Passover starts tomorrow night and lasts for eight days, so you should have plenty of time to read these mysteriesset during the holiday. This is an updated list, but, as always, let me know any missing titles.
Passover Crime Fiction
Passover by Aphrodite Anagnost
Conspirators by Michael Andre Bernstein
People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
The Passover Murder by Lee Harris
All Other Nights by Dara Horn
Never Nosh a Matzo Ball by Sharon Kahn
Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home by Harry Kemelman
The Fixer by Bernard Malamud
The Empty Hours by Ed McBain
The Wolf and the Lamb by Frederick Ramsay
The Samaritans' Secret by Matt Beynon Rees
Mrs Kaplan and the Matzo Ball of Death by Mark Reutlinger
Unleavened Dead by Ilene Schneider
The Passover Plot by Hugh J. Schonfield
The Secret Supper by Javier Sierra
The Lord is My Shepherd by Debbie Viguie (on my Easter list, too!)
The Big Nap by Ayelet Waldman
Passover by Frances Williams
The Fifth Servant by Kenneth Wishnia
Passover Short Stories in the following collections:
Criminal Kabbalah, edited by Laurie R. King
Murder Is No Mitzvah, edited by Abigail Browning
Mystery Midrash, edited by Rabbi Lawrence Raphael
There are several children's and YA Passover Mysteries including:
Jodie's Passover Adventure by Anna Levine
The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen
Check out Molly Odintz's 10 Reasons Why Passover is the Noirest Holiday on CrimeReads.
Celebrating the holiday? Check out DyingforChocolate.com for Chocolate Passover Recipes.
2 comments:
Very helpful list. Thank you.
loved the Why Passover is Nor article. Lots of truth to it. aAso fun.
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