Deadlock, the most recent heist thriller from Branford Boase-longlisted author Simon Fox, has won the Chapter Chasers Secondary Book Award, as voted by Y7 and Y8 students in Derby and Nottingham City.

Praised as “a gripping book with a plot that moves at breakneck speed” by Chris Bradford, bestselling author of Young Samurai and Bodyguard, you can grab your copy of Deadlock here or, better, via your local bookshop or Bookshop.org.

When everything is stolen from him, his only choice is to take it back.

In this heist thriller, Luke’s father is a policeman whose idea of quality time is to teach his son to crack safes… Perfect for pre-teens too young for Line of Duty.