He's a disgraced ex-Wall Streeter, hired by some kids to prove that a murder-suicide isn't what it seems. He's the Suburban Detective--and he's about to learn just how deadly the suburbs really are.
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Suburbia has rarely looked so perilous as in this ultimately exhilarating mystery, with its utterly believable, uniquely modern hero. After being forced out of a Wall Street firm in the wake of a major scandal, Kit Deleeuw becomes a part-time househusband and the only private investigator in Rochambeau, N.J., an affluent small town near New York City. When a teenage couple is found dead one winter's night, the local police conclude that the boy murdered the girl, then committed suicide. The evidence fails to convince the teens' friends, however, and they hire Kit to find the real killer. An elderly woman is wounded by a man wearing a stovepipe hat and cape; clues link the attack not only to the teens' deaths but to a killing spree of a hundred years earlier. As ominous events continue to darken the community, Kit and his wife, a therapist, decide that someone is trying to send the people of Rochambeau a message. But what could it be? Kit doggedly pursues his investigation while juggling visits to the pediatrician and teacher conferences. Katz's ( Sign Off ) canny attentions to the subtle tensions of suburban life make this book hum with truth, despite its misleadingly silly title.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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He's a disgraced ex-Wall Streeter, hired by some kids to prove that a murder-suicide isn't what it seems. He's the Suburban Detective--and he's about to learn just how deadly the suburbs really are.
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Bedlam Farm in upstate New York is where I live, write and tend my animals - four dogs, two donkeys, two barn cats. The rambling old farmhouse was built in 1862; it's surrounded by pastures, streams and wooded hillsides, plus four barns and a milkhouse in various stages of disrepair.
I write books- memoirs, novels, short story collections, and beginning in 2011, children's books. I am also a photographer.
In my former life, before I grew preoccupied with sheepherding and moving manure around. I wanted to change my life and write more about the experience of living with and understanding animals.
I write novels and nonfiction books (I've written 20 books), along with columns and articles for Rolling Stone, Wired, the New York Times, and the website HotWired.
Coming to the farm turned out to be a Joseph Campbell style "Hero's Journey." I went off into some dark places, got divorced, struggled to face myself, and found someone to share my life.
My wife Maria Wulf is an artist, who specializes in fiber art. She works in the Studio Barn across the road from the farmhouse. Earlier this year, I thought briefly of selling Bedlam Farm. After getting married, we decided to stay here. My daughter Emma, a sportswriter living in Brooklyn, has written her own book about New York baseball. I publish a blog I love dearly - www.bedlafarm.com. My photos appear there daily. My dogs are Izzy, Lenore, Frieda and Rose, the working dog who helps me run the farm.
My writing life began with a novel - "Sign Off" - an unwittingly prescient story about the jarring changes in work and security.
This year - 2010 - I am returning to fiction. I've written a novel, "Rose In A Storm," about a border collie stranded on a farm in upstate New York during a terrible storm. I wrote this book in conjunction with some animal behaviorists who helped me enter the mind of a dog, and hopefully, be faithful to that. My first children's book "Meet The Dogs Of Bedlam Farm," will be published by Henry Holt next year. I have just finished a short story collection to be published next year by Villard/Random House.
In recent years, photography has become central to me as well as writing. I have been fortunate enough to have several gallery showings of my work, and also sell my photos as notecards through the Redux Gallery in Dorset, Vt.
I am also working on a book about animal grieving. Hopefully, it will be useful.
I write books- memoirs, novels, short story collections, and beginning in 2011, children's books. I am also a photographer.
In my former life, before I grew preoccupied with sheepherding and moving manure around. I wanted to change my life and write more about the experience of living with and understanding animals.
I write novels and nonfiction books (I've written 20 books), along with columns and articles for Rolling Stone, Wired, the New York Times, and the website HotWired.
Coming to the farm turned out to be a Joseph Campbell style "Hero's Journey." I went off into some dark places, got divorced, struggled to face myself, and found someone to share my life.
My wife Maria Wulf is an artist, who specializes in fiber art. She works in the Studio Barn across the road from the farmhouse. Earlier this year, I thought briefly of selling Bedlam Farm. After getting married, we decided to stay here. My daughter Emma, a sportswriter living in Brooklyn, has written her own book about New York baseball. I publish a blog I love dearly - www.bedlafarm.com. My photos appear there daily. My dogs are Izzy, Lenore, Frieda and Rose, the working dog who helps me run the farm.
My writing life began with a novel - "Sign Off" - an unwittingly prescient story about the jarring changes in work and security.
This year - 2010 - I am returning to fiction. I've written a novel, "Rose In A Storm," about a border collie stranded on a farm in upstate New York during a terrible storm. I wrote this book in conjunction with some animal behaviorists who helped me enter the mind of a dog, and hopefully, be faithful to that. My first children's book "Meet The Dogs Of Bedlam Farm," will be published by Henry Holt next year. I have just finished a short story collection to be published next year by Villard/Random House.
In recent years, photography has become central to me as well as writing. I have been fortunate enough to have several gallery showings of my work, and also sell my photos as notecards through the Redux Gallery in Dorset, Vt.
I am also working on a book about animal grieving. Hopefully, it will be useful.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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A look at suburbia, through the eyes of a detective,
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This review is from: Death by Station Wagon (Suburban Detective Mysteries) (Paperback)
Yes, this is a good detective story, but the surprising part is the new look at suburbia. Here is the normal, prozaic good life considered in the context of murder. How does a man who loses his former life as a stock broker, rebuild it. He has seen through the social definitions. This gives him a warmly cynical view - if the two words can fit together. I have enjoyed this and all his other books
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Great concept for new series,
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This review is from: Death by Station Wagon (Suburban Detective Mysteries) (Paperback)
Death By Station Wagon is a great first-of-series mystery by Jon Katz. I found the situation of the protagonist, Kit Deleeuw, one that I had not seen before. The stay-at-home (sometimes) father and husband making a new way in life after his career on Wall Street has been shattered by scandal and innuendo. As a storefront detective, his cases seem rather ordinary, except for the expertise used in telling the story. A simple case combined with some history leads the reader on a wild ride through suburbia. A great read.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A well-writtena dn fun read.,
By mhouser@mail.gcnet.net (Grantsville,Md) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Death by Station Wagon (Suburban Detective Mysteries) (Paperback)
I found this book by accident and then couldn't put it down. It is well-written, the characters are developed well,the plot very interesting and believable. I have since bought the rest of the books in this series and hope Katz continues the Suburban Detective.
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