Rochelle Krich
Author of Blues in the Night
About the Author
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Works by Rochelle Krich
Associated Works
Criminal Kabbalah: An Intriguing Anthology of Jewish Mystery and Detective Fiction (2002) — Contributor — 64 copies
Malice Domestic 04: An Anthology of Original Traditional Mystery Stories (1995) — Contributor — 58 copies
A Taste of Murder: Diabolically Delicious Recipes from Contemporary Mystery Writers (1999) — Contributor — 48 copies, 1 review
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- Canonical name
- Krich, Rochelle
- Other names
- Krich, Rochelle Majer
- Birthdate
- 1947
- Gender
- female
- Education
- University of California, Los Angeles (M.A.)
- Occupations
- teacher
- Organizations
- Sisters in Crime
Mystery Writers of America
American Crime Writers League - Awards and honors
- Milken Families Foundation Award for Distinguished Educator of the Year
Samuel Belkin Memorial Award for professional achievement. - Short biography
- The daughter of Holocaust survivors, Krich was born in Germany and lived in New Jersey and in New York before moving with her family to Los Angeles in 1960. With a master’s degree in English from U.C.L.A., she taught high school English for eighteen years, chairing the English department at Yeshiva University of Los Angeles High Schools, and received the Milken Families Foundation Award for Distinguished Educator of the Year and the Samuel Belkin Memorial Award for professional achievement. Past editor of the national Sisters in Crime newsletter and a former director of the National Board of Directors of the Mystery Writers of America, Krich remains active in both organizations and is a member of the American Crime Writers League. Krich was still teaching and raising six children when she began her writing career. Krich's fully realized characters, careful plotting, page-turning suspense, and the seamless way she weaves her Orthodox Judaism and contemporary social problems into many of her works. "Krich," observes Kirkus, "doesn't shrink from big issues."
- Nationality
- Germany (birth)
USA - Places of residence
- Germany
New Jersey, USA
New York, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA - Associated Place (for map)
- USA
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I picked up my first Krich just after it was published and I have waited breathlessly for each subsequent book and never been disappointed. Her books are just what I look for when I open a cover... great stories, subplots on topics that are fascinating, strong, credible characters that I care about and a flawless read with no cheap shots. Fertile Ground is another example. I'm a passionate supporter of a woman's personal right to make her own decisions about her body. So, I would ordinarily show more avoid a novel that might piss me off. EXCEPT if it's written by Rochelle Krich. Dr. Lisa Brockman is a staff physician at a fertility clinic. First of all the head of the clinic who is also her fiancé disappears and then allegations of egg substitutions and everything starts to fall apart. Read it and read Krich's other books. show less
I read 'Squatters' Rights' in Home Improvement: Undead Edition, edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner. Eve and Joe made the mistake of buying a house in which a murder-suicide took place, even though they knew about it. The effect on Eve is well described and I enjoyed the Jewish lore.
Notes:
a. See the Bible's First Samuel, chapter 28, verses 7 - 25, for King Saul, the witch of Endor, and Samuel's spirit.
b. A Slinky is a toy in the shape of a spring, made out of either metal or show more plastic. (Just typing that has put the Slinky commercials' theme in my head. That is the toy that was spoofed in the parody commercial for 'log" on the cartoon 'Ren & Stimpy'.)
c. By 'rusty Rorschachs,' the author probably means that there are rust spots as big and oddly-shaped as Rorschach ink blots around the tub and sink.
d. Considering that I've read of a size 4 actress being offered 'the funny fat girl' parts, I'm not surprised that size 12-14 Eve feels self-conscious about her body.
e. There's a reference to Crosby, Stills Nash & Young's 'Our House'.
f. J-Date is a real website. Eve's best friend, Gina, posting her profile to it worked out in this case, but I have reservations about a friend doing that in real life.
g. There's a Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf reference.
h. Ambien is a real sleeping medicine and those side effects are real, too.
i. 'Mazel' = luck
j. We're told why it's bad mazel to have one's bed across from the doorway.
h. Eve is reading The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.
i. There's a reference to 'Macbeth'. show less
Notes:
a. See the Bible's First Samuel, chapter 28, verses 7 - 25, for King Saul, the witch of Endor, and Samuel's spirit.
b. A Slinky is a toy in the shape of a spring, made out of either metal or show more plastic. (Just typing that has put the Slinky commercials' theme in my head. That is the toy that was spoofed in the parody commercial for 'log" on the cartoon 'Ren & Stimpy'.)
c. By 'rusty Rorschachs,' the author probably means that there are rust spots as big and oddly-shaped as Rorschach ink blots around the tub and sink.
d. Considering that I've read of a size 4 actress being offered 'the funny fat girl' parts, I'm not surprised that size 12-14 Eve feels self-conscious about her body.
e. There's a reference to Crosby, Stills Nash & Young's 'Our House'.
f. J-Date is a real website. Eve's best friend, Gina, posting her profile to it worked out in this case, but I have reservations about a friend doing that in real life.
g. There's a Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf reference.
h. Ambien is a real sleeping medicine and those side effects are real, too.
i. 'Mazel' = luck
j. We're told why it's bad mazel to have one's bed across from the doorway.
h. Eve is reading The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.
i. There's a reference to 'Macbeth'. show less
LAPD Detective Jesse Drake is first on the scene when an elderly man is found dead on the golf course. She had a hard time convincing her superiors that it was even murder and then solving the crime is even more difficult. The clue is the numbers tattooed on the victim's arm. Krich has a wonderful compelling voice and gentle way of educating the reader. She is an Orthodox Jew and has an uncanny understanding of the non-Jew - what is confusing, what should be explained and how to do it. This show more makes everyone of her mysteries, great stories in their own right, even more interesting. show less
This well written mystery takes true crime writer Molly into the world of planning and zoning boards and the preservation of older homes. A missing woman, her cranky archetect father and members of the building trade all are suspects when the father is killed. Amongest all this Molly finds time for famiy and a budding romance.
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