A nifty mystery in which the reluctant editor of a crime novel finds that the solution to a murder apparently lies inside that book, and comes to realise that she is now a target herself.
Once again the author stars in his own work - this time one of his knives is found adorning the dead body of a critic who had just savaged his new play. And now the poor love finds himself ... read more
The thirteenth Alex Rider book - who, unlike Harry Potter, does not age, but remains in a Peter-Pan-like teen-age limbo, forever blowing up bridges and saving the world. Ages 8-12.