So It Goes

February 13: “He was a sweet man. He was a gun nut, too. He left me his guns. They rust.”  

After I’m Gone

Baltimore gambling boss Felix Brewer vanished ten years ago, leaving behind both illegal business and respectable family.  Now his ex-girlfriend is found dead.  Is Felix back?  And why? Cold cases warm up under Laura Lippman’s expert hand, and...

The Sixth Extinction

65 million years ago, an asteroid impact brought a sudden end to the age of the dinosaurs.  In this riveting scientific detective story, New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert follows the equally dramatic wave of biological destruction happening right under our...

Extreme Medicine

Dr. Kevin Fong charts the symbiotic relation between curative science and daredevil explorers, as today’s doctors invent new techniques to heal the wounds of every ailing Indiana Jones.