Paul Panting

"Private, the world's most renowned investigation firm, has been commissioned to provide security for the 2012 Olympic games in London. Its agents are the smartest, fastest, and most technologically advanced in the world, and 400 of them have been transferred to London to protect over 10,000 competitors who represent more than 200 countries. The opening ceremony is still hours away when Private investigator and single father of twins, Nigel Steele,...

"When Grace Bernard discovers her absentee millionaire father has rejected her dying mother's pleas for help, she vows revenge, and sets about to kill every member of his family. Readers have a front row seat as Grace picks off the family one by one -- and the result is as gruesome as it is entertaining in this wickedly dark romp about class, family, love -- and murder. But then Grace is imprisoned for a murder she didn't commit"--

Most people tend to turn away, perhaps understandably, from the key existential issue of the day: climate change or, some would say more accurately, climate collapse. Nick Breeze tells the engaging, very human story of successive COP conferences over the past decade: it is a tale of imperfection, failure even, but not yet defeat. So far, the UN process has achieved almost the exact opposite of what it first set out to achieve at the Rio Earth Summit...

When Jim Lad's pirate family, the Jolley-Rogers, becomes entranced by the treasures in a mysterious cave by the beach, it is up to his friend Matilda and Bones the dog to break the spells of the sea hags that keep them captive.

A young Japanese boy finds a birthday present for his grandfather // A duck with a cold thinks its time to fly south

A hilarious hamster tries to avoid getting a check-up.// An excitable skunk learns to be a good sport

A little sheep is not as wooly as the other sheep. // A hermit crab needs a new shell.

When Matilda discovers a treasure map inside an old bottle, she shows it to the Jolley-Rogers and they all set sail to find the mysterious island on the map. Unfortunately, they end up in the belly of the dastardly Pirate Cruncher! Can Matilda and the rest of the Jolly-Rogers rescue themselves before it is too late? Or will they end up trapped there forever? Expect adventure, laughs, and perhaps an almighty sneeze.

A dancer is too shy to perform on stage // A little Jamaican boy discovers his island through the lens of a camera

A rodeo horse isn't cut out to be a bucking bronco. // A jungle monkey who's afraid to climb trees