'Mission Hill' by Pamela Wechsler
Tuesday, 24 May 2016, 15:56
Last update: about 9 years ago
Screenwriter, TV consultant and former prosecutor Pamela Wechsler skillfully eases into "Mission Hill," her debut legal thriller featuring the intriguing Abby Endicott, chief of the Boston district...
Cassandra Neary returns in 'Hard Light' by Elizabeth Hand
Monday, 23 May 2016, 16:00
Last update: about 9 years ago
Among the most unconventional sleuths who populate the mystery genre, Cassandra "Cass" Neary stands out - an alcoholic photographer whose career flamed out more than 30 years ago when she was immersed...
'Redemption Road' by John Hart
Monday, 23 May 2016, 15:54
Last update: about 9 years ago
John Hart's first four novels earned two Edgar Allan Poe Awards and one nomination, as well as a myriad of other awards. Five years have gone by since his fourth novel, 2011's "The Iron House,"...
Lina Brockdorff’s WW2 autobiography now in English
Monday, 23 May 2016, 14:08
Last update: about 9 years ago
Serenades Amidst the Sirens, Lina Brockdorff's autobiographical account of Malta's World War II, has just been published by Horizons Communications. Unlike other books about Malta's wartime ordeal,...
The treasures of illuminated books in Malta
Monday, 23 May 2016, 13:41
Last update: about 9 years ago
Noel Grima
Although they are not in quantities such as can be found in other libraries, Malta has quite a number of illuminated books that constitute a national treasure which is not generally known and indeed...
Perri dives into world of embezzlement in 'The Assistants'
Saturday, 21 May 2016, 14:08
Last update: about 9 years ago
Camille Perri wastes no time diving into the shady world of embezzlement in her first novel, "The Assistants." Perri takes readers on an emotional moral journey when one innocent act becomes a huge...
The Outliers' moves at breakneck pace
Friday, 20 May 2016, 14:07
Last update: about 9 years ago
At a breakneck pace, "The Outliers" grabs and doesn't let go. If Kimberly McCreight's new novel points to the future of young adult fiction, it's not just for kids anymore. "The Outliers"...
New Spenser novel is a 5-alarm thriller
Thursday, 19 May 2016, 13:59
Last update: about 9 years ago
A troubling series of fires in mostly abandoned Boston buildings turns deadly in "Robert B. Parker's Slow Burn," the latest crime thriller in the long-running but still potent Spenser...
'I Let You Go'
Wednesday, 18 May 2016, 13:55
Last update: about 9 years ago
The death of a 5-year-old boy in a hit-and-run accident on a rainy British evening jumpstarts "I Let You Go," which melds an intense psychological thriller with a suspenseful police procedural. A...
Don DeLillo's new novel considers life after death
Tuesday, 17 May 2016, 13:53
Last update: about 9 years ago
Don DeLillo's latest novel toggles between a remote compound in central Asia and the workaday world of New York City. In the bunker an apocalyptic cult is engaged in the cryogenic preservation of...