CHANUKAH GUILT: Rabbi Aviva Cohen is a 50-something, twice-divorced rabbi living a rather uneventful life in South Jersey. True, she has a family that is rather unconventional. And her first ex-husband is moving to her town. But her life takes a truly interesting – and sinister – turn when she agrees to officiate at the funeral of an unpopular land developer. She doesn't expect to be told by two different people that he had been murdered. Nor does she expect that the first funeral will result in a suicide. Her search for the story behind the suicide (or was it murder?) will lead her to discover the truism "appearances can be deceiving" is accurate, while putting her life in jeopardy.

FUTURE TITLES:

Unleavened Dead: In the second book in the Rabbi Aviva Cohen Mystery series, a family belonging to Rabbi Cohen's synagogue tragically dies of carbon monoxide poisoning. But was it an accident?

Yom Killer: Hospice patients have a prognosis of six months or less, but authorities become suspicious when several die right after a visit from the chaplain, one of Rabbi Cohen's oldest friends.

High Holy Daze: Rabbi Cohen examines some old books in an abandoned synagogue building, only to find a surprise -- a human skeleton. What other skeletons are in the synagogue's closet?