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Items with the tag:

thriller & mystery

Essay

Mag­ic, Myth, and May­hem: Writ­ing a Jew­ish Com­ic for Our Times

The Berkowitz Bros
April 21, 2025
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Fic­tion
The Ser­pent Bearer
Jane Rosen­thal
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Fic­tion
Fagin the Thief
Alli­son Epstein
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Fic­tion
Last Twi­light in Paris
Pam Jenoff
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Fic­tion
Night Owls
A. R. Vishny
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Fic­tion
Eight Very Bad Nights: A Col­lec­tion of Hanukkah Noir
Tod Gold­berg
Essay

Writ­ing in Wartime

Jonathan Dun­sky
November 4, 2024
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Fic­tion
A Death in Cornwall
Daniel Sil­va
Essay

What Is an Estrie?

A. R. Vishny
September 17, 2024
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Fic­tion
In That Sleep of Death
Jonathan Dun­sky
Essay

Authors and Intel­li­gence Offi­cers: What One Pro­fes­sion Taught Me About the Other

Yariv Inbar
May 20, 2024
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Fic­tion
The Red House
Mary Mor­ris
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Fic­tion
The Lost Van Gogh
Jonathan Sant­lofer
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Fic­tion
Oper­a­tion Beth­le­hem: An Espi­onage Thriller 
Yariv Inbar; Dalit Shmueli, trans.
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On Her Own
Lihi Lapid; Sondra Silverston, trans.
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