The Deadliest Hate by June Trop is a provocative title for a novel, sure to pique a reader's interest. And the storyline lives up to it. In ancient Alexandria, Egypt, in the year 48 C.E. under the reign of the Roman Emperor Claudius, Miriam bat...

June Trop's mystery and historical fiction novel, The Deadliest Lie, is set in Roman Alexandria in 46 CE. Miriam bat Isaac is 16, well educated, and engaged to Noah, the son of Amram, her father's best friend and business partner. She is under pressure to...

Someone is damaging the Torah “mantle” in the Great Synagogue of Alexandria for no apparent reason. The mantle, part of the ritual objects to enhance the sacred Torah scrolls, contains precious jewels that became loosened by someone who was able to break into the synagogue...

The Deadliest Thief (A Miriam Bat Isaac Mystery in Ancient Alexandria) by June Trop has several things going for it. For one, the setting of the story. As the title indicates, the mystery takes place in first-century Alexandria of the common era. This is...