FBI agent Jane Hawk must go rogue and stay completely off the grid if she's going to uncover the truth behind a personal tragedy in Dean Koontz's latest gripping thriller, "The Silent...

Norway, Sweden and Denmark consistently rank at or near the top in global surveys of national contentment, prosperity and well-being. It's as if peaceful and progressive Scandinavia were a place of...

SKS Publishers are inviting book lovers to visit their stand at the ‘Summer Book Festival’  at Sir M. A Refalo Sixth Form, Victoria Gozo on Friday 14 and Saturday 15 July.  The...

In the days before the gods lost interest in human folly, King Agamemnon summoned his daughter Iphigenia to wed Achilles. His wife, Clytemnestra, believed his ruse and led their young daughter to what...

The vulnerability of a family - in this case a woman and her two children escaping an abusive home - is at the center of Haylen Beck's "Here and Gone," a tension-laden, sometimes disturbing story with...

A woman drinks iced tea on the veranda with her weary parents. A husband and wife select attire for an out-of-town wedding. An uncle drives his niece to dinner. In each scenario, it seems as though...

Jamie Allenby, veterinary scientist on the planet Soltaire, has a lot on her mind in "The Space Between the Stars," a debut novel by Anne Corlett. She's not sure if she misses Daniel, her lover...

The tale opens with a robbery and closes with a reconciliation. In between these bookends, "Camino Island" by John Grisham is populated with ruthless thieves, witty writers and enough intrigue to fill...

Beset by traffic, smog and other distractions, it's easy to forget that driving a car is an act of free will, in theory transcending race, class and gender. Then imagine what life would be like...

Maine's backcountry is being invaded by feral hogs. Hordes of drunken, half-naked college students are partying up and down the winding Saco River. A teenager who disappeared years ago is about to be...