ELIZABETH ZELVIN
2007 Agatha nominee


ISBN 978-0-312-37589-8

 

DEATH WILL GET YOU SOBER
A Thomas Dunne Book / St. Martin's Minotaur April 2008










Don't drink...go to meetings...and investigate a murder.

When Bruce Kohler wakes up in detox on the Bowery on Christmas Day, he knows he needs to change his life. His biggest fear is dying of boredom if he stays sober. Instead, he's catapulted not only into a murder investigation but into the all-absorbing world of recovery in the 12-step programs in New York. Not drinking is just the beginning.

When a detox buddy unexpectedly dies in the next bed, Bruce cares more than he expected to. It's only a few stops on the subway from the Bowery to Park Avenue, where the victim's family is trying to act as if their alcoholic black sheep, with his trust fund and his unfortunate nasty streak, had not lost everything except the family secrets.

Helping Bruce in his quest to stay sober and find the killer are two friends he thought he'd lost: a computer wiz and the world's most codependent addictions counselor. In the corporate towers or the church basements of New York, they're bound to catch a murderer.

IN STORES APRIL 15.


"Zelvin is more than up to the job....She also does a hell of a job with the story. Great characters and a wonderful voice. Zelvin is an author to keep your eye on." - Crimespree Magazine

"Smooth prose and outstanding storytelling ability...a remarkable and strongly recommended first novel." - Library Journal

"[An] entertaining debut novel by a psychotherapist...a good surprise ending." - Booklist

"An intriguing setting and well-developed characters....Deft prose...." -Publishers Weekly

"...endearing...." - Kirkus

"Who knew sobriety could be so much fun? Maybe it's really the quirky relationships and snappy dialogue between Elizabeth Zelvin's two extremely literate ex-drunks and one raging codependent as they maneuver their way through a forest of bodies. You'll want to read this a lot faster than one page at a time." - Julie Smith, Edgar Award-winning author

"An impressive first novel. DEATH WILL GET YOU SOBER is a winner." - Annette and Martin Meyers (Maan Meyers)

"Zelvin will get you hooked with her pitch-perfect depiction of addiction." - Chris Grabenstein, Anthony Award-winning author

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