Recent ebooks
The Light and the Dark (by Mikhail Shishkin).
Picture two people, young and in love. Picture them being separated from one another. Picture them keeping their love alive through letters. So far, so simple. Now imagine they’ve not just been separated geographically, but also historically. Imagine that their love and letters now defy time and place, life and death. By now you realize [...]
The Cuckoo’s Calling (by Robert Galbraith).
When a troubled model falls to her death from a snow-covered Mayfair balcony, it is assumed that she has committed suicide. However, her brother has his doubts, and calls in private investigator Cormoran Strike to look into the case. A war veteran, wounded both physically and psychologically, Strike’s life is in disarray. The case gives [...]
The Deliverance of Evil (by Roberto Costantini).
On 11 July 1982, Elisa Sordi was beautiful. Commissario Michele Balistreri was fearless. Italy was victorious. A killer was waiting… On 9 July 2006, with Sordi’s case twenty-four years cold, and Balistreri haunted by guilt and regret, Italian victory returned. And so did Sordi’s killer… But this time Michele Balistreri would be ready. This time [...]
The Twelfth Department (by William Ryan).
Captain Alexei Dimitrevich Korolev returns . . . Moscow, 1937. Captain Korolev, a police investigator, is enjoying a long-overdue visit from his young son Yuri when an eminent scientist is shot dead within sight of the Kremlin and Korolev is ordered to find the killer. It soon emerges that the victim, a man who it [...]
Rome: The Art of War (by M. C. Scott).
Rome: AD69, The Year of the Four Emperors.Three Emperors have ruled in Rome this year and a fourth, Vespasian, has been named in the East. As the legions march toward civil war, Sebastos Pantera, the spy whose name means leopard, returns to Rome intent on bribery, blackmail and persuasion: whatever it takes to bring the [...]
The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Neil Gaiman).
It began for our narrator forty years ago when the family lodger stole their car and committed suicide in it, stirring up ancient powers best left undisturbed. Dark creatures from beyond this world are on the loose, and it will take everything our narrator has just to stay alive: there is primal horror here, and [...]
Free ebook charts – science fiction (April 2013: week 4) (UK).
This is our chart of the most downloaded free science fiction ebooks. Please note, these ebooks were free to download on the day the charts were compiled, they may not be when you visit. Kindle books in particular are only allowed short periods being downloaded free (so check their status before you buy to avoid [...]
Free ebook charts – crime and thrillers (April 2013: week 4) (UK).
This is our chart of the most downloaded free crime and thriller ebooks. Please note, these ebooks were free to download on the day the charts were compiled, they may not be when you visit. Kindle books in particular are only allowed short periods being downloaded free (so check their status before you buy to [...]
Necessary Evil (Milkweed Triptych, book 3) (by Ian Tregillis).
Superhumans and dark magic collide in secret supernatural history of Twentieth Century events – the final book in this landmark series. The history of the Twentieth Century has been shaped by a secret conflict between technology and magic. When a twisted Nazi scientist devised a way to imbue ordinary humans with supernatural abilities – to [...]
The Exiled Blade (By Jon Courtenay Grimwood).
The concluding volume in this gripping fantasy series about ambition, revenge and the rise of a vampire assassin – from a critically acclaimed British author Venice stands victorious. It has beaten back the German emperor’s army and the Byzantine navy. The Duchess Alexa’s party at court is strong again. Her niece, Lady Giulietta, will be [...]
