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Review: “I Have Some Questions for You,” by Rebecca Makkai

Rebecca Makkai’s new novel alternates between the #MeToo present and a 1990s mystery. by Sean Kinch & Chapter16.org I Have Some Questions for You By Rebecca Makkai. Penguin. 464 pages. $19. Bodie...

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Review: “Holy City” by Henry Wise

A small-town deputy comes to terms with his past as he tries to save an innocent man. by Erica Wright & Chapter16.org Holy City By Henry Wise. Atlantic Monthly Press. 352 pages. $28. In his debut...

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Review: “The Chaos Agent,” by Mark Greaney

Chaos ensues when Greaney’s Gray Man tackles a new foe: artificial intelligence. by G. Robert Frazier & Chapter16.org The Chaos Agent By Mark Greaney. Berkley. 560 pages. $30. Whoever controls the...

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Review: “The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi,” by Wright...

Wright Thompson’s The Barn reckons anew with the infamous murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till. by Odie Lindsey & Chapter16.org The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi By Wright...

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Review: “The Penguin Book of Murder Mysteries,” Edited by Michael Sims

Michael Sims’ latest anthology of short fiction presents antique whodunit gems. by Chris Scott & Chapter16.org The Penguin Book of Murder Mysteries Edited by Michael Sims. Penguin Classics. 352...

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Q&A: Betsy Phillips, Author and Investigator of a Civil Rights Era Bombing

Betsy Phillips’ Dynamite Nashville is a raucous, engrossing investigation of white supremacist violence. by Aram Goudsouzian & Chapter16.org Dynamite Nashville: Unmasking the FBI, the KKK, and the...

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Q&A: Ace Atkins, author of “Don’t Let the Devil Ride”

Ace Atkins creates an unforgettable detective and an intimate portrait of Memphis in Don’t Let the Devil Ride. by Michael Ray Taylor & Chapter16.org Don’t Let the Devil Ride By Ace Atkins. William...

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Q&A, Kristin O’Donnell Tubb, author of “Fowl Play”

A madcap murder investigation helps a family cope with a loved one’s death in Tubb’s new middle-grade mystery. by Tina Chambers & Chapter16.org Fowl Play By Kristin O’Donnell Tubb. Katherine Tegen...

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Things I Loved in 2024

Pursuit‘s managing editor shares her favorite spy- and crime-adjacent books, shows, and movies from this year. This year, I dove back into books after neglecting my reading life for most of 2023 — a...

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Review: “We Would Never”

In Tova Mirvis’ We Would Never, a terrible crime tests a tight-knit family. by Sara Beth West & Chapter16.org We Would Never By Tova Mirvis. Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster. 368 pages....

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