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New Nonfiction

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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..."

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?"

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"

Inside the Fiction Group in a Maximum-Security Psychiatric Hospital

"They’d talk about what ward they were on, their security level, the medication they were taking, and how long they’d been at Perkins, but I never heard a patient ask another patient about their crime."

The Women Who Became Sex Radicals and Changed the Course of American History

Ida Craddock and her fellow free lovers took on Anthony Comstock and the patriarchy. Why has history mostly forgotten them?

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

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

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

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

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

"[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..."

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

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

"They’d talk about what ward they were on, their security level, the medication they were taking, and how long they’d been at Perkins, but I never heard a patient ask another patient about their crime."

Ida Craddock and her fellow free lovers took on Anthony Comstock and the patriarchy. Why has history mostly forgotten them?

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