Martin Cruz Smith, the best-selling mystery novelist who engaged readers for decades with “Gorky Park” and other thrillers ...

Martin Cruz Smith, who transported readers behind the Iron Curtain in his multifaceted crime novel “Gorky Park,” a Soviet-era blockbuster that topped bestseller lists and kicked off a long-running ...

Cruz’s 11 Arkady Renko books, which deepen and darken with feeling as they go, are a testament to courage and a reminder of mortality.

Oscar winner Ellen Burstyn has a book coming out next year that reveals how she has been shaped by the power of words.

Scrubbing away years worth of dust, dirt and grime coating the top of the Marin County Civic Center will soon bring back the ...