{"product_id":"9781250043429","title":"Run You Down : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eRun You Down\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Julia Dahl\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAviva  Kagan was just a teenager when she left her Hasidic Jewish life in  Brooklyn for a fling with a smiling college boy from Florida-and then  disappeared. Twenty-three years later, the child she walked away from is  a NYC tabloid reporter named Rebekah Roberts. And Rebekah isn't sure  she wants her mother back in her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when a man from the  ultra-Orthodox enclave of Roseville, N.Y. contacts Rebekah about his  young wife's mysterious death, she is drawn back into Aviva's world.  Pessie Goldin's body was found in her bathtub, and while her parents  want to believe it was an accident, her husband is certain she was  murdered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce she starts poking around, Rebekah encounters a  whole society of people who have wandered \"off the path\" of  ultra-Orthodox Judaism - just like her mother. But some went with dark  secrets, and rage at the insular community they left behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the sequel to her Edgar Award finalist \u003ci\u003eInvisible City\u003c\/i\u003e,  Julia Dahl has created a taut mystery that is both a window into a  secretive culture and an exploration of the demons we inherit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A treat...Strong, blunt prose.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Bringing together the hyenas of tabloid journalism with the secretive, inwardly focused, self-protecting religious Jews, Dahl manages to demonize and humanize both, while delivering a riveting story.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Fast-paced, suspenseful...rises above the crime novel genre in its unusual psychological, spiritual and sociological dimensions, entering a world unfamiliar to most people.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eInvisible City\u003c\/i\u003e is an absolutely crackling, unputdownable mystery told by a narrator with one big, booming voice. I loved it.” —\u003ci\u003eGillian Flynn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[An] impressive debut...Dahl's convincing dialogue and perfect pacing make for a real page-turner. And her storytelling skills illuminate the intriguing worlds of the tabloid press, Hasidism, the NYPD, and Brooklyn's 20-somethings-as well as the fragile boundaries of family, religion, and life itself.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250043429\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Minotaur Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40634011451598,"sku":"9781250043429","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_14f4d5c2-9986-4d24-b1a1-205e6c1a5d28.jpg?v=1638930180","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250043429","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}