exciting books for reluctant readers
out november 2026 · age 18+
NOBODY CAN CATCH THIS KILLER.
I'M NOBODY.
A woman's body is found in a laundry cart aboard the Silver Lady cruise ship. Management says it was a freak accident. The death is quickly covered up, so as not to ruin the voyage for the passengers.
Cesar Cain doesn't want to get involved. He boarded the Silver Lady to disappear.
But it's March 2020, and the borders are slamming shut. Cesar soon discovers that the woman wasn't the first victim—and with the ship suddenly quarantined and unable to dock anywhere, she won't be the last...
About me
Hi, I'm Jack! I'm a novelist from Canberra, Australia. My work includes 300 Minutes of Danger (for kids), Kill Your Husbands (not for kids), and forty-seven other books, which have sold half a million copies in ten languages. I live with my wife, five chickens, three possums, two cats, some fish, and a pair of human children. 🏡
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out september 2026 · age 10+
WILL YOU SURVIVE, OR WILL YOU DIE?
You are strapped to your seat on the bullet train. As the train accelerates to top speed, things start going seriously wrong and no-one seems to know why. With the clock counting down, every choice you make could be your last.
30 minutes. 30 endings. you choose if you live or die.
out now · age 12+
EVERYONE KNOWS THE STORY.
Jamie George was the golden child. Her sister, Morgan, was nothing but trouble. When their house mysteriously burned down, Jamie barely survived. Morgan wasn’t so lucky.
Three years later, teen podcaster Zoe Gale receives an urgent message. Jamie needs help. She’s received a threat written in blood and a demand for cash. Instead of paying up, Jamie wants Zoe to unmask the blackmailer.
A deadly fire. A desperate girl.
Three days to crack the case.
out november 2026 · age 18+
4-book series · age 18+
3-book series · age 15+
2-book series · age 12+
10-book series · age 10+
4-book series · age 10+
2-book series · age 10+
5-book series · age 10+
2-book series · age 10+
3-book series · age 8+
What a rarity to find a thriller as dark as a Palahniuk and as compulsively readable as a Patterson.
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