A novel completed by Pulitzer Prize winner Oscar Hijuelos shortly before his death last year will be published in late 2015.   Grand Central Publisher announced Wednesday it has acquired...

British actor David Suchet has spent a quarter-century bringing to life a certain fussy Belgian sleuth with a mustache as impeccable as his intellect and crime-solving skills.   For...

His paintings made news worldwide, but it turns out that former President George W. Bush has been working on another, highly personal project since leaving the White House: He has quietly completed a...

"The Home Place" (William Morrow), by Carrie La Seur   Carrie La Seur's finely crafted debut chronicles a woman's complicated relationship with her hometown of Billings,...

A Connecticut teacher who helped save students' lives during the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre has a book deal.   G.P. Putnam's Sons announced Tuesday that...

"Wayfaring Stranger" (Simon & Schuster), by James Lee Burke   Author James Lee Burke is a descendant of tough Texas lawmen. In fact, his maternal great-grandfather once tangled...

"The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan" (Simon & Schuster), by Rick Perlstein   Even Republicans piled on President Richard Nixon as the Watergate...

The "Colbert Bump" is becoming contagious.   Edan Lepucki, whose novel "California" became a best-seller thanks to a plug from Stephen Colbert, has in turn helped...

The occasion which brought about the present volume was the commemoration, in 2012, of the 125th anniversary of the renaming of Gozo’s Rabat to Victoria.   Maybe, as the book amply...

"The Bone Orchard" (Minotaur Books), by Paul Doiron   Mike Bowditch's recklessness and insubordination, along with his struggle with a series of personal tragedies, seemed to...