Which Big Giver Stole the Chopped Liver?

It isn't easy being a rabbi's wife in Eternal, Texas. It's even harder being a rabbi's widow. More than a year after her husband's death, the congregation still expects Ruby to behave "appropriately." But sometimes it's hard to be pious and ladylike when you're investigating a murder...

Essie Sue, the Eternal thorn in Ruby's side, is at it again. This time she's organizing a reunion of Temple Rita's Big Givers to salute its two most important members: Freddie Fenstermeister, grand-nephew of the temple's founder, and...Essie Sue herself. To save money, Essie Sue has made her own piece de resistance for the reception—a chopped liver mold in the shape of Texas. But the mold disappears from the hors d'oeuvres table...only to be replaced by a body on ice. With some unexpected help from Rabbi Kevin, and from police lieutenant Paul Lundy, Ruby's soon on the trail of a killer—who's also a chopped liver thief.