Author Description

About the Author Faye Kellerman intorduced L.A. cop Peter Decker and his wife, Rina Lazarus, to the mystery world fifteen years ago. Since then she has published twelve Decker/Lazarus novels, the most recent eing the New York Times bestseller Stalker. She is also th author of Moon Music, a contemporary thirller set in Las Vegas, and The Quality of Mercy, an historical novel of Elizabethan England. Ms. kellerman lives in California with her husband, noted author Jonathan Kellerman, and their flour children, three dogs, and fish too numerous to count. Product Description Having submitted for counseling a troubled wealthy teen who desecrated a synagogue, Rina Lazarus discovers there is more to the case when the boy and his therapists are murdered. From Library Journal Kellerman's latest addition to her popular series is another gripping police procedural and engaging family drama. When the synagogue his family attends is viciously defaced, L.A. homicide detective Peter Decker becomes personally involved. With Peter's help, Ernesto Golding, a 17-year-old acquaintance of Peter's stepson, Jacob, confesses. Recently coming to believe that his grandfather, always a somewhat secretive man, was a Nazi who merely posed as a Jew to escape Europe, Ernesto seemed to be expressing his anger and confusion through vandalism. When Ernesto is found murdered along with his therapist at an exclusive camp catering to the disturbed children of the very wealthy, Peter's personal interest becomes professional. While Simon and Schuster's production is well abridged and features an outstanding narration by Dennis Boutsikaris, the unabridged edition read by Barrett Whitener contains all the details series fans will crave. Either version would be a solid addition to mystery collections; choosing between them will depend on budget and patron preference. Beth Farrell, Portage Cty. Dist. Lib., OHCopyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. From AudioFile Whe