02036cam a2200229 i 4500 510283538 TxAuBib 20140103120000.0 000000|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780988580947 14.0000 0988580942 14.0000 TxAuBib rda Astaire Libi. Tempest In The Tea Room / by Astaire, Libi. Menucha Publishers, 1.2.14. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier It is the spring of 1811.Rebecca Lyon and her family eagerly welcome MissElisheva Taylor and her brother Gabriel, a youngphysician, into their genteel London Jewish community. Yetthe Taylors have barely acclimated to their new society whena mysterious and devastating illness strikes Mr. Taylor'spatients, from the elderly Lady Marblehead to the povertystrickenyoung orphans under his care...and it seems thatthey are being poisoned!Is the new doctor to blame? Mr. Ezra Melamed, wealthypatron of the Jewish orphanage, would like to believe in Mr.Taylor's innocence. But with all fingers pointing his way, itwill be difficult to prove that Mr. Taylor is the sincere man ofmedicine he portrays himself to be. Mr. Melamed's only cluesare a mysteriously missing will, an old clothes man's bundle,and a cryptic letter from a Chassidic rebbe... Can he uncoverthe truth before the rest of London is poisoned too?The Disappearing Dowry, the first book in the EzraMelamed Mystery Series, won a 2010 Sydney Taylor NotableBook Award. In The Ruby Spy Ring, Regency England againcomes to life in a dramatic tale of false accusations and longlostrelatives. Acclaimed author Libi Astaire has done itagain in this third book in the series, combining the charm ofhistorical fiction with the intriguing twist of a Jewish mystery. 20140103.