Book request: Mod        Courtney, when did you read this? What was the book about--finding out the truth about who did the killing? Or the hunt for the father? How the kid coped?Until you put your spoiler in, I was going to suggest The Clairvoyant Countess. While this wasn't a main part of the book, something similar happened (view spoiler)[the boy survived because he was away at school and the title character managed to ensure that he couldn't go home to get killed. But in this story, it really was the Dad who did it, and who killed himself as well.(view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)] (hide spoiler)]

Matching book description: Along with Jamie and my mother, Laura died at approximately four in the afternoon. It was almost two hours later that Mrs. Hamilton, a neighbor from across the street, saw my father drive away. During those long two hours in which he remained in the house, my father washed my mother's body and arranged her neatly on the bed. After that, he made a ham sandwich and ate it at Along with Jamie and my mother, Laura died at approximately four in the afternoon. It was almost two hours later that Mrs. Hamilton, a neighbor from across the street, saw my father drive away. During those long two hours in which he remained in the house, my father washed my mother's body and arranged her neatly on the bed. After that, he made a ham sandwich and ate it at the table in the kitchen. He drank a cup of coffee, leaving both the plate and the cup in the sink. He didn't pack anything, because he left with nothing. He didn't reenter either Laura's of Jamie's room. He made no attempt to clean up the frightful mess that had been made of them. And yet, for no apparent reason, he remained in the house for a full two hours. What had he been waiting for? ...more