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This is a novel of love, lust, crime and passion. Sasha Perlov is a man of conflict. Striving to secure the beach communities of New York City destroyed by Storm Sandy and haunted by the world he left behind in Russia. As a NYPD detective, he finds himself driven by passion for a woman whose husband has been found dead on the living room floor. It is Sasha's duty to find out who is responsible for his death. As a modern Inspector Javert, Sasha never gives up a case; he hates loose ends. The son of a Jewish dissident and the grandson of the Hero of the Battle of Stalingrad his family's tortured past never leaves him. The tangled web of history follows him to America--the New Jerusalem. 

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This Sasha Perlov mystery novel  continues the exploits of our detective. This time Sasha's Russian cultural and language skills place him in the middle of the murder of a young diamond merchant. The jeweler is a member of an exotic Central Asian Jewish community more Persian than Russian.  The group is linked by international police to Colombian drug dealers.  Sasha's investigation takes him from the streets of the New Jerusalem (America) to the original Old City as he seeks informants and contacts.  spies, couriers, hush money and money laundering figure in the novel. 

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The year is 2004 and the terrorist attacks are still fresh in our memories. ProtestErs against the Iraq War line the streets of major cities. Sasha Perlov, Russian-born NYPD detective, son of a tortured Soviet dissident, is requested by the US Attorney’s NY office to interrogate a potential terrorist. Is a Muslim woman picked up by US immigration in Long Island a terrorist? Why is she in the company of members of the infamous MS-13, experts at drug and human smuggling? Is a Latin gang and foreign terror group creating an alliance? 
History, intrigue, and the effect of political turmoil converge to challenge Sasha as he attempts to seek the truth. Join Sasha as he fights the enemies within and outside                                           of our borders—to protect the country he loves

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coming of age book for all ages and all times set in the turbulent 1960's during vietnam protests, racial riots and bob dylan turning electric at the newport folk festival.
ideal novel for people who work with teenagers, live with teenagers and those who remember high school for better of worse.  the triumphs and tribulations of youth are on display.  the adults in their lives try to shield them from the harsh realities of these tumultuous times.   the heroine of the novel is the former far rockaway high school principal who tries to steer the students down the path of good citizenry and productive lives.
music is the glue that brings them together, whatever their race, religion or ethnicity.
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Meet goldy goldfarb, the "accidental Gangster" who is recruited by dutch shultz to run booze for him using his fishing boats based in the rockaways.  the isolation and the miles of unpatrolled beaches made the rockaway, ny location very desirable for criminal activities. during these years, goldy delivers the illegal goods to a thirsty american public for his boss.  a loyal soldier for a notorious gangster, goldy carried a gun and often feared for his life.  if it wasn't the treasury boys after him, it was his fellow gangsters.
Learn how an ordinary man became involved in a criminal network. 
based on true events in the life of author harriet goodman grayson's grandfather, goldy.

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