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Writer Albert Waitt's murder mystery, 'The Ruins of Woodman’s Village,' paints a picture of a small town, biases and all.

Please be on the lookout now to find opportunities to commit simple acts of kindness.

Step 1, biologist Noah Charney writes in 'These Trees Tell a Story,' is to slow down.

The accusation threatens to destroy the teacher's career, marriage and life, in Kate Flora's 'Teach Her a Lesson.'

In 'My Xanthi,' a now-adult Nick reads his nanny's old letters and comes face to face with the brutality of her life in wartime Greece.

Compelling characters and nimble plotting distinguish Anne Britting Oleson's 'Aventurine and the Reckoning.'

Stephanie Wrobel's new thriller seems to have it all, but the book suffers from its constantly shifting, confusing timeline.

The ninth of Thomas Perry's Jane Whitefield novels, which includes a pursuit through Maine's 100 Mile Wilderness, mostly delivers.

Writer Mike Bond's novel, the first of seven in a series about this nation, is a departure from his usual thrillers.

In "Silence," William Carpenter's latest novel, a deaf vet takes refuge on an undeveloped island, where things are not as simple as they seem.