In-Naxxar - stejjer, grajjiet u laqmijietAuthor: Paul CataniaBook Distributors Limited 2019416pp Paul Catania is, we might say, the historian of his home village, Naxxar. Normally books have...

"One Good Deed" (Grand Central Publishing), by David Baldacci Aloysius Archer fought in Europe for the Allies, and shortly after making his way back home, he found himself imprisoned for a crime...

"This Side of Night" (G.P. Putnam's Sons), by J. Todd Scott In Texas' Big Bend country, Sheriff Chris Cherry, the protagonist of J. Todd Scott's previous two novels, may finally have run into...

Administrative data provided by Malta Libraries indicate that, in 2018, total book loans stood at 1,022,346, an increase of 111,370 or 12.2 per cent over the preceding year. The increase in book loans...

"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...