Zen and the Art of Murder (A Zen Moses mystery) - Softcover

"A fine, funny, and suspenseful first novel."-- James W. Hall, author of "Gone Wild" and "Body Language" "Here's the deal with Elizabeth Cosin's "Zen and the Art of Murder." It will knock your socks off."-- Robert Crais, author of "L.A. Requiem" and "Indigo Slam" "A lark from top to bottom, the writing juicy and tight all through...Zen has seldom been more fun, more violent, and more irreverent."-- "Washington Post Book World"

To live and die in L.A. Zen Moses is either having a bad day or bad karma. Her cat is dead. The IRS wants to talk to her. And she just found her long-lost cousin's body bound to a beer keg at her favorite neighborhood bar. It's enough to drive even a tough private investigator to drink, smoke a good cigar, and find a firm male shoulder to cry on. But cynical, wise-cracking Zen is both a loner and survivor. At thirty-three she's already beat a bout with cancer-- and soon she's being offered big bucks to find a talk-show celebrity's missing father. It seems like an easy job until Zen finds out she's just one step ahead of a hit man. Now Zen's professional and private lives are converging into a world of murder and gunplay...and the sound of one hand clapping may end up being bang bang.