David Rosenbaum

David Rosenbaum (born 1949, Brooklyn, NY) - a veteran journalist based in the Boston area. His novels blend “hard-boiled” crime fiction with deep dives into Jewish mysticism, history, and the insular world of Hasidic communities. Zaddik is a “Jewish noir” that centers on the intersection of modern crime and ancestral legacy. Dov Taylor, a cynical, recovering alcoholic and former NYPD detective who has abandoned his faith, is recruited by a Brooklyn rabbi to solve the ritualistic murder of a Hasidic diamond merchant. The book explores the internal politics and rivalries of Hasidic sects in Brooklyn and provides a detailed look at the New York Diamond District. In Sasha’s Trick, a survivor of the Soviet gulags becomes entangled in a heist involving a cache of priceless art stolen during World War II. As in his previous book, Rosenbaum uses a thriller framework to examine how the Holocaust and WWII-era theft continue to haunt Jewish survivors and their descendants in New York. [Google/AI]

Rosenbaum, David, (Zaddik) [hc, Mysterious Press, 1993] 978-0892965403 [mass mkt pb, Felony & Mayhem Press, 2016] 978-1631940385

Rosenbaum, David, (Sasha’s Trick) [hc, Mysterious Press, 1995] 978-0892965915 [pb, Mysterious Press, 1996] 978-0446404419