Autumn is arriving all around. It strips the apple trees in the garden bare. It gilds the rowan trees in the clearings. It paints the aspens on the marshy bank with crimson hues. And even from the lake itself,...

In detective books, we are often presented with a detective as the hero—Hercule Poirot, Sherlock Holmes, Inspector Maigret... Do you remember the names of all the villains they caught? Perhaps only Professor Moriarty. The others, hardly... It's interesting why...