"The Prisoner in the Castle" (Bantam), by Susan Elia MacNeal One pleasure of a mystery series is connecting with a character that changes and grows with each novel. Maggie Hope, the heroine of...

"Judas" (Mulholland Books), by Astrid Holleeder Astrid Holleeder had a choice to make. She could continue living as a virtual slave to her brother, Willem Holleeder, or she could risk her life...

The themes and trappings are familiar for an Ernest Hemingway narrative: Paris, wartime, talk of books and wine and the scars of battle. But the story itself has been little known beyond the...

We have just honoured the Great Siege, as we do every year, with a public holiday. Many of us have a vague idea how the siege developed, from May to September 1565 but few of us understand the real...

"The Washington Decree" (Dutton), by Jussi Adler-Olsen "The Washington Decree," Jussi Adler-Olsen's latest novel to be published in the United States, tells the compelling and sad story of Bruce...

For decades, scholars have wanted to get a closer look at unpublished sections of a towering 20th century book, "The Autobiography of Malcolm X," including cut chapters that may have contained some of...

"The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump" (Tim Duggan Books), by Michiko Kakutani There's a fierce battle going on in the United States and it's more crucial than the rivalry...

"How to Love a Jamaican" (Ballantine Books), by Alexia Arthurs Alexia Arthurs' short story collection "How to Love a Jamaican" is a timely exploration of multigenerational waves of immigration,...

"A Noise Downstairs" (William Morrow), by Linwood Barclay Paul Davis is driving home when he sees his mentor and colleague Kenneth Hoffman driving erratically. He follows and soon learns that...

What do the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe, mouth-watering croissants and macarons have in common? Paris of course - and a little Maltese boy called Ġanni. Early readers can experience...