Kinsey Milhone, appearing in her 17th novel, finds herself drawn to a small town in California to try and help two old, ailing detectives solve an 18-year-old crime--the murder of a young woman, whose body was found in a quarry off of California Highway 1. A New York Times Notable Book for 2002.

Kinsey Milhone, appearing in her 17th novel, finds herself drawn to a small town in California to try and help two old, ailing detectives solve an 18-year-old crime--the murder of a young woman, whose body was found in a quarry off of California Highway 1. A New York Times Notable Book for 2002.

Kinsey Milhone, appearing in her 17th novel, finds herself drawn to a small town in California to try and help two old, ailing detectives solve an 18-year-old crime--the murder of a young woman, whose body was found in a quarry off of California Highway 1. A New York Times Notable Book for 2002.

In this novel in the Skolian Empire series, an arranged marriage is derailed by a misunderstanding and triggers a political (and physical) battle that affects life on and off Balumil, a minor planet that has, since its colonization some 5000 years earlier, slid slowly but steadily into a decline. Winner of a Nebula Award for Best Novel in 2002.

In this collection of her magazine pieces, Cynthia Ozick writes about such varied topics as her adolescence, Jane Austen, the Unabomber vs. Dostoevsky, selfishness in the artist, and the misuses to which Anne Frank's diary have been put. A New York Times Notable Book for the year 2000. Winner in 2001 of a National Book Critics Circle Award.