• New Nonfiction

    Married to the Mob: When the Mafia Infiltrated and Shook Down Hollywood Unions

    "When the studios had actual problems with the unions, they used mob muscle to squash it."

    September 13, 2024  By Michael Benson and Craig Singer
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    How the Detectives of Scotland Yard Solved Their First Big Case

    In the summer of 1842, the 'Bermondsey Horror' kept London transfixed, as the newly formed detective squad launched an investigation.

    September 6, 2024  By Simon Read
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    The Birth of Britain's "Commando" Units

    After the Dunkirk evacuation, the British military needed a new approach. Its resident wizard was called to devise a scheme.

    September 5, 2024  By Robert Hutton
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    Orlando Whitfield on Art, Fraud, and Unwittingly Going into Business with a Talented Con Man

    Whitfield's new book, 'All That Glitters' tells the inside story of Inigo Philbrick's rise and fall.

    August 19, 2024  By Kevin Canfield
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    The Craggy, Wind-Swept Crime Fiction of Wales

    Martin Edwards celebrates the macabre and suspenseful tales informed by the eerie landscapes and gothic settings of Cymru

    August 16, 2024  By Martin Edwards
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    Uncovering One of the Biggest (and Strangest) Frauds in Mississippi History

    State auditor Shad White found himself at the epicenter of an investigation into a shocking theft. Then things got weird...

    August 13, 2024  By Shad White
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    How McDonald's Found Out Its Wildly Popular Monopoly Game Was a Fraud

    America's favorite marketing game was about to come crashing down.

    August 12, 2024  By James Lee Hernandez and Brian Lazarte
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    A Murder in Laredo

    How an investigation into a woman's murder in the Texas borderlands became a search for a serial killer.

    August 6, 2024  By Rick Jervis
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    The Assassinations That Targeted India's Journalists

    In a new book, Rollo Romig discusses the killing of Gauri Lankesh and other reporters in India.

    August 6, 2024  By Kevin Canfield
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    March 31, 1985: The Day That Tore San Diego Apart

    "Two white San Diego Police officers followed a pickup truck with seven young Black men up a long dirt driveway in the Southeast neighborhood of Encanto. Minutes later, something terrible happened."

    July 26, 2024  By Peter Houlahan
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