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Title: The Bar Mitzvah Murder by Lee Harris ISBN: 0-449-00729-4 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 03 February, 2004 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Dream Vacation Turns Deadly Serious!
Comment: Recently, versatile Lee Harris gave her fans a much grittier, extremely intriguing change of pace with "Murder in Hell's Kitchen" which introduced police detective, Jane Bauer, coping handily with mayhem and murder in The Big Apple. Although Ms. Harris' latest novel, "The Bar Mitzvah Murder", takes us back to her established series characters: Christine Bennett (former nun turned amateur sleuth) and her policeman husband, Jack Brooks, it too represents something of a departure from her usual suburban focus which makes it, I think, one of the strongest and most moving novels in the 'Holiday Mysteries' to date. After a rough patch of several years while Jack struggled to balance his responsibilities to NYPD with night classes at law school, things are finally looking up for the Brooks family. When the novel opens, degree in hand and newly-promoted to a lieutenancy, Jack comes home with the astonishing news that the Police Commissioner has personally assigned him to a joint American/Israeli task force aimed at tracking down international criminals and that creating a database for this project will entail a two-week trip to Israel...a trip which can and will also include Christine and their young son, Eddie. Thrilled by the prospect of fulfilling her life-long desire to visit the Holy Land, icing on the cake for Christine is knowing that her trip overseas will overlap a visit by close friends, Mel and Hal Gross, who have been invited...all expenses paid...to attend Mel's wealthy cousin Gabe Gross' late-life Bar Mitzvah being held in Jerusalem just prior to the Brooks' arrival. So much for dream vacations! Still fighting jet-lag, Christine receives a frantic yelp for help from a thoroughly panicked Mel: Gabe has disappeared! According to witnesses, he had left his party, was found lying on the ground outside the hotel, and while a doctor member of the family tried to administer CPR, an ambulance came and whisked him away. Problem? The ambulance never arrived at any of the local hospitals. While Jack uses his connection with the Israeli police to jump start an investigation, Christine focuses her attention on the immediate family only to discover that genial Gabe was not averse to sharp dealings, had a troubled marital history and had managed to completely alienate his adult children. After Gabe's body turns up DOA some days later, Christine subjugates sightseeing to sleuthing. The cops now know how he died...it's up to her to discover why and who. As usual, following in her footsteps while she does so makes for a thoroughly satisfying and completely enjoyable reading experience.
I always finish a Lee Harris novel with a smile on my face. In addition to the fun and excitement of tagging along during their well-plotted, intricate investigations, connecting with Jack and Christine's world and becoming part of their extended family is always such a pleasure. Lagniappe for me in "The Bar Mitzvah Murder" was a chance to not just see, but genuinely experience Israel vicariously while I shared their working vacation. Emis! They were absolutely delightful travel companions.
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