Rose Kaplan and her best friend Ida are at it again, as they investigate another murder at the Julius and Rebecca Cohen Home for Jewish Seniors. This time Maria, the young companion to a disabled resident, is found shot to death during a celebration of the holiday of Purim. Standing over her holding the murder weapon is the manager of the Home, making it a proverbial "smoking gun" case. His motive is clear, as he had been having an affair with Maria, which she had recently tried to break off. The police are convinced, of course, that they have an open and shut case, but as Ida puts it, "Open, yes. Shut, it turns out, not so much." These geriatric amateur sleuths will keep you laughing, guessing, and maybe even learning a bissel Yiddish!
A notorious crank meets an untimely fate. Yom Kippur is a day of reflection and soul searching, but at the Julius and Rebecca Cohen Home for Jewish Seniors, Vera Gold misses this opportunity to atone for her many sins when she up and dies. Indeed, Vera was such a pain in the tuchis to all those around her that when her sister claims Vera was deliberately poisoned, the tough question isn't who would want to kill her — but who wouldn't?
These count for my Cruisin' thru the Cozies Reading Challenge 2022, and the second one counts in my TBR 22 in '22 Challenge.
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