From the author of the Edgar-nominated Invisible City comes another timely thriller that illuminates society’s darkest corners. Told in part through the eyes of a jittery eyewitness and the massacre’s sole survivor, Julia Dahl's Conviction examines the power—and cost—of community, loyalty, and denial. In the summer of 1992, a year after riots exploded between black and Jewish neighbors in Crown Heights, a black family is brutally murdered in their Brooklyn home. A teenager is quickly convicted, and the justice system moves on. Twenty-two years later, journalist Rebekah Roberts gets a letter: I didn't do it. Frustrated with her work at the city’s sleaziest tabloid, Rebekah starts to dig. But witnesses are missing, memories faded, and almost no one wants to talk about that grim, violent time in New York City—not even Saul Katz, a former cop and her source in Brooklyn’s insular Hasidic community. So she goes it alone. And as she gets closer to the truth of that night, Rebekah finds herself in the path of a killer with two decades of secrets to protect.
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“A fascinating portrayal of a young woman coming to terms with her heritage while negotiating an unknown world.”
— Kirkus Reviews on Invisible City
“A page-turner of a mystery…The main characters in this fine thriller are unforgettable.”
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Julia Dahl is a journalist specializing in crime and criminal justice. She has worked as a reporter for CBS News and the New York Post, and her feature articles have appeared in Mental Floss, Salon, Columbia Journalism Review, and many others. Her first novel, Invisible City, was named one of the Boston Globe‘s Best Books of 2014 and was a finalist for an Edgar Award and a Mary Higgins Clark Award. She was born in Fresno, California, to a Lutheran father and Jewish mother and now lives in Brooklyn.
Andi Arndt is a professional voice actor, the winner of a 2017 Audie Award for Best Romance, and winner of two Earphones Awards.