At 2:37, someone commits suicide in the school lavatory. The day is told up to that point from the viewpoint of six different students.

After another teenager disappears from the idyllic suburb of Sunshine Hills, Suzy, the girl-next-door of every boy's dreams, persuades Daniel, a fourteen-year-old with an obsessive crush, to help her uncover the truth.

The Book Keeper will murder to protect his books, but his tiny world is turned around when he catches Granny chewing on TS Eliot.

When a group of tourists stumble into the remote Australian river territory of an enormous crocodile, the deadly creature traps them on a tiny mud island with the tide quickly rising and darkness descending. As the hungry predator closes in, they must fight for survival against all odds.