Chris Priestley

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  • Bibliography:
    28 Books
  • First Book:
    October 2002
  • Latest Book:
    September 2021
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Book List in Order: 28 titles

  • The Monster from Underground

  • Death and the Arrow

    A gripping historical mystery, full of 18th century atmosphere.Fifteen-year-old Tom lives in the murky city of London where he helps his father run a print shop. Among the customers is wise old Dr. Harker, a retired physician and seafarer, whose pati...

  • The White Rider

    Another gripping historical murder mystery â€" the thrilling sequel to Death and the Arrow.

    London, 1716: The streets are full of spies and buzzing with intrigue. Jacobite rebels are being rounded up and hanged at Tower Hill, and on the outski...

  • Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror

    This spine-tingling novel has more than enough fear factor for the most ardent fan of scary stories. Uncle Montague lives alone in a big house, but regular visits from his nephew, Edgar, give him the opportunity to recount some of the frightening sto...

  • Redwulf's Curse

    This exciting murder mystery, set in the eighteenth-century, delves into the Anglo-Saxon past. Tom and Dr Harker s latest adventure takes them outside London to visit a friend, Mr Gibbs, in Norfolk who has recently unearthed fabulous Anglo-Saxon trea...

  • War Stories for Boys

    The Battle of Britain - when the RAF fought the Luftwaffe for control of the skies above the English Channel. The decisive battle at Alamein, where the British 'Eighth Army' destroyed the German forces in Egypt. D-Day - the Allied invasion of France,...

  • New World

    New World is a wonderfully atmospheric and exciting historical adventure about an Elizabethan voyage of discovery to the New World. The story revolves around a fourteen-year-old orphan, Kit, who, attempting to escape his life of petty crime on the st...

  • Tales of Terror from the Black Ship

    A follow up to Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror, this is another creepy middle grade story collection with a chilling frame. This time, the stories are all tales of the sea: pirates and plagues and storms a plenty......

  • Tales of Terror from the Tunnel's Mouth

    A boy is put on a train by his stepmother to make his first journey on his own. But soon that journey turns out to be more of a challenge than anyone could have imagined as the train stalls at the mouth of a tunnel and a mysterious woman in white hel...



  • The Dead of Winter

    After Michael's parents die, he is invited to stay with his guardian in a desolate country house. He begins to suspect something is not quite right on the day he arrives when he spots a mysterious woman out in the frozen mists. But little can prepare...

  • Mister Creecher

    Billy is a street urchin, a pickpocket, and a petty thief. Mister Creecher is a giant of a man whose appearance terrifies everyone he meets. Their relationship begins as a matter of convenience. But before long, a bond develops between these two misf...

  • Battle of Britain

    OCTOBER 1940. I was out, free of my aircraft, tumbling wildly in the air. I pulled the ripcord. I was jerked back by the parachute as air punched into it and I swung there like a puppet, winded and gasping for breath. I looked down at my leg. It felt...

  • Billy Wizard

    The first day at a new school is often tricky, and if the only person who befriends you claims to be a wizard you simply have to make the best of it! Joe is pretty certain that Billy has, as the teacher says, just got an over-active imagination but w...

  • Christmas Tales of Terror

    From malevolent snowmen to Father Christmas - with a difference... Chris Priestley is on absolute top form in these atmospheric, clever and thoroughly chilling stories. Add a new kind of thrill to the fluffiest of seasons with seven brilliantly c...

  • Through Dead Eyes

    Alex joins his father on a business trip to Amsterdam. During the day he hangs out with the daughter of a family friend. They visit the usual sights but also coffee shops and flea markets off the beaten track. At one of these markets Alex spots an an...

  • The Dead Men Stood Together

    In a harbour town long ago, a boy is entranced by his uncle's stories of adventure in lands far away. Ignoring the crazy talk of the harbour pilot's son about the uncle being the Devil, the boy boards a ship with his uncle. But the uncle soon makes e...

  • The Last of the Spirits

    Sam and Lizzie are freezing and hungry on the streets of Victorian London. When Sam asks a wealthy man for some coins, he is rudely turned away. Months of struggle suddenly find their focus, and Sam resolves to kill the man. Huddling in a graveyard f...

  • Anything That Isn't This

    Seventeen-year-old Frank Palp lives in a grim little apartment, in a grim little building, in an exceedingly grim (and rather large) city. Cobbled streets and near-destroyed bridges lead one through Old Town and Old New Town, and war-damaged houses s...

  • War Stories



  • Flesh and Blood

    A World War Two-set chiller from the author of The Tales of Terror, perfect for fans of Darren Shan and Neil Gaiman.During the Blitz, Bill wishes he had a brother rather than his sister. After the raid, the family find and adopt a badly mutilated boy...

  • Superpowerless

    'Deeply moving' The Financial TimesDavid is sixteen. A pretty ordinary boy, in most ways - he just wants to hang out in his bedroom, reading his dad's old comics. Comics that are full of his heroes - those figures whose lives are charmed, special, un...

  • Curse of the Werewolf Boy

    Mildew and Sponge don’t think much of Maudlin Towers, the blackened, gloom-laden, gargoyle-infested monstrosity that is their school. But when somebody steals the School Spoon and the teachers threaten to cancel their holiday break until the culpri...

  • Still Water

    Another terrifying World War Two chiller from the author of The Tales of Terror, perfect for fans of Darren Shan and Neil Gaiman.Evacuated from London at the outbreak of war, Rosie is taken in by kind Mrs Taylor and her daughter Mary. But all is not ...

  • Treasure of the Golden Skull

    Return to the weird and wonderful world of Maudlin Towers for a second adventure -- brilliantly written and illustrated throughout by Chris Priestley in this striking and funny package. Mildew and Sponge don't think much of Maudlin Towers, the bla...

  • Attack of the Meteor Monsters

    Discover the weird and wonderful world of Maudlin Towers â€" brilliantly written and illustrated throughout by Chris Priestley in this striking and funny package.

    Mildew and Sponge don't think much of Maudlin Towers, the blackened, glo...

  • Seven Ghosts

    The award-winning author of Tales of Terror stirs up old ghosts in this spine-tingling, multi-narrative horror.Jake and the other finalists in a writing competition have been invited to a stately house for a tour like no other. As their guide leads t...

  • The Wickford Doom

    A haunting, historical adventure. When Harry and his mother inherit old Wickford Hall, they come up against an ancient evil. Can Harry defeat it? Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 8+When Harry and his mother in...

  • Freeze

    Award-winning master of scary stories Chris Priestley returns with a spine-tingling collection of ghostly tales to chill you to the bone …Award-winning master of scary stories Chris Priestley returns with a spine-tingling collection of ghostly tale...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Chris Priestley has published 28 books.

Chris Priestley does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Freeze, was published in September 2021.

The first book by Chris Priestley, The Monster from Underground, was published in October 2002.

No. Chris Priestley does not write books in series.
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