In a new novel, 2 women in 1930s New York City face down the mob

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Published May 31, 2026 at 5:09 AM PDT

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Ayesha talks to authors Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray about the prosecutor and the madam who join forces against the mob in their new historical novel "A Pair of Aces".

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