Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood, and the Crime of the Century Howard Blum Crown: 340 pp., $24.95 Just after 1 a.m. on Oct. 1, 1910, a series of explosions shook downtown Los Angeles.

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Howard Schneider reviews "Dark Invasion: 1915: Germany's Secret War and the Hunt for the First Terrorist Cell in America," by Howard Blum.

Howard Blum recreates the lives and adventures of a con artist, a Pinkerton detective and a prospector in his tale of the Yukon gold rush, “The Floor of Heaven.” ...

In The Brigade, Howard Blum, a New York Times investigative reporter and author of five critically acclaimed nonfiction books (including The Gold of Exodus, currently being made into a movie by ...

BREAKING: Sony Pictures made a pre-emptive deal for Death Of A Heart, an in-progress book by Howard Blum, a true female -driven WWII spy story that is as much a character tale as a suspenseful ...

Howard Blum is opening up about his latest book which chronicles the University of Idaho murders case. The Pulitzer Prize-nominated author spoke exclusively with PEOPLE about the process of ...

The author of "Dark Invasion: 1915: Germany's Secret War and the Hunt for the First Terrorist Cell in America" recommends "Throttled!" by Thomas J. Tunney with Paul Merrick Hollister; "The Dark ...

Howard Blum recreates the lives and adventures of a con artist, a Pinkerton detective and a prospector in his tale of the Yukon gold rush, “The Floor of Heaven.” ...