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Published inBooks Are Our SuperpowerIslands, Displacement & the Fiction of SovereigntyInside “Chagos Archipelago”: Tom Lutz on turning the afterlife of colonial power into a contemporary thrillerOct 19Oct 19
A New Mystery Brings Agatha Christie Back to Life, and All I Can Think Is: My Mother Would Have…Even now, I can hear her quietly turning the pagesOct 15A response icon1Oct 15A response icon1
When a Novelist Becomes a Detective (And Drafts You Too)Chris Kraus’s new true crime book sent me down a rabbit hole of court filings and meth-fueled murders on Minnesota’s Iron RangeOct 8Oct 8
Published inBooks Are Our SuperpowerYour Digital Footprint Is the New Crime SceneThe Epistolary Novel Gets A Killer Tech Upgrade In Janice Hallett’s New MysterySep 27A response icon7Sep 27A response icon7
The Year’s Best Legal Thriller Isn’t on the Crime ShelfBruce Holsinger’s “Culpability” is a literary gut-punch where AI, family guilt and law converge after a fatal crashSep 24Sep 24
In Defense Of The Solitary Bookworm’s MindA Terrific Cozy Mystery That Made Me Want to Cancel Plans and Read Until 4 a.m.Sep 18A response icon1Sep 18A response icon1
“Mississippi Blue 42:” A Gonzo Legal Brief for Paying College AthletesEli Cranor’s gripping new novel is a wild, brilliant takedown of race, greed and the NCAA’s unpaid labor systemSep 7Sep 7