Frustrated at the low murder rate in Iceland, Dora leaps at the opportunity to participate in a six-month job swap in Malta, as part of a new UNESCO cultural exchange programme. Having vowed...

I think it is self-evident that Giovanni Bonello in his Misunderstanding the Constitution: How the Maltese Judiciary Undermines Human Rights (BDL, 2018, 190 pp.) is the most important book of the...

"Stalker: a Novel," (Alfred A. Knopf), by Lars Kepler When the lead detective in a crime novel is introduced as an expert on "serial killers, spree killers, and stalkers," you know you're in for...

"Out of the Dark: an Orphan X Novel" (Minotaur), by Gregg Hurwitz Evan Smoak was trained to be Orphan X, and his first assignment over 20 years ago seemed to be successful. Now the other elite...

This is a story narrated by a little boy who has a best friend called Carlos and a brother called Will. He loves going over to Carlos' house because he can play with toy soldiers and leave them lying...

One of the book world's greatest mysteries is finally ending: J.D. Salinger's son says previously unpublished work by his late father will be coming out. In comments that appeared Friday in The...

"Golden Child" (SJP for Hogarth), by Claire Adam A new novel set in Trinidad spins the tale of an absorbing family drama that ultimately explores the tension between individualism and...

Marlon James is in search of a definition. "Myths are so suffused with monsters. It makes me think of the Latin root of monsters, 'monstrum. What does 'monstrum' mean?" the novelist asks, seated...

"The Killer Collective" (Thomas & Mercer), by Barry Eisler At first blush, Barry Eisler's new thriller resembles one of those cartoonish action movies in which a handful of retired covert...

"The Lost Man" (Flatiron Books), by Jane Harper The three Bright brothers, bonded by blood, history and the vagaries of the Australian outback, are the true lost men of Jane Harper's engrossing...