Never Nosh a Matzo Ball — Sharon Kahn

It isn't easy being a rabbi's wife in Eternal, Texas. It's even harder being a rabbi's widow. More than a year after her husband's death, the congregation still expects Ruby to behave "appropriately." But sometimes it's hard to be pious and ladylike when you're investigating a murder...

Ruby's nemesis Essie Sue has really outdone herself this time. She is bent on giving Temple Rita a healthier new image. The makeover includes a baseball team and the First Annual Low-Fat Low-Salt Matzo Ball Sale. Taste-testing rated them somewhere between corrugated box and mat-tress innards. Yummy. Ruby's taking it all with a grain of salt--kosher, of course. Until the baseball coach is found dead. And while no one's saying anything yet, it wouldn't be a surprise to learn that Essie Sue's matzo balls were capable of causing some serious internal injuries...