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Once you've purchased an Amazon Kindle e-book reader, the wonderful world of public domain, Creative Commons and free e-book promotions opens up to you. This regular Kindle Reader feature points you to a few of the most interesting new free e-books available for download from the web.

Free e-book selections for this week include romance fiction evocative of a bygone era, a work of horror first published in 1908 and adapted to graphic novel form in 2003, an adventure tale by Herman Melville, a classic "locked room" mystery by A. A. Milne, and science fiction from Gordon Randall Garrett and Murray Leinster.

Come Out of the Kitchen, by Alice Duer Miller. ROMANCE. Download site: ManyBooks. Format: Kindle (.azw). Price: Free.

Alice Duer Miller came from a prominent family of considerable means. They lost their fortune in a banking failure and she was forced to work her way through Barnard College by selling poems, essays and stories to Scribner's and Harper's magazines. This romance was her first successful novel. Published in 1915, it was serialized in Harper's, published in book form and later adapted for the Broadway stage and as a Hollywood film.
"A Virginia family of the old aristocracy, finding themselves temporarily embarrassed, decide to rent their magnificent home to a rich Yankee. One of the conditions of the lease stipulates that a competent staff of white servants should be engaged for the duration - and so one of the daughters conceives the mad-cap idea that she, her sister and their two brothers shall act as the domestic staff for the wealthy New Englander. Amusing complications arise immediately in this ingenious and entertaining comedy." - ManyBooks.

The Prisoner of Zenda, by Anthony Hope. ROMANCE. Download site: MobileRead. Format: mobi for Kindle. Price: Free.
"Five times made into film versions since its original publication in 1894, The Prisoner of Zenda is a perennially popular adventure and romance story. Hope's swashbuckling romance transports his English gentleman hero, Rudolf Rassendyll, from a comfortable life in London to fast-paced adventures in Ruritania, a mythical land steeped in political intrigue. Rassendyll must impersonate the rightful king in order to rescue him from the castle Zenda, all the while facing tests of honor with the beautiful Princess Flavia, and enduring tests of strength in his encounters with the villainous Black Michael and his handsome, debonair bodyguard, Rupert of Hentzau." - crutledge on MobileRead.

The House on the Borderland, by William Hope Hodgson. SCIENCE FICTION/HORROR. Download site: MobileRead. Format: Kindle (.mobi). Price: Free.

"In 1877, two gentlemen, Messrs Tonnison and Berreggnog, head into Ireland to spend a week fishing in the village of Kraighten. Whilst there, they discover in the ruins of a very curious house a diary of the man who had once owned it. Its torn pages seem to hint at an evil beyond anything that existed on this side of the curtains of impossibility. This is a classic novel that worked to slowly bridge the gap between the British fantastic and supernatural authors of the later 19th century and modern horror fiction. Noted American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft lists this and other works by Hodgson among his greatest influences." - Wikipedia.

Redburn: His First Voyage, by Herman Melville. NOVEL. Download site: Feedbooks. Format: Kindle. Price: Free.
"Wellington Redburn is a fifteen-year-old from the state of New York, with only one dream - to run away to sea. However, when he does fulfil this long-held fantasy, he quickly finds that reality as a cabin boy is far harsher than he ever imagined. Mocked by the crew on board the Highlander for his weakness and bullied by the vicious and merciless sailor Jackson, Wellington must struggle to endure the long journey from New York to Liverpool. But when he does reach England, he is equally horrified by what he finds there: poverty, desperation and moral corruption. Inspired by Melville’s own youthful experiences on board a cargo boat, this is a compelling tale of innocence transformed, through bitter experience, into disillusionment. A fascinating sea journal and coming-of-age tale, Redburn provides a unique insight into the mind of one of America’s greatest novelists." - feedbooks.com

The Red House Mystery, by A. A. Milne. MYSTERY. Download site: Amazon. Format: Kindle. Price: Free.
"...a classic novel by Alan Milne, who is actually better known for writing Winnie the Pooh. Set in a country home known as the Red House, the novel opens on a party weekend, with most of the houseguests away from the house playing golf or tennis. A typical 'locked room mystery,' the novel features characters who may not be all they seem to be, acting for mysterious motives ranging from love to revenge. Servants overhear bits of conversation which offer clues. The discovery of a secret passage, the appearance of a ghost, and a convenient lake to hide evidence all become part of the plot. Written in 1922, before Winnie the Pooh was even born, The Red House Mystery was a gift for Milne's father, a retired headmaster who loved mysteries. The book was immediately popular; Alexander Woollcott called it 'one of the three best mystery stories of all time', and Raymond Chandler, in his 1944 essay The Simple Art of Murder called it "an agreeable book, light, amusing in the Punch style, written with a deceptive smoothness that is not as easy as it looks.'" - Amazon.

Brain Twister, by Gordon Randall Garrett. SCIENCE FICTION. Download site: ManyBooks. Format: Kindle. Price: Free.
"In nineteen-fourteen, it was enemy aliens. In nineteen-thirty, it was Wobblies. In nineteen-fifty-seven, it was fellow-travelers. And, in nineteen seventy-one, Kenneth J. Malone rolled wearily out of bed wondering what the hell it was going to be now. One thing, he told himself, was absolutely certain: it was going to be terrible. It always was. (1962 Hugo Award Nominee.)" - ManyBooks.

Operation Terror, by Murray Leinster. SCIENCE FICTION. Download site: MobileRead. Format: Mobi for Kindle. Price: Free.
"An unidentified space ship lands in a Colorado lake. Equipped with a paralyzing ray weapon, the creatures begin taking human prisoners. A loan land surveyor and a journalist are trapped inside the Army cordon, which is helpless against the mysterious enemy. Can they stop the aliens before it is too late?" - mtravellerh on MobileRead.