Thrillers
Killer
Company
By CHRISTOPHER RICE
New thrillers
include Tawni O'Dell's "One of Us," Sergey Kuznetsov's
"Butterfly Skin" and more.
Science Fiction and
Fantasy
Dark
Visions
By N. K. JEMISIN
New books by
Robert Jackson Bennett, Peyton Marshall and more.
Nordic Noir
Northern
Exposure
By MARILYN STASIO
New mysteries
by Karin Fossum, Jens Lapidus and more.
Horror
Be
Very Afraid
By TERRENCE RAFFERTY
Anne Rice's
"Prince Lestat," and several novels about middle-class domestic
anxiety.
Atul
Gawande: By the Book
The author,
most recently, of "Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the
End" is a great fan of Dr. Watson: "He is intelligent, observant and
faithful, the way we want all doctors to be."
'On
the Edge'
By EDWARD ST. AUBYN
Reviewed by DAVID LEAVITT
In Edward St.
Aubyn's novel, a large cast of seekers cross paths at Esalen.
'Pay
Any Price'
By JAMES RISEN
Reviewed by LOUISE RICHARDSON
James Risen
argues that America's open society has been a casualty of the war on terror.
'A
Brief History of Seven Killings'
By MARLON JAMES
Reviewed by ZACHARY LAZAR
Marlon
James's novel examines complicated politics and the growth of gang violence in
Jamaica.
'The
Art of the English Murder'
By LUCY WORSLEY
Reviewed by SARA PARETSKY
Lucy Worsley
examines the creation of British crime fiction and the growing fascination with
foul play.
'Ghosts:
A Natural History'
By ROGER CLARKE
Reviewed by PATRICK McGRATH
A 500-year
history of apparitions, poltergeists, séances and our longing to believe in the
paranormal.
'The
Witch: And Other Tales Re-told'
By JEAN THOMPSON
Reviewed by LAURA MILLER
Folk and
fairy tales are loosely reimagined and rendered with scrupulous realism.
'The
Poet and the Vampyre'
By ANDREW MCCONNELL
STOTT
Reviewed by MAXWELL CARTER
An 1816
"ghost story" contest had lasting literary consequences.
'The
Immortal Evening'
By STANLEY PLUMLY
Reviewed by PRISCILLA GILMAN
Keats,
Wordsworth and Lamb attend a famous dinner party.
Critic's Take
Art
of Darkness
By PICO IYER
Must the
revolutionary artist ignore the basic laws of decency that govern our world in
order to transform that world?
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