JCC Rochester book festival
JCC Rochester Jewish film festival
JCC Rochester Jewish Book Festival Tuesday, November 3, 2009
7:30PM; JCC Hart Theatre
Gabriel Cohen
Neptune Avenue: A Jack Leightner Crime Novel
In this riveting third addition to his Jack Leightner series, Gabriel Cohen takes us from Brighton Beach to the racially charged neighborhood of Crown Heights, from the crimes of World War II to the harshness of his own father. Gabriel Cohen was an Edgar Award finalist for his first novel, Red Hook. He has been published in The New York Times, Poets & Writers and The New York Post magazine.
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Daniel Levin
The Last Ember
This religious and archaeological debut thriller has all the elements needed to appeal to fans of The Da Vinci Code: long-buried secrets, hidden puzzles based on ancient religious texts and a race around Rome and Jerusalem. The Last Ember is a gripping story spanning the high-stakes worlds of politics and terrorism. Daniel Levin earned his bachelor's degree in Roman and Greek civilization at the University of Michigan. He graduated from Harvard Law School with honors.
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S.J. Rozan
The Shanghai Moon: A Lydia Chin/Bill Smith Novel
S.J. Rozan returns to her critically acclaimed and much-loved characters Lydia Chin and Bill Smith. In The Shanghai Moon, private investigator Lydia Chin is asked to help with a case in Shanghai where excavation has unearthed a cache of European jewelry dating to World War II when Shanghai provided safe haven for thousands of Jewish refugees. S.J. Rozan's writing has won the Edgar, Anthony, Shamus, Macavity and Nero awards.
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