Alex Woolf

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  • Bibliography:
    48 Books
  • First Book:
    July 2003
  • Latest Book:
    March 2023
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Book List in Order: 48 titles

  • Assassination in Sarajevo

    On June 28, 1914, an assassin's bullet set off a chain of events that would lead to the most terrible war the world had ever seen. This was the day Archduke Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, made a state visit to Sarajevo, the capital...

  • The Steel Kiss

    Each of these nine stories explores a symptom of that pathology we call love. We meet a volatile woman whose husband betrays her once too often; a man who takes advantage of an amnesiac girl; a woman prepared to break a man's spirit in order to win h...

  • The Finder

    Introducing Waldo Mars â€" former model, failed inventor, and the best finder east of Alpha Centauri, or at least Uxbridge. Waldo is impeded, rebuked and generally resented at every turn by his put-upon assistant, Rose Duvalle. And if he isn't fighti...

  • The Typewriter

    A collection of time-twisting, brain-warping tales to tease, inspire and amuse. Characters are wrenched out of their everyday lives and thrown into new and bizarre situations, forcing them â€" and us â€" to confront mind-bending questions about the n...

  • The Line Between Love and Death

    A brief liaison with a beautiful nurse has tragic repercussions that cause Jack Sipher to reassess his aimless drift through life and his role in the death of his father. A timely phone call from an old family friend seeking a favour gives him the op...

  • Whispers From Behind The Cellar Door

    Tales to send chills down your spine, raise goosebumps and stand your hair on end. Tales to terrify and disturb, to intrigue and unsettle. Fans of horror and the supernatural will relish this collection of original stories, featuring among much elseâ...

  • Soul Shadows

    Estelle thinks that a stay in a remote cottage will give her the peace and quiet that she needs, but the nearby wood holds a terrible secret. Can she and her friend Sandor discover what's going on in the mysterious military lab, before it's too late?...

  • A World After an Asteroid Strike

    Can you imagine what our lives would be like after a devastating asteroid strike? What effect would the resulting tsunami, storms, and dust cloud have? What would happen to the climate, wildlife, and our food supplies? This book traces the possible c...

  • Every Other Day But This

    Elsa goes out one afternoon to post a letter. She knows she mustn’t be long. After all, her parents-in-law will shortly be arriving. But before she can return home, things start to spin out of control. It all begins when she decides to help an old ...



  • Time Out of Time

    What if you could stop time, forget work and worries, and begin again, right where you left off? In the late twenty-second century, you can -- thanks to the Chronosphere. For Raffi Delgado, this “gap year” seems like the perfect holiday, with a l...

  • Aldo Moon and the Ghost at Gravewood Hall

    Meet Aldo Moon, a boy from Victorian London. Abandoned at birth, raised at the Foundlings Hospital, then adopted by the wealthy Carter family, Aldo possesses psychic powers. Flamboyant, eccentric, and a touch wild, he uses his abilities to pick up â€...

  • Ship of the Dead

    Dark Reads have short chapters and very low word counts of roughly 600 each. These short, gripping stories are punctuated on every other page with bold, two-tone illustrations, which have a graphic novel feel to grab the interest of teenagers. Dark R...

  • Malfunction

    The excitement ramps up in this thrilling second book in the Chronosphere trilogy. After his escape back to "topside," Raffi Delgado thinks he's finally safe. But a complete breakdown of society and the eruption of a fierce turf war pit Raffi and his...

  • Ex Tempora

    A lot can happen in six months -- but a world can change in no time at all. In the thrilling finale of Alex Woolf's time-bending sci-fi trilogy, Raffi and his friends find themselves pulled back into the Chronosphere. Their mission: to save a time-re...

  • The Disappearance of Danny Doyle

    Elderly Michael's brother disappeared many years ago, during World War II, and it's up to time-traveling detectives Joe and Maya to find out just what ...

  • Mind Swap

  • The Curse of Castle Cranston

  • Dread Eagle

    Welcome to a past that never was. Enter the world of Iron Sky, a new steampunk series that transports readers back to the year 1845, when war raged between France and Britain and Napoleon fought for the ultimate power. Only this alternative nineteent...

  • The Golden Amulet

    Gisela, the daughter of an Anglo-Saxon chieftain, is a brave and skillful archer. When her village is attacked by a band of fierce Vikings and her parents are kidnapped, Gisela has a decision to make. Can she trust her uncle, Oswald, who is now in ch...



  • The Tale of Tutankhamun's Treasure

    Joe and Maya are on holiday in Egypt when an ancient scroll is found. It tells of a plot to kill Tutankhamun. The Time Detectives decide to make their most daring time leap yet, back to 1327 BCE! Who are the plotters, and will they succeed? Or will J...

  • Assassin's Code

    “There are dangers here . . . Plots are being hatched. People aren’t all they seem.”
     Journey back in time to Elizabethan London where schemers lurk and deadly traps await -- and meet some real-life characters, including Willia...

  • Call of the Phoenix

    An airborne invasion. A friend turned traitor. An empire in danger. Welcome to the second book in the thrilling steampunk series, Iron Sky!
    Step into an alternative nineteenth-century England filled with giant airships, steam-powered aut...

  • The Dark Forest

    The second book in Alex Woolf’s pulse-pounding historical trilogy, set in the time of Shakespeare and complete with coded clues for kids to solve!
     
    The year is 1603 and, nearly two years after his mysterious disappearance, Alic...

  • Aesop's Fables

    Beautifully illustrated throughout, this collection vividly brings Aesop's famous fables to life. Here charmingly retold by children's author Alex Woolf, these stories - from 'The Hare and the Tortoise' to 'The Boy who Cried Wolf' - are perfect for p...

  • The Powder Treason

    The final book in the trilogy of exciting historical thrillers, The Shakespeare Plot!
     
    The year is 1605. Alice and Richard Fletcher, and their friend Tom Cavendish, are spies for the British government. After Tom discovers a sec...

  • Agents of N.R.G.

    Ada, Isaac, and their robot pal Buzz, agents of N.R.G. (National Rescue Group), are on a critical mission. They must stop the nefarious billionaire Alec Trick from cutting off the electricity supply to Zap City. In order to foil his plans, they need ...

  • The Body Odyssey

    Anna Tomical must find and disable the microscopic Sickbot that’s been injected in her great uncle’s body by his evil rival. To save him, Anna and her friend Hugh use the incredible shrinking Microship to enter her uncle’s body. Onc...

  • Escape from Atomic Island

    Three young volunteers at the Metro City Science Museum discover they’ve actually volunteered for a great adventure after the museum’s most prized exhibit is stolen by the evil Dr. Smasher. To recover it, they must use their knowledge of ...

  • Space Quest

    After spotting a radio signal from space, twins Anthony and Astrid team up with their astronomer grandfather to search for extraterrestrial life. On the way, they learn about space concepts, such as effective rocket design, the effects of gravity on ...



  • Mr. Jones

  • The Blue Carbuncle

    Join world-famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his ever-loyal sidekick Dr. Watson as they embark on a daring adventure. When the Countess of Morcar's priceless blue jewel is stolen, a former thief is charged with the crime, but is he really guilty? ...

  • The Dancing Men

    Join world-famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his ever-loyal sidekick Dr. Watson as they embark on a daring adventure. Hilton Cubitt is worried. Drawings of "dancing men" keep appearing around his house and they're frightening his wife, who seems t...

  • The Empty House

    Join world-famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his ever-loyal sidekick Dr. Watson as they embark on a daring adventure. The whole of London is shocked and baffled by the murder of Ronald Adair. It seems like an impossible crime! Can our sensational ...

  • The Final Problem

    Join world-famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his ever-loyal sidekick Dr. Watson as they embark on a daring adventure. Has our crime-fighting hero finally met his match? The evil Professor Moriarty seems able to guess his every move. As Holmes clos...

  • The Hound of the Baskervilles

    Join world-famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his ever-loyal sidekick Dr. Watson as they embark on a daring adventure. The Baskerville family of Dartmoor live under an appalling curse. They are haunted by a monstrous hound that has sent many of the...

  • The Musgrave Ritual

    Join world-famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his ever-loyal sidekick Dr. Watson as they embark on a daring adventure. Reginald Musgrave is baffled by the disappearance of his butler and maid. Where did they go and does it have anything to do with ...

  • The Naval Treaty

    Join world-famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his ever-loyal sidekick Dr. Watson as they embark on a daring adventure. An unknown thief steals an important naval treaty from the office of a government clerk. Who stole it and how did they do it? Wil...

  • The Red Headed League

    Join world-famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his ever-loyal sidekick Dr. Watson as they embark on a daring adventure. What is the mysterious Red-Headed League and why is it giving jobs to people with red hair? Sherlock Holmes senses a major crime ...

  • The Reigate Squires

    Join world-famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his ever-loyal sidekick Dr. Watson as they embark on a daring adventure. A coach driver has been murdered ... and it looks like the killer is going to get away with their terrible crime. The only clue i...



  • A Scandal in Bohemia

    Join world-famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his ever-loyal sidekick Dr. Watson as they embark on a daring adventure. The King of Bohemia wishes to marry ... but before he can do so, he needs Sherlock's help! Can the sleuth retrieve an embarrassin...

  • The Sign of Four

    Join world-famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his ever-loyal sidekick Dr. Watson as they embark on a daring adventure. Captain Arthur Morstan has vanished. Where is he, and does his disappearance have anything to do with the six pearls sent to his ...

  • Silver Blaze

    Join world-famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his ever-loyal sidekick Dr. Watson as they embark on a daring adventure. The famous race horse Silver Blaze has disappeared, and the horse's trainer, John Straker, has been murdered. The great detective...

  • The Six Napoleons

    Join world-famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his ever-loyal sidekick Dr. Watson as they embark on a daring adventure. Someone keeps breaking into shops and houses and smashing statuettes of the French general and statesman, Napoleon. Why? The poli...

  • The Speckled Band

    Join world-famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his ever-loyal sidekick Dr. Watson as they embark on a daring adventure. Before Julia Stoner died, she heard a strange whistle. Now her sister Helen has started to hear the same sound. Can our celebrate...

  • A Study in Scarlet

    Join world-famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his ever-loyal sidekick Dr. Watson as they embark on a daring adventure. A wealthy man has been murdered in the strangest circumstances. A woman's wedding ring has been found with the body and the word ...

  • The Valley of Fear

    Join world-famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his ever-loyal sidekick Dr. Watson as they embark on a daring adventure. Sherlock is on the trail of a murderer. As he investigates the death of country gentleman John Douglas, he begins to piece togeth...

  • Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Cases: Retold for Children

    Join world-famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his ever-loyal sidekick Dr. Watson as they embark on a series of daring adventures. • Bear witness to the historic first meeting of Holmes and Watson in A Study in Scarlet. • Marvel at Sherlock's po...

  • Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Cases Retold for Children

    Join world-famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his ever-loyal sidekick Dr. Watson as they embark on a series of daring adventures.• Bear witness to the historic first meeting of Holmes and Watson in A Study in Scarlet. • Marvel at Sherlo...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Alex Woolf has published 48 books.

Alex Woolf does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Cases Retold for Children, was published in March 2023.

The first book by Alex Woolf, Assassination in Sarajevo, was published in July 2003.

No. Alex Woolf does not write books in series.
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