Binding: Paperback
Description: A finalist for the Edgar and Mary Higgins Clark Awards in her riveting debut Invisible City journalist Julia Dahl introduces a compelling new character in search of the truth about a murder and an understanding of her own heritage. Just months after Rebekah Roberts was born her mother an Hasidic Jew from Brooklyn abandoned her Christian boyfriend and newborn baby to return to her religion. Neither Rebekah nor her father have heard from her since. Now a recent college graduate Rebekah has moved to New York City to follow her dream of becoming a big - city reporter. But she's also drawn to the idea of being closer to her mother who might still be living in the Hasidic community in Brooklyn. Then Rebekah is called to cover the story of a murdered Hasidic woman. Rebekah's shocked to learn that because of the NYPD's habit of kowtowing to the powerful ultra - Orthodox community not only will the woman be buried without an autopsy her killer may get away with murder. Rebekah can't let the story end there. But getting to the truth won't be easy even as she immerses herself in the cloistered world where her mother grew up it's clear that she's not welcome and everyone she meets has a secret to keep from an outsider.
Title: Invisible City A Novel
Author(s): Dahl Julia
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group
Barcode: 9781250043412
Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 3/10/2015
Series: Rebekah Roberts Novels
Category: Crime & Mystery