Jill Gregory & Karen Tintori

Jill Gregory (est. born 1950, Chicago) & Karen Tintori (born 1948, near Detroit, MI) – veteran American authors get together on a thriller about saving the Lamed Vovniks (36 hidden righteous men) on whose lives the world’s existence depends. The Book of Names is an ancient, mystical text—traditionally said to have originated with the Biblical Adam—that lists every righteous person born into each generation. Jewish mystical concepts and Gematria (numerical values of Hebrew letters) serve as tools used by characters to decode hidden messages and locate the remaining survivors. David Shepherd and Yael HarPaz team up to solve the mystery. [Google/AI]

Gregory, Jill & Karen Tintori, (The Book of Names) [hc, St Martin’s Press, 2007]) 978-0312366322 [pb, St. Martin’s Press, 2008] 978-0312354732

Gregory, Jill & Karen Tintori, (The Illumination [hc, St. Martin’s Press, 2008]) 978-0312375973 [pb, St. Martin’s Paperbacks, 2009] 978-031236526 [It gleamed up at her like a small golden egg encrusted with jewels of lapis lazuli, carnelian, and jasper. The classic eye, one of the most ancient symbols of protection. Natalie Landau, a museum curator with an expertise in Mesopotamian protective amulets and magical beliefs, has received a puzzling gift from her sister Dana--a necklace with a blue evil eye pendant on it. The Evil Eye is a symbol of protection common throughout the world, with a history connecting it to many religions.

When Natalie learns Dana was murdered only hours after sending the gift, she begins to think her evil eye amulet had something to do with her sister’s death. As she races to discover the origin of the pendant, Natalie is sucked into an international battle between powerful religious factions, each battling for the eye, which turns out to be far more valuable—and far more powerful--than she could ever imagine. – Amazon]