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William Morrow & Co (1978), Edition: 1st, Hardcover, 250 pages
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When several members of his congregation become suspects in the murder of a notorious and vehement anti-Semite, Rabbi and a part-time detective David Small is compelled to match wits with the elusive killer - if not to save his synagogue the certainly to
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LibraryThing member MrsLee
Hmmm, not my favorite Rabbi book, but quite readable. I was able to pick out the killer before there was even a murder, but that might be because I'm on to the way Kemelman writes. The characters were interesting enough, but I found the harping on Women's Lib and the politics of the temple tedious.
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Could be my mood, could be because the 70's are long gone, could be because I've read too many Rabbi books, but you might like it. I didn't hate it, but I'm not keeping it, either. Show Less
LibraryThing member BonnieJune54
I liked seeing women's lib from a conservative author's viewpoint. The 70's tend to be dismissed as silly and populated by cartoon characters. The Rabbi books have a nice sense of the time while still having real people with real worries.
LibraryThing member ritaer
murder of eccentric WASP milionaire by cousin who will inherit
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0688033628 / 9780688033620