Susannah Stapleton’s compulsively absorbing book about Maud West centres on a woman who was ... could have been a character in a Dorothy L Sayers novel – and in fact, she seemed to have lived her life ...

Martin Steven Novotny and Dorothy Lux (aka Luks) left what is now northeast Slovakia for a new life in America and married in January 1913. Almost exactly 19 years later, on Jan. 13, 1932 ...

By Stefano Montali A new book by the journalist Brian Goldstone puts a spotlight on people who have jobs but no homes, whose struggles remain largely invisible. By Jennifer Szalai Hallie ...

This week, Kristin Hannah answers our questions, what's she reading now, what would she take to a desert island, what gave her the reading bug, and what book left her cold? There are currently ...

This course aims to be an enjoyable exploration of detective and crime fiction. Each year, we pick a different theme and gather together experts from across the University to explore a range of novels ...

The mystery of Agatha Christie's extraordinary appeal is the subject for investigation in this engaging study by Robert Barnard, and by the end of the book you should be a lot clearer about the ...

British crime investigation series based around aristocratic, Oxford-educated Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and his working-class assistant Sergeant Barbara Havers.