Product Description

When a small-time crook suddenly has big money on his hands, it’s only natural that the police want to know where it came from.

James’ latest CHERUB mission looks routine: make friends with the bad guy’s children, infiltrate his home and dig up some leads for the cops to investigate.

But the plot James begins to unravel isn’t what anyone expected. And it seems like the only person who might know the truth is a reclusive eighteen-year-old boy.

There’s just one problem. The boy fell from a rooftop and died more than a year earlier.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1369 in Books
• Published on: 2005-10-13
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

Review
'An excellent start to a promising series. It is every boy's wish to be a spy, and this book will enthrall every single one of them.' (The Bookseller )

Praise for books in the CHERUB series: 'Punchy, exciting, glamorous and, what's more, you'll completely wish it was true.' (The Sunday Express )

'An exciting, swiftly moving tale' (School Librarian )

'A fast-paced action thriller, which should turn into a fantastic series - if James manages to live that long.' (Young Post )

Synopsis
When a small-time crook suddenly has big money on his hands, it's only natural that the police want to know where it came from. James' latest Cherub mission looks routine: make friends with the bad guy's children, infiltrate his home and dig up some leads for the cops to investigate. But the plot James begins to unravel isn't what anyone expected. And it seems like the only person who might know the truth is a reclusive eighteen-year-old boy. There's just one problem. The boy fell from a rooftop and died more than a year earlier.

About the Author
Robert Muchamore was born in Islington in 1972. He still lives there, and works as a private investigator. He was inspired to create the CHERUB series by his nephews' complaints about the lack of anything for them to read! CHERUB: The Recruit was Robert's first book and recently won the Red House Children's Book Award 2005 in the Older Readers Category.

Customer Reviews

There's a problem with these books
...which is that even though the Cherub agents have been through tough training and the book is always saying how important they are and how dangerous their life is, they never actually DO any of the hard stuff in the missions. All the Cherub agents can do is break into a house a photocopy stuff, then make it look like the break-in was 'only kids messing around'. Then they get out of the way and let the adults and the police finish off the mission. It might be realistic but it's lame.

The story-line in this one is OK though, but there isn't enough mystery about who killed the boy that dies at the beginning in a flashback. It seems kind of obvious all the way through. There is nothing new about the plot.

I recommend the Cherub series over-all as quite good, but don't expect it to be as amazing as the Alex Rider series. If you haven't read that then you should. Then you should read Jimmy Coates: Killer and Jimmy Coates: Target by Joe Craig.

The Jimmy Coates series is a lot more gripping and different and that is the one that should become the next Alex Rider. Cherub is just OK.

quite good
this is a book that is supposed to be aimed at teenagers but at times some of the writing feels like it should be given to 10year olds, although muchamore does write books thta are unputdownable and so i still continue to read them,they do have good storylines and are great fun to read although james at times is somebody that if i meet them i feel that i would dislike (he is spoilt and a bully) so all in all they are great books to read but not at all challenging

best book ever
This was a great book, I couldn't put it down. Good read for any teenager. Can't wait for the next book to come out