'. . . not only a highly engaging murder mystery but also a metaphysical page-turner.' Paul J. Willis
Daniel Taylor is an American writer whose books include The Myth of Certainty, Letters to My Children, Tell Me A Story, Creating a Spiritual Legacy and The Sceptical Believer. He speaks frequently at conferences, colleges, retreats and churches, and is married with four adult children. www.WordTaylor.com
I love this book. The way it ends (and I won’t spoil it here) is
about as satisfying as a murder mystery can be.
*John Piper, author of Desiring God*
Daniel Taylor blends a passion for theology, civil rights, and the
saving grace of story in a mystery involving an unlikely pair of
underdog investigators – the psychologically broken Jon Mote and
his ever hopeful, developmentally challenged older sister, Judy.
Known primarily for his nonfiction books, Taylor displays the
natural skills of a crime writer in his debut novel set in the
world of academia. His plot begins conventionally, but eventually
evolves into something much deeper. Death Comes for the
Deconstructionist is a fascinating exploration of what is
ultimately good and true.
*Naomi Hirahara, Edgar Award-winning author of the Mas Arai and
Officer Ellie Rush mysteries*
This whodunit from Dan Taylor is a cause for celebration. His Jon
Mote rivals Harry Bosch, and Taylor's ventures into literature,
religion, and notions of progress shine, challenge, and stun. With
his remarkable sidekick, Judy, Jon Mote, ‘an expert on things he
wished he didn't know,’ is not simply looking into a puzzling
death. He is exploring his own odds of finding transformative life.
Great books are those that force readers to reexamine the very
ground on which they stand. Death Comes for the Deconstructionist
is such a book – a luminous performance.
*Dale Brown, Director of Buechner Institute*
In Death Comes for the Deconstructionist, Daniel Taylor has written
not only a highly engaging murder mystery but also a metaphysical
page-turner – a strange and wonderful cross between Walker Percy
and G. K. Chesterton. His oddly reluctant Sherlock Holmes is
accompanied by the most unusual and heartwarming Watson in my
reading experience.
*Paul J. Willis, author of The Alpine Tales*
Jon Mote – by his own admission a clueless detective – is asked to
solve the murder of a renowned English professor. Despite his
bumbling efforts he discovers truth, not only concerning the murder
but, more profoundly, concerning himself and his painful past. This
witty, tragicomic novel slices a scalpel into the heart of the
modern university and lays bare the intellectual and spiritual
bankruptcy of its reigning ideologies.
*Hugh Cook, author of Heron River*
One part academic satire, one part mystery, and one part
theological investigation, this pleasingly disorienting novel packs
a wicked punch. Like life itself, Daniel Taylor gives us a story in
which all sorts of incongruous elements are jumbled together.
(Reality is not fastidious.) But is there – could there be – a
pattern nonetheless, a great design amid all the confusion?
*John Wilson, Editor, Books & Culture*
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