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 … 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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I read the Rabbi Small series in the 1970’s and thoroughly enjoyed them. Re-reading them 45 years later, I find them just as fresh and enjoyable. So read these books, already. David Small doesn’t need a smart phone or even DNA to be relevant.
I’m not Jewish, but I found it very interesting and informative.
One of my favorite mystery series. I love the information about the Jewish faith that is dispersed along with the mystery to be solved.
Good characters
I have enjoyed reading these books. I am learning something about the Jewish religion by the interactions of the characters with the rabbi character. they are easy enjoyable reads.
It is fun to read mysteries and learn something. The rabbi series taught me a lot about the Jewish religion.
Great escape
“Monday the Rabbi took off”….First, I enjoyed the other “Rabbi” books I have read. This one spent the first 85% describing Israel and Jerusalem in too much detail – and all the Rabbi seems to do is wander around. Finally getting down to the ‘solution’ took only 3 pages…
A series I had read 20 years ago. Great retracing it. Holds up 100 percent
pretty dated but still clever
In addition to being compelling mysteries, I learned a lot about the Jewish religious traditions.
It has been years since I read these books. I am thoroughly enjoying the charm and wit of the stories. The explanation of Jewish tradition and knowledge is well done also.
Read all these books when they were first published years ago (read the entire series in fact). I’ve reread them every two or three years since, and now they are looking kind of ratty. So – forward the hard copies and fill up the Kindle, and get acquainted with Rabbi Small all over again. What a pleasure!
I read this entire series years ago and they are wonderful. Lots about Jewish faith also. I liked that the characters seemed real. I enjoyed them a lot and when I saw them for sale I decides to reread.
the beginning of a wonderful series
I read these books years ago and was sad when the series ended. It was delightful to reread the series. It was like visiting with old friends.