A car races along a British motorway. The driver, Fran Stubbs, is gainfully employed in her 70s - in fact, an expert in her field - on her way to a conference on housing for the elderly. She is...

The year after the Great Siege, Malta lost its bishop. It was to remain bishop-less for six long years because the Vatican could not choose between the three names suggested by the Order. It was only...

A public lecture by Kevin Casha entitled Tracing Malta's Photographic Heritage will be held on Monday, 6 March at Santa Caterina d'Italia church, Valletta at 6.30pm under the auspices of the...

Dr Charlene Vella   Acquiring a new book always comes with a sense of delight; this is surely the case with Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti's (FPM) latest publication that focuses on the...

Judge Giovanni Bonello sat down to listen to a lecture on 20th century artist Olof Gollcher and his love of Rome, but was rather startled to hear the lecturer Francesca Balzan tell her audience: "You...

A terrifying incident that occurs when a young girl witnesses something life-changing propels Lisa Gardner's tight and compelling thriller, "Right Behind You." When Sharlah May Nash was 5, her...

Does your idea of a relaxing and rewarding retirement involve inspecting drowned corpses on the dockside, interviewing murder suspects and interrogating notorious gangsters? No? Then you are not...

Scholastic told The Associated Press on Thursday that it had a deal with Marley Dias, whose hashtag #1000BlackGirlBooks is part of her mission to collect stories about women of color. Her book is not...

"Little Deaths," Emma Flint's mesmerizing debut, works well as a look at misogyny, gossip, morals and the rush to judge others when a child goes missing. The novel opens with Ruth Malone in...

A stupid mistake has serious ramifications in "Fatal," John Lescroart's latest stand-alone thriller. Kate Jameson loves her life and marriage to Ron. She has two children, and her best friend for...