It is the spring of 1811.
Rebecca Lyon and her family eagerly welcome Miss
Elisheva Taylor and her brother Gabriel, a young
physician, into their genteel London Jewish community. Yet
the Taylors have barely acclimated to their new society when
a mysterious and devastating illness strikes Mr. Taylor's
patients, from the elderly Lady Marblehead to the povertystricken
young orphans under his care...and it seems that
they are being poisoned!
Is the new doctor to blame? Mr. Ezra Melamed, wealthy
patron of the Jewish orphanage, would like to believe in Mr.
Taylor's innocence. But with all fingers pointing his way, it
will be difficult to prove that Mr. Taylor is the sincere man of
medicine he portrays himself to be. Mr. Melamed's only clues
are a mysteriously missing will, an old clothes man's bundle,
and a cryptic letter from a Chassidic rebbe... Can he uncover
the truth before the rest of London is poisoned too?
The Disappearing Dowry, the first book in the Ezra
Melamed Mystery Series, won a 2010 Sydney Taylor Notable
Book Award. In The Ruby Spy Ring, Regency England again
comes to life in a dramatic tale of false accusations and longlost
relatives. Acclaimed author Libi Astaire has done it
again in this third book in the series, combining the charm of
historical fiction with the intriguing twist of a Jewish mystery.

Tempest in the Tea Room

Libi Astaire

Menucha Publishers

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Tempest in the Tea Room