In the span of fifteen years, Dr. Thomas Neill Cream murdered as many as ten people in the United States, Britain, and Canada, a death toll with almost no precedent. Poison was his weapon of choice. In The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream, author Dean Jobb transports readers to the late nineteenth century asContinue reading

There’s only one way to handle the heat of summer: Dive into an absorbing read. Just turning the pages of these page-turning novels will keep you cool. Fill out the form below—beginning July 15, 2021—to enter for a chance to win a set of these 10 books. The Temple House Vanishing by Rachel Donohue PerchedContinue reading

It’s New in Paperback Wednesday here at Algonquin, and we’ve got two delectable PBs with J (paperbacks served with joy) for you. The Daylight Marriage by Heidi Pitlor: Hannah was tall and graceful, naturally pretty, spirited and impulsive, the upper-class young woman who picked, of all men, Lovell—the introverted climate scientist who thought he couldContinue reading

Bernie Madoff’s name is synonymous with swindle. Boston con man Charles Ponzi is infamous for the Ponzi scheme. But there are plenty of lesser-known con men who were as successful and audacious, if not quite as notorious. Dean Jobb, author of Empire of Deception,  presents five such con men — including Leo Koretz, the master swindlerContinue reading