Book Review: Author kicks off new series with 'Orphan X'
Tuesday, 9 February 2016, 16:32
Last update: about 10 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 10 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 10 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 10 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 10 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...
Carol Goodman delivers thrilling 'River Road'
Friday, 5 February 2016, 16:09
Last update: about 10 years ago
Grief can not only emotionally paralyze a person, making that individual retreat from relationships, but it also can make that person vulnerable to manipulation by others, as Carol Goodman shows in...
'Blackout' is latest thriller from David Rosenfelt
Thursday, 4 February 2016, 09:08
Last update: about 10 years ago
A cop literally loses his mind chasing a killer in "Blackout," David Rosenfelt's latest thriller. Police officer Doug Brock has been pursuing criminal mastermind Nicholas Bennett for years, but...
'American Housewife' depicts uproarious picture of wifedom
Wednesday, 3 February 2016, 10:50
Last update: about 10 years ago
An organized kidnapping mission rescues beauty pageant escapees. A neighborly feud draws blood. A dying wife secures a brassiere around the chest of her opponent. In her collection of short stories...
Actor David McCallum writes crime novel
Tuesday, 2 February 2016, 15:48
Last update: about 10 years ago
David McCallum - yes, actor David McCallum of "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." and "NCIS" fame - confidently embarks on a second career in his highly entertaining debut that mixes the espionage novel with...
John Irving travels familiar roads in 'Avenue of Mysteries'
Saturday, 30 January 2016, 14:53
Last update: about 10 years ago
Orphans? Check. Prostitutes? Check. A prescient child embittered by the Catholic church? Check and check. John Irving didn't manage to weave wrestling or New England into his 14th novel, "Avenue...