Review"Hammett's prose was clean and entirely unique. His characters were as sharply and economically defined as any in American fiction. His gift of invention never tempted him beyon...

EDITORIAL REVIEW: “Know[s] how to craft a truly satisfying police procedural.”—*The Philadelphia Inquirer* The principal of a high school telephones his friend, Inspector Andersson of the Göteborg Cri...

The Glades

Amazon.com ReviewIn a world with no poverty, no crime, no sickness and no unemployment, and where every family is happy, 12-year-old Jonas is chosen to be the community's Receiver of Memor...

From Publishers WeeklyOriginally serialized in the New York Times Magazine, Lippman's Tess Monaghan novella turns the intrepid Baltimore PI's at-risk late-pregnancy bed rest into a co...

Amazon.com ReviewIn conventional fiction, war heroes return home minus an arm or a leg--or, to take Hemingway's worst-case scenario, the family jewels. In Aimee Bender's deeply unconventio...

From Publishers WeeklyJackson matches effortless Southern storytelling with a keen eye for character and heart-stopping circumstances. Laurel, a high-end quilt maker, sees the ghost of a l...

SUMMARY: Trisha McFarland is a plucky 9-year-old hiking with her brother and mom, who is grimly determined to give the kids a good time on their weekends together. Trisha's mom is recently divorced, a...

SUMMARY: In the third volume in the explosive trilogy that has sold more than 24 million copies worldwide, Lisbeth Salander confronts political corruption from her hospital bed while a killer lurks ne...