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Four Rabbi Small Mysteries

av Harry Kemelman

Serier: Rabbi Small (Omnibus 1-4)

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A collection of four novels from the New York Times-bestselling, Edgar Award-winning mystery series starring a rabbi in a tiny New England town.   Spend a long weekend with the scholar and spiritual leader who watches over the Jewish community in 1960s Barnard's Crossing, Massachusetts--and in his spare time, solves crimes.   Friday the Rabbi Slept Late: A young nanny is found dead in the temple parking lot--and her purse is discovered in Rabbi David Small's car. Now he has to collaborate with the local Irish-Catholic police chief to exonerate himself.   Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry: Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, is defiled when a body is found--and the rabbi must uncover who has something to atone for.   Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home: When Passover is overshadowed by congregational politics and a murder at a local university, the rabbi must study the clues.   Monday the Rabbi Took Off: Rabbi Small journeys to Israel for a bit of peace, but instead has to team up with an Orthodox cop to unravel a bombing case.   Don't miss these four mystery novels featuring an amateur detective who uses Talmudic logic--an introduction to the multimillion-selling series that provides both "an eye-opening snapshot of a particular time in Jewish-American history" and delightfully entertaining whodunits (Los Angeles Review of Books).… (mer)
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4.5* - Friday the Rabbi Slept Late
4* - Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry
3.5* - Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home
4* - Monday the Rabbi Took Off ( )
  leslie.98 | Jun 27, 2023 |
Note: I received a digital review copy of this book through NetGalley.
  fernandie | Sep 15, 2022 |
This is an excellent collection of mysteries and quite the introduction to the Rabbi Small novels.

Friday the Rabbi Slept Late: Written in 1964, the book won the 1965 Edgar Award for first novel. Reading it, I can see why. It is a gentle mystery that isn't quite a cozy mystery. It blurs the line between solving the mystery with straight logic and a mystery with a warm, fuzzy character. While Rabbi Small is fuzzy about some things, there is nothing fuzzy about his intellect or understanding of the Jewish religion.

This classic-style mystery plays fair with the reader. All the clues are there; the rabbi simply assembles them first. I love that sort of mystery, so I will be reading more.

While I had read some books in this series long ago in my early teens, this wasn't one of them. However, I loved it as much as I remember loving the other books.

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Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry: This is the second of the Rabbi Small mysteries and Rabbi Small is still new to the congregation. His wife is carrying their first child during Yom Kippur. There is much to learn about some of the religious customs that surround that time. however, there is also another death in the community. The question is was it suicide, an accident, or something worse.

Of course, Rabbi Small ends up in the thick of things. The dead person was a non-observant Jew, but his wife wants him buried in the Jewish cemetery; a suicide would not be allowed to be buried within it. Rabbi Small's decision raises all sorts of questions.

I have to admit, I didn't suspect the end; I had my eyes on the red herring. The author played totally fair, though.

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Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home: This mystery is a product of its time and does show its age. However, if you are willing to step back in time, then it is a good mystery with a few red herrings. I admit that those pulled me off track sometimes.

One of the things I like about this series is that the murders don't happen so fast that you wonder how the town remains populated. It has been a few years since we last visited with the rabbi; he's in his sixth year in the town. Suspicion in the murder of a young man falls upon some of the younger members of the congregation, so the rabbi gets involved. Add in drugs (marijuana, oh, the horror) and civil rights and you get a picture of the society in the late 1960s.

The author again plays fair with the audience and the mystery is solvable with the information the reader gets.

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Monday the Rabbi Took Off: This time our favorite rabbi is taking a sabbatical in Israel. I totally understood the need to get away from the job and get a fresh look at life so I empathized with the rabbi. The book is a product of its time, so the Israel we read about is early 1970s Israel with the people and ethics of the time.

I enjoyed this quiet mystery and the glimpse into Israeli life of the time. To keep me grounded back in the US, there were the political machinations behind the scene at the synagogue. Will Rabbi Small have a job to return to? Will he want to come back to the scheming board or will he pick back up out of a sense of duty?

The mystery wasn't terribly difficult to solve for me; what mattered were the people in the book as they came to matter to me.

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Not quite a cozy mystery series, the series is recommended for those who enjoy a cozier traditional mystery or a more traditional cozy mystery. ( )
1 rösta Jean_Sexton | Aug 25, 2019 |
4.5* - Friday the Rabbi Slept Late
4* - Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry
3.5* - Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home
4* - Monday the Rabbi Took Off ( )
  leslie.98 | Jun 10, 2019 |
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A collection of four novels from the New York Times-bestselling, Edgar Award-winning mystery series starring a rabbi in a tiny New England town.   Spend a long weekend with the scholar and spiritual leader who watches over the Jewish community in 1960s Barnard's Crossing, Massachusetts--and in his spare time, solves crimes.   Friday the Rabbi Slept Late: A young nanny is found dead in the temple parking lot--and her purse is discovered in Rabbi David Small's car. Now he has to collaborate with the local Irish-Catholic police chief to exonerate himself.   Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry: Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, is defiled when a body is found--and the rabbi must uncover who has something to atone for.   Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home: When Passover is overshadowed by congregational politics and a murder at a local university, the rabbi must study the clues.   Monday the Rabbi Took Off: Rabbi Small journeys to Israel for a bit of peace, but instead has to team up with an Orthodox cop to unravel a bombing case.   Don't miss these four mystery novels featuring an amateur detective who uses Talmudic logic--an introduction to the multimillion-selling series that provides both "an eye-opening snapshot of a particular time in Jewish-American history" and delightfully entertaining whodunits (Los Angeles Review of Books).

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