Harry Kemelman

FROM the sofa in the living room where she was immersed in the Sunday paper, Miriam heard the door between the breezeway and the kitchen open and close. She called out, "David?" and when her husband came into the room, "Mr. Raymond called just after you left. It sounded important."Rabbi David Small...

Arthur Peabody Goodpasture, proper Bos-tonian, was so insignificant that people standing in front of him often failed to see him. A born Boy Scout and a man of peace, Arthur went to San Marco for the Peace Corps as a banana expert-and there, caught in the crossfire of plot and counterplot, he...

I DJ On the tenth day of this seventh month is the day of atonement, a holy convocation shall it be unto you, and ye shall fast . . . and no manner of work shall ye do on this day . . . it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. A sabbath of rest it shall...

Pészah előtt tör ki a balhé. A bowlingpályákat üzemeltető Meyer Paff kinéz egy tengerparti ingatlant, és meggyőzi néhány barátját, hogy építsék át zsinagógának. Ha a tervük beválik, Small rabbinak mennie kell. David Small, Amerika kedvenc rabbija és legeredetibb nyomozója...

Gerince kissé kifakult, megtört. Visszatér Small rabbi, aki mindig rájön, mi van a háttérben. Ezúttal Izraelbe utazik, hogy feltöltődjön, lecsendesítse háborgó lelkét. Üldögél a parkokban, szóba elegyedik a gyerekekkel, elmegy a templomba vagy - Isten bocsássa meg – otthon...