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A Pair of Aces: Reese's Book Club by Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher Murray

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REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • A gripping novel about two trailblazing women on opposite sides of the law—a prosecutor and a madam—who team up to bring down notorious Mob boss Lucky Luciano in 1930s New York, from the New York Times bestselling authors of the million-copy bestseller The Personal Librarian.

Eunice Carter, the first Black woman to serve as a prosecutor in Manhattan, is determined to bring down mob boss Lucky Luciano — and the unconventional angle she finds is the syndicate’s prostitution operations. To make her case, she needs someone who knows that world from the inside: Polly Adler, the city’s most famous brothel owner.

The two women come from entirely different worlds, yet their partnership becomes the backbone of one of New York City’s most sensational trials. A Pair of Aces follows their uneasy, high-stakes alliance as it reshapes what justice — and power — can look like when women decide to wield it together.

A Reese’s Book Club pick from New York Times bestselling authors Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray, this is historical fiction built around a true, largely forgotten case.

REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • A gripping novel about two trailblazing women on opposite sides of the law—a prosecutor and a madam—who team up to bring down notorious Mob boss Lucky Luciano in 1930s New York, from the New York Times bestselling authors of the million-copy bestseller The Personal Librarian.

Eunice Carter, the first Black woman to serve as a prosecutor in Manhattan, is determined to bring down mob boss Lucky Luciano — and the unconventional angle she finds is the syndicate’s prostitution operations. To make her case, she needs someone who knows that world from the inside: Polly Adler, the city’s most famous brothel owner.

The two women come from entirely different worlds, yet their partnership becomes the backbone of one of New York City’s most sensational trials. A Pair of Aces follows their uneasy, high-stakes alliance as it reshapes what justice — and power — can look like when women decide to wield it together.

A Reese’s Book Club pick from New York Times bestselling authors Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray, this is historical fiction built around a true, largely forgotten case.

  • Publisher: Berkley

    Title: A Pair of Aces: Reese's Book Club

    Author: Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray

    On Sale Date: June 2, 2026

    ISBN 13: 9780593637937

    ISBN 10: 0593637933

    Format: Hardcover

    Retail Price: $30.00

    BISAC: Historical Fiction / Literary Fiction

    Page Count: 400

    Dimensions: 6 x 9"

  • Marie Benedict is a lawyer and New York Times bestselling author of historical fiction including The Only Woman in the Room and Carnegie’s Maid. She holds degrees from Boston College and Boston University School of Law.

    Victoria Christopher Murray is a New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty novels and an NAACP Image Award winner. She holds an MBA from the NYU Stern School of Business.

  • Readers are calling it immersive, sharp, and satisfying:

    • "A page-turner that celebrates what women can accomplish when they work together — regardless of background — for each other." —NPR

    • "Masterful storytellers deliver a deeply satisfying courtroom drama that offers the rare pleasure of seeing justice done." —Stephanie Dray

    • "Most of this novel is about power — who has it, who wields it best, and who can take it away." —NPR

    • "When the final line is read and you find it difficult to extricate yourself from the world that swallowed you whole, you have found yourself a good novel." —NPR

This book is for you if

  • You love historical fiction rooted in a real, largely forgotten court case

  • You’re drawn to unlikely-alliance stories between women from opposite ends of society

  • You want Prohibition-era New York with real mob stakes

  • You like courtroom drama that actually delivers a satisfying reckoning

  • You’ve enjoyed Benedict and Murray’s other collaborations, or their solo historical fiction

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