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On the dusty streets of post-war Tel Aviv, a crafty killer roams free...Israel, 1949 - Private detective Adam Lapid knows how it feels to lose everything. His whole family died in Auschwitz. He barely survived. Now he spends his nights haunted by nightmares and his days solving...
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The police don't want to catch the killer. So he'll have to.Tel Aviv, 1949 - A young Arab woman lies murdered in the city morgue and no one seems to care. The newspapers won't report it. The police won't investigate. No one is trying to solve the case.Except one man.Private detective Adam Lapid is the only one investigating the murder. And he won't rest until the killer is off the streets.Adam's investigation soon plunges him into a sordid underworld...
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She wants to know the truth. She may live to regret it.Hilda Lipkind is sure her husband is cheating on her. So she hires private detective Adam Lapid to find out with whom.Adam expects this to be a short, ordinary investigation.Both he and his client are in for a surprise.For what starts as a routine case soon turns out to be anything but.To succeed in his mission, Adam must dig deep into both past and present, and cut through layers of lies and...
4) A Deadly Act
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What if you suspected your husband of murder?Israel, 1951: Private investigator Adam Lapid has never had a case like this.Five years before, his client lied to the police, giving a false alibi to her husband. Now, she's sure he committed murder, and she wants Adam to prove it.But can Adam really trust her? Is she telling him the whole truth?The case is a puzzle, the victim a mystery wrapped in a riddle. And the murder scene? That's the most baffling...
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What if your friend was murdered and the police wouldn't investigate?Israel, 1950 – When private detective Adam Lapid runs into Yosef Kaplon on a crowded Tel Aviv street, he can hardly believe his eyes.The last time they met was in Auschwitz. They were prisoners together in the same barracks. Then one day, Kaplon was gone. Adam was sure he was dead.Soon after Kaplon tells Adam his remarkable story of survival, he's found dead in his apartment. The...
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Would you risk your life to avenge a murdered friend?Israel, 1951 - When private detective Adam Lapid finds Nathan Frankel dead in the street, he makes a quick decision: He'll discover who murdered Nathan and punish the killer himself. Because Adam owes Nathan a debt that can never be repaid. A debt that goes back to the darkest days of the Second World War.But Adam's job will not be easy. In fact, it might cost him his life. Because quite a few people...
7) Family Ties
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Mike has always had his cousin Jimmy's back. Ever since they were kids, stealing candy from a local store.As they got older, and the crimes got bigger, Mike even did time in prison for Jimmy.Now, Mike is a recently released ex-con, and he's determined never to go back to prison. But when Jimmy comes to him for help, Mike doesn't turn him away.Not even when he senses Jimmy is about to drag him into trouble again.Not even when the blood begins flowing.Not...
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He knows who did the killing. Now he needs to figure out why.Israel, 1952 – Private detective Adam Lapid tries to do the right thing. He may end up in prison because of it.To stay free, Adam must work for a man he hates. The case is unusual. The identity of the killer is known, but the motive is a mystery.As Adam scours the historical streets of West Jerusalem in search of the truth, he uncovers a connection between his case and a recent unsolved...
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How did she get here?And why does she hurt so bad?When Amber-May regains consciousness in the woods, she doesn't remember what happened to her. Once she discovers the truth, she makes a firm decision......she wants those who hurt her to pay for their crimes.But they are rich and powerful. She is poor and all alone. The police won't help her. The media won't either. If she wants to see justice done, she'll have to deliver it herself.Her mission will...
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