New Nonfiction

Ian Fleming's War and the Real-Life Operation Golden Eye

Fleming's wartime service in Gibraltar provided much fodder for his later writing (and inspiration for his gadgets).

August 2, 2021  By Mark Simmons
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Elizabeth Gilpin: The Brutal Survival Summer Camp That Nearly Killed Me

"Programs like mine that operated from the most remote and unchecked places in the country. Where no one was watching and tragic things happened all the time."

July 23, 2021  By Elizabeth Gilpin
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Defections and Detections: How a Sprawling Soviet Atomic Spy Network Was First Exposed

In postwar America, Soviet spies were busy gathering up atomic secrets. A series of defections soon threw the network into chaos.

July 20, 2021  By Ann Hagedorn
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The Story of 18th Century England's Booming Graverobbing Industry, and the Man Who Inspired 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'

John Hunter was one of the era's foremost anatomists and surgeons. He was also the premier customer for stolen bodies.

July 20, 2021  By Sam Kean
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Thomas Gilbert and the Murder That Brought Down One of New York's Most Privileged Families

A dispute over a son's allowance led one elite family to murder.

July 20, 2021  By John Glatt
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In Victorian London, Dr. Thomas Neill Cream Was a New Kind of Killer

Jack the Ripper wasn't the only serial killer stalking the city's vulnerable. In Lambeth, there was Dr. Cream.

July 15, 2021  By Dean Jobb
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Berlin in 1946 Was a Cultural Battlefield Unlike Any Before

The earliest battles of the Cold War took place in Berlin, where Soviets unleashed a complex program to win over German culture.

July 13, 2021  By Giles Milton
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Why Dolores Hitchens' Less-Than-Glamorous Detective Is the Quiet Hero We Need

"[James Sader] fumbles through both novels without the benefit of any special charisma or genius. What he does have are the plain, well-worn tools of integrity and tenacity..."

July 12, 2021  By Steph Cha
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Sunny Palm Springs Is A Perfect Setting for Noir

"On a steamy summer day, the residential streets are absent of people and can possess an unsettling quiet. Where is everyone?"

July 8, 2021  By Barbara DeMarco-Barrett
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How Voltaire Helped Spread the Legend of Europe's Most Famous Prisoner, The Man in the Iron Mask

In 18th century Europe, there was no greater conspiracy theory than the one surrounding "L'homme au masque de fer"

July 8, 2021  By Josephine Wilkinson
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