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'Where it Hurts' is superb detective novel

Saturday, 13 February 2016, 16:36 Last update: about 9 years ago

Gus Murphy was looking forward to retirement after a distinguished career as a Long Island policeman, but when his son dropped dead of an undiagnosed heart defect during a pickup basketball game,...

New book details dying doctor's quest to find meaning

Friday, 12 February 2016, 16:35 Last update: about 9 years ago

In his posthumously published "When Breath Becomes Air," Paul Kalanithi gets straight to the sudden turning point in his life: the day the Stanford neurosurgery chief resident looked at a scan showing...

Bryson finds plenty to love and lament in the UK

Thursday, 11 February 2016, 16:34 Last update: about 9 years ago

Bill Bryson has pulled off quite a trick in his decades of travel writing. With every book, he manages to make readers wish they could go for a walk with him, while he secretly wants nothing more than...

'Bread, Wine, Chocolate' makes environmental issues tasty

Wednesday, 10 February 2016, 16:33 Last update: about 9 years ago

The lands, waters and atmosphere of our planet are under tremendous stress from the appetites and endeavors of more than 7 billion people, and such issues often make for grim reading. But...

Book Review: Author kicks off new series with 'Orphan X'

Tuesday, 9 February 2016, 16:32 Last update: about 9 years ago

Gregg Hurwitz delivers a masterpiece of suspense and thrills with his latest novel, "Orphan X," that invokes the best of "Batman," ''The Bourne Identity" and "The Equalizer" films. The Orphan...

Ix-Xafra tad-Destin – L-Imdina 1565

Monday, 8 February 2016, 15:39 Last update: about 9 years ago

 This historic novel blends together romance with battle, honour and glory during the times which revolve around the Great Siege of Malta of 1565. It sets off with a ferocious pirate attack on a...

‘Lucy min?’

Monday, 8 February 2016, 15:33 Last update: about 9 years ago

the debut novel by Lara Calleja, has rocketed straight to the Top 10 bookshop bestseller list immediately upon its launch, breaking record sales on the book-signing night. The fiction story is...

Suicide because of the cathedral

Monday, 8 February 2016, 15:32 Last update: about 9 years ago Noel Grima

There is an unfortunate death connected to the Anglican Cathedral in Valletta. Building a cathedral for the Anglicans was a dream by Queen Adelaide who was recovering in Malta from...

'The Ex' is compelling legal thriller by Alafair Burke

Saturday, 6 February 2016, 16:11 Last update: about 9 years ago

An attorney represents a man who's accused of committing multiple homicides and who also happens to be her ex-fiance in Alafair Burke's latest page-turner, "The Ex." Olivia Randall, a criminal...

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