Book Review: “The Undercurrents,” by Kirsty Bell
In “The Undercurrents,” the end of Kirsty Bell’s marriage starts her on a highly personal investigation of her adopted home.
In Angie Cruz’s New Novel, There’s No Such Thing as T.M.I.
“How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water” takes place in a career counselor’s office in Upper Manhattan, where a Dominican immigrant bares all.
Review: “In Search of Mary Seacole” by Helen Rappaport
Helen Rappaport’s “In Search of Mary Seacole” gives a Black nursing legend her due.
Review: “Strangers to Ourselves,” by Rachel Aviv
For her first book, the New Yorker writer Rachel Aviv probes her own and others’ lives to suggest how the stories we are told by the medical profession about our struggles can both help and harm.
Review: Climate Fiction: ‘Venomous Lumpsucker,’ ’Denial,’ ’40’
Three novels — “Venomous Lumpsucker,” “Denial” and “40” — consider a grim future and those responsible for it.
Newly Published, From Missing Classmates to a Family Curse
A selection of recently published books.
Book Review: ‘The Car,’ by Bryan Appleyard
Bryan Appleyard’s historical odyssey charts the human love affair with motor vehicles.
Book Review: ‘American Demon,’ by Daniel Stashower
In his new true-crime book, “American Demon,” Daniel Stashower explores the unsolved case of Cleveland’s “Torso Killer” and the quixotic hunt to stop him.
Review: “Status and Culture” by W. David Marx.
In “Status and Culture,” W. David Marx sets out to unravel the grand mysteries of identity.
BOOK REVIEW: “The Instant” by Amy Liptrot
In her follow-up to “The Outrun,” Amy Liptrot grapples with more urban demons.
Agatha Christie’s Latest Biographer Plumbs a Life of Mystery
In “Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman,” Lucy Worsley revisits the weird story of one of the 20th century’s most popular and enduring authors.
Book Review: “The Red Widow,” by Sarah Horowitz
The toast and terror of Belle Epoque Paris, Marguerite Steinheil was a society hostess, a woman of letters, a muse — and probably a murderer.
New Crime Fiction
In “The Rising Tide,” old school chums who meet on an island off the Northumberland coast become murder suspects.
Review: “The Marriage Plot,” by Maggie O’Farrell
“The Marriage Portrait” is the fictionalized story of the 16th-century Italian noblewoman Lucrezia di Cosimo de’Medici.
Review: ‘The Betrayed,’ by Reine Arcache Melvin
In Reine Arcache Melvin’s debut, “The Betrayed,” the Filipina-born daughters of a dead political dissident fall for the enemy.
Review: ‘If I Survive You,’ by Jonathan Escoffery
Jonathan Escoffery’s debut story collection, “If I Survive You,” follows a young man through family tensions and personal struggles.
Review: “The Godmother,” by Barbie Latza Nadeau.
In Barbie Latza Nadeau’s “The Godmother,” we meet the women who have run the mob, and the new generation poised to take over.
Review: ‘The Bad Angel Brothers,’ by Paul Theroux
“The Bad Angel Brothers” comes laden with jealousy, betrayal and a mythic lust for vengeance.
Review: “Partisans,” by Nicole Hemmer
In “Partisans,” Nicole Hemmer zeros in on ’90s figures like Pat Buchanan as guiding forces behind the Republican Party’s hard-right, conspiracy-minded turn.
Review: “Eliot After ‘The Waste Land,’” by Robert Crawford
“Eliot After ‘The Waste Land,’” the second volume of Robert Crawford’s two-part biography, offers some answers — and some revelations.
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