Bad Trust – Michael A. Kahn

Yiddish Wisdom: Just a Forshpayz

Posted on April 29, 2025May 1, 2025 by Michael Kahn

As you may have noticed, many authors place a special quotation on the page before the first chapter of their novel. For example, Harper Lee opened To Kill a Mockingbird with the following quote from Charles Lamb: “Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.” Ernest Hemingway opened The Sun Also Rises with this quote from Gertrude…

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Sex, Ecclesiastes, and Jewish Mothers

Posted on May 19, 2020May 19, 2020 by Michael Kahn

One of the unexpected joys of writing a mystery series–or any series–is getting to spend more time with your main characters and, in the process, learning more about them. Such has been true with my Rachel Gold series, with has now reached #11 with the recent publication of Bad Trust. Over the past several novels,…

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An Author Event in the Era of COVID-19

Posted on April 26, 2020April 26, 2020 by Michael Kahn

I now have my own sequel to one of my favorite novels by the great Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Love in the Time of Cholera. While I concede my sequel may not have the same poetic charm as the title of the Marquez novel, I can now say that have presided over a Book Signing in…

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More on Cage-Free Characters

Posted on April 23, 2020April 23, 2020 by Michael Kahn

Okay, you may be saying, enough with these cage-free characters already! I understand. I promise. But Bookreporter.com asked me for my thoughts on that subject, and offered them some thoughts, which they published today. Here’s the article. Enjoy.

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Cover Reveals: The Good, the Bad, and, well . . .

Posted on March 4, 2020March 4, 2020 by Michael Kahn

Most authors have little say in the design of our book covers, and thus arrives that anxious moment when the publisher reveals its proposed cover for your novel. You hope for the best. This time I got lucky. For my next Rachel Gold novel, Bad Trust, due in April of this year, I can state…

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Thank you, Dorothy Parker

Posted on February 28, 2020February 28, 2020 by Michael Kahn

Dorothy Parker in 1924, photographed in the backyard of her New York residence

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