Murder on a Kibbutz: A Communal Case (Michael Ohayon Series #3) Book

For those of us raised with the mythology of the kibbutz and the founding generation in Israel, those who survived the Holocaust or saw it coming and fled, this book peels back the layers of dispute and discord that survive in the egalitarian society that avowed socialistic principles. The book is all about the children: those reared in the traditional children's house, those fostered or adopted by the kibbutz families who never seemed to fit into the society and those who are damaged in multiple ways. Along the way we get to know other layers of the complex Israeli society and their views of the closed community that is the kibbutz at the center of the book.

My quibble with the book was the number of characters introduced which led to a confusing cast that was hard to keep straight. However, this book was part of a series and readers who start at the beginning most probably know who all these multiple players are and why they reappear here.