That tricky 99cent offer from Kindle worked on me.  Now i want to order the others and get started reading to find out what happens to the 2 main characters.  I don't generally read murder mysteries, but somehow the violence in this one was balanced with the peace-loving culture of the Jewish Yeshiva! I bounced back and forth to google to read more about vocabulary and Biblical references, so I feel I learned a few things while reading.  There were a few items that dated the book, the use of beepers instead of cell phones, and a description of a computer print-out that sounded dated.  Not to be picky, it just gave me a little pause to realize it wasn't an ignorant author, just earlier writing!  Otherwise, a wonderful read!  Now onto the next one...