Libi Astaire

• Sep-2011
• / General Fiction
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Enter the picturesque world of Regency England.It is the summer of 1810. The Lyon family of London is eagerly preparing for the wedding of their eldest daughter Hannah. But as the women bustle from the dressmaker to the haberdasher, Mr. Samuel Lyon, ...

• Sep-2011
• / General Fiction
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It is the winter of 1811.With the excitement of her elder sister's weddingnow behind her, a restless Rebecca Lyon is thrilledto visit her dear friend Harriet Franks. But distressingevents are about to occur. At a fashionable picture gallery,Mrs. Fran...

• Aug-2012
• / Mystery
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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 gan...

• Oct-2012
• / General Fiction
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Why did Shakespeare write The Merchant of Venice? What went on in the rehearsal room as Shakespeare, James and Richard Burbage, and the company's clown, Will Kempe, raced to get their play about a Jew on stage - before the trial of the Jew Rodrigo Lo...

• Apr-2013
• / General Fiction
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Who was the New World's first Jewish author? Why did some medieval moneychangers cover their hair? Which Jewish woman became queen of a North African people? And what's the truth about the story that claims Hebrew almost became the official language ...

• Nov-2013
• / Historical Mystery
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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 g...

• Feb-2014
• / General Fiction
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Terra Incognita. For the medieval Catalan navigators the term meant an uncharted territory that inspired either fear or the thrill of adventure. But for the characters of this new novel by award-winning author Libi Astaire, "terra incognita" is a pla...

• Jan-2015
• / Historical Mystery
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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 g...

• Feb-2015
• / Historical Mystery
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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 g...

• Sep-2015
• / Historical Mystery
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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 g...

• Nov-2015
• / Historical Mystery
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A young Jewish orphan goes missing in London during the great Frost Fair of 1814. Is he merely lost? Has he been kidnapped? Or killed? An ancient coin from the Land of Israel disappears during a dinner party. An honest mistake on the part of someone,...

• Nov-2015
• / Historical Mystery
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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 g...

• Aug-2016
• / Historical Mystery
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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 g...

• Nov-2016
• / Mystery
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Oy vey! When elderly mystery writer Agatha Krinsky falls for the fifth time, her nephew Sheldon insists she move into an assisted living facility. True to form, on her first day in her new home Agatha discovers a body in the library. But the staff wo...

• Aug-2017
• / General Fiction
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Sometimes the hardest dragon to slay is the one inside you. When Theo-a misfit with a passion for music-is rejected from a top music school, he feels like he has nothing left to live for. His awful day gets even worse when he falls into Everby, a "Po...

• Dec-2017
• / Historical Mystery
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It's a miracle! Or is it? When the members of London's Great Synagogue decide to replace their old and battered menorah with one that's newer and more elegant, the old menorah refuses to leave its spot on the Eastern Wall. But is this really a sign f...

• Oct-2018
• / General Fiction
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If you love great stories about our Jewish Sages, this book is for you! In these pages you'll meet the Baal Shem Tov, the Chofetz Chaim, Rav Zusha of Hanipoli, and many others, who understood that there is no such thing as an unimportant person or ac...

• Oct-2018
• / General Fiction
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If you love great stories about our Jewish Sages, this book is for you! In these pages you'll meet the Baal Shem Tov, the Chofetz Chaim, Rav Zusha of Hanipoli, and many others who understood there is no such thing as an unimportant person or action. ...

• Nov-2018
• / Historical Mystery
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In this newest addition to the Jewish Regency Mystery Series, London's Jewish community is getting ready for the Purim holiday — and more mystery. When Bashe Bunzel insists on marrying the man she loves, her wealthy father threatens to dis...

• Mar-2020
• / Historical Mystery
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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 o...

• Nov-2020
• / Historical Mystery
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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 ...

• Jul-2021
• / Historical Mystery
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Mystery is rife and so is the fun when a crew of quirky characters set out to solve a slew of crimes causing havoc in Regency London's Jewish community. In this second volume of Jewish Regency Mystery novellas, three Jewish holidays provide the ...

• Jul-2021
• / Historical Mystery
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Mystery is rife and so is the fun when a crew of quirky characters set out to solve a slew of crimes causing havoc in Regency London's Jewish community.In this second volume of Jewish Regency Mystery novellas, three Jewish holidays provide the backgr...

• Jul-2021
• / Historical Mystery
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There are strange goings-on in the Moses household. But is Mr. Ezra Melamed overreacting when he fears someone is trying to harm Mrs. Moses, an elderly widow with a large fortune? Or does the letter he received, signed The Petrified Psalm, present a ...

• Jun-2023
• / Historical Mystery
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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 f...

• Feb-2024
• / Cozy Mystery
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Barnet Court's connoisseurs of crime are back! Join retired Jewish detectives Herschel Perlow, Miss Janice Eppel, Ronny and Rubles Bernfeld, and author Agatha Krinsky as they tackle new mysteries to solve in this humorous, Passover-themed homage to D...