Suburban sleuths

Not all private detectives smoke pipes, carry arms and drive little red sports cars. Some suburban moms and dads solve murders before and after carpooling in vans and oversize station wagons. Authors Jeffrey Cohen, Susan Isaacs, Valerie Wolzien and Jon Katz are four authors have created suburban sleuths. 

Jeffrey Cohen writes humorous mysteries set in New Jersey. For Whom the Minivan Rolls, A Farewell to Legs and As Dog Is My Witness feature stay-at-home dad Aaron Tucker. Prolific author Susan Isaacs author of the early classic Compromising Positions writes about the murder of a wealthy periodontist in suburban Long Island. Valerie Wolzien is the author of mystery stories starring Susan Henshaw, housewife and amateur sleuth whose first appears in Murder at the PTA Luncheon.  Jon Katz wrote a number of witty suburban mysteries in the 1990s including Death by Station Wagon and The Last Housewife.

In these last few weeks of summer, go ahead and sit back, relax and let a suburban sleuth take over. ~ Susan F.