"The Wild Bunch: Sam Peckinpah, a Revolution in Hollywood, and the Making of a Legendary Film" (Bloomsbury), by W.K. Stratton. In 1969 the Western movie enjoyed its best year in a decade before...

"Killer Thriller" (Thomas and Mercer), by Lee Goldberg Lee Goldberg has written an action-packed sequel to "True Fiction." His main character, Ian Ludlow, knows how to craft best-selling spy...

Elizabeth Grech wrote her first poem on a piece of paper while perched on the fortifications of Hastings Gardens in Valletta. Eighteen-years-old, and in love, she was mesmerised by the beauty of the...

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One of the book world's greatest mysteries is finally ending: J.D. Salinger's son says previously unpublished work by his late father will be coming out.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