<a href="http://www.peroozal.com"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-6308" title="WatchlistsMM.cover" src="http://davidhewson.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/watchlistsmm-cover.jpg" alt="" width="278" height="448" /></a>Here's a Christmas freebie, courtesy of the US publisher Vanguard and <a href="http://www.peroozal.com" target="_blank">Peroozal</a>, a fascinating new site for bringing readers and authors together. Register for free at Peroozal and between December 7 and December 21 you'll be able to download an ebook of <em>Watchlist </em>for free.

Audiobook lovers will know <em>Watchlist</em> by other names. It's a compendium of <em>The Chopin Manuscript</em> and <em>The Copper Bracelet, </em>two stories put together under the leadership of Jeffery Deaver to raise funds for the authors' organisation ITW. <em></em>

<em>Chopin</em>, I'm proud to say, won audiobook of the year after being narrated with enormous skill by Alfred Molina. I wrote chapter two of the first instalment and chapter three of the second. My co-conspirators were many (too many to name individually) but as well as Jeff included Lee Child, Lisa Scottoline, Joseph Finder, David Corbett, David Liss... quite a team.

<em>USA Today </em>said: 'Entertaining and intriguing....the action is full-boil.”' <em>Publishers Weekly </em>gave it a starred review and said 'A suspenseful, action-packed international thriller filled with plenty of twists and turns.'

So I'm happy to invite you to grab the book for free though at the moment the download only seems to be working for US readers (we're looking into this). If you're in the US sign up and the ebook should be there for download for you. Peroozal looks pretty interesting too -- you'll find a couple of my own recommended reading titles there too and I'll be adding more in the months to come.