Harry Kemelman

Rabbi David Small

1 - Friday the Rabbi Slept Late (1964)
2 - Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry (1966)
3 - Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home (Jun-1969)
4 - Monday the Rabbi Took Off (Feb-1972)
5 - Tuesday the Rabbi Saw Red (Dec-1973)
6 - Wednesday the Rabbi Got Wet (1976)
7 - Thursday the Rabbi Walked Out (Aug-1978)
8 - Someday the Rabbi Will Leave (Mar-1985)
9 - One Fine Day the Rabbi Bought a Cross (Mar-1987)
10 - The Day the Rabbi Resigned (Jan-1992)
11 - That Day the Rabbi Left Town (Feb-1996)
Conversations With Rabbi Small (Jul-1981)

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  Friday the Rabbi Slept Late
  

  • 1964
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  Rabbi David Small - 1
  

  First in the New York Times�"bestselling series and winner of the Edgar Award: A new rabbi in a small New England town investigates the murder of a nanny. David Small is the new rabbi in the small Massachusetts town of Barnard’s Crossing. Although...

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  Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry
  

  • 1966
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  Rabbi David Small - 2
  

  The answer to the prayers of mystery fans everywhere? A Rabbi Small mystery?full of the wit and wisdom, persistence and chuzpah that put the Rabbi on bestseller lists every day of the week! Ever since he made his debut in FRIDAY THE RABBI SLEPT LATE,...

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  Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home
  

  • Jun-1969
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  Rabbi David Small - 3
  

  As Passover approaches, Rabbi Small contends with infighting, backstabbing, and an actual murder in this New York Times bestseller As Rabbi David Small’s 5-year contract winds down at the synagogue in Barnard’s Crossing, Massachusetts, ...

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  Monday the Rabbi Took Off
  

  • Feb-1972
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  Rabbi David Small - 4
  

  Rabbi David Small is back. The man who can see the third side of any question. This time he's on a private exodus to Israel to soothe his soul. He just wants to soak up the local scene, sit in the park, talk to the kids, go to the synagogue or (here...

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  Tuesday the Rabbi Saw Red
  

  • Dec-1973
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  Rabbi David Small - 5
  

  Murder Doesn't Make the Grade On Tuesday, Rabbi David Small takes a break from the Barnard's Crossing's pulpit to teach a course on Jewish Thought at a small community college. But he soon discovers that all is not idyllic behind the ivy-covered w...

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  Wednesday the Rabbi Got Wet
  

  • 1976
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  Rabbi David Small - 6
  

  Not in a generation has there appeared so unusual a master of detection as Rabbi David Small of Barnard's Crossing, Massachusetts. His complex religious training enables him to see the third side of any question, and he operates on a special brand of...

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  Thursday the Rabbi Walked Out
  

  • Aug-1978
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  Rabbi David Small - 7
  

  If the murder victim had not been a notorious anti-Semite, Rabbi Small might never have become involved. When several members of his congregation became suspects, Rabbi Small was forced to match wits with the killer. Here is another lively and eng...

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  Conversations With Rabbi Small
  

  • Jul-1981
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  Rabbi David Small
  

  As he counsels a woman considering conversion to Judaism, Rabbi Small takes a break from murder mysteries to discuss the mysteries of his religion. In Conversations with Rabbi Small, the rabbi finds himself taking a well-deserved vacation at a J...

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  Someday the Rabbi Will Leave
  

  • Mar-1985
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  Rabbi David Small - 8
  

  This time around, Rabbi Small faces one of the toughest cases in his career: political corruption, definitely non-kosher, brewed with a dash of dirty campaign tricks, blackmail, and a possible murder. All the while, Small is also facing millionaire H...

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  One Fine Day the Rabbi Bought a Cross
  

  • Mar-1987
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  Rabbi David Small - 9
  

  On a trip to the Holy Land, Rabbi Small is drawn into a deadly conflict between religious extremists in the New York Times�"bestselling series. Retired millionaire Barney Berkowitz, from the small Massachusetts town of Barnard’s Crossing, invites ...

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  The Day the Rabbi Resigned
  

  • Jan-1992
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  Rabbi David Small - 10
  

  Although his years at Barnard's Crossing have never been dull, Rabbi Small is bored with clerical duties and wants to teach. But before he can say "alma mater;" the rabbi is enlisted by Police Chief Hugh Lanigan, his partner in crime solving, to set ...

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  That Day the Rabbi Left Town
  

  • Feb-1996
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  Rabbi David Small - 11
  

  The rabbi looks into a professor’s death, in the New York Times�"bestselling series that’s “the American equivalent of the British cozy” (Booklist). Retired from his job at the synagogue in Barnard’s Crossing, Massachusetts, Rabbi Small no...

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  The Nine Mile Walk
  

  • Aug-2015
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  From the New York Times�"bestselling author of the Rabbi Small Mysteries: Eight tales about a witty, crime-solving college professor. Before creating the widely popular Jewish sleuth Rabbi Small, Harry Kemelman authored a series of short stories fea...

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Award-Winning Books by Harry Kemelman

Friday the Rabbi Slept Late
1965 Edgar Allan Poe Award -- First Novel