I am not Sharon Kahn

[dreamshark]

Anyway, not this Sharon Kahn.  I did not write this book. But I found it lying around the house, so I read it. It's actually pretty good, in a light and frothy way. I don't normally read mysteries, so I'm not sure if there's a whole sub-genre for lightly comic mysteries with a recurring cast of characters and cloyingly cutesy titles. Assuming there is, this book is one of those . The protagonist is a smart, gutsy, slightly pudgy middle-aged woman who is independent enough to be admirable but not quite independent enough to distance herself from a whole zoo of amusingly neurotic fellow synagogue members. The mystery is set on a Caribbean cruise (to St. Thomas, no less) aboard the world's worst bargain cruise line, which is actually pretty funny. A quick read, nicely written, lots of fun.

But I must say, the tie to hot pastrami is tenuous at best.

Don't Cry for Me, Hot Pastrami Book by my Googleganger

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[barondave.livejournal.com]

The Rabbi David Small books, starting with Friday, the Rabbi Slept Late, has some cute daily titles and some well drawn recurring characters, but I wouldn't quite describe them as "frothy". Still, you might like them.

No spoilers on the pastrami! (I use horseradish if available, mustard if not.)

[dreamshark.livejournal.com]

As I said, this is a genre in which I have little interest. I only read this one because it had my name on it, so to speak.

Yeah, come to think of it, I have heard the names of that whole series of "Rabbi" mysteries. Possibly the whole idea for this series was kind of a play on the other one. Maybe the sub-genre involved here is "Jewish mysteries" rather than "comic mysteries."