"After Her" (William Morrow), by Joyce Maynard   Joyce Maynard's latest novel, "After Her," is loosely based on the 1980s Trailside Killer case, in which a serial...

"Tell No Lies" (St. Martin's Press), by Gregg Hurwitz   A race to stop a killer begins when a piece of mail is delivered to the wrong person in "Tell No Lies," the...

Elizabeth Gilbert spent enough years as a memoir writer, and had so much success, that even her admirers forget that she started out in fiction.   "For all intents and purposes,...

The 60 poems in Lucilla Maclaren Spillane’s collection are written with a keen eye for detail and draw on her wide range of experiences in several countries. Some of the poems deal with...

"The Great Texas Wind Rush: How George Bush, Ann Richards, and a Bunch of Tinkerers Helped the Oil and Gas State Win the Race to Wind Power" (University of Texas Press), by Kate Galbraith...

"Strong Rain Falling" (Forge), by Jon Land   The first four novels in Jon Land's Caitlin Strong series read like episodes from the "Die Hard" franchise, with the...

"Witch Wraith: The Dark Legacy of Shannara" (Del Ray), by Terry Brooks   Terry Brooks has written a slam-bang conclusion to his "The Dark Legacy of Shannara" trilogy with...

A new story for children set partly on a remote tropical island is the background of the book Avventuri mill-Klassi ta’ Miss Ambrożja Pulis Kiftaranipenġini, written by Audrey Friggieri and...

Whenever we see a painting, an icon, or a statue with a man dressed as a Roma soldier, very often young and handsome, but at times also a grown up, mature and middle-aged, on a horse, with a sword or...

Some time ago, I had reviewed the first volume of this two-volume dictionary of Maltese biographies.   Having now finished the second volume, I can now update my reactions and my...