by Kevin Brooks
I've read a couple of Kevin Brooks's young adult books and this is completely different from, say, The Bunker Diary (very teen). The Ultimate Truth is the start of a new series of fiction for younger readers (11-12yrs). It's for fans of Alex Rider and Itch. This first book follows the hero of the series, Travis Delaney, as he recovers from the death of his parents in a car accident. His parents used to run a detective agency, and Travis starts to investigate the missing person case his parents were looking into before their death. He finds himself in more trouble than he cared for as he faces the MI5, CIA, and another mysterious group calling themselves Omega. He starts to realise that maybe the car accident wasn't just 'an accident' after all.