"My Education" (Viking) by Susan Choi   Our first glimpse of Regina Gottlieb is as a graduate student in her first days at a prestigious university. Somewhat naïve and more...

Elizabeth Morse, who made her fortune selling worthless herbal remedies to the gullible, is buying up huge parcels of timberland in Eastern Maine with the hope of persuading the federal government to...

"Environmental Debt" (Palgrave Macmillan), by Amy Larkin...

Orson Welles would enter the trendy Los Angeles restaurant Ma Maison through the kitchen, thus avoiding being seen arriving by wheelchair. His girth as wide as his talent, the director of 1941's...

An ex-military man tries his hand at writing, publishes a debut detective novel, and wins critical acclaim. But here's the twist in the tale: The true identity of the author is none other than...

Malta’s top brands received the status of superbrands at the gala Tribute Event during which the second volume of Superbrands was launched at the Pavilion Suite of the Westin Dragonara Resort...

While Malta is blessed with a healthy number of writers in most genres, writing about science in general and medical issues in particular is particularly uncommon, and the number of monographs dealing...

"The Fame Thief" (Soho Crime), by Timothy Hallinan   Junior Bender is a professional burglar, and he's very good at it. He's been breaking into houses and making off with...

"Let It Burn" (Minotaur), by Steve Hamilton.   Each Alex McKnight novel has revealed a little about the part-time private detective's troubled past: his failed marriage, his...

"Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations" (Simon & Schuster), by Peter Evans and Ava Gardner   "I'm tired of remembering," actress Ava Gardner laments during one of...