O’Hanlon bolsters obligatory cosy crime genre tropes with self-deprecating knowingness and playful inventiveness ...

The fog that seems to permeate the small, supposedly peaceful Haven, California, tends to mask the fury that seeps throughout the beach town as new resident Alyson “Sonny” Rush arrives in Rachel ...

The literary landscape of the 21st century seems more and more divided when it comes to one particular aspect: plot. Some books have it; others don’t. The have-nots have gotten a lot of critical ...

A Book Review art director selects the book jackets that surprised him, delighted him and stayed with him this year. A Book Review art director selects the book jackets that surprised him, delighted ...

Obviously, major spoilers ahead—especially if you haven't read The Long Game (the second Ilya and Shane book in the Game Changers series). Per Barnes & Nobel's description of the plot, "For the first ...

“Nonesuch,” the new novel by Francis Spufford, conjures a plot laced with magic to change the course of history. By Louisa Hall Louisa Hall is the author of the novels “Reproduction,” “Trinity” and ...