The killings of unarmed black men by police in Missouri and New York have dominated recent headlines, but the slayings of black males by other blacks in the nation's most violent ghettos still get...

Lisa Gardner delivers another gut-wrenching emotional thriller with her latest psychological tale, "Crash & Burn." Nicky Frank survives a horrendous car crash in the early morning hours, and...

Dennis Lehane's thrilling trilogy about organized crime in the early 20th century is more than a look at gangsters and their ways. Without glorifying the illegal, Lehane's "World Gone By" examines how...

Laura Lippman's novels about Baltimore private investigator Tess Monaghan have never followed the predictable mode. Instead, the series about this sometimes cranky, perceptive young woman has afforded...

What gave Angela the idea of compiling such a reference work in the first place? "It was in 2005 when Pat Flores Martin, a dear colleague of mine, prepared a tour for her fellow tourist guides which...

The curator of a groundbreaking exhibit at the Vatican dies mysteriously hours before its premiere. Within hours, his research partner's family becomes victim to a home invasion. The second novel...

The actor known for playing Fox Mulder on the TV series "The X-Files" and Hank Moody on the show "Californication" shows his comic side with "Holy Cow," a tale of Elsie the cow. Elsie enjoys life...

Anne Tyler published her first novel in 1964, and some 50 years later she is still going strong. "A Spool of Blue Thread," her 20th novel, is a miracle of sorts, a tender, touching and funny story...

Brooke Davis' debut novel, "Lost & Found," begins with 7-year-old Millie Bird, who has recently lost her father, being abandoned by her grieving mother in a department store. Millie befriends Karl...

When Vincent van Gogh steps off the train in the coal-mining region of Belgium known as the Borinage, his artist's eye is immediately captivated by his surroundings. "The haze of coal smoke made...