Simon R Green
Author
Series
Secret histories volume 1
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
For ages, Eddie Drood and his family have kept humanity safe from the things that go bump in the night. But now one of his own has convinced the rest of the family that Eddie's become a menace, and that humanity needs to be protected from him. So he's on the run, using every trick in the book, magical and otherwise, hoping he lives long enough to prove his innocence...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
Eddie Drood's clan has been watching mankind's back for ages. And now he's in charge of the whole kit and caboodle. But it's not going to be an easy gig... During World War II, the Droods made a pact with some nasty buggers from another dimension known as the Loathly Ones, which they needed to fight the Nazis. But once the war was over, the Loathly Ones decided that they liked this world too much to leave. Now it's up to Eddie to make things very...
Author
Series
Nightside series volume 8
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 9
Description
John Taylor, a private detective with a special talent to locate anything or anyone, is hired to find a mysterious DVD purported to contain a recording of the afterlife by "The Unnatural Inquirer," a notorious gossip rag for the Nightside, a secret areain London.
Author
Series
Nightside series volume 10
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Private investigator John Taylor becomes the successor to Walker, a shady agent who runs the Nightside on behalf of The Authorities.
Author
Series
Nightside series volume 6
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
Nightside, the city within the city of London, is about to be destroyed by PI John Taylor's not-quite-human mother, unless he can find a way to stop her.
Author
Series
Nightside series volume 2
Pub. Date
©2003.
Description
John Taylor has a gift for finding things. Right now, he's searching for the Unholy Grail, the cup that Judas drank from at the Last supper.
Author
Series
Nightside series volume 3
Pub. Date
2004
Description
The name's John Taylor. I work the garish streets of the Nightside-the hidden heart of London where it's always three A.M., where inhuman creatures and otherworldly gods walk side by side in the endless darkness of the soul.
I have a talent for finding things. People... property... no problem. But now I'm after something different.
A local diva called the Nightingale has cut herself off from her family and friends, and I've been hired to find out...
Author
Series
Nightside series volume 1
Pub. Date
2003
Description
Detective Taylor uses his gift as a child of the Nightside to help people find lost things, but when Joanna Barrett asks for his help finding her runaway daughter, Taylor is forced to return to the nightmares of his past to bring the girl home.
10) Paths not taken
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Taylor makes a living finding things. Recently he found the most dangerous thing of all: the true identity of his long-gone mother. She created the Nightside, and now for her own warped reasons, she intends to destroy it. Taylor has to travel back in Time, through endless eons, to stop her before she gets started.
11) Hex and the city
Author
Series
Nightside series volume 4
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
In this fourth novel of Green's popular fantasy series, Lady Luck hires John Taylor to investigate the origins of the Nightside--the dark heart of London where it's always 3 a.m. But as he uncovers facts about his long-vanished mother, the Nightside--and all of existence--could be snuffed out.
Author
Series
Nightside series volume 12
Pub. Date
2012
Description
John Taylor is marrying Suzie Shooter, the Nightside's most fearsome bounty hunter. But before he can walk down the aisle he has one more case to solve as a private eye--a case that has him on the run, with his bride-to-be looking to collect the bounty on his head.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
"Although he hasn't seen Robert Bergin for 40 years, Ishmael feels duty bound to respond when his old friend calls for help. Robert's daughter Gillian is about to be married, and he is afraid she'll fall prey to the ancient family curse. Arriving in rural Yorkshire, Ishmael and his partner Penny learn that the vicar who was to perform the ceremony has been found dead in the church, hanging from his own bell rope. With no clues, no evidence and no...
Author
Series
Gideon Sable novels volume 4
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"The Preserve in Bath - the British Area 51 - is the secret government dumping ground for all things supernatural and out of space. It is one of the most heavily-guarded places in the world. However, it's not what protects it that makes it so dangerous but the things that are inside . . . Gideon Sable - master thief, con artist and self-proclaimed vigilante - faces a challenge he can't refuse. His client, the former Head of the British Rocketry Group,...
15) Buried memories
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
Returning to the small town where he crash-landed in 1963, Ishmael Jones is in search of answers. But his investigation is de-railed by a brutal murder. I think something very bad and very dangerous has come to your little town, Inspector... As long-buried memories from his hidden past begin to resurface, Ishmael Jones and his partner Penny feel compelled to return to the small country town where Ishmael crash-landed in 1963; the place where his memories...
Author
Series
Gideon Sable novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2022
Description
Master thief, rogue and chancer Gideon Sable is back for another fast-paced supernatural heist - and this time he has the vault of a Las Vegas casino in his sights
Judi Rifkin is one of the world's most successful collectors of the weird and unnatural. In a London underworld filled with criminals with very special talents, Judi is a force to be reckoned with.
And Gideon Sable - thief, rogue and chancer - owes her a very large favour.
Judi makes...
Author
Series
Ishmael Jones novels volume 8
Pub. Date
2019
Description
"When Ishmael Jones and his partner Penny are asked to escort a VIP on the late-night train to Bath, it would appear to be a routine case. The Organisation has acquired intelligence that an attempt is to be made on Sir Dennis Gregson's life as he travels to Bath to take up his new position as Head of the British Psychic Weapons Division. Ishmael's mission is to ensure that Sir Dennis arrives safely. How could anyone orchestrate a murder in a crowded...
Author
Series
Ishmael Jones novels volume 9
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
"Set high on top of Widows Hill, Harrow House has remained empty for years. Now, on behalf of an anonymous prospective buyer, Ishmael and Penny are spending a night there in order to investigate the rumours of strange lights, mysterious voices, unexplained disappearances, and establish whether the house is really haunted. What really happened at Harrow House all those years ago? Joined by a celebrity psychic, a professional ghost-hunter, a local historian...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
"Ishmael Jones and his partner Penny have been despatched to assist a group of scientists who are investigating a mysterious black hole which has appeared on a Somerset hillside. Could it really be a doorway to another dimension, an opening into another world? When one of the scientists disappears into the hole, with fatal consequences, Ishmael must prove whether it was an accident or murder. But with no clues, no witnesses and no apparent motive,...
Author
Series
Secret histories volume 3
Pub. Date
2010.
Description
Legendary agent Alexander King is on his deathbed, and Eddie Drood and five other agents battle against each other to solve mysteries and inherit his secrets, including the identity of the Drood family traitor.