A Little White Death

“John Lawton is so captivating a storyteller that I’d happily hear him out on any subject. . . . Meticulous artistry . . . The Chekhovian echo brilliantly captures the…

Madame Chiang Kai-shek

“Madame Chiang Kai-Shek belongs with Eleanor Roosevelt and Eva Peron as three of the most politically influential women of the past century.” —Deirdre Donahue, USA Today…

My Friend the Mercenary

“Intensely vivid story of war and the peculiar breed of warriors who fight in 21st-century Africa. . . A haunting memoir and tribute to an extraordinary comrade-at-arms.” —Kirkus Reviews…

Nine Plays of the Modern Theatre

“The nine plays included in this volume are not only modern by date, 1944-1975, but in their dramatization . . . . Though each may differ from the others in…

Gigantic

“[The] stories are suffused with a sort of poetry. . . . Beautiful . . . Nesbitt is smart, dark, and funny, like a young Elmore Leonard with a drinking…

Worm: the First Digital World War, by Mark Bowden

The fascinating story of the Conficker computer worm and the cyber security elites who have joined forces in a high-tech game of cops and robbers to find its creators and…

Remembrance Day

Gone

A page-turning triumph from the internationally bestselling thriller author Mo Hayder—Gone is a riveting tale that pits detective Jack Caffery and police diver Flea Marley against a carjacker who is…

XPD

“A stunning spy story . . . incomparable.”—The Guardian A propulsive and wholly original novel constructed around a supposition that Churchill secretly met with Hitler in 1940 to discuss terms…

Baked

“A laugh-out-loud, thrill-a-minute, tour de force of bad behavior, weirdness, and contemporary illegal commerce. With Baked, Mark Haskell Smith may just have written his masterpiece.” —Jerry Stahl…