New editions of books by John Dickson Carr, Tom Mead and Edna Sherry remind me why I loved them the first time. The first two books of “On the Calculation of Volume,” by Solvej Balle ...
When they’re done well, they break free of whatever spin a subject might wish to impose and adhere more closely to the author’s vision. As long as a book does not include lies and inaccuracies ...