Rebekah Roberts Novels: Invisible City : A Novel (Series #1) (Paperback)

from JoStARs

Invisible City by Julia Dahl is a top-notch murder mystery set in the always-fascinating world of Hasidic Judaism. The main character is reporter Rebekah Roberts, daughter of a Hasidic mother and Christian father. Rebekah investigates the murder of a young mother and uncovers secret after secret,...

from muddyboy

A very unique and interesting mystery about the murder of an Hasidic Jewish woman whose body is found embedded in a scrap heap. It seems like the police don't want to investigate the crime because of the political influence of the Jewish community. A young stringer for a small New York newspaper ...

from AnnieMod

The world of mysteries have a lot of awards and in most years, the lists do not match - most of them have their own rules and inclinations and different books fit the different ones better. So when a debut novel seems to be on almost every best first novel list in a year, I take notice. And this ...

from Jaylia3

The varied elements of this novel combine to make this both a compelling personal story and a suspenseful mystery. These include a homicide in an insular religious community that to some extent operates under its own laws and a complexly drawn main character with a troubled family history and a j...

from froxgirl

I am fascinated by tales of people living within extremist religious communities. As is Rebekah Roberts, abandoned daughter of an Orthodox Jewish woman, and stringer for a NYC newspaper. Rebekah has been raised by her Christian father and stepmother, but has always felt the loss of her mother Avi...