Death Row

Suburban Detective #5

by Jon Katz

Called "wise and witty and honestly touching" by the "New York Times Book Review, " this novel finds Kit DeLeeuw, a suburban detective, investigating a nursing home that blurs the line between mercy killing and murder. The author has served as executive producer of "CBS Morning News" and is a media critic for "Rolling Stone."

Genres: Mystery, Fiction

240 pages, Hardcover

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

[Rita Rehak]

This book started out really slow. Really the entire book only covers several days.
What really gets me is the fact that 30 years later, and elder care is not in much better shape. The epilogue put it best when it said that there are great healthcare workers out there trying to make a difference. But reality is that healthcare and life insurance still rule the game and the elderly are the ones who suffer.

[Carolyn]

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]

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.