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A scribe repairing an old scroll uncovers a buried secret—and is murdered for it. The police call it suicide. The community calls it murder. Jake Cooper isn’t a cop, but he’s the only one who can unravel the deadly secrets hiding behind closed doors. In a world of greed, betrayal, and ruthless calculation, finding the truth may be the only way to survive.

A kosher inspector doesn’t come home one night. By morning, his wife is certain something is wrong. The police aren’t convinced. He hasn’t been gone long enough. There’s no sign of violence. Officially, there’s nothing to investigate. That’s when his wife turns to Jake Cooper.

It is 1995 in Chicago, Illinois. Jake Cooper is a former Ultra-Orthodox scholar of Jewish Talmudic law turned amateur sleuth. In this suspenseful thriller, he investigates a murder for which his girlfriend has been arrested. His investigation reveals secret stories and crimes about the Jewish mafia. The corruption runs deep into extortion, kidnapping, and murder. The only way to stop the mayhem and take down the rabbi and his mafia puts Jake in mortal danger. Will he stop them before becoming their next victim?

In this riveting thriller Talmudic Scholar turned amateur sleuth Jake Cooper is challenged with solving two crimes in Chicago’s Ultra-Orthodox community while mourning the passing of a loved one. A community leader is blackmailed and a Jewish scribe turns up dead. Was it an accident, suicide, or something more sinister? Are the two cases related? Jake uncovers a dark secret hiding in plain sight and receives help from an unexpected source. He is forced to face a paralyzing fear that already resulted in his own daughter’s death.

In this third novel in the Series Jake Cooper investigates the theft of a secret gefilte fish recipe, and finds the body of a missing kosher supervisor in a strange place. Jake finds himself in a personal pickle. To further his relationship with Mindy he must first find the murderer, but all the evidence points to her own son. Should he reveal the truth, or suppress the evidence?