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Thriller & Mystery

Cover of Mothers & Murderers: A True Story of Love Lies Obsession...and Second Chances
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Moth­ers & Mur­der­ers: A True Sto­ry of Love Lies Obsession…and Sec­ond Chances
Kather­ine Ellison
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Fic­tion
Care­ful What You Wish For
Hal­lie Ephron
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Play­ing Dead: A Mem­oir of Ter­ror and Survival
Monique Fai­son Ross
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Fic­tion
Hip Set
Michael Fer­tik
Cover of The Apple and the Shady Tree: The Mafia, My Family, and Me
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The Apple and the Shady Tree: The Mafia, My Fam­i­ly, and Me
Lisa Novick Goldberg
Cover of The Suspect: An Olympic Bombing, the FBI, the Media, and Richard Jewell, the Man Caught in the Middle
Non­fic­tion
The Sus­pect: An Olympic Bomb­ing, the FBI, the Media, and Richard Jew­ell, the Man Caught in the Middle
Kevin Sal­wen
Kent Alexan­der
Cover of Two Bites Too Many: A Sarah Blair Mystery
Fic­tion
Two Bites Too Many: A Sarah Blair Mystery
Debra H. Goldstein
Cover of Newark Minutemen: A True 1930’s Legend About a Boxer Who Tries to Save a Nation’s Soul Without Losing His Own
Fic­tion
Newark Min­ute­men: A True 1930’s Leg­end About a Box­er Who Tries to Save a Nation’s Soul With­out Los­ing His Own
Leslie K. Barry
Essay

Of Mon­sters and Men­schen: A Typol­o­gy of Jew­ish Monsters

Joela Jacobs
July 15, 2019
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Fic­tion
Search­ing for Lottie
Susan Ross
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Fic­tion
The Way Back
Jonnie Schnytzer
Cover of A Spy in Exile: A Thriller
Fic­tion
A Spy in Exile: A Thriller
Jonathan de Shalit
Cover of To Catch a Traitor
Fic­tion
To Catch a Traitor
D.B. Shus­ter
Cover of Suitcase Charlie
Fic­tion
Suit­case Charlie
John Guzlowski
Cover of Conan Doyle for the Defense: The True Story of a Sensational British Murder, a Quest for Justice, and the World's Most Famous Detective Writer
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Conan Doyle for the Defense: The True Sto­ry of a Sen­sa­tion­al British Mur­der, a Quest for Jus­tice, and the World’s Most Famous Detec­tive Writer
Mar­galit Fox
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Last Instruc­tions: A Thriller (Agent 10483)
Nir Hezroni
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