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    The Gos­sip Colum­nist’s Daughter
    Peter Orner
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    Non­fic­tion
    Iosi, the Remorse­ful Spy
    Miriam Lewin and Horacio Lutzky; Frances Riddle, trans.
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    Fic­tion
    Fagin the Thief
    Alli­son Epstein
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    Foren­sics, Fic­tion and For­give­ness: Craft­ing a Mys­tery Novel

    Tova Mirvis
    February 13, 2025
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    Eight Very Bad Nights: A Col­lec­tion of Hanukkah Noir
    Tod Gold­berg
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    A Death in Cornwall
    Daniel Sil­va
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    A Scan­dalous Affair: A Daugh­ter of Sher­lock Holmes Mystery
    Leonard Gold­berg
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    Such Good People
    Amy Blu­men­feld
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    What Goes Around
    Michael Wen­droff
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    The Incor­rupt­ibles: A True Sto­ry of King­pins, Crime Busters, and the Birth of the Amer­i­can Underworld
    Dan Slater
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    The Tal­ent­ed Mrs. Man­del­baum: The Rise and Fall of an Amer­i­can Orga­nized-Crime Boss
    Mar­galit Fox
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    In That Sleep of Death
    Jonathan Dun­sky
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    Car­o­line Leavitt
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