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TORONTO — Things are not as they appear in the twisty Niagara Falls-set thriller "Disappearance at Clifton Hill," in which a decades-old mystery lures a prodigal daughter home to exorcise old demons.

NEW YORK — Clive Cussler, the million-selling adventure writer and real-life thrill-seeker who wove personal details and spectacular fantasies into his page-turning novels about underwater explorer Dirk Pitt, has died, his publisher said Wednesday.

Unraveling the dusted bandages of H.G. Wells’ classic 1897 science-fiction novel, writer-director Leigh Whannell has refashioned “The Invisible Man” as a bracingly modern #MeToo allegory that, despite its brutal craft, rings hollow.

“Scratched: A Memoir of Perfectionism,” Harper, by Elizabeth Tallent In the 1980s, Elizabeth Tallent was a rising star in the literary world, publishing short stories and books to great acclaim, only to fall silent for the next 22 years.

REGINA — Emails show the University of Regina's dean of arts told George Elliott Clarke that he was sorry the acclaimed poet had been vilified over his relationship with the killer of an Indigenous woman.

REGINA — Emails show the University of Regina's dean of arts told George Elliott Clarke that he was sorry the acclaimed poet had been vilified over his relationship with the killer of an Indigenous woman.

MADRID — The Spanish government has cancelled the participation of tenor Plácido Domingo in Madrid’s La Zarzuela light opera theatre in May in light of the latest developments in the sexual misconduct allegations against the legendary singer.

MADRID — The Spanish government has cancelled the participation of tenor Plácido Domingo in Madrid’s La Zarzuela light opera theatre in May in light of the latest developments in the sexual misconduct allegations against the legendary singer.

NEW YORK — Two long-running series — CBS drama “Criminal Minds” and ABC's “Fresh Off the Boat” — ended their runs last week with modest bumps in the ratings.

“Trouble Is What I Do,” Mulholland Books, by Walter Mosley Many years ago, a Mississippi bluesman named Catfish Worry had an affair with the daughter of a wealthy white banker whose ancestors came to America on the Mayflower.