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The Psalm 23 Mysteries #5
Restoreth My Soul
An old mystery at the heart of a new crime.
With Rosh Hashanah upon him the last thing Rabbi Jeremiah needs is to get involved with another mystery. This time, though, it is Detective Mark who pulls him in to help translate bloody Hebrew letters at a crime scene. It doesn’t take long before Cindy is pulled into the middle of things as it becomes clear that this is more than just a simple murder. Behind this killing is a mystery decades old that stretches back to the dark days at the end of World War II. Now Cindy and Jeremiah must stop a killer who seems to always be one step ahead as they try to find the secret buried in the heart of the word Restoration.
With Rosh Hashanah upon him the last thing Rabbi Jeremiah needs is to get involved with another mystery. This time, though, it is Detective Mark who pulls him in to help translate bloody Hebrew letters at a crime scene. It doesn’t take long before Cindy is pulled into the middle of things as it becomes clear that this is more than just a simple murder. Behind this killing is a mystery decades old that stretches back to the dark days at the end of World War II. Now Cindy and Jeremiah must stop a killer who seems to always be one step ahead as they try to find the secret buried in the heart of the word Restoration.
294 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 28, 2013
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Debbie Viguié
92 books1,041 followersDebbie Viguié is the New York Times Bestselling author of more than three dozen novels including the Wicked series co-authored with Nancy Holder. In addition to her epic dark fantasy work Debbie also writes thrillers including The Psalm 23 Mysteries, the Kiss trilogy, and the Witch Hunt trilogy. Debbie also plays a recurring character on the audio drama, Doctor Geek’s Laboratory. When Debbie isn’t busy writing or acting she enjoys spending time with her husband, Scott, visiting theme parks.
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May 31, 2015
Detective Mark Walters is reluctant to involve Rabbi Jeremiah Silverman in another case, but he has no choice when a body is found in a home where the walls are filled with Hebrew writing. Mark needs the Hebrew translated immediately in hopes of discovering who may have killed the man who apparently, as he was dying, wrote one last word on the wall, "restoration".
Jeremiah is reluctant to become involved in the case because when he arrives at the scene he realizes he knows the dead man. A man who approached him months before wishing to speak to him, but never kept his appointment with Jeremiah. Plus this is the beginning of one of the busiest times of year for the Rabbi.
Both Mark and Jeremiah wish to keep Cindy out of the mix of this case as well, but unfortunately the stakes are high for the killer and Cindy is reluctantly drug into the whole mess as well. Cindy thinks that she has recovered from her ordeal in Hawaii, but when the stress of the case and stress at work between the pastor and the music minister become too much Cindy realizes just how fragile she is.
This is book 5 in the Psalm 23 Mysteries and Jeremiah's past is still a mystery. I'm enjoying each installment, but am ready for Jeremiah's secret to be revealed. He almost spilled it to Cindy when he was on some pain meds this time around, but to his great relief he didn't. He is also beginning to have feelings for Cindy that he is trying to deny. Well, actually they are both trying to deny their attraction to each other which really is complicated. Jeremiah's a Rabbi and Cindy is a secretary at a Presbyterian church, how can they work that out? I'm seriously hooked on this series and keep telling myself that each one I read will be my last for a while, but once I finish one I find myself going and buying the next! Once again if you are a fan of mysteries, suspense and a bit of romance check this series out, you won't be disappointed!
Jeremiah is reluctant to become involved in the case because when he arrives at the scene he realizes he knows the dead man. A man who approached him months before wishing to speak to him, but never kept his appointment with Jeremiah. Plus this is the beginning of one of the busiest times of year for the Rabbi.
Both Mark and Jeremiah wish to keep Cindy out of the mix of this case as well, but unfortunately the stakes are high for the killer and Cindy is reluctantly drug into the whole mess as well. Cindy thinks that she has recovered from her ordeal in Hawaii, but when the stress of the case and stress at work between the pastor and the music minister become too much Cindy realizes just how fragile she is.
This is book 5 in the Psalm 23 Mysteries and Jeremiah's past is still a mystery. I'm enjoying each installment, but am ready for Jeremiah's secret to be revealed. He almost spilled it to Cindy when he was on some pain meds this time around, but to his great relief he didn't. He is also beginning to have feelings for Cindy that he is trying to deny. Well, actually they are both trying to deny their attraction to each other which really is complicated. Jeremiah's a Rabbi and Cindy is a secretary at a Presbyterian church, how can they work that out? I'm seriously hooked on this series and keep telling myself that each one I read will be my last for a while, but once I finish one I find myself going and buying the next! Once again if you are a fan of mysteries, suspense and a bit of romance check this series out, you won't be disappointed!
March 6, 2013
Another great book in the series...and we're getting closer to what the Rabbi really is or was. It is flawless the way the two get sucked into solving crimes and into dangerous situations. I love it!
You have got to read this series. I read over 300 books a year and this is one series I eagerly await the next book.
You have got to read this series. I read over 300 books a year and this is one series I eagerly await the next book.
January 19, 2018
I love this mystery series! I think I read this one in a little over 24 hours. Seems like Cindy, Jeremy and Mark live "around the corner". These are easy reading little mysteries, not great depth but such a likeable cast of characters.
November 13, 2017
The stories hold my interest so I will keep reading. They do need better editing to fix grammatical errors and watch for over-use of the same phrases. Then I could give them higher than a 3.
May 4, 2021
Great
This is a great series. I love the duo of Cindy and Jeremiah. Great mystery and characters. I can't wait to read the next one.
This is a great series. I love the duo of Cindy and Jeremiah. Great mystery and characters. I can't wait to read the next one.
March 1, 2017
Very enjoyable.
June 6, 2017
I absolutely love this series. I bought it for my kindle and could not put it down. Finished it in one sitting.
May 28, 2013
Can't wait for the next one. But sure am glad my life isn't as chaotic as Cindy's!
May 23, 2022
This was another fast-paced book from beginning to end in the Psalm 23 series.
I've read another book about the missing treasure, the Amber Room, in one of T. Davis Bunn's works, and I remember enjoying that one also.
This time the police officer, Mark, called the Rabbi, Jeremiah, to translate an autobiography in Hebrew that had been written on the walls alongside a dead body in a murder case.
I knew what would happen with agent Davies.
Jeremiah can still be a creepy character. I have some serious reservations about him, and about how he can hold his faith and his violent side together. I'd expect more tension between the two, but he seems to be at peace in talking with God. Which almost makes him sound like a violent psychopath.
Another police officer ...
I figured out shortly before the main characters where the rest of the Amber Room was.
"Then he [Roy] and Gus will have to learn to live with the consequences of their actions." I loved this line.
I also loved "the day the secretary fired the ..."
I loved Traci's stance at the police dept, and I found more in her character to admire, particularly as Mark appreciates her.
If this were real life, these characters would be more burned out with all the violence.
Speaking of which, Cindy's reaction in the beginning, where she slapped Jeremiah, seemed over-the-top like some of her reactions earlier in the series where she screamed all the time. At first I thought it was just Cindy being volatile Cindy. But it did make more sense when PTSD is considered.
Many of the reviewers are frustrated that we don't know more about Jeremiah's background by now, or that the romance hasn't gone forward. I'm more patient on those fronts. There are still many books left in the series to go, and I generally don't read a book for its romance anyway.
At this point in the series, book #5, I would have to say that I doubt Cindy and Jeremiah will reconcile any differences between their faiths, and that is largely because Cindy doesn't seem to hold her faith as closely or as personally as Jeremiah does his. She seems to have come to agree and believe with the staff of her church since book #1, but we haven't been told when or how that happened. Neither Cindy nor Jeremiah seem to care whether they view ultimate truth differently, or that they place their faith differently, with or without Jesus. Jeremiah seems to care socially what others (particularly his secretary) would think of him being with a non-Jewish girl more than he seems to care whether they can agree in faith. But I think Jeremiah only cares about that social affect only marginally, and cares most about his mysterious past severing their relationship somehow if she learns the truth.
I've read another book about the missing treasure, the Amber Room, in one of T. Davis Bunn's works, and I remember enjoying that one also.
This time the police officer, Mark, called the Rabbi, Jeremiah, to translate an autobiography in Hebrew that had been written on the walls alongside a dead body in a murder case.
I knew what would happen with agent Davies.
Jeremiah can still be a creepy character. I have some serious reservations about him, and about how he can hold his faith and his violent side together. I'd expect more tension between the two, but he seems to be at peace in talking with God. Which almost makes him sound like a violent psychopath.
Another police officer ...
I figured out shortly before the main characters where the rest of the Amber Room was.
"Then he [Roy] and Gus will have to learn to live with the consequences of their actions." I loved this line.
I also loved "the day the secretary fired the ..."
I loved Traci's stance at the police dept, and I found more in her character to admire, particularly as Mark appreciates her.
If this were real life, these characters would be more burned out with all the violence.
Speaking of which, Cindy's reaction in the beginning, where she slapped Jeremiah, seemed over-the-top like some of her reactions earlier in the series where she screamed all the time. At first I thought it was just Cindy being volatile Cindy. But it did make more sense when PTSD is considered.
Many of the reviewers are frustrated that we don't know more about Jeremiah's background by now, or that the romance hasn't gone forward. I'm more patient on those fronts. There are still many books left in the series to go, and I generally don't read a book for its romance anyway.
At this point in the series, book #5, I would have to say that I doubt Cindy and Jeremiah will reconcile any differences between their faiths, and that is largely because Cindy doesn't seem to hold her faith as closely or as personally as Jeremiah does his. She seems to have come to agree and believe with the staff of her church since book #1, but we haven't been told when or how that happened. Neither Cindy nor Jeremiah seem to care whether they view ultimate truth differently, or that they place their faith differently, with or without Jesus. Jeremiah seems to care socially what others (particularly his secretary) would think of him being with a non-Jewish girl more than he seems to care whether they can agree in faith. But I think Jeremiah only cares about that social affect only marginally, and cares most about his mysterious past severing their relationship somehow if she learns the truth.
May 16, 2018
It has been a while since I last read a book in this excellent series. Normally, I'm a cozy genre reader, these novels are more in the thriller, yet still retain elements of a cozy. They are certainly filled with action scenes that have the ability to make you, the reader, gasp aloud. Tears are not unknown as well as heros are made and lost.
This novel had me entranced. I opened the first page and instantly I remembered all the main characters, remembered their last adventures and was back in the story line. I was Not disappointed in the least. This book opened with the reason for the title and that gripped my attention. Also, I'm a fan of Detective Mark, Christian church secretary, Cindy, and Rabbi Jeremiah Sullivan. I wanted to know how they were each coping after the dramatic ending in the fourth episode.
This book revolves around the thefts of fine art during the Nazi days. A surprise find from Russia will shock you. Of course this book is fiction, however, the plausibility of the story was very fulfilling.
Detective Mark is back on the job minus his deceased partner, Paul. He is wounded but is introduced to a new officer, Liam. Cindy is soldiering on, or is she? Finally, the Rabbi, still trying to withhold his past from everyone but glimmers are peeking out.
I thoroughly enjoyed this episode and have purchased book six. I'm never disappointed in this series by the talented Author, Debbie Viguie. Discover this series and you will be hooked.
This novel had me entranced. I opened the first page and instantly I remembered all the main characters, remembered their last adventures and was back in the story line. I was Not disappointed in the least. This book opened with the reason for the title and that gripped my attention. Also, I'm a fan of Detective Mark, Christian church secretary, Cindy, and Rabbi Jeremiah Sullivan. I wanted to know how they were each coping after the dramatic ending in the fourth episode.
This book revolves around the thefts of fine art during the Nazi days. A surprise find from Russia will shock you. Of course this book is fiction, however, the plausibility of the story was very fulfilling.
Detective Mark is back on the job minus his deceased partner, Paul. He is wounded but is introduced to a new officer, Liam. Cindy is soldiering on, or is she? Finally, the Rabbi, still trying to withhold his past from everyone but glimmers are peeking out.
I thoroughly enjoyed this episode and have purchased book six. I'm never disappointed in this series by the talented Author, Debbie Viguie. Discover this series and you will be hooked.
March 24, 2018
Finally feeling like life is getting back to normal, Cindy is settling back into a routine. After being kidnapped in Hawaii, the last thing she wants is major upheaval in her life. So when Mark calls in Jeremiah to translate the writing a murdered man left on his wall telling of his life growing up in Nazi Germany to this point in his life, she goes in to keep him company. What could possibly go wrong right? But after finding an artifact that had been smuggled out of Europe post war, and a painting that has blood spattered on it, Cindy can't stop herself from trying to solve the puzzle. And when that blood leads to a cold case Mark has been investigating for a year, nobody could possibly guess all the twists and turns this case will take leading them to finding a killer and even diplomatic intrigue and very center.
My one problem with this book is the murdered man Heinrich had been introduced in the previous book twice, once at the synagogue and once a couple of days later in the park. Yet in this book they keep saying Jeremiah had only met him once. But it was a good book, and that issue is just one of my quirks
My one problem with this book is the murdered man Heinrich had been introduced in the previous book twice, once at the synagogue and once a couple of days later in the park. Yet in this book they keep saying Jeremiah had only met him once. But it was a good book, and that issue is just one of my quirks
October 1, 2019
Great book!
Such a great book! Very high action and intensity that means you can’t put it down (even if you have to work tomorrow). And you really don’t know what’s happening next. Added there’s a bit of education on Jewish religion that makes it even more intriguing!
Such a great book! Very high action and intensity that means you can’t put it down (even if you have to work tomorrow). And you really don’t know what’s happening next. Added there’s a bit of education on Jewish religion that makes it even more intriguing!
September 23, 2017
This one seemed less dark and violent.
November 22, 2017
can't wait to read in the paths of righteousness and see what murders Cindy and Jeremiah solve next
April 2, 2025
This series just gets better and better. In this installment Cindy and Jeremiah get pulled into a case that involves art stolen by the Nazis. Can't wait to see what happens next.
August 9, 2024
Continuing story
So much fun reading next installment of Cindy and Jeremiahs story. As before it is intriguing and full of mystery. This time they were asked by police to help but it was just as dangerous.
So much fun reading next installment of Cindy and Jeremiahs story. As before it is intriguing and full of mystery. This time they were asked by police to help but it was just as dangerous.
October 20, 2015
I read the first two in this series of 11 (so far) last year, and put them aside for a while. I couldn't remember why until I read #4 and #5 in the series over the weekend. Now I remember.
I really, really want to love these books. However, I am finally admitting that they are too sophomoric for me.
Not that I am a highbrow, but these are written for a different kind of reader than I am. I think they are written for older teens or younger twenty-somethings. And it's Christian fiction, which I normally eschew, but this is not over-the-top with religious doctrine. There is a complicated almost-love relationship. There is a handsome man with a secret past. There is a policeman who acts tough, but is really a big teddy bear.
And I think therein lies the rub - it is very formulaic. It is the same story in each book, regurgitated with a different crime. Plus, the sexual tension between the two protagonists is contrived and forced (after book five, they still haven't acknowledged their feelings?!).
But the real kicker here for me is the lack of proofing/editing on the books. They are riddled with errors in grammar. I may even be able to read the rest of the series, if it were not so frustrating, but the egregious grammar errors seal the deal for me.
Not recommended.
I really, really want to love these books. However, I am finally admitting that they are too sophomoric for me.
Not that I am a highbrow, but these are written for a different kind of reader than I am. I think they are written for older teens or younger twenty-somethings. And it's Christian fiction, which I normally eschew, but this is not over-the-top with religious doctrine. There is a complicated almost-love relationship. There is a handsome man with a secret past. There is a policeman who acts tough, but is really a big teddy bear.
And I think therein lies the rub - it is very formulaic. It is the same story in each book, regurgitated with a different crime. Plus, the sexual tension between the two protagonists is contrived and forced (after book five, they still haven't acknowledged their feelings?!).
But the real kicker here for me is the lack of proofing/editing on the books. They are riddled with errors in grammar. I may even be able to read the rest of the series, if it were not so frustrating, but the egregious grammar errors seal the deal for me.
Not recommended.
October 18, 2013
This fifth mystery episode featuring church secretary, Cindy, Rabbi Jeremiah, and policeman Mark takes place just before the Jewish New Year & Restoration season. With only two days before Rosh Hashanah, Mark needs Jeremiah to translate a room full of Hebrew words written on a murdered man's wall. The dead man also wrote one word in blood during his dying moments--"restoration".
Things become dangerous for everyone involved when people start stalking our main characters, and extremely expensive stolen art work, stolen during WW2, becomes the center of this mystery. No one is whom they seem to be, and knowing whom to trust could be the difference between life or death. Also, the curiously complicated relationship between Cindy and Jeremiah becomes more evident to everyone. Jeremiah has a secret past that is revealed more and more with every book.
I have really been enjoying these Psalm 23 mysteries. I sure hope Debbie Viguie has many more installments to follow!
Things become dangerous for everyone involved when people start stalking our main characters, and extremely expensive stolen art work, stolen during WW2, becomes the center of this mystery. No one is whom they seem to be, and knowing whom to trust could be the difference between life or death. Also, the curiously complicated relationship between Cindy and Jeremiah becomes more evident to everyone. Jeremiah has a secret past that is revealed more and more with every book.
I have really been enjoying these Psalm 23 mysteries. I sure hope Debbie Viguie has many more installments to follow!
February 9, 2017
Once again Cindy and Jeremiah are pulled into solving a crime. While on the pain meds Jeremiah reveals a little bit about who he was before becoming a Rabbi. It was nice to get a glimpse of his past. I get such a kick out of the fact that everyone around Cindy and Jeremiah can see what they feel for each other but they both deny it. Wake up you two. The mystery of who Paul really was is still unsolved. Maybe the next one will give us some answers to this and maybe the Cindy and Jeremiah realize what they feel for each other.
March 31, 2013
Another great book in the series. This one adds international intrigue, espionage and art smuggling, along with some hints of another time when the Jewish people were persecuted and oppressed. The Rabbi, Cindy and Mark continue to impress me with their growth as friends and human beings. I look forward to "Into the Paths of Righteousness."
March 19, 2013
I can't pinpoint exactly why, but I LOVE this series!!! Jeremiah and Cindy are just a wonderful couple and I love the direction the story is going. And I'm really excited that it sound like the next book in the series will be out this summer!!! YIPPPEEE!
January 9, 2014
Book 5 in the series didn't disappoint. This is a very well written series. The suspense builds with each book. Cindy and Jeremiah have bond and an attraction to each other that they aren't ready to admit. Jeremiah has a dark past that he's not ready to talk about.
March 18, 2013
This book is terrific the best one yet in the Psalm 23 Myteries. Characters are defined and interesting. Plot is terrific. I loved it. It is available from Amazon
June 11, 2013
I love this series! I can't wait for the next installment.
October 7, 2013
This could very well be the best one yet!
November 19, 2014
I enjoyed how this book included more of Jeremiah's knowledge and roots. It's been a while since I read it so I don't remember all the things I wanted to include in my review. I enjoy this series!
February 6, 2014
Just as good as the earlier books. I think there's one more out there for me to buy before the waiting game begins again!
February 6, 2015
One of my favourite series by my favourite author..... Not going to say much apart from: book 5 in the series , amazing series and you must pick up book 1 NOW.....
August 8, 2014
great book and story! love this series ..
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