"Of all his many regrets, it was his decision to write his memories that Avram Cohen now regretted the most"
Thus begins An Accidental Murder, the latest book in Robert Rosenberg's acclaimed Avram Cohen mystery series. In a tale that takes the retired Jerusalem detective from Germany's Frankfurt book fair to the Negev desert, as he searches for a murderer in Germany and ends up in the dark netherworld of the new Russian mafia in Israel, Avram Cohen is revealed as never before-a man with a complex past that makes his future most uncertain.
Someone wants to kill Cohen-or so it seems-possibly because of something he wrote in his memoir about his year as an avenger assassinating Nazis after his long-ago liberation from the Dachau concentration camp. But then his longtime protege Nissim Levy is found murdered on the road to Eilat.
Is this a revenge killing somehow aimed at Cohen, or as Nissim's former assistant believes, could the Russian mafioso be involved?
From private nightclubs where mafia kingpins entertain with vodka-drenched feasts to massage parlors where the women work with cold-blooded professionalism, Cohen's search for Levy's killer becomes a twisted journey into a new side of Israel hardly known to the outsider. On the way, Cohen must look back at his own guilt before he can unveil a killer with a misguided but nonetheless profound motive for murder.
This finely drawn novel is, like all the Cohen novels, a portrait of a deeply complicated man trying hard to be moral in a world where greed rules. Building an atmosphere of personal pain and paranoia up until the very last pages of the book, Rosenberg gives us a tour de force.
Industry Reviews
The New York Times Book Review Having created a highly intelligent detective to handle the brainwork in this series, Mr. Rosenberg does not waste that shrewd and subtle mind. Cohen's melancholy ruminations on the state of Jerusalem provide real insights into the complicated political realities of this unhappy region. Rocky Mountain News (Denver) More plot packed in than three other books combined an informative and compelling story of modern Israel. Publishers Weekly Rosenberg's mystery derives its Considerable appeal less from the puzzle than from simply putting an intelligent, observant man in the middle of a complex, volatile society and giving him something to be curious about. Booklist [Rosenberg] explore[s] both Jerusalem and Tel Aviv in rich detail, from extremist politics to seedy nightlife. Wracked by true believers of every stripe, Israel has become an ideal setting for crime fiction, and Cohen, the detective perpetually Caught in the crossfire, makes a wonderfully resonant hero. Kirkus Reviews Writing in the shadow of the Hebron massacre, Rosenberg's chilling vision of a dozen warring national and religious parties has been confirmed rather than dated by the Rabin assassination. Chicago Tribune This season's gift. Detroit Free Press The atmosphere is potent. Rosenberg beautifully evokes funky, bustling, Western-looking Tel Aviv in contrast with the fascinating powder keg of Jerusalem. "House of Guilt" is also a powerful indictment of religious extremism in Israel and the politicians who let it thrive.
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