Harry Kemelman: Someday the Rabbi will Leave (USA 2015)

From the Publisher:
An interfaith wedding, local politics, and a lethal hit-and-run case keep Rabbi Small busy in this mystery in the New York Times-bestselling series.
Since becoming the rabbi at the synagogue in Barnard's Crossing, Massachusetts, David Small has seen his congregation through a fair share of unholy bickering and corruption. So when millionaire Howard Magnuson is elected president of the synagogue, the rabbi isn't surprised that Magnuson wants to bring corporate efficiency to the temple -- at the expense of religious tradition. Conflict flares when Rabbi Small refuses, on the basis of temple rules, to officiate the interfaith wedding of Magnuson's daughter to a non-Jewish Boston politician, and the new president calls for the rabbi's dismissal.

When another player in Boston politics is killed in a hit-and-run accident and the police suspect a Jewish college student, Rabbi Small fears the undergrad might have been set up -- and that Magnuson is involved. The young man's innocence and the future of the temple depend on Rabbi Small solving the case with his signature wit and Judaic wisdom.

Harry Kemelman: Someday the Rabbi will Leave. A Rabbi Small Mystery. Open Road Media, ISBN: 9781504016117 (August, 2015), eBook, 671 KB (ca. 281 p.), $7.99.

Harry Kemelman: Someday the Rabbi will Leave (USA 1986)

From the Publisher:
Unorthodox Mystery at Its Best
Rabbi David Small is back-full of the same wit and wisdom, persistence and chutzpah, that put him on bestseller lists every day of the week! Ever since he made his debut in Friday the Rabbi Slept Late, the adventures of Harry Kemelman's unassuming hero have been hailed by critics and fans. And now, at last, new fans and old can enjoy the latest adventure of one of the world's most unusual sleuths. 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. Ali the while, Small is also facing millionaire Howard Magnuson, the famous corporate leader and newly appointed president of the temple, who decides early on that Small is not a "team player" and sets out to replace him before his daughter's wedding...

Harry Kemelman: Someday the Rabbi will Leave. When the famous amateur sleuth finds himself in the middle of a political scam, it just might spell murder... The new Rabbi Small Mystery. Fawcett Crest, ISBN: 0449209458 (April, 1986), 288 p., $3.50.

Harry Kemelman: Someday the Rabbi will Leave (USA 1985)

From the Publisher:
On Friday the Rabbi Slept Late
and on Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry
and on Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home
and on Monday the Rabbi Took Off
and on Tuesday the Rabbi Saw Red
and on Wednesday the Rabbi Got Wet
and on Thursday the Rabbi Walked Out
And Now: SOMEDAY THE RABBI WILL LEAVE
a new Rabbi Small Mystery by Harry Kemelman

"I've followed Rabbi Small all through the days of the week, and am delighted to encounter him again. Harry Kemelman combines the excitement of a detective story with interesting insights into contemporary Judaism... David Small's fans will be delighted at his return." - MADELEINE L'ENGLE

Here is the book that Harry Kemelman's many thousands of fans have been waiting for! In Someday the Rabbi Will Leave, Rabbi David Small is back in top form to face one of the toughest cases of his career: corruption in politics that could extend to the state capital, resulting in a nasty case of underhanded campaign tactics, blackmail and a hit-and-run fatality that may be no accident.

And the Rabbi has a few political problems in his personal life as well. Howard Magnuson, famous corporate leader and millionaire, is elected president of the temple. Rabbi Small isn't impressed especially when Magnuson's daughter makes a match for herself that's not exactly kosher. When the Rabbi refuses to officiate, Magnuson decides he's not a "team player" and sets out to replace him by exploiting the rivalry that exists between the Conservative and Reform elements within the temple.

But, relying on the virtues that have made him famous -- wit and wisdom, persistence and perspicacity, plus some good old-fashioned sleuthing and a dash of humor and chutzpah -- Rabbi Small puils together the mysterious elements of the case in a dazzling display of virtuoso detection.

Harry Kemelman: Someday the Rabbi will Leave. A new Rabbi Small Mystery. William Morrow, ISBN: 0688041744 (March, 1985), 264 p., $15.95.