Jake Cooper Crime Thrillers

A murder inside Chicago's ultra-Orthodox community.A woman arrested for the crime.And the one man who believes the police have the wrong suspect.When Jake Cooper's girlfriend is accused of murder, he begins asking questions inside a community where outsiders rarely see what happens behind closed...

A scribe repairing an old scroll uncovers a buried secret—and is murdered for it. The police call it suicide. The community calls it murder. Jake Cooper isn’t a cop, but he’s the only one who can unravel the deadly secrets hiding behind closed doors. In a world of greed, betrayal, and ruthless calculation, finding the truth may be the only way to survive.

A kosher inspector doesn’t come home one night. By morning, his wife is certain something is wrong. The police aren’t convinced. He hasn’t been gone long enough. There’s no sign of violence. Officially, there’s nothing to investigate. That’s when his wife turns to Jake Cooper. Not a cop. Not licensed. But trained by a retired detective and trusted as the Jewish community’s internal investigator, Jake is often called when concerns don’t yet meet the legal threshold—but feel far more serious.

A student is murdered in his dorm room. An empty suitcase is left across his body. No clear motive. Too many suspects. Everyones lying. When Jake Cooper uncovers a secret, the case explodes into something far bigger, and people are willing to kill to keep the truth buried. A case where bad luck...