{"product_id":"conviction-paperback","title":"Conviction - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJulia Dahl\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Julia Dahl's powerful novel \u003ci\u003eConviction\u003c\/i\u003e, Rebekah Roberts investigates a murder that occurred in Brooklyn after the Crown Heights riots of 1991, for which the wrong man may have been convicted. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwenty-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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo 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.\u003cbr\u003eFrom the author of the Edgar-nominated \u003ci\u003eInvisible City\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eConviction \u003c\/i\u003eexamines the power--and cost--of community, loyalty, and denial.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJULIA DAHL is a journalist specializing in crime and criminal justice. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eInvisible City, \u003c\/i\u003e was named one of the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe's\u003c\/i\u003e Best Books of 2014, won the Macavity, Barry, and Shamus Awards, and was a finalist for an Edgar Award and a Mary Higgins Clark Award. She lives in Brooklyn, NY and writes for CBSNews.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 13, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759266988320,"sku":"9781250083708","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/bdfbda8f8ca880a164329bd88b1d70ed.webp?v=1780147369","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/conviction-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}