About the Book
"Death at the Zendo" is a mystery novel set in an American Zen Buddhist monastery. After his wife runs off with another man, Bo decides to check into a Buddhist monastery to find some peace and tranquility. Instead he finds himself embroiled in three murders and his own life and the entire community is threatened. Ben Sen Dan Foley has been a writer all his life. He's published journalism, poetry, book, theatre, film reviews and commentary. He has performed throughout New York City for many years. His blog on Open Salon had thousands of readers for over eight years. His plays, An Evening with Dan Foley, Don't Stop the Train We're Getting On, and April Fools Day among others have been produced in city. He lives in the East Village.Mystery, mystery novel, mystery fiction, mystery club, mystery genre, Raymond Chandler, Philip Marlow, John McDonald, Simenon, Mickey Spillane, Rex Stout, Agatha Christa, Hercule Poirot, Jack Reacher, Daphne De Maurer, Dashiell Hammett, Arthur Conan Doyle, Patricia Highsmith, Caleb Carr, Walter Moseley, John Le Carre, Edmund Clerihew Bentley, Sherlock Holmes, Eric Ambler, Barbara Mertz, Alfred Hitchcock, Charles Dickens, G.K. Chesterton, Amateur Sleuth, Edgar Allen Poe, Crime Writer's Association, Crime Fiction, Dorothy L. Sayers, Ian Fleming, Ruth Rendell, P.D, James, Graham Green, Dick Francis, Martin Cruz Smith, Ira Levin, Shambhala Publications. BUDDHISM, ZEN BUDDHISM, ZEN, ZEN MONASTERIES, ZENDO, JAPANESE BUDDHISM, ZEN MONKS, RINZAI ZEN, SOTO ZEN, TIBETAN BUDDHISM, ALAN WATTS, SUTRAS, DIAMOND SUTRA, PLATFORM SUTRA, HAKUIN, CONFUCIUS, LAO TZU, TAO, TAOISM, THE ART OF MOTORCYCLE MAINTENANCE, ZEN STUDIES SOCIETY, VILLAGE ZENDO, ZEN IN USA, BUDDHISM PEACE FELLOWSHIP, ZEN MOUNTAIN MONASTERY, HAIKU, SIDDHATTHA, GAUTAMA BUDDHA, SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA, THE MIDDLE WAY, HINDUISM, MEDITATION, SUNYATA, HEART SUTRA, MU, ASIAN RELIGION, HISTORY OF RELIGION, LOTUS SUTRA, ROBERT PIRSIG, ROSHI.
