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Review: “Kingdom of Devils,” by Katherine Grandjean

Katherine Grandjean tells the tale of America’s first mass murderers. by Chris Scott & Chapter16.org Kingdom of Devils: A Tale of Murder in the Shadow of the American Revolution By Katherine Grandjean. Random House. 352 pages. $34. In 1796, brothers Wiley and Micajah Harp moved to Tennessee, settling near a new, rough-hewn settlement called Knoxville.

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Review: “The Midnight Special,” by Colin Asher

In The Midnight Special, Colin Asher explores our deep fascination with prison songs and their singers. by David Wesley Williams & Chapter16.org The Midnight Special: The Secret Prison History of American Music By Colin Asher. W. W. Norton & Company. 336 pages. $29.99. Lead Belly sang his way out of prison. Johnny Cash shot a

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Review: “When We Were Murderous Time-Traveling Women”

Ellen Morris Prewitt packs her unconventional novel with action, humor, and heart. by Bradley Sides & Chapter16.org When We Were Murderous Time-Traveling Women By Ellen Morris Prewitt. Literary Wanderlust. 276 pages. $17.99. Ellen Morris Prewitt, a writer with ties to Memphis, Mississippi, and New Orleans, delivers a delightfully rambunctious novel with When We Were Murderous

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Review: “The Museum of Unusual Occurrence,” by Erica Wright

Erica Wright’s latest mystery sets a murder in a special kind of tourist town. by Bradley Sides & Chapter16.org The Museum of Unusual Occurrence By Erica Wright. Severn House. 240 pages. $29.99. Erica Wright, Knoxville resident and author of eight books, including 2024’s Hollow Bones, takes readers to Wyndale, Florida, in her latest whodunit, The

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Review: “Avalon Moon,” by Michael Amos Cody

Mysterious deaths alarm a small town in Michael Amos Cody’s Avalon Moon. by Maggie Gigandet & Chapter16.org Avalon Moon By Michael Amos Cody. Madville Publishing. 340 pages. $24.95. Author Michael Amos Cody blends murder and the supernatural in his new thriller Avalon Moon. Set in Runion, North Carolina, the novel opens with community members worried

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Review: “A Fortune of Sand,” by Ruta Sepetys

Ruta Sepetys’ new novel is a Roaring Twenties mystery featuring nefarious automobile barons, jewel thieves, and suspicious goings-on at an artist residency. by Amy Lyons & Chapter16.org A Fortune of Sand By Ruta Sepetys. Ballantine Books. 320 pages. $30. The year is 1927, the city Detroit, and Marjorie Lennox, youngest daughter of a dirty-dealing automobile family,

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Writing About Reading

News flash: Reading is apparently dead. At PursuitMag headquarters, we didn’t get the memo. This spring and summer, we’ve been doubling down on book coverage — at least, to the extent we can, whilst operating with no actual staff devoted full-time to magazine things. To help out with our relative poverty of resources, we’re lucky

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Review: “Summer’s Never Over,” by Darby Bozeman

While a mysterious figure stalks a summer camp, young counselors bond and clash. by Peggy Burch & Chapter16.org Summer’s Never Over By Darby Bozeman. Berkley. 368 pages. $20. Darby Bozeman’s debut thriller, Summer’s Never Over, turns a lakeside children’s camp in a remote Georgia forest into a backdrop for jump-scares. A black-clad figure campers call

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Review: “London Falling,” by Patrick Radden Keefe

A teenager’s death leads to an investigation of London’s dirty money in Patrick Radden Keefe’s London Falling. by Cat Acree & Chapter16.org London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family’s Search for Truth By Patrick Radden Keefe. Doubleday. 384 pages. $35. Patrick Radden Keefe turns his significant investigative powers to the

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