Books by Tim Collins

If you're fed up with technology and sick to death of Zoom calls, this is the laugh-out-loud book for you.

The Long-Lost Secret Diary of the World's Worst Engineers is an hilarious fictional diary putting us in the shoes of two young Algerian apprentice engineers in 19th century Paris as they help Gustave Eiffel to build the Statue of Liberty and Eiffel Tower.

The Long-Lost Secret Diary of the World's Worst Viking is an hilarious fictional diary putting us in the shoes of a young Viking in 1000 AD as he embarks on a series of disastrous adventures.

The second book in Buster's brand-new Sherlock Bones fiction series has an interactive branching structure, allowing the reader to choose the direction of the story and help Bones and Catson solve the crime.

This series of hilarious fictional diaries put us inside the heads of hapless figures from history in frazzling situations. Suki is a 14-year-old girl in 16th century Japan who wants to become a samurai warrior like her father and brother. Despite her disastrous training, when a party of bandits threaten her village whilst the men are away at war, Suki has to defeat them. Will she prove herself a legendary samurai, or will it all end in disaster?'Get Real' fact boxes feature throughout, providing historical context and further information, as well as a timeline, historical biographies and a glossary in the endmatter.

In the near future, Nikko and his sister Mei are leaving Earth for a new life on a distant colony. But their journey is interrupted when a distress signal from another ship is picked up. But why are Nikko and Mei asked to help investigate? And what will they find on the troubled ship?

Connor wakes up to find that everyone has disappeared. He wanders around town, but can't find a trace of anyone. He seems to be completely alone. But then he discovers a sign that there might be another survivor after all. Someone who can help him work out what has happened.

Liam doesn't like the scary pictures on the hotel walls. But are they warning him about something nasty that is about to happen?

Tyrone and Noah think the hotel lift looks unsafe. But they have no idea how dangerous it will really be.

When Kelly looks in the mirror in her bedroom, she sees a mad woman with an axe. Kelly thinks her mind is playing tricks on her, but is she right?

Arjun is terrified when he sees an evil face staring down at him from the ceiling. But it's just the start of his nightmare in the Horror Hotel.

Nadia can't sleep because of a loud scratching noise. When she finds out what's making it, she may never sleep again.

Jayden is having a horrible nightmare about a very tall, thin man with long, sharp nails. But it's only a dream. Or so he thinks...

There's something weird about the waxwork museum Maya visits with her class. The dummies have creepy, twisted faces, and the old man who runs it is very strange. Maya tries to find out more and makes a horrific discovery that leads her back to the museum after dark. She's soon going to wish she'd never stepped into the House of Wax.