Special Agents series by Sam Hutton

Strong characters, believable dialogue, authentic locations and compelling plots delivering maximum excitement for the young adult market.

SPECIAL AGENTS is a thrilling new crime series that is contemporary, exciting and really delivers. Featuring three teenage whizz-kids working for the notorious flying squad: Police Investigation Command. Deep End is the first in the series.

1. DEEP END
Your life can change in a second. Maddie Cooper's did. She and her parents were gunned down in the street by an unknown assailant. Maddie's mother was killed and her Scotland Yard Inspector father was left in a wheelchair. Maddie was injured in the fall, her career as a dancer finished almost before it had begun. Searching for a new role in life, Maddie signs up as a trainee in her father's notorious flying squad: Police Investigation Command.

PIC has a roving brief to combat crime in London and Maddie, quick-witted, intelligent and intuitive, is well-equipped to cope with the demands of her new job. She teams up with Alex Cox, an ace undercover man who can slip in and out of accents as easily as he does disguises, and Danny Bell, an electronics whizzkid with a razor-sharp mind. These three talented teenagers have the ability, courage and technical know-how to fight crime, wherever it rears its ugly head on the streets of London. Their first assignment together sees the three solving a diamond heist and putting the gun-man who murdered Maddie's mother behind bars for the rest of his life.

2. FINAL SHOT

Second title in this cutting-edge crime series for teenage readers. Three teenage protagonists in the elite PIC unit of Special Branch, fight crime on the streets of London.

The tennis championships at Wimbledon and something horrible is about to happen to Will Anderson, the British Number One. During the course of a murder investigation, police find photos of Will in a derelict London flat, and in all of them, his eyes are missing. The police to realise with horror that Will is about to be the murderer’s next victim.

Luckily for Will, he is young, attractive and single and has just met Maddie at a party. Maddie is one of three teenage detectives in the Police Investigation Command unit of Special Branch, so who better to protect the British ace? With the help of colleagues Alex and Danny – the electronics whizz kid – Maddie battles desperately to save Will’s life.

Special Agents: They're good; they're bright and they're out to crack crime in London.

3. COUNTDOWN

The third title in this thrilling new crime series that puts young people at the heart of the action. Strong characters, believable dialogue, authentic locations and compelling plots delivering maximum excitement for the young adult market.

Danny, Maddie and Alex are trainee special agents with Police Investigation Command. When they're briefed on an 'ice-cream war' at first they think it's some kind of joke. But when they hear that thugs and enforcers are moving in on legitimate licence-holders of ice cream and hot dog vans and that traders are being beaten up and even murdered, they know that there's danger on the streets. Link this with visiting politicians and attending a performance at the Royal Albert Hall, plus the protection of a priceless jewel…it's no surprise that the three teenage agents have a major protection job on their hands.

4. KISS & KILL

The fourth title in this thrilling new crime series that puts young people at the heart of the action. Strong characters, believable dialogue, authentic locations and compelling plots delivering maximum excitement for the young adult market.

Mickey Stone, the head of Stonecor, London’s most powerful gangland organisation, is out of prison. His trial is less than two weeks away and he has just executed a daring escape from custody.

PIC is spearheading the operation to recapture him. He seems to be headed for an international symposium of gangland leaders, all anxious to claim a stake in the UK’s burgeoning gambling industry. But his son, Eddie, has other ideas. He is set to take over Stonecor, and is in no mood to let his father make a comeback.

The Stones are no strangers to Maddie Cooper, youngest of the PIC trainees. Mickey Stone was responsible for the shooting that left her mother dead, her father crippled and herself badly injured. She had later found herself kidnapped by Eddie Stone, a man she finds both terrifying and compelling .

When PIC’s investigations dramatically throw Maddie and Eddie together again, the consequences are electrifying. Has Maddie misjudged him? Can she trust him to help her smash the Stonecor crime ring once and for all? Or will her emotions put her life in jeopardy once again?

5. FULL THROTTLE

The fifth title in this thrilling crime series that puts young people at the heart of the action. Strong characters, believable dialogue, authentic locations and compelling plots delivering maximum excitement for both boy and girl readers.

Three agents. Two missions. One aim – to fight crime on the streets of London.

Maddie and Alex are sent undercover to investigate the recent prolific thefts of luxury cars in London. They have to forget their identities as PIC officers, and immerse themselves in the seedy underworld of car crime.

Meanwhile Danny is working on a top-secret mission – to expose Hydra, an international arms-smuggling operation. He works his iron will with informants and exercises steely patience in surveillance work.

The two cases crash together when Robert Fraser, an MOD agent, is assassinated at his home – the same night his magnificent Bentley is stolen. PIC believes Fraser was a mole, and that his real job was head of Hydra UK. But any evidence was in his briefcase, which was inside the stolen car.

Danny, Alex and Maddie must pull together as a team like never before and watch each other’s backs. It seems everyone wants this mission to fail – at any cost…

Hot cars, fast movers and high stakes make this the Special Agents’ most thrilling and dangerous adventure yet.

6. MELTDOWN

The sixth title in this thrilling adventure series about three teenagers tackling crime on the streets of London. A city-wide crime ring, a hidden and deadly enemy and a threat to every officer in the team: Danny, Alex and Maddie face their most challenging mission yet.

A hidden enemy with a secret and deadly aim…

While working on a drug-dealing case, Maddie Cooper is dismayed to be herself falsely accused of drug dealing and suspended from Police Investigation Command. Her team mates Danny and Alex are horrified and know how ridiculous the accusation is. They immediately get to work investigating who set Maddie up – and why…

Meanwhile, a vicious computer virus is unleashed at headquarters – all the previous and vital computer files are destroyed. The team are now compromised and primed for the next attack!

It seems someone is out to destroy PIC – and especially Maddie – at any cost. The Special Agents have got a serious fight on their hands.