• New Nonfiction

    Locusta of Gaul: Rome's Imperial Poisoner and Possibly the World's First Serial Killer

    Her life began in the countryside. A skill with poisons brought her to the heart of the empire.

    November 2, 2021  By Jennifer Wright
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    On Spiritualism and the Afterlife in Henry James' Turn of the Screw

    "It is the very function of ghosts to undermine confidence—for good or ill—that the dead are truly set apart."

    October 29, 2021  By Susan L. Mizruchi
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    The Forgotten Story of a Polish Spy Whose Los Angeles Trial Was a Cold War Flashpoint

    Marian Zacharski was much admired by American intelligence officers. His trial came at an auspicious moment.

    October 26, 2021  By John Pomfret
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    Tony Hillerman and the Invention of Jim Chee

    Joe Leaphorn, older and sophisticated, needed a new foil—one younger, more interested in tradition, and more inquisitive.

    October 14, 2021  By James McGrath Morris
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    Reclaiming the Legacy of Nora May French, the Pioneering Poet Made Into a Femme Fatale by Mediocre Men and California Mythology

    "One doesn’t die but becomes an unknown woman, one mutilated sheet of paper at a time."

    October 12, 2021  By Catherine Prendergast
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    When the Family Legacy Is Murder

    Betty Frizzell wrestles with her Missouri family's history of violence and mental illness.

    October 11, 2021  By Betty Frizzell
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    The Birth of the CIA—And the Soviet Mole Who Had a Hand in Everything

    At a dinner in London, 1946, Kim Philby hinted at an intriguing proposition: the complete merger of American and British intelligence.

    October 7, 2021  By Michael Holzman
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    The Boone Family, the Struggle for Kentucky, and the Kidnapping That Rocked Colonial America

    In 1776, thirteen year-old Jemima Boone wandered away from her family's settlement and into one of the era's fiercest land disputes.

    October 7, 2021  By Matthew Pearl
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    It's Time to Learn About the Lives of John Wayne Gacy's Victims—And Not Just the Labels Hung on Them

    Gacy's victims were too often dismissed as runaways and hustlers.

    October 6, 2021  By David Nelson
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    A Lover's Quarrel, A Dilapidated Mansion, and A Body in the Basement

    David Dominé nearly purchased a run-down Victorian home in Louisville, Kentucky. Years later, a body was discovered in the basement.

    October 5, 2021  By David Dominé
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