Oscar Zeta Acosta, a volatile Mexican-American writer who was the real-life inspiration for Hunter S. Thompson's Dr. Gonzo in "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," is the focus of a new VOCES/PBS...

"Look for Me: a Novel" (Dutton), by Lisa Gardner A horrible crime prompts a hunt for the sole survivor who is either extremely lucky — or perhaps the perpetrator — in Lisa Gardner's...

It's a chilling cliche of thrillers that women often end up abducted, abused or dead. One writer is so sick of the violence that she has set up a book prize to reward crime novels "in which no...

Labour supporters must remember the Innu tal-Partit tal-Haddiema that they sang so vociferously in the past, the one that begins Lejn din l-ghaqda fis nittajru and its catchy tune. This was...

"Killer Choice" (Berkley), by Tom Hunt Gary's pregnant wife, Beth, has a brain tumor. It's going to take $200,000 they don't have to save her. Fittingly, that's how much a drug dealer across town...

"Still Me" (Pamela Dorman Books/Viking), by Jojo Moyes In 2012, author Jojo Moyes introduced readers to delightful caregiver Louisa Clark in the best-selling novel "Me Before You," followed by...

"The Atomic City Girls" (William Morrow), by Janet Beard Eager to escape life in the country, June Walker begins work at a top secret government community in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, during World...

"Force of Nature: a Novel" (Flatiron Books), by Jane Harper A team-building expedition into Australia's bush land quickly evolves into a taut plot about survival — both in business and in...

"A False Report: A True Story of Rape in America" (Crown), by T. Christian Miller and Ken Armstrong Despite its contradictory and confusing title, "A False Report: A True Story of Rape in...

As bilingual Maltese writers go, Victor Fenech is certainly at the top of the crop. He has been at it since way back in the early Sixties, writing poetry and prose that were mostly meant to deliver -...