• New Nonfiction

    How the Nation of Islam Sent Shockwaves Across 1950s America – And Won the Support of Nasser's Egypt

    In 1958, the Nation of Islam was a powerful organization, on the rise. Soon, the American media, and the world, would take notice.

    November 23, 2022  By Shahan Mufti
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    How a Forgery of a Forgery Began a Career in the Artistic Underworld

    On the Early Days of Tony Tetro's Life as an Art Forger

    November 22, 2022  By Tony Tetro and Giampiero Ambrosi
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    The Truth About Snitching

    Our legal system is intensely reliant on informants and the unregulated, mostly unknown deals that guide them into an ever-more dangerous life.

    November 15, 2022  By Alexandra Natapoff
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    Murder after Christmas: An Unusual and Amusing Mystery

    Martin Edwards on rescuing another classic Golden Age whodunnit from obscurity.

    November 9, 2022  By Martin Edwards
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    When Truman Capote Met Ann Woodward, Recently Minted Widow, in Saint Moritz

    Woodward had killed her husband. Now she was dining out at one of Europe's most exclusive restaurants, with Claus von Bülow.

    November 8, 2022  By Roseanne Montillo
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    On Writing About Women Who Kill

    Alia Trabucco Zerán on What Drew Her to the Topic

    November 8, 2022  By Alia Trabucco Zerán
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    Boston's Combat Zone: Why Two Authors Were Drawn to the Same 45 Year-Old Crime

    A 1976 murder captured the interest of two Boston-area authors, who took very different approaches to the story.

    November 4, 2022  By Gabriel Valjan and Jan Brogan
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    On Ed Lacy's Room to Swing and Early Representation of Black Sleuths in Crime Fiction

    Written by a Harlem-based white author, Room to Swing features a Black detective and is an earnest effort infused with the jazzy spirit of the 1950s.

    November 4, 2022  By Leslie S. Klinger
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    How Grief and Revenge Made Geronimo Into a Legendary War Chief

    Before Geronimo became the Apaches' fabled war commander, he lost everything.

    November 1, 2022  By H.W. Brands
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    Martin Edwards On E. C. R. Lorac's Delightful Whodunit, These Names Make Clues

    A traditional "closed circle" mystery, Lorac's novel is her best at capturing the spirit of the Golden Age.

    November 1, 2022  By Martin Edwards
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