The Hunt
- 496 pages
- 18 hours of reading
The latest book in the hugely popular Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus series from New York Times bestselling author Faye Kellerman
Faye Kellerman is an author who masterfully weaves compelling crime narratives with profound human relationships. Her works are celebrated for their psychological depth and the intricate connections she builds between characters, particularly within her popular series featuring detectives Decker and Lazarus. Kellerman excels at creating suspense, intertwining mysteries with themes of family, faith, and morality, offering readers not just a gripping plot but also thoughtful explorations of human nature. Her style is characterized by keen observation and an ability to draw readers into a world of intrigue and emotion.







The latest book in the hugely popular Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus series from New York Times bestselling author Faye Kellerman
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Der finale Fall für Rina Lazarus und Peter Decker Peter Decker bereitet sich weiter auf seinen Ruhestand vor, doch ein letzter Fall muss noch geklärt werden: Mit seinem Partner, Detective Tyler McAdams, versucht er herauszufinden, wie eine der vermissten Personen aus seinem letzten Fall tot im Wald enden konnte. Alle Beteiligten scheinen sich nach Deutschland abgesetzt zu haben. Gleichzeitig wird Gabes Mutter Terry das Opfer eines brutalen Überfalls, bei dem ihr jüngster Sohn entführt wird. Gabe informiert seinen Vater, den schwerreichen Zuhälter Chris Donatti, der sofort alles stehen und liegen lässt, um seine schwer verletzte Ex-Frau und große Liebe Terry zu sich zu holen, ihren Sohn zu befreien und sie wieder zurückzugewinnen – und dafür schreckt er vor nichts zurück ...
The twenty-sixth book in the hugely popular Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus series from New York Times bestselling author Faye Kellerman
"Detective Peter Decker and his wife, Rina Lazarus, risk life and limb to solve a pair of brutal murders that may be tied to a crime from more than twenty years ago in this intense and addictive mystery from New York Times bestselling author Faye Kellerman." -- Amazon.com.
The gripping new crime novel in the Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus series from New York Times bestselling author Faye Kellerman. They thought the murders were over. But now theres a new victim
New York Times bestselling author Faye Kellerman delivers an electrifying novel of suspense as a young man's investigation into his sister's death draws him into the path of a sadistic serial killer.
The twenty-third book in the hugely popular Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus series from New York Times bestselling author Faye Kellerman
The twenty-second book in the hugely popular Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus series from New York Times bestselling author Faye Kellerman
Detective Peter Decker and his wife Rina Lazarus have moved from the chaos of LA to the quiet beauty of upstate New York. But Decker's new job is not exactly fulfilling, and his arrogant young partner is getting on his nerves. Just when he thinks he's made a mistake, Decker is called to a break-in at the local cemetery. Then, a student at one of the exclusive local colleges is brutally murdered. The investigation draws Decker deep into a web of dark secrets, long-buried crimes and ruthless killers. Suddenly, the job is anything but boring, and Decker will have to draw on his vast experience to bring the truth to light.
A Decker/Lazarus Novel - International Edition
Throughout his years with the LAPD, Peter Decker has handled a number of tough cases and strange killers. But few of his previous assignments compare to his latest case. When Hobart Penny is found dead in his apartment, the cops think that his pet cat—an adult female tiger—attacked the reclusive elderly billionaire. But it soon becomes clear that the beast that killed the eccentric inventor is all too human. Digging into the victim's life, Decker and his colleagues discover that Penny was an exceptionally peculiar man with exotic tastes, including kinky sex with call girls. Following a trail of clues that leads from a wildlife sanctuary in the San Bernardino Mountains to the wild nightlife of Las Vegas, the LAPD detectives are left juggling too many suspects and too few answers. To break open the case, Decker wrestles with a difficult choice: turning to Chris Donatti, the dangerous man who also happens to be the father of Decker's foster son, Gabriel Whitman. As their work and intimate worlds collide, Decker and his wife, Rina, find themselves facing tough questions. And when all these shocking truths comes out, exactly how well will Decker and Rina cope, and survive?
Two new cases—one involving the troubled boy they've taken into their home and the other involving a man found dead in his apartment, apparently mauled by his pet tiger—cause Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus to challenge their most heartfelt beliefs, leading them to reevaluate everything they hold dear. 200,000 first printing.
A serial novel featuring contributions by twenty-six masters of suspense follows detective Jon Nunn as he re-opens a ten-year-old case to discover if the wrong person was convicted and put to death for the murder of art curator Christopher Thomas.
The latest novel in the gripping Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus series - published in the USA as GUN GAMES - from New York Times bestselling author Faye Kellerman
When LAPD lieutenant Peter Decker agrees to do a favour for old friend Teresa McLaughlin, he knows that his involvement will bring her sociopathic husband, Chris Donatti, back into his life. But then Terry goes missing and Donatti disappears, leaving their 14-year-old son Gabe behind.
Guy Kaffey thought his wealth could acquire anything - including the best security money can buy. When his family are gunned to death on their vast Butterfly Ranch estate, it's clear that he was tragically wrong. Lieutenant Peter Decker of the LAPD is given the task of piecing together what happened.
Siebzehn Morde zum Preis von einem Siebzehn fesselnde Krimi-Erzählungen von der Queen of Crime Faye Kellerman: In der Titelgeschichte untersuchen Rina Lazarus und Pete Decker den Mord an ihrer Nachbarin, einer reizenden, wenn auch etwas geschwätzigen Hobbygärtnerin. In einer anderen versuchen sie herauszufinden, wodurch eine junge Frau ihr Gedächtnis verloren hat.
Spannende Krimiunterhaltung im Doppelpack Zwei Fälle für das Ermittlerduo Pete Decker und seine Frau Rina Lazarus: Im ersten Fall werden die beiden in ihren Flitterwochen mit dem mysteriösen Verschwinden eines Jugendlichen konfrontiert. Anscheinend befindet er sich in der Gewalt eines Psychopathen. Der zweite Fall führt Pete Decker in die bunten Glitzerwelt Hollywoods: Lilah Becht, Tochter einer berühmten Filmschauspielerin, ist vergewaltigt und ausgeraubt worden. Decker tappt im Dunkeln, bis seine Frau Rina den entscheidenden Hinweis liefert …
An investigation of an 18-year-old cold case re-awakens spine-chilling secrets in this riveting thriller from Faye Kellerman. LA detective Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus feature.
An Explosive New Thriller From The Bestselling Faye Kellerman Featuring La Detective Peter Decker And Rina Lazarus. At 8.15Am, A Small Green Suburb Of Los Angeles Is Turned Into A Fiery Inferno By A Commuter Plane Crash, Plunging The City'S Emergency Services Into A Major Crisis. A Month Later, One Mystery From The Wreckage Still Remains Unsolved. A Woman'S Body - Initially Thought To Be A Stewardess - Is Instead Revealed To Be An Undiscovered Homicide, Decades Old. Who Is This Nameless Victim? And Why Is The Stewardess Still Missing? As They Begin To Unravel Years Of Deception, Lieutenant Peter Decker And His Team Come Closer And Closer To The Shocking Truth And A Confrontation With A Vicious Killer.
A must-have book for Faye Kellerman's many fans. The collection contains: One never-before-published short mystery, THE GARDEN OF EDEN, featuring Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus, who investigate the death of a next-door neighbour Two Decker-Lazarus short mysteries: BULL'S EYE, the debut of Cindy Decker; and A WOMAN OF MYSTERY, in which Rina Lazarus, aided by Peter Decker, solves the mystery of a student with missing memory Nine crime/mystery short stories, including MUMMY AND JACK, which Faye co-wrote with her son, Jesse And several bonus short works: two stories about family relationships and two essays drawn from Faye's personal life
International bestselling thriller writers Faye and Jonathan Kellerman have worked together to produce two tense and gripping dramas for all their fans, old and new
DOUBLE HOMICIDE is a superb collaboration between two bestselling thriller writers, Faye and Jonathan Kellerman. 'Writing as a team for the first time, the Kellermans get it just right: pacing, plotting, even the prose . . . oh-so-refreshingly readable' (Kirkus Reviews). This stunning collaboration is bound to appeal to all fans of Patricia Cornwell and Harlan Coben. In Santa Fe, Darrel Two Moons and Steve Katz are called to the scene of a blunt-force homicide. Did the deceased, a wealthy art dealer, stumble on a burglar stealing a priceless painting, or did one of his many enemies finally seek revenge? Dorothy Breton is called to downtown Boston to find that her elder son is a witness to the killing of a promising athlete in a shoot-out. The evidence is stacked against the obvious culprit - until the autopsy shows the young man didn't die of gunshot wounds . . .
Denn dein ist die Macht
'Denn dein ist die Macht' - Die Polizistin Dorothy Breton wird mit einem brisanten Fall betraut - Ein Klassenkamerad ihres ältesten Sohnes wurde bei einer Schießerei getötet. Dorothy findet heraus, dass Julius ein tragisches Geheimnis hatte. 'Nackte Gewalt' - Als ein Galeriebesitzer ermordet wird, tappen die beiden Polizisten Darrel Two Moons und Steve Katz zunächst im Dunkeln. Bis sie entdecken, dass vier skandalumwitterte Gemälde aus der Galerie entwendet wurden, die die Gemüter schon des Öfteren erhitzt hatten.
In the latest entry in the Peter Decker-Rina Lazarus series, New York Times bestselling author Faye Kellerman takes us on an edge-of-the-seat journey to the past, and a city stalked by a killer so ruthless no one is safe-not even the police.
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An Abandoned Baby. A Missing Mother. But Innocence has a Fighting Chance. While on routine patrol, LAPD Officer Cindy Decker rescues a newborn from an alley Dumpster. But she can't call it a night until she sees the infant safe in a hospital, cared for by a professional-in this case a male nurse with soulful eyes and lots of charm. Now the hunt is on for the mother. Armed with advice from her overworked father, Detective Peter Decker, Cindy plunges into her inner-city Hollywood district, a world of helpless people and violent gangs. Pursuing each new lead batters her complex relationships and endangers her life. On one side: Decker and Decker, a brilliant but combative pair. On the other: a vicious killer ready to strike again.
'It was the stunned, pale look of bad news' The call is brief. There's been a murder in the family of Lieutenant Decker's half brother, Rabbi Jonathan Levine. Ephraim Lieber, a Hassidic Jew with a catalogue of problems in his past, was found dead in a seedy Manhattan hotel, a single gunshot wound to his head. And his niece, fifteen-year-old Shaynda, is missing. In a desperate bid to track down the missing girl, Decker finds himself in an alien city and a maze of deceit and danger, on a twisted journey that takes him from the darkened slums of New Jersey and the deserted industrial streets of New York, to the hidden meeting places of Hassidic outcasts...
Rina Lazarus and her husband, LAPD Homicide Lt. Peter Decker, are shocked by an outrage that cuts close to the spiritual heart of their family. Rina's small storefront synagogue has been desecrated with anti-Semitic graffiti and grisly Nazi death camp photographs. The alleged perpetrator is seventeen year-old Ernesto Golding, a "rich kid" obsessed with haunting suspicions about the origins of his Polish paternal grandfather. Then Ernesto is found brutally murdered, along with his therapist, Dr. Mervin Baldwin, at an exclusive nature camp that caters to moneyed, troubled children. For Decker and his wife, unraveling the truth behind Ernesto's violent death becomes more terrifying with each sinister twist. For lethal secrets with roots in the horrors of a past generation are coming to the surface, propelling Peter and Rina into a ghastly world of ruthless parents and damaged youth—and toward a dark evil and its ultimate retribution.
Cindy Decker's decision to follow in the footsteps of her police lieutenant father was never an easy one. For Pete Decker is, to say the least, overprotective of his only daughter. So when Cindy begins to wonder if she is being followed - maybe even stalked - her father is the last person she can confide in. Frantically trying to contend with her own raw, gnawing fear whilst balancing her work and a clandestine relationship with one of Decker's colleagues, she allows her father access to the horrific facts only when their cases seem to be on a collision course. Together they find themselves in uncharted criminal territory, where snap-second decisions can make the difference between the life and death of those you love...
A Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus Novel - International Edition
Dr. Emil Ganz, a world-renowned astrophysicist, seems to have vanished into thin air. For ten years, no one knew of his whereabouts until he suddenly reappeared as "Father Jupiter, " the founder of a pseudoscientific cult -- the Order of the Rings of God. Now, suddenly, Ganz is found dead. LAPD Lieutenant Peter Decker and his team of homicide detectives pose official questions. Is Ganz's death an accident, a suicide, or even a homicide? Suspicions abound...
LAPD detective Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus confront their most shocking case when they investigate the murder of Father Jupiter, leader of a notorious cult, the order of the Rings of God.
A busy night in a fashionable restaurant. Minutes later, carnage. 13 people dead and dozens wounded. As Lieutenant Decker, in charge of the police on the scene says, it's your worst nightmare. But at least the culprit seems clear - an embittered ex-employee, Harlan Manz, who ambled up to the bar and opened fire, finally turning the gun on himself. But why did Manz do it? Deck finds that things don't quite add up. Then he questions Jeanine Garrison, daughter of millionaire parents killed in the outrage, and find himself slapped with a sexual harassment suit. Now Decker knows she's involved, and after her brother, who shared the inheritance, is found dead he's sure. But he's not allowed near the woman. Meantime, he can feel her slipping through his fingers and getting away, quite literally, with murder.
Dr Azor Sparks's genius saves lives, he is also a pillar of the local evangelical church and a committed family man. So who would want to murder him? The answer, Lieutenant Peter Decker soon concludes, is a lot of people.
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A Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus Mystery
The cruel and bizarre slaying of a beautiful teen leads Detective Decker into the dark heart of an exotic subculture: the seamy, sometimes violent world of Southern California's rootless, affluent youth. But even the confession of a disturbed kid with cold "killer eyes" cannot soothe Decker's inner torment. For he knows in his gut this crime goes much deeper and higher than anyone expects -- and that true justice, brutal and complete, has yet to be done.
A diamond dealer and his entire family have mysteriously disappeared from their sprawling Las Angeles manor, leaving the estate undisturbed and their valuables untouched. Investigating detective Decker is stumped--faced with a perplexing case riddled with dead ends. Then a second dealer is found murdered in Manhatten, catapulting Decker and his wife, Rina, into a heartstopping maze of murder and intrigue that spans the globe...only to touch down dangerously in their own backyard.
Pete Decker must penetrate a web of family feuds and secrets to resolve his sixth compelling mystery
Even to case-hardened Detective Sergeant Pete Decker the brutal rape of Lilah Brecht, exquisite daughter of an aged Hollywood movie queen, is a disturbing act of violence. The only leads are provided by Lilah herself. However, Lilah's credibility is soon shattered when it emerges that she didn't physically see her rapist. It was only her 'gift' of second sight that enable her to 'image' her attacker. She claims that Decker is the only policeman who can truly understand and catch her attacker, who, she says, is still threatening her. Decker, however, is not so sure and is anxious to protect his heavily pregnant wife Rina from Lilah's alternately seductive and hysterical phone calls. But when Decker himself sees Lilah almost killed in a freak accident, he begins to think he may have judged her too harshly...
L.A. detective Peter Decker and his Jewish bride, Rina Lazarus, are spending their honeymoon in the unlikely locale of Brooklyn, celebrating the Jewish High Holidays. But the festivities are shattered when Noam, an Orthodox teenager, runs away from his family and his cloistered community.
A Los Angeles policeman and a Jewish widow team up to solve the sticky murder of a family of beekeepers in California.
Following the national success of Sisters in Crime 1 and 2, this third anthology features today's top storytellers. Included are twenty-one tales to chill the blood, tickle the fancy, and challenge the skills of criminal detection! "Outstanding!"--Publishers Weekly.
Rebecca Lopez enjoys a life of privilege in Elizabeth's England -- yet she guards secrets she dares not reveal. The beautiful, tempestuous daughter of the queen's own physician, Rebecca is also a converso -- a Jew who practices her prohibited religion clandestinely -- helping others of her banned faith escape persecution and death. And her insatiable hunger for excitement often takes her to the bustling streets of London in male garb to experience the kind of adventure available only to men. But one such outing is leading her into a dangerous viper's nest built of intrigue and foul murder in the company of a dashing young actor who inflames her romantic passions, even as he escorts her toward peril, a charming and fearless would-be playwright who calls himself Will Shakespeare.
“Fascinating....Fast-paced and dynamic.” — Dallas Morning News “Kellerman is taking a big risk here, and I think she pulls it off in fine style.”— Washington Post With Moon Music , New York Times bestseller Faye Kellerman leaves Los Angeles and heads to stranger “Sin City” Las Vegas, Nevada. Taking a brief hiatus from her mystery series featuring LAPD Homicide Detective Peter Decker and his Orthodox Jewish wife, Rina Lazarus, Kellerman delivers a masterful stand-alone crime novel that crackles with suspense and tantalizes with a touch of the paranormal. The horribly savaged body of a once-beautiful Vegas showgirl is discovered in the desert not far from the world-famous Strip, plunging Detective Sergeant Romulus Poe into the heart of a bizarre, full moon-soaked mystery that could cost him everything he holds dear in life, including his sanity.
Los Angeles police detective Peter Decker is camping with the two young sons of his beautiful, Orthodox Jewish girlfriend Rina Lazarus. When he boys come upon two charred human skeletons, Decker is pulled into a sordid investigation that has "Danger" etched in blood....
The First Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus Novel
Someone declares unholy war on the holiest of places when the quiet, ordered world of a yeshiva in the California hills is shattered by an unspeakable crime: a woman is brutally raped as she returns from the mikvah, the bathhouse where women perform their cleansing ritual. Detective Peter Decker of the LAPD has never heard anything like it, and he's relieved to find Rina Lazarus there as a witness. Calm and intelligent, Rina is the only one in the community willing to cooperate with Decker as she tries to steer him through the maze of religious laws that thwart his investigation at every turn. But as the trail grows cold, Decker and Rina grow closer--until a sudden horrific revelation about the case threatens to tear them apart. . . .