Harry Kemelman: Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home (USA 2015)

From the Publisher:
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, some members of the congregation are plotting to remove him; others are whispering about starting a new temple of their own across the street. When the rabbi gets an invitation to perform Passover services at a local university, he's eager to get away from the bickering and spend a few days on campus. But instead of peace and enlightenment, he finds a murder wrapped up in drug deals and racial tensions.

From tuned-out hippies to political zealots, the college is full of potential suspects. Once again it's up to the rabbi to draw on his deductive skills to solve the case -- and avoid getting sucked into the bitter culture war -- before the killer strikes again.

Harry Kemelman: Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home. A Rabbi Small Mystery. Open Road Media, ISBN: 9781504016063 (August, 2015), eBook, 688 KB (ca. 294 p.), $7.99.

Harry Kemelman: Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home (USA 2002)

From the Publisher:
David Small, America's favorite rabbi -- and most unorthodox sleuth -- is back again in his best mystery yet.
Somewhere between the Passover service and a plot to unseat part of his congregation, Rabbi David Small finds himself caught up with some very non-kosher characters in a baffling case of murder, marijuana, and militants. A superb blend of hair-splitting logic and hair-raising suspense, the Rabbi's new adventure is indisputable entertainment.

Harry Kemelman: Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home. A Rabbi Small Mystery. iBooks, ISBN: 0743452380 (September, 2002), 304 p., $6.99.

Harry Kemelman: Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home (USA 1981)

From the Publisher:
David Small, America's favorite rabbi -- and most unorthodox sleuth -- is back again in his best mystery yet.
Somewhere between the Passover service and a plot to unseat part of his congregation, Rabbi David Small finds himself caught up with some very non-kosher characters in a baffling case of murder, marijuana, and militants. A superb blend of hair-splitting logic and hair-raising suspense, the Rabbi's new adventure is indisputable entertainment.

"Detective fiction at its most telling...The puzzle is a good one; but the best part of this and any Small tale is the wondrous warmth and assurance of the portrayal of Jews and Judaism." -- New York Times Book Review

"The Rabbi's best adventure yet." -- Library Journal

Harry Kemelman: Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home. Fawcett Crest, ISBN: 0449241165 (November, 1981), 190 p., $1.95.

Harry Kemelman: Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home (USA 1970)

From the Publisher:
Why Is This Rabbi Different From All Other Rabbis?
Because he's a detective.
David Small, America's favorite rabbi-and most unorthodox sleuth-is back again in his best mystery yet.
Somewhere between the Passover service and a plot to unseat part of his congregation, Rabbi David Small finds himself caught up with some very non-kosher characters in a baffling case of murder, marijuana, and militants. A superb blend of hair-splitting logic and hair-raising suspense, the rabbi's new adventure is indisputable entertainment.

Harry Kemelman: Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home. Fawcett Crest T1384 (April, 1970), 190 p., ¢75.

Harry Kemelman: Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home (USA 1969)

From the Publisher:
Harry Kemelman's eagerly awaited new Rabbi novel takes place six years after the founding of the temple in Barnard's Crossing, six years that have seen a change not only in the congregation but in its controversial rabbi, David Small (who can see the third side of any question). Mellower, no longer so young and defensive he is still very much his own man -- operating on a special brand of internal radar which is as unpredictable to others as it is, often, to him. The congregation has grown, too; it is bulging at the seams -- thus setting the stage for the present crisis: a threatened split in the membership.

SUNDAY THE RABBI STAYED HOME takes place during the Passover holiday. When the kids return home from college, the rabbi finds himself deeply involved in the hang-ups of the younger generation -- the new freedom, race relations, drugs... and, unexpectedly, murder.

Filled with the characters known and beloved by millions of Kemelman fans, among them: Police Chief Hugh Lanigan; aging Jacob Wasserman, first president of the temple; Miriam, David's eternally patient wife -- plus a host of delightful new characters, from a Sunday school principal who wants to conduct a "swinging" Passover service to a local carpenter who has heard God's voice (has Rabbi Small?) -- SUNDAY THE RABBI STAYED HOME is the best Kemel man novel yet.

Harry Kemelman: Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home. A Novel. New York: Putnam, 1969, 253 p., $5.95.