• New Nonfiction

    Paula Hawkins on Patricia Highsmith's Strangers on a Train, 70 Years Later

    The author of The Girl on the Train appreciates Highsmith's uniquely sickening vision of humanity.

    January 20, 2021  By Paula Hawkins
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    Patricia Highsmith and the Women Who Inspired Ripley

    In 1950, Highsmith went to Positano with a glamorous, wealthy young Londoner. A year later, she traveled there again, with a new companion, at the tail end of a manic journey across Europe.

    January 19, 2021  By Richard Bradford
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    Forget Bones and CSI: The Real Business of Forensics is Grueling and Not At All Glamorous

    In an era where expert work is under siege, a tour of forensics today shows a profession that takes its work very, very seriously.

    January 19, 2021  By Beth A. Bechky
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    The British Student-Turned-Bank Robber Who Became "A Modern-Day Robin Hood"

    Stephen Jackley thought the world was deeply unfair, and set out to change it—by robbing banks and redistributing money.

    January 14, 2021  By Ben Machell
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    What the Iconic Outfits in Laura Say About Feminism, Fashion, and Film Noir

    A well-dressed Gene Tierney isn't a screen siren—she's a businesswoman, projecting confidence and power.

    January 13, 2021  By Kimberley Truhler
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    Revisiting The Lost World, Arthur Conan Doyle's Rollicking Adventure Novel

    Inspired by H. Rider Haggard and Jules Verne, Sherlock Holmes' creator was also a pioneering science fiction writer.

    January 5, 2021  By John Lellenberg
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    The Georgia Guidestones: America's Stonehenge, History's Unsolved Mystery

    Are they a monument to human civilization, or a powerful condemnation of our species? And who the heck built them?

    December 9, 2020  By Brad Meltzer and Keith Farrell
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    Joan Harrison: Hollywood Producer, and the Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock

    She answered an ad for a secretary. She became Hitchcock's trusted screenwriter and a major power player in Hollywood.

    December 2, 2020  By Christina Lane
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    A White Supremacist Serial Killer and His First Victims

    In 1977, an attack on a synagogue left several wounded and one dead. It was only the start of a hate-fueled cross-country rampage.

    December 2, 2020  By John Douglas and Mark Olshaker
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    Linda, Interrupted

    Linda Millar's brief life was full of tragedy. Her secrets found their way into novels thanks to her celebrated parents, Ross Macdonald and Margaret Millar. It's time to see who she really was.

    November 24, 2020  By Sarah Weinman
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