| Family business can be deadly, as Peter Decker discovers in Kellerman slatest thriller starring the L.A. police lieutenant and his wife, Rina Lazarus.Decker s half-brother Jonathan, a New York rabbi, asks for help when his wife sbrother Ephraim Leiber is slain execution-style in a seedy New York hotel room,and the victim s teenage niece Shayndie, who may have witnessed her uncle smurder, disappears. But it soon becomes apparent that not everyone is as eagerfor Decker s assistance as Jonathan--not the New York City cops, not the missinggirl s parents, and not the police chief in the upstate town of Quinton, wherethe Liebers live in a tightly knit Orthodox Jewish enclave. Despite theseroadblocks, the ever resourceful Decker manages to locate Shayndie in the lastplace one might expect to find a devout, gently raised 15-year old girl--theheavily guarded Manhattan apartment of Chris Donatti, a Mob-connected criminalwith whom Peter has a complicated history. But when Shayndie runs away fromDonatti s loft and turns up dead a few days later, Decker s search for herkiller uncovers a deadly family secret that puts his life--and Rina s--injeopardy. As usual in this outstanding series, Kellerman s pacing is flawless,her plotting ingenious, and her deep understanding of human nature reconfirmed.--Jane Adams |
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