Zhanna Slor

One wrong decision. One missing person. One dark secret. Mina Banksy has enough on her plate. Between surviving a tumultuous divorce, managing her writing career, and raising a difficult toddler, the last thing she needs is for the police to show up at her door, looking for a missing person from her former Jiu Jitsu gym. Dylan, an ex-addict and convicted felon, has tried to move on from his criminal life, finding a home and friends in the close-knit gym. His disappearance triggers a series of events that turns all the gym-goers into either a suspect or a potential victim. Meanwhile, Dylan’s disappearance forces Mina to confront her past. She’s tried to outrun the demons that haunt her, but now it’s time to face the real reason she left the gym in the first place …Part unconventional romance and part murder mystery, set inside the eclectic subculture of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Breakfall will have you up all night turning the pages until the electric end.

This unique literary mystery set in Milwaukee''s eclectic Riverwest neighborhood during the 2008 recession, weaves together the tale of two immigrant sisters with very different ideas of home.Masha remembers her childhood in the former USSR, but found her life and heart in Israel. Anna was just an infant when her family fled, but yearns to find her roots. When Anna is contacted by a stranger from their homeland and then disappears, Masha is called home to Milwaukee to find her.In 2008, college student Anna feels stuck in Milwaukee, with no real connections and parents who stifle her artistic talents. She is eager to have a life beyond the heartland. When she?s contacted online by a stranger from their homeland ? a girl claiming to be her long-lost sister Anna suspects a ruse or an attempt at extortion. But her desperate need to connect with ? her homeland convinces her to pursue the connection. At the same time, a handsome grifter comes into her life, luring her with the prospect of a nomadic lifestyle.Masha lives in Israel, where she went on Birthright and unexpectedly found home. When Anna disappears without a trace, Masha?s father calls her back to Milwaukee to help find Anna. In her former home, Masha immerses herself in her sister?s life ? which forces her to recall the life she, too, had left behind, and to confront her own demons. What she finds in her search for Anna will change her life, and her family, forever.