Claude Peck

Adrian McKinty's Irish sleuth Sean Duffy returns in "Hang On St. Christopher," his wit and crime-solving abilities very much intact in a case that reaches to the top of organized crime.

Geraldine Brooks' "Memorial Days" is about the loss of her husband, writer Tony Horwitz. Brooks' novels include "Horse," "Caleb's Crossing" and Pulitzer Prize winner "March."

"Brighter Than the Sun" writer Daniel Aleman shifts from YA to adult novels with "I Might Be in Trouble," in which a writer, faced with a corpse in his bed, decides to use it in his work.

At age 69, Claude Peck recently took his first rip to the Boundary Waters. It will also be his last.

Consultants HR&A to talk about design work done elsewhere and what needs to happen in Minneapolis.

An outstanding Chopin Society recital by Russian pianist Elisso Virzaladze.

Kevin Barry, Irish author of

Nigerian novelist Chukwuebuka Ibeh debuts with "Blessings," the tale of a young gay man coming of age in the repressive culture of Nigeria.

Nigerian novelist Chukwuebuka Ibeh debuts with

Three sisters investigate when a fourth vanishes in "The Alternatives," the latest from Irish writer Caoilinn Hughes.