Free The Greek Who Stole Christmas by Anthony Horowitz

private detective, to find out!

ANTHONY HOROWITZ is one of the most popular contemporary children’s writers. Both The Power of Five and Alex Rider are number one bestselling series enjoyed by millions of readers worldwide.
    When Anthony launched the Alex Rider series he created a phenomenon in children’s books, spurring a new trend of junior spy books and inspiring thousands of previously reluctant readers. Hailed as a reading hero, Anthony has also won many major awards, including the Bookseller Association/Nielson Author of the Year Award, the Children’s Book of the Year Award at the British Book Awards, and the Red House Children’s Book Award. The first Alex Rider adventure,
Stormbreaker
was made into a blockbuster movie in 2006.
    Anthony’s other titles for Walker Books include the Diamond Brothers mysteries;
Groosham Grange and its sequel, Return to Groosham Grange; The Devil and his Boy; Granny; The Switch;’
and a collection of horror stories,
More Bloody Horowitz
. Anthony also writes extensively for TV, with programmes including
Foyle’s war, Midsomer Murders, Collision and, most recently, Injustice.
His other books include
The House of Silk
— a brand new Sherlock Holmes adventure, written with the endorsement of the Conan Doyle estate.
    Although abandoned by both his sons, Anthony Horowitz continues to live in Clerkenwell with his wife, Jill Green and the ghost of his dog, Lucky. You can find out more about Anthony and his books at:
    www.anthonyhorowitz.com
    www.alexrider.com
    www.powerof5.co.uk

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or, if real, are used fictitiously.
    First published 2007 by Walker Books Ltd
87 Vauxhall Walk, London SE11 5HJ
    Text © 2007 Stormbreaker Productions Ltd
Cover illustration © 2007 Martin Chatterton
    All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, transmitted or stored in an information retrieval system in any form or by any means, graphic, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, taping and recording, without prior written permission from the publisher.
    British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data:
a catalogue record for this book is
available from the British Library
    ISBN 978-1-4063-0485-5
    www.walkerbooks.co.uk