EDITORIAL REVIEW: **In this tightly plotted yet mind- expanding debut novel, an unlikely detective, armed only with an umbrella and a singular handbook, must untangle a string of c...
Review'The acknowledged queen of detective fiction the world over' OBSERVER About the AuthorAgatha Christie is the world's best-known mystery writer. Her books have so...
In sumptuous and illuminating detail, Simon Winchester, the bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman ("Elegant and scrupulous"—New York Times Book Review) and Krakatoa
With an introduction by Robert J. SawyerThe Man Who Folded Himself is a classic science fiction novel by award-winning author David Gerrold. This work was nominated for both Hugo a...
EDITORIAL REVIEW: J.J. Smith is an official keeper of world records. Wherever he goes, would-be record holders vie for his attention. But J.J.'s boss says his records are dull. Eit...
Since Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's death, other mystery writers have produced innumerable new stories featuring Sherlock Holmes. Veteran editor Mike Ashley has compiled the biggest col...
The last sixty years have been full of stories of one or other possible Armageddon, whether by nuclear war, plague, cosmic catastrophe or, more recently, global warming, terrori...
PerfectBound e-book exclusive extras: Diana Wynne Jones's The Chronicles of Chrestomanci: Nine Notes; Author Interview.Tonino is the only person in the famous Montana household who...