There's trouble afoot in Regency London's Jewish community, and no one to stop the crimes-until wealthy-widower-turned-sleuth Mr. Ezra Melamed teams up with an unlikely pair: General Well'ngone and the Earl of Gravel Lane, the leaders of a gang of young Jewish pickpockets. It's not a Jewish baker's worst nightmare, but it's a very close second. When a sack full of counterfeit gold coins is found in Mr. Kornberry's matzah bakery right before Passover, the unfortunate baker is arrested and sent to Newgate Prison to await his trial - and if Mr. Melamed can't prove his innocence the baker will hang. But to Mr. Melamed's dismay, every clue leads in an equally distressing direction. Because if the baker didn't do it, it seems there is only one other person who could have counterfeited the coins - the baker's opera-loving son. Matzah Mia! is the fifth book in the Jewish Regency Mystery series, a refreshingly different look at Regency England which combines lovably quirky characters with a generous dash of humor.
There's trouble afoot in Regency London's Jewish community, and no one to stop the crimes-until wealthy-widower-turned-sleuth Mr. Ezra Melamed teams up with an unlikely pair: General Well'ngone and the Earl of Gravel Lane, the leaders of a gang of young Jewish pickpockets. It's not a Jewish baker's worst nightmare, but it's a very close second. When a sack full of counterfeit gold coins is found in Mr. Kornberry's matzah bakery right before Passover, the unfortunate baker is arrested and sent to Newgate Prison to await his trial - and if Mr. Melamed can't prove his innocence the baker will hang. But to Mr. Melamed's dismay, every clue leads in an equally distressing direction. Because if the baker didn't do it, it seems there is only one other person who could have counterfeited the coins - the baker's opera-loving son. Matzah Mia! is the fifth book in the Jewish Regency Mystery series, a refreshingly different look at Regency England which combines lovably quirky characters with a generous dash of humor.
