Kerry Greenwood's Raisins and Almonds
Oh yeah, Phryne is finally mixing it up with some Jews in a mystery involving a murder in a bookshop, alchemy, kabbalah, and Zionism. Greenwood clearly researched Judaism and threw in all sorts of references to Kosher laws and Maimonides and golems (there's a fairly extensive bibliography in the back along with a glossary of Yiddish words). However, I wish she'd thrown in fewer "oys" and "nus"--it was a little much after a while. Plus the villain was kind of obvious. BUT bonus points for cat-puppy interspecies snorgling. B+.
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