The current mini-boom in socially committed Black American crime fiction continues with the ambitious Cosby’s excoriating ...

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Belgian author Abel made her U.S. debut with 2023’s Mothers’ Instinct, adapted for a 2024 film starring Jessica Chastain and ...

Kathy Reichs, the forensic anthropologist-turned-bestselling writer behind Bones, is back with a new novel, Evil Bones. She ...

The acclaimed author, whose 250 books sold half a billion copies, casts an eye on the actress’s still-mysterious death.

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This week’s fiction features an almost entirely Australian line-up, while non-fiction books range from political cartoons to ...

Revisit underrated crime shows from various eras that offer compelling stories and performances, from Hill Street Blues to ...

This week’s fiction ranges from reimagined Greek myths to the challenges of middle-age, and in non-fiction there’s Joanna ...

Mofina has fond memories of growing up on Grier Street, off North Front and College, typing stories and sending them off with ...

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