Even casual readers know that a great mystery can make for the perfect literary escape. Fortunately, there’s no shortage of amazing authors in the genre—including Louise Penny. Over the past ...

Louise Penny and Hillary Rodham Clinton. Simon & Schuster/St. Martin's, $30 (512p) ISBN 978-1-9821-7367-8 Rapid-fire plot twists are at the fore of this derivative thriller, set in an alternative ...

The Haskell Free Library and Opera House, pictured on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, was constructed at the beginning of the 20th century on the border between Stanstead, Quebec, and Derby Line, Vermont.