This is the sec­ond detec­tive thriller fea­tur­ing Gidon Aron­son, for­mer elite Israeli spe­cial unit oper­a­tive. Although Gidon is a reluc­tant hero, he puts his all into find­ing the men who tried to mur­der Rab­bi Man­del in front of his wife and two kids as they pre­pared for Shab­bat din­ner. The own­er and teacher of a dojo in Bal­ti­more, Gidon, known as ​“Sifu” to his stu­dents, is high­ly trained to dis­arm the tough­est crim­i­nal. Katie is Aronson’s present love inter­est, but he is deeply scarred from his past love, who was killed in a ter­ror­ist attack in Israel. Gidon uses his Shin Bet con­tacts to help solve this nov­el­’s crimes, which involve the mitz­vah of sav­ing Torahs, the theft of which is also a busi­ness for some nefar­i­ous char­ac­ters. We trav­el with Gidon along to the U.S. East Coast and to Israel and Gaza to fol­low clues. I felt as if I were rac­ing through the streets of Jerusalem with Gidon. His ban­ter with col­leagues and sen­si­tiv­i­ty to crime vic­tims and their fam­i­lies endear this detec­tive to any reader.