The Bunker Diary

WINNER OF THE 2014 CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL. 
 
Room meets Lord of the Flies, The Bunker Diary is award-winning, young adult writer Kevin Brooks's pulse-pounding exploration of what happens when your worst nightmare comes true - and how will you survive? 
 
I can't believe I fell for it. 
 
It was still dark when I woke up this morning. 
As soon as my eyes opened I knew where I was. 
 
A low-ceilinged rectangular building made entirely of whitewashed concrete. 
There are six little rooms along the main corridor. 
 
There are no windows. No doors. The lift is the only way in or out. 
What's he going to do to me? 
What am I going to do? 
 
If I'm right, the lift will come down in five minutes. 
It did. Only this time it wasn't empty . . . 
 
Praise for The Bunker Diary: 
 
[Kevin Brooks'] pacey plots . . . have made him a cult among teens. This, though, is the big one. It should be read by everyone. - Amanda Craig, The Times 
 
Kevin Brooks has won the Branford Boase Award and been shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Award, the Booktrust Teenage Prize, the Manchester Book Award and for the Carnegie Medal (for Martyn Pig, Road of the Dead and Black Rabbit Summer). 
 
Kevin Brooks was born in Exeter and studied in Birmingham and London. He had a varied working life, with jobs in a crematorium, a zoo, a garage and a post office, before - happily - giving it all up to write books. Kevin is the author of Being, Black Rabbit Summer, Killing God (published as Dawn in the USA), iBoy and Naked for Penguin. He now lives in North Yorkshire. 
 
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Kevin Brooks was born in Exeter and studied in Birmingham and London. He had a varied working life, with jobs in a crematorium, a zoo, a garage and a post office, before - happily - giving it all up to write books. Kevin is the author of Being, Black Rabbit Summer and Killing God for Puffin. He now lives in North Yorkshire.

Until the Darkness Comes

'Waiting, watching. I'm good at it. It's what I do. I wait and I watch.' The compelling new novel from the author of A Dance of Ghosts.

Kevin Brooks was born in Exeter, Devon, in 1959. He studied psychology and philosophy in Birmingham and cultural studies in London. He spent much of his early life writing and recording music, and later turned to painting and sculpting. He worked as a civil servant, a crematorium handyman, a hotdog vendor at London Zoo, a post office counter clerk, a petrol station attendant, and a call centre operator. Since 2002 he has written eleven novels for teenagers and has won several awards, including the Canongate Prize for New Writing, the Branford Boase Award, the North East Book Award, and the Angus Book Award. In Germany, his books have twice won the prestigious Jugendliteraturpreis and he has also been awarded the Buxtehude Bulle and the Golden Bookworm. 
A Dance of Ghosts, his first novel for adults, was published in 2011. He lives in North Yorkshire with his wife Susan.

PI John Craine has come to Hale Island to get away from it all - the memories and the guilt, and a past that just won't let go. 
 
But within hours he stumbles across the dead body of a young girl on the beach. When the police arrive the body has inexplicably disappeared. Or - in his already tormented state - did Craine imagine it in the first place? 
 
Determined to get at the truth, Craine starts asking questions. But it seems no one on the island is talking. And all too soon he finds himself tangled up in a deadly network of fear and violence. 
 
Someone has a dark secret to keep, and Craine is getting in the way...

Naked

Kevin Brooks just gets better and better, and given that he started off brilliant, that leaves one scratching around for superlatives

[Kevin Brooks'] pacey plots, masterly style and philosophical ideas in novels such as Martyn Pig, Killing God and Black Rabbit Summer have made him a cult among teens. This, though, is the big one. Its power as literature draws on a reality that few adult novelists have the stomach to address. It should be read by everyone.

Kevin Brooks was born in Exeter and studied in Birmingham and London. He had a varied working life, with jobs in a crematorium, a zoo, a garage and a post office, before - happily - giving it all up to write books. Kevin is the author of Being, Black Rabbit Summer, Killing God and iBoy for Puffin. He now lives in North Yorkshire.

London, 1976: a summer of chaos, punk, love . . . and the boy they called Billy the Kid. 
 
It was the summer of so many things. Heat and violence, love and hate, heaven and hell. It was the time I met William Bonney - the boy from Belfast known as Billy the Kid. 
 
I've kept William's secrets for a long time, but now things have changed and I have to tell the truth. But I can't begin until I've told you about Curtis Ray. Hip, cool, rebellious Curtis Ray. Without Curtis, there wouldn't be a story to tell. 
 
It's the story of our band, of life and death . . . and everything in between. 
 
This characteristically gripping novel from award-winning author Kevin Brooks will rock you to the core.

A Dance of Ghosts

An utterly convincing and utterly compelling crime debut from a major new talent. 
 
'A Dance of Ghosts is unputdownable. Riveting.' Mo Hayder

A superb plot, fantastic characters and brilliant writing.

Kevin Brooks has written nine children's novels and has won several awards including the Canongate Prize for New Writing, Branford Boase Award, Kingston Youth Book Award, North East Book Award, Deutschen Jugendliteraturpreis Jury Prize, Buxtehude Bulle, Golden Bookworm. A Dance of Ghosts is his first adult novel. He lives in North Yorkshire with his wife, Susan.

PI John Craine is struggling to cope with the weight of his past. Sixteen years ago his wife, Stacy, was brutally murdered. Craine found her body in their bed. And since then, to escape the pain and the unanswered questions, he has buried himself in work by day, and whisky by night. 
 
But one phone call changes everything. The mother of missing young woman Anna Gerrish calls on his services, and Craine soon finds himself at the centre of a sinister web of corruption and lies that leads back into the murky waters of the past - and to the night that Craine has spent over a decade trying to forget. As he delves deeper and deeper into the case everything gets increasingly, terrifyingly, personal. And it's down to Craine to stop history from repeating itself ...

iBoy

An electrifying novel from the Carnegie medal-winning Kevin Brooks. Now a Netflix movie starring Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones). 
 
Before the attack, sixteen-year-old Tom Harvey was just an ordinary boy. 
 
But now fragments of a shattered iPhone are embedded in his brain and it's having an extraordinary effect... 
 
Because now Tom has powers. The ability to know and see more than he could ever imagine. And with incredible power comes knowledge - and a choice. Seek revenge on the violent gangs that rule his estate and assaulted his friend Lucy, or keep quiet? 
 
Tom has control when everything else is out of control. But it's a dangerous price to pay. And the consequences are terrifying. . . 
 
'A compulsive, atmospheric mystery' Sunday Times 
 
'A masterly writer, and this book would put many authors of 'grown up' detective fiction to shame' Mail on Sunday 
 
Kevin Brooks is the award-winning author of nine gripping teenage novels, usually with a thrilling detective twist. His novels, Being, Black Rabbit Summer, Killing God (published as Dawn in the USA) and Naked are also available from Penguin. Kevin's brand new novel, The Bunker Diary, will be published in 2013. If you enjoyed iBoy and want to get inside more of your favourite books, then check out spinebreakers.co.uk for exclusive author interviews, competitions, and much more.

[Kevin Brooks'] pacey plots, masterly style and philosophical ideas in novels such as Martyn Pig, Killing God and Black Rabbit Summer have made him a cult among teens. This, though, is the big one. Its power as literature draws on a reality that few adult novelists have the stomach to address. It should be read by everyone.

Children's Book of the Month: Gripping, streetwise and profound.

iBoy is a hugely readable revenge fantasy....confoundedly gripping.

Kevin Brooks was born in Exeter and studied in Birmingham and London. He had a varied working life, with jobs in a crematorium, a zoo, a garage and a post office, before - happily - giving it all up to write books. Kevin is the author of Being, Black Rabbit Summer, Killing God and iBoy for Puffin. He now lives in North Yorkshire.

Before the attack, sixteen-year-old Tom Harvey was just an ordinary boy. 
 
But now fragments of a shattered iPhone are embedded in his brain and it's having an extraordinary effect . . . 
 
Because now Tom has powers. The ability to know and see more than he could ever imagine. And with incredible power comes knowledge - and a choice. Seek revenge on the violent gangs that rule his estate and assaulted his friend Lucy, or keep quiet? 
 
Tom has control when everything else is out of control. But it's a dangerous price to pay. And the consequences are terrifying . . .

Killing God

Kevin Brooks was born in Exeter and studied in Birmingham and London. He had a varied working life, with jobs in a crematorium, a zoo, a garage and a post office, before - happily - giving it all up to write books. Kevin is the author of Being, Black Rabbit Summer and Killing God for Puffin. He now lives in North Yorkshire.

Dawn Bundy is fifteen. She doesn't fit in and she couldn't care less. 
 
Dawn has other things on her mind. Her dad disappeared two years ago and it's all God's fault. 
 
When Dawn's dad found God, it was the worst time ever. He thought he'd found the answer to everything. 
 
But that wasn't the end of it . . .

Kevin Brooks

Earlier books by Brooks such as A Dance of Ghosts and Until the Darkness Comes have demonstrated his casual skill, which is once again employed at full stretch here.

PI John Craine - still struggling to cope with the weight of his past - is forced to finally confront it in his most personal and frightening case yet. 
 
PI John Craine is hired to investigate the brutal murder of a Somali youth called Jamaal Tan. The police are treating the murder as just another gang-related crime, but Tan’s aunt believes there’s more to it than that, and she claims the police are trying to cover up her nephew’s death. 
 
While investigating the case, Craine learns of the sudden death of his friend and mentor Leon Mercer. At first it appears to be a tragic accident, but Craine soon finds himself entangled in two deeply suspicious investigations. And before long he comes face to face with a man he hoped never to see again.

Kevin Brooks

Praise for Wrapped in White

Earlier books by Brooks such as A Dance of Ghosts and Until the Darkness Comes have demonstrated his casual skill, which is once again employed at full stretch here.

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