Death Row

Suburban Detective #5

by Jon Katz

Kit Deleeuw, the Suburban Detective, has carved out an improbable career as a private eye amid the shopping malls and soccer fields of New Jersey. But his world is rocked when his best friend and mentor, Benchley Carrolton, suffers a stroke--and is swiftly carried off to Elston Manor, the most exclusive nursing home in town. Normally, Kit would feel his friend was in good hands. But Elston Manor's reputation has taken a macabre turn of late....

Kit will stop at nothing to get Benchley out of harm's way. But as he draws closer to finding out the truth behind Elston's sinister bedside manner, the powerful politician who owns the home starts pressuring Kit to back off--or else. Kit knows he has to act fast before more patients die--even if it means using unconventional investigative tactics that could land him in jail...or even in an early grave.

Genres: Mystery, Fiction

288 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Jon Katz is an author, photographer, and children's book writer. He lives on Bedlam Farm with his wife, the artist Maria Wulf, his four dogs, Rose, Izzy, Lenore and Frieda, two donkeys, Lulu and Fanny, and two barn cats. His next book, "Rose In A Storm" will be published by Random House on October 5.
He is working on a collection of short stories and a book on animal grieving.

Reviews

[Carolyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

The final in THE SUBURBAN DETECTIVE MYSTERY series, as far as I can tell. I've reported on other here, like Katz very much, both mysteries solved and commentaries on US life in the 1990s. This one is a very uncomfortable examination of nursing homes, but it is eventually solved in the story, probably not in reality!

[dina · Rating 2 out of 5]

easy read...good for laying on the beach. I love jon katz's books on dogs..his more recent work. so, i am just committed to reading his earlier stuff but certainly would not send any major recommendations on this one.