Not Quite Kosher: An Abe Lieberman Mystery
Chicago policeman Abe Lieberman, beleaguered friend and family man, is  vexed with enough tsuris to put him off his blintz- and bagel-impoverished diet.  For one thing, there's the confession of a murder that didn't happen made by a  man who thinks he's talking to a rabbi when he makes it. Then there's a gang of  delinquents who might be responsible for the deaths of a couple of floaters that  turn up in Abe's territory. And if that's not enough, Abe's partner, an Irishman  engaged to a Chinese woman who's the object of an Asian crime boss's affection,  wants him to be best man at his wedding. Throw in a grandson's bar mitzvah that  threatens to bankrupt him and an unruly synagogue board, and you've got the  ingredients of a typical, warmhearted cozy that won't raise your bubbe's blood  pressure but is nonetheless a likable diversion.--Jane Adams