To Kill A Matzo Ball
Delia Rosen
Kensington, Jul 1 2014, $7.99
ISBN: 9780758282019
In Nashville, Gwen Katz consults with client martial arts teacher
Ken Chan on a menu to honor his students following a belt test. Shots are fired into Murray’s Pastrami Swami
leaving Ken dead, but not before he protected Gwen with his body; no one else
inside the deli was badly hurt though all are shook up. A former New Yorker, Gwen tells NPD that Ken
also came from the Big Apple, but left Manhattan’s Chinatown after Triad gang
threats.
NPD reports the crime to the FBI who joins the investigation. However, increasingly the murderous drive-by
shooting begins to look as if the intended victim was not the black belt
instructor but the “Nashville Katz”. Not
one to sit around and wait for a second assault, Gwen begins her own inquiry.
The latest Deadly Deli Mystery is an
engaging twisting whodunit as the amateur sleuth competes with several levels
of law enforcement. As always with this
entertaining series (see From Herring to
Eternity, A Killer in the Rye, One Foot in the Gravy and A Brisket, A Casket), the fun comes from the culture clash of New York
shtick in the heart of Music City more so than the good mystery and enhanced by
mouthwatering food that has me craving for pastrami and a knish at The Kosher
Gourmet on Atlanta’s Northside.
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