Ever wonder how things might have been different for Rick Blaine, the ostensibly selfish nightclub owner from Casablanca, had he lived in Japan during the 1940s, rather than Morocco? Martin Cruz Smith offers a reasonable scenario in December...
From Publishers Weekly
In this affecting, if oddly flat, crime novel from Edgar-winner Cook (The Chatham School Affair), Eric Moore, a prosperous businessman, watches his safe, solid world disintegrate. When eight-year-old Amy Giordano, whom...
Quand Edouard, dit Doudou, devient Edouard Ier
Sire, de grâce, écoutez-moi,
Je reviens des galères.
Je suis voleur, vous êtes roi,
C'est à peu près la même affaire.
(Pétition d'un voleur de Sa Majesté, attribuée à...