Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home by Harry Kemelman

This is the third Rabbi Small mystery I've read. I've liked them all.

In this mystery, Moose Carter--son of Rabbi Small's carpenter--is found suffocated in an abandoned house. Temple politics again threaten Rabbi Small's employment there. An African American is accused of murder simply because he's a stranger in town. A drug ring is broken up.

The Rabbi Small books are a very interesting look into Judaism and the workings of a Jewish temple. I sometimes find David Small's scholarly approach to all problems tiresome. I, like his wife, sometimes wish he would just compromise and be a little warmer. But, his logic always carries the day when it comes to the mysteries that he unravels. And his grateful congregation always comes around to extending his employment contract once again.

They're engaging mysteries set among an interesting group of people. I like them. Oh, no bad language or sexual situations either. Just bad guys and murder. :)