Zaydee and the Angels of Mercy

About the Book

ZAYDEE AND THE ANGELS OF MERCY weaves a web of action-filled suspense around the mysterious deaths of three elderly patients at the Seaside Convalescent Home. Sandy and her aging Jewish grandfather, Zaydee, become involved when he is mugged and placed, against his wishes, into the Home. Sandy, along with her best friend, dramatic Ronna, and overbearing cousin Scott, a medical student, decide to be helpful by playing angels of mercy, but end up on Police Lieutenant Jenkin’s growing list of colorful suspects. The mystery is finally solved but not until all characters confront the moral dilemma of euthanasia.

About the Author

Frita Roth Drapkin came to the United States from Czechoslovakia with her parents and four younger brothers in the 1920’s. Her early experiences growing up in Detroit form the material for her three autobiographical novels—Papa’s Golden Land, Mama Is a Citizen, and A Tanta is Not a Madam. Lecturer, teacher, and artist her writing both humorous and touching, form a bridge of love and understanding between the New World and the Old. She received her Master’s degree in Education from Wayne State University, taught for more than 40 years in the Detroit Public Schools and lives with her husband, Jack Drapkin, a photographer, and her dog, Benji, in Southfield, Michigan.