Conviction - Softcover

A thrilling, utterly absorbing crime novel . it jolts the heart. Author: Megan Abbott

New York City crime at its very best: gritty, realistic, culturally complex and sometimes really terrifying, but ultimately full of hope, with a heroine you can't help but root for. Author: Lisa Lutz

A suspenseful and compulsive page-turner. Source: Boston Globe

A murder mystery for our tumultuous times... Dahl writes deftly about race, religion, and politics in NYC, both then and now. Source: New York Magazine

'A tightly constructed thriller with a tender heart.' Source: Times/Sunday Times Crime Club

Unputdownable... the story rattles along... the gradual closing in on the killer makes for good, tense reading. Source: Jewish Chronicle

Ms. Dahl's take on the chasidic world Rebekah encounters is open-hearted and sympathetic. Source: The Jewish Standard

'Powerful. Conviction shines an unflinching light on some of the tough social issues that are Dahl's hallmark. A miscarriage of justice, after sloppy work by the NYPD and the local judicial system, both biased against a young African-American man. The drawbacks of closely knit communities that become militant and cause damage both within and without them. And, at the bottom of it all, human weakness in its many guises, leading to tragically wrong choices compounded by the inability, through ignorance, laziness or both, to make things right again. Dahl writes with a spare, almost deadpan yet powerful style, shying away from over-dramatizing, and making it all even closer to the heart and the gut. The plot is well-structured and Dahl handles the backwards and forwards in time well, taking the reader from 1992, when the murders for which DeShawn was arrested took place, to the present. Dahl is truly gifted at transporting her readers into worlds that can be so near to our experience and yet, tragically sometimes, so far. And this is what makes good fiction, crime or otherwise, a pleasure to read.' Source: Thriller Books Journal

'Excellent. intriguing and thought provoking.' Source: LizLovesBooks

'A peek beneath that surface and into the heart of a neighbourhood few tourists are likely to have explored. Writing deftly about race, religion and local politics, [Dahl] reveal[s] a world that is as gritty and culturally complex as you would expect a melting pot like New York to be, and sheds light on some of New York's closed communities. Rebekah Roberts is a heroine made for just such a setting. Complex and nuanced but without falling into the trap of being a 'strong female lead with issues', you can't help but root for her as she digs deeper into DeShawn's case. Backed up by a supporting cast of equally nuanced characters and set amidst a realistic, living version of New York, Conviction is a novel that feels alive from the first page to the last. compulsive [and] page-turning.' Source: The Shelf of Unread Books