"Backlash: a Thriller" (Atria/Emily Bestler Books), by Brad Thor A Russian plane carrying a prisoner in chains experiences engine trouble and crashes in the middle of the woods. It's enemy...

"Bark of Night: an Andy Carpenter Mystery" (Minotaur Books), by David Rosenfelt Andy Carpenter, a fictitious defense attorney created by David Rosenfelt, hates to work. He doesn't need money...

There is an anomaly in Valletta which most of us do not know about. Oliviero Vasco was a rich man who, together with his wife Caterina, bought a large plot of land in the new city Valletta in the...

Guy de Maupassant's work carries the imprint of his own image: prolific, brilliant, full of paradoxes. The man learnt his ropes at the hands of the best masters. he was a disciple of Gustave Flaubert,...

"Raised in Captivity" (Penguin Press), by Chuck Klosterman Chuck Klosterman seems like a great hang. He's the guy at the party who has everyone spitting out their drinks as they laugh while...

Former Hollywood executive Harris Katleman has an eclectic, five-decade track record that could only be the result of skill, moxie and luck. He championed the Oscar-winning film adaptation of the...

"Knife," by Jo Nesbø (Alfred A. Knopf) Full disclosure: I am not a Harry Hole junkie. I saw the movie version of "The Snowman," the seventh in the now dozen novels featuring Michael...

"Last Witnesses: An Oral History of the Children of World War II," by Svetlana Alexievich (Random House) Does anyone suffer more in wartime than a child? All they know is at risk — parents,...

Author: Richard Attard. Published by Horizons Difrejn Il-Falkun is Richard Attard's fourth novel. This thriller opens with Louis Briffa's poem Falco peregrinus / Lill-falkun Gustav -...

"Never Look Back" by Alison Gaylin (William Morrow) The popularity of true crime podcasts bleeds into the tightly plotted "Never Look Back" by Alison Gaylin. Her fictional hero Quentin Garrison...