FICTION

Invisible City

by Julia Dahl
Minotaur: St. Martin's. May 2014. 304p. ISBN 9781250043399. $24.99; ebk. ISBN 9781466841918. M
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Rebekah Roberts moved to New York City in the hope of covering important stories as a journalist, but she also wanted to be closer to the mother who abandoned her shortly after she was born to return to her Hasidic Jewish community. When Rebekah is tasked with reporting on the murder of a Hasidic woman, she begins to learn more about the community and how in some respects it exists as a sovereign state within the city. And the NYPD is happy to oblige the community's customs, including not performing an autopsy on the victim, which might result in the murder remaining unsolved. Seeking the truth she was never afforded as a child, Rebekah quickly learns she is not welcome in this ultra-orthodox world as she delves deeper into the community and the crime.
VERDICT In her gripping debut mystery, veteran journalist Dahl creates an intriguing protagonist seeking justice for a victim's family as well as the truth about her own origins. [Library marketing; Minotaur First Edition Selection.]
Reviewed by Caitlin Bronner, MLIS, New York , May 15, 2014
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