Reading these medieval entries can be as exciting as perusing annotated bibliographies at times, since the...

If you meet a quiet, rugged kind of a fella with an almost superhuman knowledge of...

Rather more subtle is Hercule Poirot, whose name contains elements of both “Hercules”, the classical hero,...

Hobbie suffers from acne vulgaris, which has forced him into a retreat from life. ‘Other than...

In Alem’s world-view, one might expect to see objects morph into people, animals writhe in henna...

Because he’s a damn good writer James Lee Burke knows how to keep a plot going...

Jane Austen, whose sharp tongue barely left her cheek during her short lifetime, and, whose caustic...

There are red herrings aplenty, but once finished reading the novel I’m left with a sense...

There is another criticism that Auchincloss has had to counter in his long and illustrious career...