Smart, funny and compulsively watchable, HBO’s “The White Lotus” is the rare TV satire that strikes a perfect balance between vicious and empathetic, skewering the superrich...
Some people use noir to mean a spare writing style; others, a type of plot that tends toward deceit and despair. But it’s maybe best described...
When the hard-boiled private-eye detective story was born about a hundred years ago, the United States was a few years removed from a pandemic, grappling with...
by Gillian McAllister What would you do if your beloved, thoughtful husband inexplicably grabbed a gun, took some strangers hostage in a warehouse and instigated a...
Horror is having a moment. Once confined largely to Halloween, or at least to October, “spooky season” has evolved into a monthslong phenomenon — and our...
By Jakob Kerr Days before someone shoots him to death, Trevor Canon, the founder of the San Francisco startup Journy, amends his will to freeze his...
Since I’ve written four legal thrillers, you won’t be surprised to learn that I also love to read them. I use the term “legal thriller” in...
