Articles related to "Diane Setterfield"

What to take to the beach--or-the pool--to read this summer? Here are some suggestions:

If you read just one mystery novel this season -- or this year -- make it "The Thirteenth Tale" by Diane Setterfield.

Narrative writing needs time and place to give the story context. The best writing literature uses psychology of characters and setting in descriptive writing.

The latest thriller in James Patterson's Alex Cross series is a quick read, but plagued by one-dimensional characters and hard to believe plot twists.

Are you looking for mystery books to take on your trip this summer? Books that are gripping yet undemanding? These are my picks for great beach reads.

What happens when a Booker-award winning novelist (John Banville) tries his hand at crime fiction? The result is enthralling, suspenseful, and satisfying.

Take a Gothic novel, add a murder mystery, cloak it in hidden meanings and a half-remembered past, and you've got Sam Taylor's new, captivating novel.

Quirke is back and involved in a dark murder that again involves those closest to him, maybe even his own daughter.

Most readers of murder mysteries can never have too many books. Here are our choices for the best holiday gift books for those mystery enthusiasts on your holiday list.

Young Adult fiction was once considered a kind of void between engaging children's books and sophisticated adult fare. But not anymore, 'cause YA has a new attitude.