Excerpt: “Two Truths and a Lie,” by Ellen McGarrahan
In Two Truths and a Lie, reporter-turned-PI Ellen McGarrahan recounts her quest for the truth about a decades-old murder and offers profound insights on grief and justice.
View ArticleBook Review: “Her Dark Lies”
Thriller novelist J.T. Ellison channels Agatha Christie in the suspense-filled "Her Dark Lies."
View ArticleQ&A: A Good Man in a Nest of Evil
In his latest book, journalist Curtis Wilkie reveals the story of a brave man who informed on the Mississippi KKK.
View Article14 Client Types Private Investigators Encounter — and How to Handle Them
This article is excerpted from "How to Start a Private Investigation Business," by Edward Panico, with permission of the author.
View ArticleReview: “The Killing Hills”
Chris Offutt’s "The Killing Hills" delivers a taut, gripping Kentucky-noir thriller.
View ArticleReview: “The Heathens,” by Ace Atkins
Bad Influencers: Ace Atkins’ Mississippi sheriff chases a teenage TikTok sensation across the South
View ArticleReview: “Bluebird,” by Sharon Cameron
Nazi war crimes and Cold War espionage fuel a young-adult historical thriller novel.
View ArticleReview: “When Ghosts Come Home,” by Wiley Cash
Corruption and redemption: Wiley Cash's fourth novel combines rich characters and compelling mystery.
View ArticleBook Review: “Paradise, WV,” by Rob Rufus
Addiction and murder run rampant in a small West Virginia town in Rob Rufus's new novel.
View ArticleBook Review: “Autopsy: A Scarpetta Novel,” by Patricia Cornwell
The protagonist of Patricia Cornwell’s Scarpetta series conducts an autopsy in space.
View ArticleEditor’s Report: PI Gifts Just for You
Hear the Beard: Here are a few gift suggestions from the editors of Pursuit — stuff we love to buy for ourselves.
View ArticleReview: “Paper Bullets: Two Women Who Risked Their Lives to Defy the Nazis”
Paper Bullets, by Jeffrey H. Jackson, tells the story of an extraordinary pair of resistance fighters.
View ArticleReview: “Robert B. Parker’s Bye Bye Baby”
Parting Shot: Ace Atkins pens his tenth installment in the iconic Spenser detective series created by Robert B. Parker.
View ArticleReview: “When the Corn Is Waist High”
Jeremy Scott delivers a fast-paced, complex murder mystery. by Bradley Sides & Chapter16.org When the Corn Is Waist High By Jeremy Scott. Keylight Books. 294 pages. $29.99. Jeremy Scott, author of...
View ArticleReview: “In the Lonely Backwater”
An unreliable narrator keeps readers guessing in Valerie Nieman’s In the Lonely Backwater. by G. Robert Frazier & Chapter16.org In the Lonely Backwater By Valerie Nieman. Regal House Publishing....
View ArticleReview: “Trailed: One Woman’s Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders”
Journalist Kathryn Miles trails a 1996 cold case. by Jane Marcellus & Chapter16.org Trailed: One Woman’s Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders By Kathryn Miles. Algonquin Books. 320 pages. $28.95....
View ArticleReview: “City on Fire” by Don Winslow
Don Winslow’s "City on Fire" sets a mob war in gray 1980s New England.
View ArticleReview: “Shifty’s Boys” by Chris Offutt
Chris Offutt delivers another intense Kentucky thriller in Shifty’s Boys. by Wayne Catan & Chapter16.org Shifty’s Boys By Chris Offutt. Grove Press. 272 pages. $27. The epigraph “These hills don’t...
View ArticleReview: “The Cartographers”
In Peng Shepherd’s second novel, a rare map points the way to a dreamlike — yet deadly — destination. by Tina Chambers & Chapter16.org The Cartographers. By Peng Shepherd. William Morrow. 400...
View ArticleReview: “Rogues,” by Patrick Radden Keefe
Patrick Radden Keefe’s Rogues draws back the curtain on secret worlds. by Kim Green & Chapter16.org Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks By Patrick Radden Keefe. Doubleday....
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