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Murder, She Wrote, and More: The Astonishing Triumph of Agatha Christie

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‘Richard Fleischer: Journeyman’: A New Look at an Underappreciated Filmmaker

Jason A. Ney reevaluates the prolific director of ’20,000 Leagues Under the Sea’ and ‘Soylent Green.’

‘The Cloak and Dagger Club’: A Club Meeting Launches a Mystery
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‘The Cloak and Dagger Club’: A Club Meeting Launches a Mystery

A gathering of mystery writers ends with its own mystery to find the killer of the club’s president.

Transformative Kindness: Langston Hughes’s Short Story ‘Thank You, Ma’am’
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Transformative Kindness: Langston Hughes’s Short Story ‘Thank You, Ma’am’

A woman’s choice to show mercy changes the life of a teen.

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‘Cancel Me If You Can’: Dave Portnoy Goes Introspective

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The bombastic Barstool Sports mogul offers a jolly autobiographical tour through his life as a media mogul.

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Jack Zipes’s complicated ‘Once Upon a Time There Was Truth or, Why We Need Fairy Tales’ is rife with sociopolitical absurdities.

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‘The Cloak and Dagger Club’: A Club Meeting Launches a Mystery

‘The Cloak and Dagger Club’: A Club Meeting Launches a Mystery

A gathering of mystery writers ends with its own mystery to find the killer of the club’s president.