackhouse is a cocktail waitress at Merlotte`s, in her home town of Bon Temps, Louisiana. Other than being telepathic, she`s always considered herself pretty normal - though she had a hard time at first, until she learned to filter out other people`s thoughts. She thought life was pretty dull, but then the vamps and the weres and the shifters came out of the closet, and she met a vampire called Bill and she couldn`t hear him at And Bill was her first love, even if he hadn`t been alive since the 1860s. But then Sookie found herself all caught up in vampire politics, and betrayal, and since then her life has been anything but normal. And life in Bon Temps has never been the same.

Издательство: Orion Books
Дата выхода: май 2012

Pride: Gazing from his magnificent Chawbury Manor, Miles Straker has it all. A society wife who runs his home like clockwork, four gorgeous children, a smart stucco in West London and, most importantly of all, his multi-national PR business. Greed. Utterly ruthless in both business and pleasure, Miles is a man who gets what he wants in a heartbeat, with a web of power that can bring a company to its knees or get you splashed on every front page. Envy. When self-made millionaire Ross Clegg buys the land adjoining the Straker Chawbury estate, Miles is wreaked with jealousy. Not only are Ross and his family welcomed by the country elite, Ross`s booming business means he`s hailed as a hero of the people. Wrath. But Miles Straker is a...

Издательство: Orion Books
Дата выхода: август 2011

Investigator and sports agent Myron Bolitar is poised on the edge of the big-time. So is Christian Steele, a rookie quarterback and Myron`s prized client. But when Christian gets a phone call from a former girlfriend, a woman who everyone, including the police, believes is dead, the deal starts to go sour. Suddenly Myron is plunged into a baffling mystery of sex and blackmail. Trying to unravel the truth about a family`s tragedy, a woman`s secret and a man`s lies, Myron is up against the dark side of his business - where image and talent make you rich, but the truth can get you killed.

Издательство: Orion Books
Дата выхода: июль 2011

In his work as a Miami crime scene investigator, Dexter Morgan is accustomed to seeing evil particularly because, on occasion, he commits them himself. But Dexter`s happy existence is turned upside down when he is called to an unusually disturbing crime scene at the university campus. Dexter`s Dark Passenger - mastermind of his homicidal prowess - immediately senses something chillingly recognizable and goes into hiding. Dexter is alone for the first time in his life, and he realizes he`s being hunted by a truly sinister adversary. Meanwhile he`s planning a wedding and trying to learn how to be a stepfather to his fiance`s two kids - who might just have dark tendencies themselves. Macabre, ironic, and wonderfully entertaining, Dexter in...

Издательство: Orion Books
Дата выхода: март 2012