• New Nonfiction

    How a German Spy Chief Built a Smuggling Network out of a Mission to Install a Nazi King in Britain

    Walter Schellenberg was in Portugal to recruit the Duke of Windsor. Instead, his sights turned to a corruptible port operation.

    November 7, 2023  By Neill Lochery
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    How Much Do We Really Know About Charles Dickens?

    Dickens rose to fame at a young age. His biography (and its gaps) was part of the myth.

    November 3, 2023  By Helena Kelly
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    The Secret History of John le Carré's Career in the Intelligence Services

    The author's biographer tries to sort through the myth to find out what David Cornwell was really up to.

    October 30, 2023  By Adam Sisman
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    The Political Assassination That Transformed Africa, the UN, and the CIA

    Targeting Patrice Lumumba was the beginning of a slippery slope. We're only beginning to understand the real history.

    October 19, 2023  By Stuart A. Reid
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    On the Perils of Adult Guardianship, An Industry Rampant with Fraud and Abuse

    Court-appointed guardians have few qualifications, little oversight, and enormous potential for exploitation.

    October 13, 2023  By Diane Dimond
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    A Murder Mystery in the Sunshine State

    How a dispute between Florida neighbors and a copy of Agatha Christie's 'The Pale Horse' landed a chemist on Death Row.

    October 11, 2023  By Jana Monroe
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    Sarah Weinman on Helen Garner and the Ongoing Conversations of True Crime

    In This House of Grief Garner "takes the act of bearing witness to new levels."

    October 10, 2023  By Sarah Weinman
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    On the Rise, and Fall, and Uncontainable Rebellion of Cyberpunk

    "Cyberpunk is not about technological supremacy. In fact, the reverse is true: cyberpunk is about the perseverance of humanity."

    September 28, 2023  By Jared Shurin
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    An Appreciation of Gardening Detectives

    From Wilkie Collins to the present day, crime writers have often crafted "horticulturally inclined" sleuths.

    September 13, 2023  By Marta McDowell
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    On Crime and Its Discontents

    "Every crime is a breach and a break and a sundering. It splits time. It shatters the ethical axis. But it reveals hidden things in a culture, or a nation."

    September 12, 2023  By Ben Okri
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