MYSTERIES One finishes an outstanding trilogy with regret, but also, in the case of Rennie Airth’s three novels featuring John Madden, with abundant...

FICTION Reviewing Dan Brown’s new thriller several days after its publication is a little like standing in the middle of the Indy 500 racetrack and...

TODAY “Nonesuch Place: A History of the Richmond Landscape” by Tyler Potterfield—Book talk and signing 2-4 p.m. at Book People, 536 Granite...

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERS  HARDCOVER FICTION 1.The Last Songby Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing) 2.Alex Cross’s Trialby James...

In the six years that Maxwell has been absent, his standing as the silky prince of soul has been challenged by such ladykillers as John Legend, Robin Thicke...

Surrogates” is itself a surrogate, a kind of stand-in for many of the sci-fi movies of the recent past: In it, you’ll recognize the ideas of...

Actor Ken Howard, a proponent of merging two actors unions for better negotiating clout, has been elected president of the Screen Actors Guild. Howard’s...