THE DAY THE RABBI RESIGNED

The penultimate book in the Rabbi Small series has the Conservative rabbi growing restless and open to new horizons. Academia, in particular, beckons him. Naturally a murder mystery pops up, but it is almost incidental in the rabbi's ruminations, though the story line and the characters are well fleshed out. George Guidall's familiar, friendly voice is the essence of reasonableness, and so is the rabbi; hence, they fit together well. Guidall controls his characters by volume and cadence, and though he is not particularly good at voicing female characters, his overall approach works for this mystery series. D.R.W. © AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine [Published: JUN/JUL 01]