Connecticut’s Correction Department is investigating an inmate writing program run by author Wally Lamb after a lawsuit was filed by some of the participants.

Wit, dry humor, imagination and a likable heroine elevate this romantic comedy.

In Anne Britting Oleson’s new novel, a newly divorced woman inherits a Renaissance tapestry square – and the mysteries it contains.

David Rosenfelt, who has rescued hundreds of dogs with his wife, is known for his Andy Carpenter mysteries, about a crime-solving lawyer and his dog.

In Steven Rowley’s beguiling second novel, a young writer’s famous editor doubles as a mother figure.

‘Fleishman Is in Trouble,’ by Taffy Brodesser-Akner, takes aim at the complexities of modern marriage.