The Passover Protocols

Ellen Frankel

Oct 2024 · Jerusalem Mysteries Book 3 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Shaina Summerville

About this audiobook

Just before Passover, the corpse of a young Christian boy is found drained of blood in front of the Belz Great Synagogue in Jerusalem. The police find no murder weapon. No one claims responsibility. Someone leaks to the Israeli press that the boy's death is a ritual murder-a blood libel. The public is in an uproar, demanding that the security forces take action immediately. Intelligence Agent Maya Rimon is convinced that the boy's bizarre murder is part of a larger conspiracy. She suspects that the arrival in Israel of three members of the Aryan Vanguard, a rightwing American neo-Nazi group, is no coincidence. She begins searching for the common link. Maya convinces her boss, Roni Qattawi, and Police Chief Inspector, Sarit Levine, that the Aryan Vanguard are planning to stage an attack very soon. But the three of them can't agree on which site is the target. Roni and Sarit argue for the Western Wall or the Knesset. Maya deduces that the target will be Yad Vashem, Israel's national Holocaust Museum. When the Aryan Vanguard strikes at the museum. Maya is waiting inside. Alone.

About the author

Ellen Frankel served for eighteen years as editor in chief and CEO of The Jewish Publication Society. She received her BA from the University of Michigan and her PhD in comparative literature from Princeton. She has traveled widely as a Jewish storyteller and lecturer.

Shaina Summerville fell into audiobook narration after nearly a decade of professional theater experience in the Chicago theater circuit. She loves narrating YA fiction, cozy mysteries, and nonfiction. When not narrating or performing onstage, Shaina may be found hiking, tap dancing, or cheering on the Chicago Cubs.