Dead Sea Murders |
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| Author:
| Murti, Kamakshi |
| Series title: | Leela/Meena Mystery Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-7929-6132-8 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2018 |
| Publisher: | Independently Published
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $8.99 |
Book Description:
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Bureau Chief Murali Kalluri's childhood friend invites him and the gutsy 70+-year-old South-Asian cousins Leela and Meena Rao to attend his son's Bar Mitzvah in Jerusalem. But the rite of passage is postponed as a serial killer targets female rabbis. Inexplicably, the murderer chooses the Dead Sea's high salinity to ensure that the bodies float and can be readily discovered. What motivates these murders? Are conservatives fearful of the religious authority that these women are...
More DescriptionBureau Chief Murali Kalluri's childhood friend invites him and the gutsy 70+-year-old South-Asian cousins Leela and Meena Rao to attend his son's Bar Mitzvah in Jerusalem. But the rite of passage is postponed as a serial killer targets female rabbis. Inexplicably, the murderer chooses the Dead Sea's high salinity to ensure that the bodies float and can be readily discovered. What motivates these murders? Are conservatives fearful of the religious authority that these women are acquiring? Leela and Meena talk to the women's families trying to figure out what darkness clouds the judgment of the killer. Several ugly truths from a forgotten past emerge when one of the victims manages to escape.