The Christian Science Monitor

Murder and mayhem haunt an executive chef in the restaurant of a London hotel that has seen better days.

This poignant short story collection puts a personal face on the devastating crisis in Zimbabwe.

The story of two blues-crazed teens who became one of the best songwriting teams of the 20th century.

What are the quirky dishes with which we comfort ourselves when dining solo?

Satchel Paige: the biography of an ace pitcher and racial trailblazer.

Using a stray reference in "Moby Dick," a novelist creates the story of Ahab's wife.

An elderly New York couple must deal with a terrorist threat, a real estate predicament, and – worst of all – a crisis with their pet.

Stalin is gone but not forgotten in this dark, suspenseful sequel to “Child 44.”

Philosopher-author Alain de Botton asks: Why do we work?

How it felt to grow up at the National Review – with William F. Buckley Jr., as a mentor.

A music student renounces all to become a Buddhist monk – and then has second thoughts.

How America used to eat.

The relatives come for the weekend, but they never leave in this relentlessly witty family novel.

Urban meets rural in this memoir of life on a farm in the slums of Oakland.

When two sisters leave Ireland for New York in the 1950s, nothing turns out as they expect.