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Explore the mysteries of fictional and real worlds with four Los Angeles writers who pay homage to giants of the genre while creating stories that are irresistible in their own right.

Three writers of recent espionage fiction, Terry Hayes, Lea Carpenter and David Downing, turn their keen powers of observation on 1950s Los Angeles, current-day Europe and beyond to shed light on their times — and, chillingly, ours.

By Tom Nolan Fans of espionage fiction know David Downing best for his "Station" series following John Russell, an Anglo-American journalist who operates in...

“Ilium,” by Lea Carpenter, follows a young woman torn between opposing forces in her double life.

These books are just a few bound to capture the collective attention in 2024.

Our picks for the 10 standout new releases of the month.

Kevin Powers was among the best in a wave of novelists on Iraq and Afghanistan. His new thriller, "A Line in the Sand," signals their slow fade from relevance.

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Father and your father-in-law as marines, so youre getting close in lots of different ways to people who are able to be in these elite military groups. what sort of people are they? you sort of unearthed they are more complex than we realize. >> theyre human. thats the simple revelation. this generation of veterans is the greatest generation, not only because they have the skills, but because they have the ethos. i think anyone who served this country deserved to be called a member of the greate...

>> the raid that killed bin laden was a central moment in modern american history. naturally, artists would begin using it in their work. film makers were the first ones in. now come the novelists. a novel about a navy s.e.a.l. and his mother. the journey to this book began four years ago after her father died and she discovered he had been in special military ops. it brought her here, lea carpenter, the author of "11 days." in 2009, your dad dies, and you discover he was not who you completely ...