Hooky

Author: Míriam Bonastre Tur
Publisher: Etch/Clarion Books
ISBN: 0358468302
Category : JUVENILE FICTION
Languages : en
Pages : 389

Book Description
When Dani and Dorian missed the bus to magic school, they never thought they'd wind up declared traitors to their own kind! Now, thanks to a series of mishaps, they are being chased by powerful magic families seeking the prophesied King of Witches and royals searching for missing princes. But they aren't alone. With a local troublemaker, a princess, and a teacher who can see the future on their side, they might just be able to clear their names...but can they heal their torn kingdom?

Hooky the Cripple

Author: Mark Brandon Read
Publisher: Pluto Press Australia
ISBN: 9781864031652
Category : Australian fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 60

Book Description
Violent fairytale set in 16th century Italy. Hooky the cripple was constantly beaten as a child by Manuello the butcher. But when he fights back against his tormentor, he must face the consequences. Author is the notorious 'Chopper' Read who has written a series bestselling accounts of his experience in the criminal underworld, beginning with 'Chopper: From the Inside'. He is also the subject of the acclaimed movie 'Chopper'. The illustrator's work has been exhibited worldwide and won the Archibald Prize in 2000.

Unknown Pleasures

Author: Peter Hook
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1471129802
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 557

Book Description
'Genuinely funny: indeed, the story will… keep you entertained for a very long time' Sunday Times Joy Division changed the face of music. Godfathers of the current alternative scene, they reinvented rock in the post-punk era, creating a new sound - dark, hypnotic, intense - that would influence U2, Morrissey, R.E.M., Radiohead and many others. This is the story of Joy Division told by the band's legendary bassist, Peter Hook. 'Hook has restored a flesh-and-blood rawness to what was becoming a standard tale. Few pop music books manage that'Guardian 'An honest, enthusiastic account … It's a window like no other into the reality of life in this most aloof of bands' METRO 'An immense account of Joy Division's rise…Having read Hook's book, you'll feel like you were the fifth member of the band' GQ 'A bittersweet, profanity filled recollection… If you like Joy Division, you really have to read it' Q Magazine 'Hook lifts the lid on the real Ian Curtis' NME 'He's frank, incredibly funny, and isn't shy'Artrocker

Hooky Hooked

Author: Laurence Meynell
Publisher: Orion
ISBN: 1471901262
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 122

Book Description
Hooky Hefferman is commanded to spend his forty-first birthday with his aunt, the formidable Theresa Page-Foley. While there, the occasional private eye is directed to look into the affairs of the devastatingly beautiful Lois Girling, who appears to have walked off with a piece of his aunt's jewellery, given to her by a maharajah in the days of the Raj. Never averse to investigating a female, Hooky arranges to meet Lois, and quickly realises that she is embroiled in greater crimes than theft. Soon he unveils a web of fraud and deception that threatens the standing of a major public company ...

Hooky and the Villainous Chauffeur

Author: Laurence Meynell
Publisher: Orion
ISBN: 1471901114
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 204

Book Description
Hooky arrives in the Sussex village of Sweeting by accident, the consequence of winning a bizarre bet and being nearly killed by a speeding limousine. Herbert Aston arrives there on purpose and in disguise, seeking revenge for a wrong done years ago to his dead brother - a wrong that has led indirectly to the suicide of Herbert's young niece. The ruthless tycoon who had made himself squire of Sweeting village soon becomes the quarry they are both looking for. Others have been looking for him too, and someone's killed him. And now it's up to Hooky to solve the crime. 'Booze, gusto and humour again as the roguish adventurer Hooky Hefferman wins a bet and stumbles across murder' Yorkshire Post

Hooky and the Prancing Horse

Author: Laurence Meynell
Publisher: Orion
ISBN: 1471901122
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 215

Book Description
Diana Gael, aged twenty-two, is the youngest cub reporter on the Barling Gazette. She's met Hooky Hefferman previously at a cricket match, so when she comes to Sayle Place she is able to recommend him as a player in the village's annual cricket game. The squire of Sayle - Sir Colyn Collingford - is a miser and an unscrupulous womaniser. On the day of the great match Hooky's dual role is to make runs for the squire's team and guard the treasures of Sayle against burglars. Soon, though, Hooky has far more than would-be burglars on his hands ...

Hooky Gets the Wooden Spoon

Author: Laurence Meynell
Publisher: Orion
ISBN: 1471901076
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 174

Book Description
'Len, this old man has got lots of lovely cash and I thought you would like to get hold of some of it. And I think we might be able to do it,' Virginia Chanderley tells her lover, Len Carron. Virginia, the radical younger daughter of wealthy Sir Leo Chanderley, dreams up an elaborate plot to steal (and then return for ransom) one of the prize paintings in Julius Bern's collection. But while Virginia and Len are putting their perfect plot into action, Private Investigator Hooky Hefferman has other ideas ... 'You feel instantly at home from page 1 and it's a true world, too' The Times

Don't Stop for Hooky Hefferman

Author: Laurence Meynell
Publisher: Orion
ISBN: 1471901017
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 216

Book Description
A demented millionaire is convinced his awful son will be kidnapped for ransom, and Hooky Hefferman finds himself acting as companion and guard to the boy in a remote house on Exmoor. It looks like a cushy number, even if the youth is pretty intolerable. Hooky is drawn, as always, to the local inn, where he makes his usual acquaintances. But who are the real villains and what confusion will reign until they are finally unmasked? 'Don't Stop for Hooky Hefferman is in Mr Meynell's best vein, and that's as good a vein as they come' Eastern Daily Press

Hooky and the Crock of Gold

Author: Laurence Meynell
Publisher: Orion
ISBN: 1471901033
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 199

Book Description
When Bunny, disguised as Major Beresford, fails to con a lady out of £500, his partner and bedmate becomes extremely discontented. Dolly was after a bigger game, and she sets out to enliven their partnership with a far more ambitious plan. She is going to use her feminine wiles to persuade a young peer to cough up £20,000 of investment in a non-existent company. For the extortion to happen Bunny and Dolly have to separate. But the separation has unforeseen consequences, and soon it's apparent that the master plan is doomed to go hopelessly awry. 'His best yet' The Times 'Well written, thoroughly enjoyable' Sunday Telegraph

Hooky Goes to Blazes

Author: Laurence Meynell
Publisher: Orion
ISBN: 1471901157
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 199

Book Description
The man in the dock up on an arson charge considers that Sebastian Wrighton, who owned the building, is responsible for his daughter committing suicide. What he's done, he says, is an act of justice. Sebastian next turns up as an antiques dealer in the Cotswold village of Bardbury. Once again he has a young woman in tow and therefore (some think) in danger. Spurred on by his terrifying aunt, Hooky Hefferman finds himself in Bardbury too, and soon he is investigating another case of arson ...