New Releases by Kevin Brooks

Mehr als nur ein Spiel Eine hoch spannender Korruptions-Thriller und dabei eine tiefgründige Geschichte über Liebe, Fußball und eine Jungsfreundschaft, die (beinahe) an all dem zerbricht. John und Kyle waren seit ihrer Kindheit beste Freunde und Teamkameraden. Bis Kyle zum jüngsten Spieler und Shooting Star der Premier League avanciert – und John dessen Freundin und erste große Liebe Summer wegschnappt. Seitdem herrscht Funkstille. Als die beiden bei einem Pokalspiel wieder aufeinandertreffen, kann John sein Vorhaben, Kyle und Summer für immer zu ignorieren, nicht weiter verwirklichen. Denn nach dem Spiel ereilt ihn ein Hilferuf von Summer: Kyle macht sich mit Drogen kaputt, er droht am Ruhm zu zerbrechen. Und noch schlimmer: Wie John herausfindet, befindet er sich in den Händen krimineller Fußballmogule und ist in einen Wettskandal verstrickt. Der droht nicht nur Kyle, sondern auch Summer und selbst John in den Abgrund zu reißen ... Ein grandioser Coming of Age-Roman mit Thrillerelementen und eine Dreiecks-Geschichte zugleich! Geschickt verknüpft der preisgekrönte Autor die Themen Erste Liebe und Fußball mit einer Spannungshandlung und klassischen Coming of Age-Themen.

Marty Pig tiene, a sus catorce años, una vida complicada: se burlan de su nombre, tiene un padre alcohólico y está enamorado de su vecina, que tiene novio. Unos días antes de Navidad, se encuentra con que el cadáver de su padre yace en la sala y tiene dos opciones: llamar a la policía o esconder el cuerpo y fingir inocencia. Martyn opta por la segunda, sobre todo, porque está harto de que no lo dejen tranquilo. Logra salir avante de la investigación policial, pero descubre, a su pesar, que su amor platónico lo traicionó para quedarse con una sorpresiva herencia que le pertenecía por derecho.

Bad Castro è un criminale senza scrupoli, Judy una poliziotta di solidi principi. Insieme, in una lunga notte di guerriglia, scopriranno di essere meno diversi di quanto credevano. Ancora una volta Kevin Brooks scuote le coscienze con un romanzo frenetico e profondo, che indaga sul tema della giustizia.

"Vorrei che fosse più facile. Vorrei potervi toccare la testa con le mani e trasferire in voi quello che ho dentro. Vorrei che poteste essere me, solo per un attimo, così capireste esattamente come mi sento. Ma non succederà, non è così? I desideri non si avverano mai." È la vigilia di Natale, c’è una tempesta di neve ed Elliot è rimasto a corto di una medicina che lo aiuta a tenere sotto controllo il profondo disturbo d’ansia che lo affligge fin da quando era piccolo. Elliot è terrorizzato da tutto, soprattutto dalle persone. Ma ciò che scatena la sua paura più grande, la bestia interiore, è la paura della paura stessa; per questo non esce mai di casa e non ha contatti con nessuno. Quando la madre è costretta ad allontanarsi da casa per procurargli le medicine, sa che per il figlio sarà difficile non cedere al panico. Quello che non può sapere, invece, è che qualcuno nelle vicinanze sta progettando una rapina in banca e che lei e sua sorella Shirley saranno, loro malgrado, trascinate all’interno del piano dei criminali... Il nuovo thriller a orologeria di Kevin Brooks, una storia che lascia col fiato sospeso fino all''ultima pagina - e non solo.

A boy raised by wild dogs fights for survival in this gripping post apocalyptic tale by an acclaimed Carnegie Medalist. Jeet is a dogchild, raised by the wild dogs who killed his parents, then recaptured and “rehumanized.” He now lives with one of only two remaining human communities in the world, besieged by the much larger enemy clan. In a wasteland shaped by war, starvation, and haunting violence, Jeet grapples with his identity — he misses his wild family, and the people of his clan see dogchilds as less than human. When the human clans begin to prepare for a final, bloody battle against each other, Jeet is at the center. His struggle and his relationship with another rehumanized dogchild shed light on what it means to be human or inhuman — and what it takes to be a survivor. In his most ambitious novel yet, Carnegie Medalist Kevin Brooks offers a breathless work of speculative fiction that will have readers at the edge of their seat.

I can''t believe I fell for it. It was still dark when I woke up this morning. As soon as my eyes opened I knew where I was. A low-ceilinged rectangular building made entirely of whitewashed concrete. There are six little rooms along the main corridor. There are no windows. No doors. The elevator is the only way in or out. What''s he going to do to me? What am I going to do? People are really quite simple, and they have simple needs. Food, water, light, space, privacy. Maybe a small measure of dignity. A bit of freedom. What happens when someone simply takes all that away?

Schnell, spannend, short – dtv shorts! Finn steht der monatliche Besuch bei seinem Vater bevor. Wie jedes Mal werden sie vor der Glotze hängen und langsam aber sicher verstauben vor Langeweile. Das Allerletzte, was er erwartet, ist ein Mädchen, das durch die Hintertür bricht. Ein Mädchen mit einer Pistole. Und einer Tasche voller Geld.

Band 3: Erfährt Travis endlich, wer seine Eltern ermordet hat - und kommt er lebend davon? Travis steht kurz davor, das Rätsel um den Mord an seinen Eltern zu lösen. Doch dann wird er entführt, zusammen mit dem Mann, den er für seinen ärgsten Feind hält. Die beiden müssen zusammenarbeiten, um zu überleben. Wer ist Freund, wer Feind in diesem grausamen Spiel, das Travis womöglich mit seinem Leben bezahlen muss?

London, 1976: A summer of creation, destruction, and blistering heat. Lili Garcia stands at the edge of London''s growing punk scene, playing bass with one of city''s wildest bands. The group''s success has only strained things between Lili and Curtis Ray, her cool, rebellious boyfriend and bandmate. Lili soon meets William Bonney—a guitarist from Northern Ireland. William is as reserved as Curtis Ray is loud, haunted by the life he left behind, but every bit as brilliant a musician. William''s quiet confidence moves Lili to search for what she really wants. But the secrets of William''s past could mean danger for both of them . . .

Following a death-defying escape from the hands of a criminal overlord, young PI Travis Delaney thinks he might finally be getting closer to finding out who killed his parents, and why. But things are about to get a whole lot more deadly . . . One moment Travis is trapped in an armed face-off in the offices of Delaney & Co, private investigators. The next terrorists have stormed the building and he''s been abducted. Kept captive alongside Winston, the rogue security officer who Travis believes is responsible for his parents'' death, Travis is quickly plagued by more questions than answers. As the truth begins to emerge, Travis is faced with the ultimate dilemma: how do you choose between saving your own life or saving the life of someone you love?

Johnny Delgado ermittelt wieder Durch Zufall erfährt Johnny Delgado von einem Gangmitglied den Namen des Mannes, der seinen Vater, einen Polizisten, umgebracht haben soll. Johnny will die Wahrheit herausfinden – doch bleibt ihm dafür noch Zeit, bevor die Gangs in seinem Viertel sich einmischen?

Ein packender Thriller Seine Idee, Privatdetektiv zu werden, findet Johnny Delgado genial: schöne Mädchen, die ihn um Hilfe bitten, und obendrein noch jede Menge Geld. Aber dann erhält er seinen ersten Auftrag. Er soll einen Typen beschatten, der ausgerechnet Anführer der Gang in seinem Viertel ist – und der spielt ein dreckiges Spiel ...

Pale, blubbery Moo silently endures a rain of spite each day. But when he sees a murder, he must take a stand, and choose between truth and lies, weakness and strength...

Fourteen-year-old Travis Delaney is trying to get his life back on track following the crash that killed his parents last summer. The police called it an accident, but Travis knows better. His parents were on to something, and whatever they were investigating . . . ended with their murder. Since Travis''s Grandad took over Delaney and Co, things have finally started to look up. But when his private investigation partner, Courtney, is attacked following a routine inquiry into a local business, Travis can''t help but get involved, even though he''s supposed to be focusing on his own investigation into thefts at school. But what he discovers draws him into more danger than he ever could have imagined. Tangled up in a web of gang warfare, dirty police and secret organisations, Travis needs to find a way out. But at the heart of it all is a traitor. Someone close to Travis. Someone he''s supposed to trust. But trust is a dangerous thing.

When Travis Delaney''s parents die in a car crash, Travis is devastated. In a bid to pull himself out of his grief, he starts to look into the last case they were investigating at the private investigation agency they ran. What starts as a minor distraction soon becomes a sinister, unbelievable mystery - and Travis is determined to solve it. Why were his parents looking for a missing boy when the boy''s family says he isn''t missing? Where is the boy himself? And why would a man who is in surveillance photos taken by Travis''s parents turn up at their funeral? As Travis searches for answers, he starts to have the chilling realization that the question he should be asking is the one he most wants to avoid: Was the accident that killed his parents really what it seemed? An intriguing, exciting adventure from a master of suspense.

Late one night, two brothers learn that their sister has died in the worst way imaginable. She''s found strangled, hundreds of miles from home. Ruben is the smarter of the two, with a gift for getting into other people''s hearts. Cole doesn''t care if he lives or dies. Together they set out to find their own answers and retrace Rachel''s final journey.

Cole y Ruben buscan vengar la muerte de su hermana Rachel, que fue violada y asesinada cuando visitaba a una amiga en un pueblo cercano. Mientras investigan la identidad del asesino, Ruben, a través de su habilidad para percibir lo que los otros sienten, descubrirá un secreto que atrapará a los hermanos en un mundo lleno de sombríos personajes, en el que los intereses y las intrigas los obligarán a defender ahora su propia vida.

PI John Craine has come to Hale Island to get away from it all - the memories and the guilt, and a past that just won''t let go. But within hours he stumbles across the dead body of a young girl on the beach. When the police arrive the body has inexplicably disappeared. Or - in his already tormented state - did Craine imagine it in the first place? Determined to get at the truth, Craine starts asking questions. But it seems no one on the island is talking. And all too soon he finds himself tangled up in a deadly network of fear and violence. Someone has a dark secret to keep, and Craine is getting in the way...

PI John Craine is struggling to cope with the weight of his past. Sixteen years ago his wife, Stacy, was brutally murdered. Craine found her body in their bed. And since then, to escape the pain and the unanswered questions, he has buried himself in work by day, and whisky by night. But one phone call changes everything. The mother of missing young woman Anna Gerrish calls on his services, and Craine soon finds himself at the centre of a sinister web of corruption and lies that leads back into the murky waters of the past - and to the night that Craine has spent over a decade trying to forget. As he delves deeper and deeper into the case everything gets increasingly, terrifyingly, personal. And it''s down to Craine to stop history from repeating itself ...

Magical realism and gritty mystery meet in Brooks''s provocative dissection of family, friendship, and faith. "A tense psychological thriller...hard-hitting."--Publishers WeeklyDawn Bundy lives in a cave. In her head. Where''s she''s been hiding for two years. Hiding behind headphones. From the two hottest girls at school, in their impossibly short skirts and unbearably tight tops, their skin close enough to touch. Not talking to her mother, not about what matters. Not thinking of her dad, the drug addict, the ex-con, born-again but far gone. Two years is a long time. Enough for the cave to grow so small that her breath feels like stone in her throat. Two years is no time at all. Nowhere near enough to forget. To pretend that nothing happened. Deep one perfect morning.

An electrifying novel from the Carnegie medal-winning Kevin Brooks. Now a Netflix movie starring Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones). Before the attack, sixteen-year-old Tom Harvey was just an ordinary boy. But now fragments of a shattered iPhone are embedded in his brain and it''s having an extraordinary effect... Because now Tom has powers. The ability to know and see more than he could ever imagine. And with incredible power comes knowledge - and a choice. Seek revenge on the violent gangs that rule his estate and assaulted his friend Lucy, or keep quiet? Tom has control when everything else is out of control. But it''s a dangerous price to pay. And the consequences are terrifying. . . ''A compulsive, atmospheric mystery'' Sunday Times ''A masterly writer, and this book would put many authors of ''grown up'' detective fiction to shame'' Mail on Sunday Kevin Brooks is the award-winning author of nine gripping teenage novels, usually with a thrilling detective twist. His novels, Being, Black Rabbit Summer, Killing God (published as Dawn in the USA) and Naked are also available from Penguin. Kevin''s brand new novel, The Bunker Diary, will be published in 2013. If you enjoyed iBoy and want to get inside more of your favourite books, then check out spinebreakers.co.uk for exclusive author interviews, competitions, and much more.

Just like old times. Just the five of them. Saturdaynight. Nicole asked. How could Pete say no?But past hurts among the former childhoodfriends soon surface, and the party''s over beforeit ever begins. The group splinters off into thedarkness. Into the noise and heat and chaos ofthe carnival.The next morning, a girl is missing. Pete doesn''tknow what--or who--to believe: Could one of theold gang be to blame? Could one of their ownbe a killer?

After doctors snake a fiber-optic tube down Robert Smiths throat, what they discover doesn''t make medical sense. Armed with a stolen automatic and the videotape of his strange organs, Robert embarks on a violent odyssey to find out exactly who--and what--he is.