Richard Paul Evans

"Life Among Giants" by Bill Roorbach, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 331 pages, $24.95.   David "Lizard" Hochmeyer and his sister, Kate, are coping with the murder of their parents. They live across the lake from a mansion that is home to a famous...

Four years ago, Anthony and Kristen Bencomo learned they were expecting. They were thrilled. Their first. They told everyone. Debated names. Enrolled in Lamaze classes. Kristen kept doctor appointments. Marveled at her budding baby bump. Wondered why...

Brandon Ty Garner died on the day he was born: July 1, 2011. He came into the world at 24 weeks, 5 days. His lungs hadn't developed. He lived for six hours. Very few people ever saw him. Nearly a year and a half later, his parents remain swaddled in...

Maryland's first Angel of Hope statue stands in a garden across from the South Carroll Senior and Community Center, on Mineral Hill Road, in Eldersburg. The statue, depicting an angel with her arms raised and standing about 4 feet tall, is surrounded by...

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "The Racketeer" by John Grisham (Doubleday, $28.95). A federal judge and his secretary are murdered, and a former lawyer serving prison time says he knows who did it and why. Last week: 1 2. "The Sins of the Mother" by Danielle...

After over five years of planning and fundraising, Maryland's first Angel of Hope statue will be arriving in Eldersburg this fall. The statue, which was ordered last week by Cindy Hughes, of the JOSH Foundation, will be placed in a garden near South...

Margaret Tante Burk, a businesswoman, publicist and book enthusiast who co-founded one of the country's largest literary lunch groups, died Oct. 6 in Los Angeles of natural causes, her son, Harry, said. She was 93. For 30 years, until 2007, Burk ran...