Some of our greatest works of fiction are historical novels. Think War and Peace, for example. But as a genre, historical fiction tends less to sophisticated and imaginative re-creations of the past ...

Sydney Gallonde, the Paris-based producer of “No Second Chance,” Harlan Coben’s first series adaptation which traveled to more than 50 countries and drew high ratings, is ready to take his company ...

Willocks (Green River Rising) holds nothing back in this impressive crime novel featuring a relentless and incorruptible black South African police officer. Cape Town Warrant Officer Radebe Turner ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. If the words “South African-set crime fiction” suggest the rigorous, measured novels of Deon Meyer, take a deep ...

May 1565: From their Turkish shores, Mustapha Pasha and the vast army of Suleiman the Magnificent set forth to conquer Malta. The defenders of Malta are The Knights of St John the Baptist, also known ...

Vance brings gusto to the audio edition of Willocks's swashbuckling tale of romance, adventure and religious conflict on the island of Malta during the 16th century. The novel ushers in an ambitious ...

After years of false starts, Sandra Howard's career as a novelist has finally moved into first gear. After years of false starts, Sandra Howard's career as a novelist has finally moved into first gear ...

Welcome to the sun-blasted boondocks of the Northern Cape, where the only thing that flourishes is corruption. When a starving street kid is accidentally crushed against a dumpster — by a group of ...