Conviction, Julia Dahl
Conviction, Julia Dahl
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Conviction
A Rebekah Roberts Novel

Author: Julia Dahl

Narrator: Andi Arndt

Unabridged: 8 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/28/2017


Synopsis

From the author of the Edgar-nominated Invisible City 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, Julia Dahl's Conviction examines the power—and cost—of community, loyalty, and denial.

In 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.

Twenty-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.

So 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.

About Julia Dahl

Julia Dahl is the author of Conviction, Run You Down, and Invisible City, which was a finalist for the Edgar Award for Best First Novel, one of the Boston Globe’s Best Books of 2014, and has been translated into eight languages. A former reporter for CBS News and the New York Post, she now teaches journalism at NYU.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Liz on February 25, 2018

Conviction is a really excellent addition to this beautifully written series featuring Journalist Rebekah Roberts – a character who is highly engaging and easy to get behind. In this story she is looking into the conviction of a young man for the murder of his adopted family – but DeShawn insists he......more

Goodreads review by Raven on March 04, 2018

A new-to-me author, despite Conviction being the third of Julia Dahl’s books to feature spirited and tenacious reporter Rebekah Roberts. Grappling with the weighty issues of race, religion, and justice this proved to be a markedly different, and thought provoking read… In Rebekah we have a confident,......more

Goodreads review by Craig on May 04, 2018

I'd heard good things about Dahl's mystery writing, but this was the first of her Rebekah Roberts books I tried. I was not disappointed; it's a really good read, full of intriguing situations, an engaging heroine and plenty of interesting supporting characters, and a textured sense of New York City.......more

Goodreads review by SuperWendy on August 30, 2018

Probably my favorite book in the trilogy because the mystery is so...contemporary? Ugly? Thought-provoking? I'm not sure what to say about it other than there's a lot of unpack here and I think a book club group could chew on this one for days. I hope the author hasn't completely abandoned the idea......more

Goodreads review by Paula on December 11, 2022

I recently saw this book advertised on Social Media and it sounded interesting, so I hopped on the Libby app hoping as it was an older book, my library would have an e-copy and they did. One of the things I love reading about is books set within "the innocence project" as it speaks to me as someone......more


Awards

  • Boston Globe Best Books of the Year