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Searching for the Golden Triangle's "Opium Queen"

Gabrielle Paluch was a reporter working in Myanmar when she first heard the rumors of the woman at the head of a fearsome militia.

A Snapshot of the Many and Various Criminals Aboard the Titanic

As in many walks of life, there was a wild cast of criminal characters on the ill-fated ship.

On the Enduring Charms and Sly Wit of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey

"while it is, ultimately, a comedic romance that sees a young lady eventually settle down with the upstanding gentleman who deserves her, it’s also—delightfully!—a satire."

5 Deliciously Dark Novels that Explore the Sinister Side of Marriage

Or, a list of novels featuring "disturbing and toxic relationships between husbands and wives, domesticity infused with lies, betrayal and murder..."

How Ian Fleming Wrote
Casino Royale and Changed Spy Fiction Forever

Kim Sherwood discusses the origins and impact of Ian Fleming's legendary espionage novel in her introduction to a special anniversary edition of the novel from The Folio Society

Top 10 Espionage Novels Centering Women's Stories

Kim Sherwood, the first woman to take on the mantel of writing 007, lists her favorite spy fiction.

Nazi-Hunting in Movies and TV Thrillers, Over the Decades

Pop culture will never get tired of watching people travel to South America to track down Nazi fugitives.

How Writers Lace Truth Into Their Fiction

How lines are blurred and readers are persuaded to lower their defenses and believe in a deeper authenticity.

Life and Death in Sandtown, Baltimore

Mark Bowden on the fate of one young man in one neighborhood, lost to the endless cycles of American violence.

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