Peters Books for Schools

Every morning, Sybil Van Antwerp sits down to write letters - to her brother, to her best friend, to the president of the university who will not allow her to attend a class she desperately wants to take, to her favourite authors to tell them what she thinks of their latest books, and to one person to whom she writes often yet never sends the letter.

What is a happily ever after really worth?

"A wedding. A code. A murder. Time is ticking . . . Your move."

Never go out at night. Lock the doors. Ignore the screams.Those are the rules Aesira lives by to survive the monsters that stalk her village. But everything changes when it's revealed she's been born with the power to fight the vampires she's spent her life fearing.

A dismembered corpse is discovered in the vault of a silver shop. The police initially believe it to be that of a convicted armed robber - but not everyone agrees with that theory.

The Names is the story of three names, three versions of a life, and the infinite possibilities that a single decision can spark. It is the story of one family, and love's endless capacity to endure, no matter what fate has in store.

Bathroom salesman Matt is at a crossroads. He has lost his job, he is about to be made homeless and his girlfriend has left him. He wants his luck to change and he wants things to go back to how they were. Out of the blue he is offered a job that comes with a free luxury apartment.

SHE NEEDS A LAWYER. HE NEEDS A PAYDAY. Lawyer Simon Latch is struggling with debt, gambling issues and an impending divorce. But when Eleanor Barnett, an 85-year-old widow, visits his office to secure a new will, it seems his luck has finally changed: she claims she's sitting on a $20 million fortune and no one else knows about it.

The truth is buried just beneath the surface . . .

When the Buckeye City Police Department receives a disturbing letter from a person threatening to 'kill thirteen innocents and one guilty' in 'an act of atonement for the needless death of an innocent man', Detective Izzy Jaynes has no idea what to think. Are fourteen citizens about to be slaughtered in an unhinged act of retribution?

Falling in love could be the biggest risk of all . . . When Sorcha O'Donovan encounters struggling musician Con Daly - the strikingly handsome outcast in their small village on West Cork's windswept coastline - her days will never be the same.

PROVENCE, 1920. Ettie moves through the remote farmhouse, silently creating the conditions that make her uncle's artistic genius possible. Joseph, an aspiring journalist, has been invited to the house. He believes he'll make his name by interviewing the reclusive painter, the great Edouard Tartuffe. But everyone has their secrets. And, under the cover of darkness, Ettie has spent years cultivating hers.

In this sizzling BBQ cookbook, Jamie shares 90 brilliant recipes that show just how exciting, creative and delicious barbecuing can be. Whether you're cooking on charcoal, gas or over an open flame, Jamie's got you covered, from marinades and rubs to mastering heat, smoke and timing.

'My name is Natalie Heller Mills, and I was perfect at being alive.'Natalie lives a traditional lifestyle - and has the social media accounts to prove it. Her charming farmhouse on her working ranch is artfully cluttered, her husband is a handsome cowboy, her homemade sourdough boules are each more beautiful than the last.

Land is a story of buried treasure, overlapping lives, ancient woodland, persistent ghosts, a particularly loyal dog, and how, when it comes to both land and history, nothing ever goes away.

Jack Reacher will make three stops today. Not all of them were planned for.

William Warwick and Ross Hogan return, for one last time, in a gripping and unputdownable finale.London, 2012. The eyes of the world are on Britain as the country prepares to host the Olympic Games.But the glare of the spotlight makes London a target for some of the most dangerous people on earth. And the moment the bid is won, an international conspiracy is set in motion to unleash a devastating attack that will leave the world in chaos.One man stands between triumph and disaster: Commander William Warwick, heading up Scotland Yard's elite team. But as he pursues the shadowy organisation, he sets off a deadly game of cat and mouse which will take him from the bustling streets of London to the hidden corridors of power. Can Warwick stop the assassin before the greatest show on earth becomes a catastrophe ... 'The Olympic Gold of novels' - Seb Coe.

Because second chances come when you least expect them . . .

Uncooperative animals, underperforming crops, and rather less than best-laid plans pursued with unbridled enthusiasm. Clarkson's farm is the gift that keeps on giving.

Tricase Porto, Puglia, Italy

Camden 1957. When Rory Sheehan picks Maggie Riley as his own, her fate is sealed. Everyone knows what Rory wants, Rory gets - whether people like it or not.

Cornwall, 1910. On a remote tidal island, the Viscount of Tithe Hall is absorbed in feverish preparations for the apocalypse that he believes will accompany the passing of Halley's Comet. The Hall must be sealed from top to bottom - every window, chimney and keyhole closed off before night falls. But what the pompous, dishonest Viscount has failed to take into account is the danger that lies within...

From the Baillie Gifford Prize-winning and Sunday Times bestselling author of Empire of Pain and Say Nothing comes a riveting story of wealth, violence and deceit at the heart of a glittering city.

Rosy is the responsible sister. Amy is the free spirit, always breaking the rules. But between them lies a secret; one they've sworn to keep safe, whatever the cost.

The debut book from the YouTube sensation and all-round cartographical nerds, The Map Men! Ditch the compass (or disable location services) and set out on a journey with us, the Map Men, into a world of cartographic chaos and mappy mishaps. Because the worst maps are the best maps.

Alex Cross thought serial killer Gary Soneji was dead and buried.

At MP-turned-wellness-guru Adrian Wells's glitzy launch event for a bath salt that promises to reverse ageing, someone is about to turn up the heat. . .As Adrian lowers himself into the architectural copper tub to showcase his miracle product in front of countless influencers, it soon becomes clear that something is amiss.

Welcome back to North Falls-a small town with big secrets.Sheriff Emmy Clifton and her sister, ex-federal agent Jude Archer, investigate a brutal attack that shatters their town's fragile peace.

THE WOMEN WHO DISAPPEARED

She's about to make a deal with the college bad boy . . .

Autumn 1943: the SAS hijack a train, raid deep into enemy territory, and liberate a concentration camp. A mission so extraordinary, yet so secret, that barely any record exists.

It is one of the biggest trials of the year. Three seventeen-year-old boys are accused of the brutal murder of an elderly teacher on New Year's Eve. Each boy denies it. Each points the finger at the other two. But they can't all be innocent.

The greatest love is the one you never expected to find. Daisy is fed up with being unlucky in love. And since Mayor Kelly declared her beloved flower shop cursed in one of his infamous visions, business has been slow.

Summer Island is a poignant, warm and tender novel about a mother and daughter: the complex ties that bind them, the past that separates them, and the healing that comes with forgiveness.

A lone astronaut. An impossible mission. An ally he never imagined.

"Welcome to the family," Nina Winchester says as I shake her elegant, manicured hand. I smile politely, gazing around the marble hallway. Working here is my last chance to start fresh. I can pretend to be whoever I like. But I'll soon learn that the Winchesters' secrets are far more dangerous than my own . . .

2014: A great poem is read aloud and never heard again. For generations, people speculate about its message, but no copy has yet been found.

Maggie McCabe is on the brink. A highly skilled and renowned army combat surgeon, she has always lived life at the edge. But now, after a devastating series of personal tragedies, Maggie is thrown a lifeline by a former colleague, an elite surgeon whose anonymous clientele demand the best care money can buy - as well as absolute discretion.

Once upon a time there lived the (annoyingly) perfect hero Maximillian – a champion with a blinding smile, muscles sculpted by the gods, and an infuriating dedication to all things noble and good.

A FLINT MINER WITH A GIFT. Seft, a talented flint miner, walks the Great Plain in the high summer heat, to witness the rituals that signal the start of a new year. He is there to trade his stone at the Midsummer Rite, and to find Neen, the girl he loves.

Our narrator understands good love stories - their secrets, their highs and free falls. But her greatest love story, the one she lived, never followed the rules.

He's the perfect man.

Are you in the top 50% of the country? The top 10%? Or even the top 1%?

ARE YOU READY TO BRAVE THE DARK?

Five years ago, Zennor's perfect Cornish wedding fell apart in the most spectacular style - thanks to Matt Veryan, the man who crashed the celebrations and shattered her happily ever after. Now a successful business owner in St Ives, Zennor is shocked to discover Matt is not only back in her life- he's also her new landlord.