The Vanisher Variations

There's trouble afoot in Regency London's Jewish community, and no one to stop the crimes-until wealthy-widower-turned-sleuth Mr. Ezra Melamed teams up with an unlikely pair of amateur sleuths: General Well'ngone and the Earl of Gravel Lane, the leaders of a gang of young Jewish pickpockets. When the wife of a Junior Lord of the Treasury vanishes while visiting Mahomed's Steam and Vapour Sea Water Medicated Baths in Brighton, Mr. Melamed must battle wits with one of the craftiest criminal minds in England to find her. The Vanisher Variations is the fourth book in Libi Astaire's historical mystery series that takes a humorous and engaging look at Jewish Regency England. Libi Astaire is the author of the award-winning Jewish Regency Mystery Series, a historical mystery series about Regency London's Jewish community.

Her other books include: Terra Incognita, a novel about Spanish villagers who discover they are descended from Jews who were forced to convert to Christianity during the Middle Ages; The Banished Heart, a novel about Shakespeare's writing of The Merchant of Venice; Day Trips to Jewish History, a volume of essays about some lesser known areas of Jewish history; and several volumes of Chassidic tales. She lives in Jerusalem, Israel.