The Last Word Lillard’s Achilles injury is a devastating blow for the Bucks and for Lillard’s championship dreams. It could very well mark the end of Milwaukee’s current title window.

(“The Death of Achilles” by Boris Akunin, Random House, 320 pages, $12.95, paperback.) Fandorin. Erast Fandorin. OK, it doesn’t have the same ring as “Bond. James Bond.” But Boris Akunin’s ...