Stories by Daniel Hautzinger

William and Moses reluctantly work together when Eliza comes under suspicion of a series of break-ins at the city mortuaries and has to go into hiding. Ivy also helps out Moses, while Eliza finds a new helpful accomplice. 

Documentaries examine Russian critics of the war in Ukraine and the hostage crisis in Iran while favorite dramas and mysteries wrap up their seasons just in time for the holidays.

Morgan begins to think she is cursed because bad things keep happening to people around her, as she joins Annika and her team in investigating the murder of a teacher from a remote island with Viking history.

When a second death occurs in Saxby-on-Avon, Atticus Pünd decides to investigate. Meanwhile, outside the world of the novel, Susan searches for the final chapter of Magpie Murders and begins to suspect Alan's death wasn't a suicide. 

Eliza is hired to investigate the theft of a sketch by Charles Darwin from a natural history museum, but she eventually discovers that the case is much more of a puzzle than it initially appears. 

Even as the war brought about by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, journalists from Frontline and the Associated Press, among others, have begun gathering evidence of war crimes. The director of a Frontline about those efforts spoke to us about the new documentary.  

Every Halloween, the Alpine-inspired Logan Square restaurant Table, Donkey and Stick serves a meal of offal, or organ and off cuts of animals. The spooky dinner is true to the restaurant's ethos of sustainability and tradition of preserving and preparing everything in house.

You may have never heard of hotdish unless you're from the upper Midwest, but the budget-stretching dish is perfect for families or potlucks during the colder months. This Cook's Country version tops the customary meat and vegetables bound in a creamy sauce with frozen tater tots. 

The Pulitzer Prize-winning former Chicago Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin has a new book out featuring photography by his one-time competitor Lee Bey, architecture critic of the Chicago Sun-Times. They discussed the book and equity in urban design and architecture.

Annika Strandhed is the head of a new Marine Homicide Unit in Glasgow that starts its work early when a body is found in the water with a harpoon through its head. Plus, Annika must help her daughter acclimate to a new life.

Susan Ryeland is a book editor whose best-selling author is a mystery novelist. The final chapter of his latest whodunnit is missing from the manuscript, a complication that becomes worse when the author turns up dead. 

Eliza and William are growing closer, but when she reopens one of his cases it strains their relationship. But Eliza feels she must investigate the unsolved disappearance of a desperate woman's sister from her department store job.

"The average American cannot name an African restaurant," says Dozzy Ibekwe. But the Nigerian immigrant wants to popularize West African food by presenting it in a modernized and accessible way at his pop-up Dozzy's Grill. 

After a promising young cellist is killed in a brazen attack, Van der Valk and his team are drawn into a case that has implications for powerful people across the globe—who will do anything to stop information from becoming public. 

Lidia Bastianich is celebrating two big anniversaries this fall: 25 years on public television, and the 10th season of Lidia's Kitchen. She's still going strong, sharing recipes such as this one for arancini filled with cheese, peas, and prosciutto.