Цикл книг «Тайны еврейского регентства» — 11 книг

In this short Jewish Regency mystery story set during the Frost Fair of 1814, a recently orphaned boy disappears, seemingly off the face of the earth. Mr. Melamed enlists the aid of General Well’ngone, who has his own reason for wishing to find the missing child—the General has fallen in love with the boy’s older sister.

In this short Jewish Regency mystery story set during the Frost Fair of 1814, a recently orphaned boy disappears, seemingly off the face of the earth. Mr. Melamed enlists the aid…

Лондон, начало XIX века. Мудрый Эзра Меламед — сыщик не по профессии, но по призванию. Когда пропадает приданое юной леди из его еврейской общины, он берется поймать вора. Теперь ему придется покинуть привычные фешенебельные улицы столицы и отправиться за уликами в безусловно сомнительные кварталы. Но, найдя всего-навсего одну пуговицу, одну гинею и ключ, сможет ли мистер Меламед вернуть невесте ее приданое?

Лондон, начало XIX века. Мудрый Эзра Меламед — сыщик не по профессии, но по призванию. Когда пропадает приданое юной леди из его еврейской общины, он берется поймать вора. Теперь…

It is the winter of 1811. With the excitement of her elder sister's wedding now behind her, a restless Rebecca Lyon is thrilled to visit her dear friend Harriet Franks. But distressing events are about to occur. At a fashionable picture gallery, Mrs. Franks faints while viewing a Rembrandt painting of a groom putting a ruby ring on his bride's finger. Then a suspicious coded message is found in the Mayfair tailoring establishment of Harriet's father, and Mr. Franks is accused of spying for Napoleon. As Mr. Franks languishes in prison, his distraught wife and daughter seek out Mr. Ezra Melamed, the wealthy widower-turned-sleuth. To his dismay, the one person who could shed light on the matter seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth. With only a coded message, the mysterious ruby ring, and a cryptic clue from a Chassidic Rebbe, will Mr. Melamed be able to save Mr. Franks from the hangman's noose? The Disappearing Dowry, the first book in the Ezra Melamed Mystery Series, won a 2010 Sydney Taylor Notable Book Award. In this second book, acclaimed author Libi Astaire has done it again, painting a vivid picture of Regency England that combines the charm of historical fiction with the intriguing twist of a Jewish mystery.

It is the winter of 1811. With the excitement of her elder sister's wedding now behind her, a restless Rebecca Lyon is thrilled to visit her dear friend Harriet Franks. But…

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.

In this third volume of the series, tragedy strikes when the Jewish orphanage's children are stricken with a mysterious and nearly fatal stomach ailment. When the ailment travels to the Mayfair home of Lady Marblehead, a young Jewish physician is accused of poisoning his patients - a suspicion that is further fueled when a priceless pearl bracelet is discovered missing from Lady Marblehead's jewellery box.

As more outbreaks occur, an increasingly hysterical community turns to Mr Ezra Melamed to investigate the case. But once again there are too few clues and too little time, especially since the littlest victim, a frail orphan boy, is already almost at death's door.

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…

In this fourth volume of the series, David Salomon, a young violinist and composer, has left New York to find fame and fortune in Regency London. But disaster strikes not long after he arrives. Someone is stealing and publishing his compositions before he can perform them and soon he is the laughingstock of the beau monde that he had hoped to conquer. With few friends and even fewer resources, he turns to Ezra Melamed for help with finding the thief.

But who would wish to harm a young stranger? The deeper Mr. Melamed looks into the violinist’s story the more jarring notes he finds, making The Doppelganger’s Dance one of the most discomposing mysteries of his career.

In this fourth volume of the series, David Salomon, a young violinist and composer, has left New York to find fame and fortune in Regency London. But disaster strikes not long…

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 General Well’ngone and the Earl of Gravel Lane, the leaders of a gang of young Jewish pickpockets.

When a colleague in the secondhand linen trade is found murdered on Gravel Lane, the Earl of Gravel Lane and General Well’ngone exchange picking pockets for picking up clues that will help them find the killer. Soon they are entangled in a web of lies and deceptions that takes them from their East End slum to an elegant country house where a group of astronomers are meeting. But which of the seemingly distinguished stargazers is the one who has a secret as dark as a moonless sky?

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 General…

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.

General Well’ngone and the Earl of Gravel Lane are dispatched to Brighton to watch over the wife of a Junior Lord of the Treasury, who has received a message threatening her life. When the lady vanishes while visiting Mahomed’s Steam and Vapour Sea Water Medicated Baths, accusations fly and chaos ensues—and to find the lady Mr. Melamed must battle wits with one of the craftiest criminal minds in England.

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:…

When a sack full of counterfeit gold coins is found in a matzah bakery, the most likely suspect is the Jewish baker who owns it—and if Mr. Ezra Melamed can’t prove his innocence the baker will hang.

Enlisting the aid of the Earl of Gravel Lane and General Well’ngone, the leaders of a gang of young pickpockets, Mr. Melamed embarks on a search for the real culprit that takes the trio from Houndsditch pawnshops to aristocratic Mayfair homes to rehearsals for a new opera by a young Italian composer named Rossini.

But to their dismay, every clue they turn up 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 Libi Astaire's historical mystery series that takes a humorous and engaging look at Jewish Regency England.

When a sack full of counterfeit gold coins is found in a matzah bakery, the most likely suspect is the Jewish baker who owns it—and if Mr. Ezra Melamed can’t prove his innocence…

Once again there’s trouble afoot in Regency London’s Jewish community, as they get ready for the Purim holiday—and more mystery. When Bashe Bunzel insists on marrying the man she loves, her wealthy father threatens to disinherit her. But the new will is soon stolen, and then Mr. Bunzel also disappears. Was he murdered? And what happened to the will? The complications multiply with dizzying speed in this short mystery where, in the Purim tradition, no one is quite what they seem.

Once again there’s trouble afoot in Regency London’s Jewish community, as they get ready for the Purim holiday—and more mystery. When Bashe Bunzel insists on marrying the man she…

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 General Well'ngone and the Earl of Gravel Lane, the leaders of a gang of young Jewish pickpockets.When a Dutch diplomat named Judah Herzveld is found murdered in the Great Synagogue, suspicion falls upon a young Englishman who has the same name. Are the names a coincidence, or is there some long-buried secret connection between the two men that has caused the fatal encounter? With only a silver pencil and faded memories of a shipwreck to guide him, Mr. Melamed must find out the truth behind the murder — before the happiness of the English Mr. Herzveld and his fiancée is destroyed.The Wreck of Two Brothers is the sixth 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 General…

Daniel Lamm wants to be somebody in the worst way. He therefore takes up boxing to achieve his dreams of fame and fortune. But when a journalist who ridiculed Daniel in the press is found murdered, Daniel becomes the obvious suspect and a different fight begins — the fight to find the real culprit and prove Daniel’s innocence.

Daniel Lamm wants to be somebody in the worst way. He therefore takes up boxing to achieve his dreams of fame and fortune. But when a journalist who ridiculed Daniel in the press…