Libi Astaire

Tempest in the Tea Room: an Ezra Melamed Mystery (Volume 3) Libi Astaire

Jane Austen meets Sherlock Holmes when a crime wave sweeps through 19th-century London's Jewish community and the adventures of wealthy-widower-turned-sleuth Ezra Melamed are recorded for posterity by Miss Rebecca Lyon, a young lady not quite at the marriageable age. When a mysterious and nearly fatal stomach ailment invades the Mayfair home of Lady Marblehead, a young Jewish physician is accused of poisoning his wealthy patient - a suspicion that is further fueled when a priceless pearl bracelet is discovered missing from Lady Marblehead's jewelry box. As more outbreaks occur in the city, an increasingly hysterical Jewish community turns to Mr. Ezra Melamed to investigate the case. But there are too few clues and too little time, especially since the latest victim, a frail orphan boy, is already almost at death's door.