A terrific early police proceduralNovelists have been turning out stories about crime since the early 1800s, and private detectives entered into the picture not long after…Sep 24Sep 24
Retooling reality with artificial intelligenceGraham Gooding is head of operations at Warlock & Co. He’s been with founder David Warwick longer than anyone else and is Warwick’s trusted…Sep 23Sep 23
Probing China’s secrets in Xinjiang and TibetFor thousands of years the Han people who settled China’s heartland around the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers have contended with people of…Sep 19Sep 19
The amazing story of the world’s first Special ForcesMilitary historians point to Britain’s Special Air Service (SAS) as the first modern Special Forces. Formed in Egypt in 1941 by David…Sep 18Sep 18
The ten best small-town mysteriesSetting a novel of suspense in a small town offers a writer several advantages. And those advantages multiply when the book is one in a…Sep 17Sep 17
Will we merge with artificial intelligence by 2045?Two decades ago two widely read books by computer scientist Ray Kurzweil helped ignite a debate about humanity’s future. The Age of…Sep 16Sep 16
The best mysteries set in AfricaEnglish-speaking readers and critics are likely to identify the earliest mystery novels in the work of American and British authors Edgar…Sep 12Sep 12
Bucking the Pentagon’s resistance to changeWe Americans have long believed that the US military is the most advanced and most capable in the world. But in some respects that’s no…Sep 11Sep 11
When “too much information” gets all too realConsider telepathy, or “mental telepathy,” if you choose to belabor the obvious. Sounds like a great thing, right? What’s not to like about…Sep 9Sep 9
A clever bank-heist story from Ken FollettAs Ken Follett notes in an introduction, “This book was written in 1976, immediately before Eye of the Needle, and I think it is the best…Sep 5Sep 5
