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    Cover of The First Murder
    Fic­tion
    The First Murder
    Car­ol Good­man Kaufman
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    Fic­tion
    Rav­age & Son
    Jerome Charyn
    Essay

    Why Moth­ers Make the Best Detectives

    Ayelet Gun­dar-Goshen
    August 14, 2023
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    Fic­tion
    The Last Songbird
    Daniel Weiz­mann
    Essay

    Moscow, Mar­riage, and Mur­der: Writ­ing a Cold War Thriller

    Paul Gold­berg
    June 5, 2023
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    Non­fic­tion
    The Best Minds: A Sto­ry of Friend­ship, Mad­ness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions
    Jonathan Rosen
    Essay

    Hate, Lies, and Scape­goat­ing: Religi­cide Against Jews and Oth­er Minorities

    Geor­gette Bennett, Jer­ry White
    April 3, 2023
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    Fic­tion
    The Red Balcony
    Jonathan Wil­son
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    Excerpt: The 12th Commandment

    Daniel Tor­day
    January 16, 2023
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    Fic­tion
    The 12th Commandment
    Daniel Tor­day
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    Fic­tion
    The Hye­na Murders
    Ellen Frankel
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    One Mile and Two Days Before Sunset
    Shimon Adaf; Yardenne Greenspan, trans;
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    Fic­tion
    Ash­ton Hall
    Lau­ren Belfer
    Fiction

    Land of Milk and Honey

    Gina Pfef­fer-Mul­li­gan
    July 11, 2022
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    The End of Her: Rac­ing Against Alzheimer’s to Solve a Murder
    Wayne Hoff­man
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    The Betray­al of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation
    Rosemary Sullivan
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