Run You Down - Softcover

Dahl, Julia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571347789 ISBN 13: 9780571347780

Publisher: Faber & Faber, 2019

Synopsis

'A riveting series.' The Times
'A strong sequel . . . Aviva emerges as a woman with the great strength to survive suffering on a biblical scale.' New York Times Book Review

The second book in the Rebekah Roberts series - a taut mystery and a brilliant exploration of the demons we inherit...

Aviva Kagan was just a teenager when she left her Hasidic Jewish life in Brooklyn for a fling with a smiling college boy from Florida. A few months later she was pregnant, engaged to be married and trapped in a life she never imagined. So, shortly after the birth of her daughter she disappeared.

Twenty-three years later, the child she walked away from, NYC tabloid reporter Rebekah Roberts, wants nothing to do with her. But when a man from the ultra-Orthodox enclave of Roseville, NY contacts Rebekah about his young wife's mysterious death, she is drawn into Aviva's old world, and a hidden culture full of dangerous secrets and frustrations.

'Dahl is an evocative writer, never more so than when she's describing the nascent yearnings of those younger members of [the ultra-Orthodox Jewish] community - gay, vaguely feminist, simply different - who can't quite fit in, but can't quite leave.' Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air
'The smart, twisty plot and suspenseful tone will grip mystery and thriller lovers until the final page.' Library Journal

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Review:

'Riveting. highlights the threat from right-wing extremists and gives a chilling picture of the resurgence of anti-semitism in America.', Sunday Times

'After leaving her strict Jewish life for a college boy, Aviva becomes pregnant and disappears. Decades later, a tabloid reporter uncovers Aviva's dangerous world and its secrets.', Sunday Express

A brilliant blend of well-timed plotting, sharp character portrayal and spot-on insights into the harsh choices people sometimes need to make in life. fascinating, gripping and hugely readable., Thriller Books Journal

The story gains real momentum as Rebekah's investigation reaches a climax that is both poignant and shocking. Julia Dahl knows how to create smart, suspenseful plots and, in Rebekah Roberts, has created a convincing, complex heroine., Jewish Chronicle

'Atmospheric. an absorbing and thought provoking read.', Liz Loves Books

'Dahl is a masterful storyteller, creating believable characters caught up in a maelstrom of lies and deception as old truths are revealed, entrenched beliefs collide, and the action explodes into a tense and disturbing final quarter which will leave readers hooked to the last page.', Press Association

Julia Dahl adroitly melds mystery and family drama in this second instalment in her very fine series... There's an intensity to Dahl's storytelling, a richness that goes beyond big set-pieces or exciting twists, that is more about the characters and the lives they lead. At times confronting, always compelling, RUN YOU DOWN is a terrific read from a terrific author., Crime Watch

Unafraid to confront contemporary issues of gun control, racial tension, and religious freedom, Run You Down is a crime novel imbued with the flavours of our time. Alive from the first page to last, it uses a meticulously crafted plot and incisive characterisation to tell a profound and moving story; one that is filled with insight and compassion and will leave you thinking long after you've turned the final page., The Shelf of Unread Books

Fascinating... [a] thought-provoking crime novel that cover social issues and contemporary themes, including diversity, race and religion, gun control, white supremacy, acceptance, racism and anti-semitism... Gripping and compelling., Off The Shelf

A compelling and thought-provoking novel., Harriet Devine

Book Description:

The second title in Dahl's prize-winning crime series, Run You Down is a taut mystery and a brilliant exploration of the demons we inherit.

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0571347789
• ISBN 13: 9780571347780
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368