The Yom Kippur Murder [Paperback]

Lee Harris (Author)

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• Paperback
• Publisher: Fawcett Gold Medal (1992)
• ASIN: B001IAMIVK
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good story, and a mystery that held my interest., January 28, 2000

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Monica K. Van Ness (Aurora, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Yom Kippur Murder (Christine Bennett Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

Lee Harris has done a decent job of creating a character that is not only an amateur sleuth, but an ex-nun. Christine Bennett comes across as a balanced person who has decided to make a major change in her life, and takes the time to try to slowly learn a new way to live. And she just happens to get caught up in murders and mysteries along the way. And this story involves everything from people who escaped Nazi Germany to rare books that are worth large sums of money. The only part of the story that I didn't care quite so much for was how easily the ex-nun seemed to decide it was time to fall into bed with someone she liked. Especially after she had earlier said something about how she didn't want this sort of thing to be tied up with the reasons why she left the convent. She had other reasons. I felt that this situation was rushed, and it did feel like the character simply "fell" into it. Almost as if the whole thing was just expected, and would happen anyway, so why not now? Didn't sit well with me.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SUPER MYSTERY SERIES, August 13, 2000

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Karen Boml "Kiki" (Hudson, NH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Yom Kippur Murder (Christine Bennett Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

In this, the second Christine Bennett (ex-nun) mystery, Christine investigates the beating death of her friend, elderly Mr. Herskovitz, one of a few tenants who refused to leave his condemned apartment building........ Clues from finding out about his past life in Nazi Germany, to a rare book, helps Christine finally get to the murderer......... You won't be disappointed in any books from this series....Christine and her boyfriend, Jack Brooks, work well together, and their relationship just blossoms so realistically! Very likeable and intelligent leading characters, and books that keep us guessing right up to the end! Hooray for Lee Harris!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fresh and interesting, March 18, 2000

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Christina P. Branson "Strixaluco" (Fort Collins) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Yom Kippur Murder (Christine Bennett Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

Harris's ex-nun sleuth defies cutesy stereotypes and makes a convincing, thought-provoking, and likable heroine. Christine Bennett delves into the mystery surrounding the Yom Kippur beating death of her Jewish friend, Mr. Herskovitz. Suspecting there is more to the case than an unscrupulous slumlord trying to get rid of a holdout tenant, Christine traces Mr. Herskovitz's life back to his days as a newcomer to America. What she discovers is a well-educated, controversial man whose passions ran deep -- and inspired in others emotions that spanned the decades and might have gotten him killed.

This could have degenerated into a gimmicky throwaway mystery, but Harris made it a solid novel with good characters. I do, however, take issue with that magic phone number Christine's travel agent friend called to find an important clue. As a former travel agent, I can assure you that there is no such thing. Before she could even *ask* for that information, she'd need to know the airline, the IATA number of the agency issuing the tickets, and most likely the PNR for the itinerary...in which case she'd have the information she was asking for, which would certainly arouse the suspicions of any airline agent she consulted.