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27 beach read novels youll want to pick up this summer

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Sarah Pearse (Pamela Dorman) A luxe wellness retreat has just opened on an idyllic island off the English coast. But the island — known locally as “Reaper’s Rock” — has a dark past, and was once the hunting ground of a serial killer. When friends arrive at the retreat looking for some relaxation, one woman winds up dead — and it doesn’t look like it was an accident.  Dwyer Murphy (Viking)  Read More...

Beneath Myth, Melungeons Find Roots of Oppression

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WISE, Va. -- It usually begins simply enough. A blue-eyed, olive-skinned child asks a parent: Who am I? Where did our family come from? In the mist-shrouded hollows of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the answers have long been evasive. When Brent Kennedy started questioning his origins, an aunt doused old family documents and photographs with gasoline and set them ablaze. "I hope you burn in hell," another relative told him. Read More...

Christopher Eubanks beats Stefanos Tsitsipas in Wimbledon shocker

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Explore More Supporters of American men’s tennis, meet your latest Grand Slam hope: Christopher Eubanks. The unheralded 27-year-old Atlanta native shocked No. 5 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas on Monday in five gripping sets — 3-6, 7-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 — to reach the quarterfinals of Wimbledon and alter the trajectory of his career. “I feel like I’m living a dream right now,” Eubanks in his postmatch, on-court interview. “This is absolutely insane. Read More...

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