Violent reckoning strikes a secluded and secretive eighteenth-century village.

When second novels prove to be second nature.

Henry VIII's diplomat (and Anne Boleyn's lover) as seen through his vivid poetry. 

Pungent new stories of reprisal form a labyrinth of gruesome delights.

The blithe soul of Bertie Wooster can be spotted in his creator's correspondence.

New historical love affairs built on classic Romance commandments.

A detective with Asperger's syndrome grapples with a wave of uncanny violence.

A chilling Arctic expedition, fueled by horrific magic.

A postmodern SF adventure melds twelfth-century folktales with twenty-first-century science.

A star actor and his harried ghostwriter wage a war of words.

A beloved Scottish sleuth steps out of retirement.

One of literature’s greatest wits crosses the pond, in search of exceptionalism abroad and within.

Two unlikely collaborators project the dawn of film technology.

From Channel Orange to a Syrian wedding party.

A year's worth of essential listening.