Sharon Kahn Books in Order

Eleven-year-old Kacy Holiday wants to send a houseplant into orbit aboard a space shuttle. Her enthusiasm for a science project develops into an unexpected adventure, drawing her toward a secret that could threaten the space program she admires.

Written for younger readers, this history follows Black women's achievements from slavery through the late twentieth century. Profiles of educators, artists, activists, politicians, and pioneers such as Bessie Coleman and Mae Jemison connect personal courage with wider social change.

Rabbi's widow Ruby investigates when the sister of a troublesome member of her Texas congregation dies under suspicious circumstances. Sorting through the community's relationships and competing interests turns a local death into a case she cannot leave alone.

A player's death after eating matzo balls turns a sporting practice into a murder investigation. Ruby Rothman follows the unsettling events spreading through her small Jewish community, trying to identify the connection before the danger moves closer to home.

Ruby joins her congregation on a bargain Caribbean cruise intended to improve their rabbi's standing. A lecturer's sudden death and his research into Jewish history turn the troubled voyage into a mystery, complicated by an unexpectedly attentive captain.

The murder of a lox cutter disrupts preparations for a double bar mitzvah and draws Ruby into an unusual investigation. Tracing his past leads from wartime Denmark to Alaska and a New Jersey smokehouse in search of the killer.

A synagogue reunion takes a sinister turn when Essie Sue's elaborate chopped-liver centerpiece disappears and a corpse takes its place. Ruby investigates the unfamiliar victim and the gathering's uneasy relationships while juggling complications in her own romantic life.

A soprano's sudden death casts a shadow over Temple Rita's planned choir trip through Canada. When Ruby learns the woman was poisoned, the scenic journey becomes an investigation into secret relationships, strange beliefs, and fellow travelers who may be killers.