“Donna tried to understand the scene. The bodies. The girl. The gun. ‘Put your hands in the air!’ Donna told the girl, pointing her...

In college, I took several “lit” classes. Modern Literature. European Literature. The Literary Classics. The Short Story. Even, Sociology...

During the 1950s, I read several novels by Nevil Shute, and I want to pay homage to this wonderful author. His full name was Nevil Shute...

I must have been 15 because we hadn’t yet moved to California, and I had “outgrown” my interest in books about dinosaurs. The librarian...

During the closing decades of the twentieth century, I read many novels by John Irving: The World According to Garp, The Hotel New...

Last September, I wrote about several of my favorite books. These were mostly novels that I read many decades ago, but they’re the ones...

If you’ve read even one of Freida McFadden’s psychological thrillers, you’re probably a fan like me.  Dr. McFadden is a practicing...

Lorenzo Carcaterra, author of “The Wolf” (2014, 310 pages in paperback format), is something of an enigma. His “Tin Badges,” reviewed...