Zen Detective

Already an international hit, a sly, sizzling mystery set in the Italian Alps, the first in a sensational crime series. The dark flanks of the Alps tower over everything. Wind whistles through the fir trees. An expanse of ice and snow with no end in sight. A growing stain. A mess of flesh and...

A remote Zen monastery. A reluctant guest. A murderer in their midst. Private security specialist Greg Stern is a reluctant guest at an inaccessible Zen monastery in a hidden California valley. Sent there by his wife, Vega, to ponder a marital transgression, Greg’s path to enlightenment is interrupted by a gruesome discovery: a dead body in the meditation hall. Trapped by the rugged terrain with a group of eclectic guests and monastics, Greg and Vega must unmask a killer before they become the next victims. Blending the classic "locked-room" suspense of Agatha Christie with the spiritual ...