1. Alex Rider
Skeleton Key
Reluctant teenage superspy
Alex Rider is useful to MI6 in
ways an adult could never
be. Now they need his help
once again.
But a routine
reconnaissance mission at
the Wimbledon Tennis
Championships sets off a
terrifying chain of events for
Alex that sees him on the
run from a murderous
Chinese triad gang.
Forced to hide out, Alex is
sent to Cayo Esqueleto Skeleton Key - an island
near Cuba. Waiting for him
there is General Alexei
Sarov - a coldly insane
Russian with explosive plans
to rewrite history.
Alex faces his most
dangerous challenge yet.
Alone, and equipped only
with a handful of ingenious
gadgets, Alex must outwit
Sarov, as the seconds tick
away towards the end of the
world…
Anthony
Horowitz, OBE (born 5
April 1955) is a prolific
English novelist and
screenwriter specialising
in mystery and suspense.
His work for children and
teenagers includes The
Diamond Brothers series,
the Alex Rider series, and
The Power of Five series
(aka The Gatekeepers).
His work for adults
includes the novel and
play Mindgame (2001) and
the Sherlock Holmes
novel The House of
Silck (2011). He has also
written extensively for
television, contributing
numerous scripts to ITV`s
Agatha Christie`s
Poirot and Midsomer
Murders. He was the
creator and principal
writer of the ITV series
Foyle`s War, Collision
and injustice.
