Books for Adult readers

First class fiction for emergent reader adults, reading age 8

‘Barrington Stoke have bought their considerable expertise to the needs of adult emerging readers' Publishing News 

  • 11 million adults (18-65) have a reading age of 13 or below; 5 million of these have a reading age of 11 or below
  • First class authors - gritty, powerful stories
  • Stylish, modern jackets with a strong mainstream look
  • Manuscripts tested for suitability and language levels and edited by experts

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Dead Brigade

by Lovegrove, James

Dead Brigade

ADULT TITLE
Corporal Jonah Hammond commands the soldiers of the future: dead men, reanimated by nanobots.  His zombie squad are the perfect fighting force... until they start to think for themselves.  Nerve-shredding future horror by an award-winning sci-fi author.

Reading Age: 8   Interest Age: 18+ years

Our Price: £5.99

Heroes

by Perry, Anne

Heroes

ADULT TITLE
Hundreds of soldiers are dying every day in the trenches of World War 1.  But one death looks like murder...  By best selling author Anne Perry, one of the 20th century's 100 Masters of Crime.

Reading Age: 8   Interest Age: 18+ years

Our Price: £5.99

Kill Clock

by Guthrie, Allan

Kill Clock

ADULT TITLE
Pearce's ex needs to pay back twenty grand by midnight - or she's dead.  Unless Pearce can stop the kill clock... A fast and furious underworld thriller by a master of Scottish noir.

Reading Age: 8   Interest Age: 18+ years

Our Price: £5.99

No More Victims

by Cooper, Natasha

No More Victims

ADULT TITLE

When Candy hears of the murder of her son's classmate on the estate she is horrified.  Then the police arrive.  Is her son not telling her something?  Gripping crime story.

Reading Age: 8   Interest Age: 18+ years

Our Price: £5.99

One Mistake

by Hines, Joanna

One Mistake

ADULT TITLE

Ben's sister is in a mess and he's the only one she trusts... but soon he realises that she maky be involved in a murder. Scandal, death and blackmail make this a very taut thriller.

Reading Age: 8   Interest Age: 18+ years

Our Price: £5.99

Revenge

by Brown, Eric

Revenge

ADULT TITLE
When he drunkenly confronts a burglar, Premiership footballer Dan Radford is dragged into a nightmare of gangland violence, kidnap, brutality and blackmail.  A taut and addictive page-turner by an award-winning writer.

Reading Age: 8   Interest Age: 18+ years

Our Price: £5.99

Sawbones

by MacBride, Stuart

Sawbones

ADULT TITLE

A serial killer is on the loose but he's chosen the wrong victim - a mobster's daughter - and now her father wants revenge. A gritty and violent crime story.

Reading Age: 8   Interest Age: 18+ years

Our Price: £5.99

Stumps

by Morris, Mark

Stumps

ADULT TITLE

Bridget and Colin move to the country to start afresh. But Bridget notices some mysterious stumps in the garden of their new house. What are they? And more importantly, why do they have such a strange influence over Colin? A chilling horror story.

Reading Age: 8   Interest Age: 18+ years

Our Price: £5.99

The Chop

by Hurley, Graham

The Chop

ADULT TITLE

Bird flu has hit Britain. People are dying so fast that there's not enough time to bury them. When Norman's grandfather gets sick he unveils secrets that will change Norman's life forever. Startlingly original and darkly humorous.

Reading Age: 8   Interest Age: 18+ years

Our Price: £5.99

The Ghosts of 2012

by Hurley, Graham

The Ghosts of 2012

ADULT TITLE

Joe is on for gold in the 2012 Olympics. When the UK is taken over by a military coup, it's not his problem. Then people start to disappear... Gritty near-future thriller.

Reading Age: 8   Interest Age: 18+ years

Our Price: £5.99

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