Three novels for the price of one, 'Choice' hinges on big decisions

FICTION: A well-wrought tale, in linked narratives, explores the consequences of choices.


'How to Solve Your Own Murder': great title, OK novel

FICTION: An aspiring mystery writer is tasked with solving a family whodunit when her great-aunt is murdered.


Transfixing novel explores the repercussions of 'One Day' of violence

FICTION: Abigail Dean writes about the secrets, lies and conspiracies surrounding a horrific tragedy.


Review: 'Secrets Typed in Blood,' by Stephen Spotswood

FICTION: A wildly entertaining third mystery for female detective duo Pentecost and Parker.


Review: 'All the Broken Places,' by John Boyne

FICTION: A darkly compelling novel about a woman forced to confront the sins of her past.


Review: 'Case Study,' by Graeme Macrae Burnet

FICTION: A brilliant multilayered novel about a woman who plays a dangerous game with a psychotherapist in 1960s London.


Review: 'The Singularities,' by John Banville

FICTION: A bold, mind-bending novel in which a mystery man lodges with an idiosyncratic family.


Review: 'The Whalebone Theatre,' by Joanna Quinn

FICTION: This captivating debut charts a memorable heroine's unconventional childhood in England and her undercover exploits in wartime France.


Review: 'Act of Oblivion,' by Robert Harris

FICTION: A page-turning historical thriller about a manhunt for the killers of an English king.


Review: 'The House of Fortune,' by Jessie Burton

FICTION: A mesmerizing tale of intrigue and forbidden love in early-18th-century Amsterdam.