In The Yiddish Gangster's Daughter, author Joan Lipinsky Cochran introduces us to Becky Ruchinsky, a forty-something mother of two who finds her life moving in some totally unexpected directions. Her two sons have headed off to college, leaving her at home with her husband, Daniel,...

The Hasidic Rebbe's Son by Joan Lipinsky Cochran is the second book in the thriller Becks Ruchinsky Mystery series, preceded by The Yiddish Gangster's Daughter, both of which read as stand-alones. In this installment, we meet a Hasidic Jewish student named Menachem “Menny” Tannenbaum as...