Murder on a Kibbutz: An Israeli Crime Thriller – Detective Michael Ohayon Investigates

by Batya Gur

From award-winning and internationally acclaimed author, Batya Gur, comes another twisty mystery featuring charming Israeli investigator Michael Ohayon.

Michael Ohayon must once again solve a murder that has taken place within a complex, closed the kibbutz. As he investigates, he uncovers more and more of the kibbutz’s secrets, exposing all the contradictions of this idealized way of life. 

Murder on a Kibbutz showcases once again Batya Gur’s storytelling talents in a thrilling mystery that readers will not soon forget.

363 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 28, 2020

About the author

Batya Gur (Hebrew: בתיה גור) was born in Tel Aviv in 1947 to parents who survived the Holocaust. She earned a master's degree in Hebrew literature from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Between 1971 and 1975 Batya lived in Greensboro, NC, where she taught Hebrew and Jewish studies to elementary students at the North Carolina Hebrew Academy at Greensboro (now called B'nai Shalom Day School). Before writing her first detective novel at the age of 39, she taught literature at the Hebrew University Secondary School. Gur was also a literary critic for Haaretz newspaper.

Reviews

[Robert W · Rating 2 out of 5]

Too complex and dense

Hidden within the 350 pages is a really good story but lord the journey to get there is something. It's like the opening novel of a fantasy series and the author is world building - but there is no world to build. Just outright skip the first 75 pages and after that learn how to read the dialogue portions and it's a darn fine story but the author did his best to make it hard to reach that conclusion

[Ben Sterlin · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn’t care who killed the victim by the end of it