Malevolent technology. Morality. Survival. Love.Dronikus, a novel by Australian author Marko Newman, tells the story of a man who stands up to the cynical destruction of our human and natural worlds.- - - - - - - -'Vividly imagined' — John Birmingham- - - - - - - -Set in a not too distant future, Dronikus is a fast-paced speculative Sci-Fi / Cli-Fi yarn, unfolding in a world that is so familiar, a world of love and hope, of pain and sorrow, peopled by her...

The outbreak tore the USA in two. The east remains a safe haven. The west has become a ravaged wilderness. They call it the Evacuated States.It is here that Henry Marco makes his living. Hired by grieving relatives, he tracks down the dead to deliver peace.Now Homeland Security wants Marco, for a mission unlike any other. He must return to California, where the apocalypse began. Where a secret is hidden. And where his own tragic past waits to punish him again.But in...

A stunner . . . an unforgettable novel' SUNDAY TIMES'A crisp and chilling account of temptation and transgression that fans of Patricia Highsmith will adore' INDEPENDENT'A fascinating, succinct and stylish thriller from Italy' GUARDIAN'Raises the standard for crime fiction. Carofiglio's insights into human nature, good and bad, are breathtaking' JEFFERY DEAVEROne hot summer, as world-weary bloodhound Lieutenant Chiti spends sleepless nights hunting for the seria...

An engrossing novel of murder, organized crime, and politics in contemporary Italy'A powerful and hugely compelling thriller. Dark, worldly and written with tremendous style and assurance' William Boyd'Alec Blume is an inspired creation. An American who has become a commissioner in the Italian police, he's a sly, sardonic loner who gives the impression of knowing Rome better than its natives. [...] Fitzgerald is an elegant, visual w...

A Munich ex-pat retires to Sicily where she uncovers romance and murder in this humorous mystery series debut."To the ranks of amateur sleuths, from Miss Marple to Jessica Fletcher, welcome Auntie Poldi." — Newsday"Break out the prosecco! There's a new detective in town—and she's sixty, sexy, wise, and utterly adorable." — People magazineOn her si...

Sabrina D'Avalos's father was murdered by the mafia. Now a district attorney, she wants justice, or revenge. Whichever comes first.The Camorra, one of the oldest criminal organisations in Italy, runs Naples. More powerful, more violent and richer than the Sicilian mafia, its hold is unshakable.When Sabrina investigates a family found dead in a shipping container, she quickly uncovers links to the Camorra - and her father.The mafia's most terrifying assassins are on ...

Shouldn't a professional ghost hunter at least be less twitchy?A poltergeist haunts Taro, dogging his international travels. It washes glasses, puts dishes away, and even dusts. At least he hopes it's a cleaning-obsessed poltergeist and not his own anxieties burbling over into neat freak fits he doesn't remember. When his property manager suggests he call paranormal expert, Jack Montrose, Taro's skeptical but desperate enough to try even a ghost hunter.

Castagnetti (informally known as 'Casta') is a private detective who doesn't do things by the book. He's dogged and lonely, impatient with the world of appearances and deceit. So when a pompous notary commissions him to verify that a missing person is "presumed dead" in order to dispose of a dead woman's estate to the other heirs, Casta smells a rat. Before long he's reopening wounds from years ago and exposing family secrets to those who have tried to suppress them.The relatives o...

Northern Italy, 1985: Commissario Piero Trotti is on the verge of retirement from the police force. He is 56 years old, and though he is widely respected for his integrity and work ethic, he is not widely liked. The junior detectives he works with transfer because he’s too hard on them; his fellow commissioner is trying to force him out. Even his family has walked out of his life: his adult daughter has moved to Bologna, and his wife has left him for New York. All signs are telling Trotti ...

The award-winning poet and author of The Ice House offers "a gorgeously entertaining fantasy novel set in Norfolk between the wars" ( The Guardian).Norfolk, 1935. World War II is looming in Great Britain and the sprawling country estate of Alderberen Hall is shadowed by suspicion and paranoia. Alderberen's newest resident, thirteen-year-old Delphine Venner, is determined to uncover the secrets of the Hall's elite and cultish Society for P...

Commissario Trotti of Italy’s Polizia di Stato is called to the scene of the brutal murder of an old friend, schoolteacher Rosanna Belloni, who has been found bludgeoned in her apartment. Trotti’s superiors warn him off the case, but he is determined to hunt down the killer.There are lots of loose ends. Rosanna’s sister, a notorious drug addict, is missing. Is a recent, unexplained suicide in the River Po connected to the murder? Where does the discovery of a car dredged up from th...

A sequel to the very popular Stones, Fanatics is a thrilling story in which the past and present collide in terrifying, riveting ways.Garnet Havelock has just finished his apprenticeship in furniture-making, and has found a workshop for his new business in an old coach house on the isolated estate of recently deceased Professor Eduardo Corbizzi. Garnet signs a contract with the late professor's long-time companion, the eccentric and inscrutable Mrs...