When private-eye stories first started appearing in pulp magazines like “Black Mask,” they were just OK. It took a former Pinkerton operative with a stripped-down style and a fiery rage ...

"Vampire crack baby epidemic and a former light-skinned Black supermodel-turned-private-eye makes for wonderful satire," Lavender said. "The Record Keeper" by Agnes Gomillion (2019) "The Record ...

With his 1990 debut novel, Devil in a Blue Dress, crime writer Walter Mosley introduced readers to a new kind of hard-boiled hero: a Black private eye navigating a racist world. Sixty books and ...

Below are 12 highly-acclaimed banned and challenged books by Black authors for readers of all ages. "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas The Hate U Give Harper Collins ...

In recognition of Black History Month, we have gathered a selection of books by Black authors and about Black lives that were published this February and reviewed in Publishers Weekly.. Among the ...

The elusive novelist Thomas Pynchon will publish a new book this fall, his first in more than a decade. The novel, “Shadow Ticket,” is due out on Oct. 7 from Penguin Press, and looks to bear ...

Michael Connelly's 'Nightshade,' his 40th novel, arrives with the fourth season of Netflix's 'Lincoln Lawyer' in production and 'Bosch: Legacy' spinoff to debut on Amazon Prime in July.