Back in the mists of time
Most crime novels offer a curious kind of escape, to places that jag the nerves and worry the mind. Their…
The rubble of the past
The term ‘psychological thriller’ is an elastic one these days, tagged liberally on to any story of suspense that explores…
The wrong side of the barricade
Historians still argue over whether the regime of the GDR can be called a totalitarian one. Some say that the…
The missing word game
Mark Twain had a notoriously thorny relationship with German, a language he gamely tried to conquer. His main beef was…
The name game
In South Korea, some 20 million people share just five surnames. Every one of Denmark’s top 20 surnames ends in…
