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He knows who did the killing. Now he needs to figure out why. Israel, 1952 - Private detective Adam Lapid tries to do the right thing. He may end up in prison because of it. To stay free, Adam must work for a man he hates. The case is unusual. The identity of the killer is known, but the motive is a mystery. As Adam scours the historical streets of West Jerusalem in search of the truth, he uncovers a connection between his case and a recent unsolved murder. He also meets an enigmatic woman with plenty of secrets and is hunted by a ruthless cop who blames Adam for a crime he didn't commit. In a case full of action and twists, Adam must use all his skills to solve the mystery. And if he doesn't watch his back, he may end up paying the ultimate price in his quest for justice...

Death is not always what it seems to be. And neither is murder. Private investigator Adam Lapid was sure Yosef Kaplon was dead. The last time he saw him was in 1944, in Auschwitz. They were prisoners together in the same barracks. Then one day, without warning, Kaplon was gone. Now, six years later, Lapid runs into Kaplon on a street corner in Tel Aviv, Israel. A few days later, Kaplon is found dead in his apartment with his wrists slashed. The police say it was suicide . Adam Lapid is not so sure. Something doesn't feel right about Kaplon's death. Something doesn't make sense. Was Yosef Kaplon driven to madness and suicide by his time at Auschwitz? Or was he targeted by a crafty and sinister killer for some unknown sin? Adam Lapid must find out the truth. Or he might go mad himself.

What if you suspected your husband of murder? Israel, 1951: Private investigator Adam Lapid has never had a case like this. Five years before, his client lied to the police, giving a false alibi to her husband. Now, she's sure he committed murder, and she wants Adam to prove it. But can Adam really trust her? Is she telling him the whole truth? The case is a puzzle, the victim a mystery wrapped in a riddle. And the murder scene? That's the most baffling thing of all. Why did the killer choose that particular spot? Why take some of the victim's possessions and leave others behind? It's a cold case that's about to get hot. The more Adam unravels the mystery, the greater the danger. Is the killer plotting to kill again? Is Adam's life in danger as he closes in on the murderer?

Not even murder can keep this secret buried. Israel, 1952 - A man lies dead in a city park, his head bashed in. No witnesses. No clues. It seems like an impossible case. The police have given up. But private investigator Adam Lapid is determined to catch the killer. Hired to investigate the murder, Adam begins digging into the victim's life. He learns the dead man was a Holocaust survivor, and that he may have had knowledge of a terrible crime that happened in pre-WWII Poland. A crime that is still claiming victims in Israel more than a decade later. To solve the mystery, Adam must use all his wits and courage. And he must work quickly. Because the killer is already hunting for the next victim.

On the dusty streets of post-war Tel Aviv, a crafty killer roams free... Israel, 1949 - Private detective Adam Lapid knows how it feels to lose everything. His whole family died in Auschwitz. He barely survived. Now he spends his nights haunted by nightmares and his days solving cases the police won't handle. Hired to find a missing boy, Adam thinks the case is hopeless. But he can't turn down a mother searching for her only child. What Adam doesn't realize is that this case will soon put him in mortal danger. For at the root of the mystery lies a double murder that has stayed unsolved for ten long years. Adam must untangle a web of lies and betrayal to get to the truth. And he'd better watch his back because some of the suspects are willing to kill to keep their dark secrets buried.

Private detective Adam Lapid has seen his share of death. He lost his family in Auschwitz. He survived the Holocaust. He nearly died in Israel's War of Independence. Now it is 1949, and he lives alone in Tel Aviv, Israel, haunted by bad memories and nightmares, trying to rebuild his life. But death is never distant. When an Arab called Ahmed Jamalka hires him to find out who murdered his sister, Maryam, Lapid launches an investigation that will plunge him into a murky underworld of crime and depravity, and bring him face to face with the sort of evil he thought he'd left behind in Europe. Adam Lapid will need to risk everything to solve this case. The Dead Sister is a thrilling mystery novel with a one-of-a-kind hero. Grab this book if you're a fan of historical mysteries, private eye crime novels, or interested in the history of the Middle East and the State of Israel.

Israel, 1951: Private investigator Adam Lapid has never had a case like this. Five years before, his client lied to the police, giving a false alibi to her husband. Now, she's sure he committed murder, and she wants Adam to prove it. But can Adam really trust her? Is she telling him the whole truth? The case is a puzzle, the victim a mystery wrapped in a riddle. And the murder scene? That's the most baffling thing of all. Why did the killer choose that particular spot? Why take some of the victim's possessions and leave others behind? It's a cold case that’s about to get hot. The more Adam unravels the mystery, the greater the danger. Is the killer plotting to kill again? Is Adam’s life in danger as he closes in on the murderer?