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Licensed to Latke: A Hanukkah Spy Farce

Coming November 24, 2026

On the first night of Hanukkah, two of her old Agency partners knock on the door. Somebody has built a back door into every bank on the planet, and it opens Monday morning with the opening bell on Wall Street.

Esther, the only agent who can stop it, walked away thirty years ago. The people parked across the street already know where her family sleeps.

So Esther does the sensible thing. She teaches her family to be spies in five days.

Her son the accountant counts everything. Her daughter-in-law the therapist fixes everyone. Her youngest, the history professor, explains everything to anyone. The sixteen-year-old twins can hack anything, and their grandmother wishes they couldn't. And the family parrot repeats every word he hears, in everybody's voice.

Eight nights. A charity gala, an underground library, a masquerade and a vault under Manhattan. Every plan goes wrong in the right order, and the candles get lit every single night.

For readers who love Janet Evanovich's capers, Rita Lakin's Gladdy Gold and a loud family that shows love with brisket. Pull up a chair. Nobody saves the world on an empty stomach.

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Feathers

Before she was anybody’s grandmother, Esther Greenbaum stole a parrot.

Vienna, Hanukkah 1984. The parrot belongs to an arms dealer, and he has sat in on every deal his owner ever made. Esther’s plan is to swap him for a decoy from the Naschmarkt. The decoy knows exactly one phrase, and it isn’t polite.

Ham canapés, a Christmas Eve party, a dumbwaiter, two identical birds and the night Esther brought Mr. Feathers home.

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Latke to Kill For

A Hanukkah cozy mystery

Coming soon. Latkes, sufganiyot and a murder nobody saw coming.