Boca Raton reporter Becks Ruchinsky is stunned when her son, Gabe, brings an ultra-Orthodox friend home from college and asks her to hide him. Six days later, his body is found floating in a canal. When police deem his death an accident, Becks launches her own inquiry—a journey that takes her from secretive Hasidic enclaves to the seedy underbelly of South Beach’s glitzy club scene—to find his killer. What she discovers jeopardizes her son’s life and challenges her religious conviction.
The Hasidic Rebbe’s Son is an intriguing and compulsively readable mystery that contrasts the beauty of Hasidic tradition with the unbending rules that may lead to desperation and murder.
Praise for The Hasidic Rebbe’s Son
“. . . a dizzying and dazzling mystery offering a fresh take on the buddy novel. Delving into Miami’s glitzy South Beach scene, Cochran supplies plenty of intrigue and death, murder and mayhem. But what makes the novel such a blast is the author’s intimate knowledge of Hasidic Jewish tradition and subcultures . . . a mesmerizing behind-the-scenes look at a fascinating world few know.”
Joe Clifford, author of The Lakehouse
“. . . full of clever plotting, intriguing characters and a fascinating look at the closed world of the Hasidic Jews.”
Neil Plakcy, author of Invasion of the Blatniks
“…highly recommended . . . A likeable heroine whose obstinate streak compels her to solve crimes. A well-plotted story that will give the reader insight into a lesser known Jewish sect and provide a puzzling mystery along the way.”
Nancy J. Cohen, author of The Bad Hair Day Mysteries