This is the review published in Northern Express Weekly:
Review by Nancy Sundstrom, Northern Express Weekly, Aug. 29, 2002

Ben Zakkai's Coffin by Harley L. Sachs
Express readers look forward to the regular columns of Sachs, the Houghton, U.P. resident who had also produced a number of audio books, including "Threads of the Covenant," "The Search for Jesse Bram," and "Conspiracy."
He has proven himself to be a sharp-witted, imaginative crafter of mysteries, and this time, his protagonist is Herman Bachrach, a hard-boiled provocateur whose lack of religious conviction doesn't prevent him from becoming entangled in a complicated web of deceit and greed centering round a Holocaust vendetta over stolen gold by a Swiss bank from Jewish depositors.
In a style that evokes Chandler and Hammet, Bachrach meets a femme fatale names Diana who lures him into a murder plot that quickly becomes messy and names him as a suspect. Bachrach makes a trek to Switzerland as he attempts to clear his name and stay one step aside of a growing list of foes, especially an elderly war criminal, who would just as soon have him out of the way.
His discoveries as he does so are anything but predictable, which is what elevates this from the slightly formulaic compromises of such a tale. There is a deliciously old fashioned noir sense about this engaging read, and one hopes there will be more installments with the Bachrach character.

Conspiracy by Harley Sachs is a highly readable mystery story. The characters--lively ladies in a retirement complex are true to life and fun to know. Their search for clues and the adding them up to point to the culprit makes for a few hours of engrossing reading.

This is a consistently amusing and diverting collection, good as a bedside book or a welcome entertainment while sunning yourself on your own deck. Author Sachs, a certified guy (his picture is on the cover), takes on a female point of view in recounting the sailing experiences of Irma and Ralph, her beer-guzzling husband. I like the riff on naming boats, from the Sin King to the Half Moon.

By TT reviewer Amy L Turpin

Anna-Lena didn't get what she wanted for her birthday from Santa Claus. In May. To say the least, she's powerfully upset. On a suggestion from her Dad, she writes a letter to Santa again. Only this time, the letter is quite nasty and definitely causes quite a stir.

Kalle is a troll working for Santa among the elves at toy production. He's not all that good at anything, tends to cause more trouble then anything else and no one likes him very much. After a particularly nasty incident, the elves decide it's time to teach little Anna-Lena a lesson. Since she wasn't happy with what Santa brought her last year (even though it wasn't Christmas) they decide they will ship her Kalle the Troll! What happens next is delightfully funny!

This was a wonderful, wonderful story! Although I don't have any children myself, I do have several nieces and nephews and they all loved the reading of what they have come to call "Anna and the Troll." I can easily see this story becoming a holiday tradition in my family!