A.E. Goldin

A.E. Goldin [est. born 1998] is Aron Goldin, British screenwriter, lawyer, and classical pianist. He read English Literature at Trinity College, Cambridge, studied classical piano at the Royal Academy of Music in London and trained in Law as a barrister at the Inns of Court in London. His protagonist, Ben Canaan, is a 21-year-old Jewish detective from the Whitechapel, London East End ghetto of 1850s London, the wayward son of a working-class Jewish tailor. His family expects him to be a “good Jewish son” by working in the family business, a life he resists in favor of adventure with his group of “Good-for-Nothings”. In Murder in Constantinople, he explores his role as a “prototypical modern Jew,” caught between his cultural identity and the pressures of assimilation in 19th-century Britain. This struggle is a recurring subplot that reflects the broader era of Jewish emancipation and lingering prejudice. His journey to Constantinople brings him into contact with the local Jewish community under the Sultanate. Early in his stay, he meets Shoshanna Carmino, the heiress of a powerful Jewish banking dynasty, and becomes a de facto detective to help clear her father’s name after he is framed for treason. In the forthcoming sequel, Death on the Pearl River, Ben - now a London-based detective for Her Majesty’s Executive, is sent to 1856 Hong Kong to investigate a string of brutal murders targeting powerful figures in the global opium trade. [Google/AI]

Goldin, A.E. [Ben Canaan #1], (Murder in Constantinople [hc, Pushkin Vertigo Pub, 2025]) 9781782279181 [pb] 978-1782279198

Goldin, A.E. [Ben Canaan #2], (Death on the Pearl River [pb, Pushkin Vertigo Pub, forthcoming Oct. 2026]) 978-1782279211