Faye Kellerman

El teniente detective del Departamento de Policía de Los Ángeles Décker y su esposa, Rina, han acogido en su casa a Gabriel Whitman, un adolescente de quince años, hijo de una antigua amiga con problemas. Aunque el enigmatico muchacho parece estar adaptandose, Decker conoce bien los secretos que guardan los adolescentes, como confirma el tragico suicidio de otro adolescente, Gregory Hesse, un estudiante de Bell and Wakefield, uno de los institutos mas exclusivos de la ciudad.Wendy, la madre de Gregory, se niega a creer que su hijo se pegara un tiro y convence a Decker para que investigue mas. Lo que este descubre le inquieta. La pistola utilizada en la tragedia era robada, prueba que le impulsa a abrir una investigacion en rofundidad. Pero el caso se complica con el suicidio de otro estudiante de Bell and Wakefield, una muerte que les lleva a destapar a un despreciable grupo de estudiantes ricos y privilegiados con un gusto excesivo por las armas y la violencia. Decker pensaba que entendia a los jovenes y, sin embargo, cuanto mas se acercan a la verdad su equipo y el, mas cuenta se da de lo poco que sabe de ellos, incluyendo al muchacho que tiene a su cargo, Gabe. Hijo de un mafioso y de una madre ausente, el chico ha llevado una vida con demasiado tiempo libre, demasiadas ausencias injustificadas y m...

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The gripping new crime novel in the Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus series from New York Times bestselling author Faye Kellerman. It has been almost a year since Greenbury's last murder. Detective Peter Decker has enjoyed the slower pace of his new job with the upstate police department. Then he receives a phone call from his captain. A male body has been found in the local woods. It appears to be a suicide - single shot to the head, gun by his side - but until the coroner makes the final determination, Decker and his partner Tyler McAdams must treat the scene as a suspicious crime. Identifying the body takes Decker and McAdams into the indecipherable upper echelons of mathematics at Kneed Loft College - a sphere of scheming academics, hidden cyphers and most dangerous of all, a realm of underworld crime where even the most conscientious students can become cold and calculating. It will take all of Decker's wits and McAdams's brains to penetrate enigmatic formulas and codes to solve a dark, twisted tale created by depraved masterminds.

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. He went searching for the truth. Now a killer has found him. Three years ago, fifteen-year-old Ellen Vicksburg went missing in a quiet town in New Mexico. On the first anniversary of her death, her brother Ben found her body in a shallow grave by the river's edge. The police believe she was the victim of a known psychopath. But Ben continues to pore over the evidence and finds patterns that link Ellen's case to similar unsolved murders. Soon, a picture emerges of a ruthless killer, and Ben's obsession marks him as a threat. Will he uncover the truth in time to keep him and those he loves safe?

On a bright and crisp September morning, while walking a bucolic woodland trail, Rina Decker stumbles upon human remains once buried deep beneath the forest grounds. Immediately, she calls her husband, Peter, a former detective lieutenant with LAPD, now working for the local Greenbury Police.Within hours, a vista of beauty and tranquility is transformed into a frenetic crime scene. The body has been interred for years and there is scant physical evidence at gravesite: a youthful skeleton, a skull wound and long dark strands of hair surrounding the bony frame. As Decker and his partner, Tyler McAdams, further investigate, they realize that they're most likely dealing with a missing student from the nearby the Five Colleges of Upstate - a well-known and well-respected consortium of higher learning where Rina works. And when more human remains are found in the same area, Decker and McAdams know this isn't just a one-off murder case. Short-staffed and with no convenient entry into the colleges, Decker enlists Rina's help to act as the eyes and ears of campus gossip. Winding their way through a dangerous labyrinth of steely suspects and untouchable academics, Decker, McAdams and Rina race to protect their community from a psychopathic killer still in the area - and on the hunt for a fresh victim.

In this thrilling chapter in Faye Kellermans bestselling series, Rina Lazarus makes a shocking discovery in the woods of her upstate New York community that leads her husband, police detective Peter Decker, through a series of gruesome, decades old, unsolved murders, pointing to a diabolical, serial killer whos been hiding in plain sight.On a bright and crisp September morning, while walking a bucolic woodland trail, Rina Decker stumbles upon human remains once buried deep beneath the forest grounds. Immediately, she calls her husband, Peter, a former detective lieutenant with LAPD, now working for the local Greenbury Police. Within hours, a vista of beauty and tranquility is transformed into a frenetic crime scene. The body has been interred for years and there is scant physical evidence at the gravesite: a youthful skeleton, a skull wound and long dark strands of hair surrounding the bony frame. As Decker and his partner, Tyler McAdams, further investigate, they realize that theyre most likely dealing with a missing student from the nearby Five Colleges of Upstatea well-known and well-respected consortium of higher learning where Rina works.And when more human remains are found in the same area, Decker and McAdams know this isnt just a one-off murder case. Short-staffed and with no convenient entry into the colleges, Decker enlists Rinas help to act as the eyes and ears of campus gossip. Winding their way through a dangerous labyrinth of steely suspects and untouchable academics, Decker, McAdams, and Rina race to protect their community from a psychopathic killer still in the areaand on the hunt for a fresh victim.

AN INTENSE AND ADDICTIVE MYSTERY YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS!The twenty-fifth book in the hugely popular Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus series fromNew York Timesbestselling author Faye KellermanA murderOn a suburban street in upstate New York, a body is discovered. 26-year-old Brady Neil lived a simple lifehis murder seems senseless. But then Detective Peter Decker discovers Brady's father was convicted of murder many years ago.A disappearanceDecker begins to suspect Brady's death is connected to his father's crimes. Then one of Brady's closest friends vanishes, a pool of blood the only clue to his fate.A ruthless killer who must be stoppedWho would savagely kill two innocent men? With his wife Rina's help, Decker must use all his skill to put the pieces of this deadly puzzle together…before the killer strikes again.

A murderOn a quiet suburban street in upstate New York, a body is discovered. Twenty-six-year-old Brady Neil lived a simple lifehis murder seems senseless. But then Detective Peter Decker discovers Bradys father was convicted of murder many years ago.A disappearanceDecker begins to suspect Bradys death may be connected to his fathers crimes. Then one of Bradys closest friends vanishes; a pool of blood the only clue to his fate.A ruthless killer who must be stoppedWho would savagely kill two innocent men? With a little help from his wife Rina, Decker must use all his skill to put the pieces of this deadly puzzle togetherbefore the murderer strikes again.

On a quiet suburban street in upstate Greenbury, New York, the brutally beaten body of a young man is discovered in the woods adjacent to an empty vacation home. Twenty-six-year-old Brady Neil a resident of the neighboring town of Hamilton, had no criminal record, few friends, worked full-time, and attended community college. But as Detective Peter Decker learns, the clean-cut kid is linked to the criminal world. When Brady was a baby, his father, Brandon Gratz, was convicted of robbing and killing the owners of a local jewelry store. While Gratz and his partner, Kyle Masterson, admitted to the robbery, they swore they left the owners, Glen and Lydia Levine, very much alive.

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 there's a new victim…On a crisp September morning in the woods of upstate New York, Rina Decker stumbles upon human remains. She calls her husband, Peter, a former detective lieutenant with LAPD. Within hours, the forest is transformed into a frenetic crime scene.As Decker and his partner, Tyler McAdams, further investigate, they realize they're most likely dealing with a missing student from the Five Colleges of Upstate.And when more bodies are found in the same area, Decker and McAdams know this isn't just a one-off murder case. Now they must race to protect their community from a psychopathic killer still in the area - and on the hunt for a fresh victim.

New York Times bestselling author Faye Kellerman delivers an electrifying crime novel of suspense as a young man's obsessive investigation into his sister's death draws him into the path of a sadistic serial killer.He went searching for the truth. Now a killer has found him.The more you know, the more there is to fear...Three years ago, fifteen-year-old Ellen Vicksburg went missing in the quiet town of River Remez, New Mexico. Ellen was kind, studious, and universally liked. Her younger brother, Ben, could imagine nothing worse than never knowing what happened to her--until, on the first anniversary of her death, he found her body in a shallow grave by the river's edge.Ben, now seventeen, is relentlessly driven to find answers to Ellen's homicide. Police believe she was the victim of a psychopath known as the Demon. But Ben's analytical mind sees patterns that don't fit, tiny threads and clues that are derived from other unsolved murders he has researched. Despite his all-consuming push for a real solution to the crime, Ben has hit a wall until he gains an unlikely ally - the school's popular new girl, Ro Majors, who has secrets of her own. As the body count rises, a picture emerges of an adversary who is as cunning and methodical and deadlyl. And uncovering the truth may not be enough to keep Ben, Ro and their loved ones safe from a twisted and fixated killer who has nothing left to lose.

The gripping new crime novel in the 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 L.A. to upstate New York, to a quiet town that is home to elite colleges and pensioners. Semi-retired and faced with mundane call-outs at the Greenbury Police Department, Decker is becoming bored of life. So when he is called about a potential break-in at the local cemetery, he jumps at the opportunity to investigate.The Bergman crypt contains four intricately designed stained glass windows, one for each season, two of which are confirmed as definitely fake. Along with young Harvard graduate, Tyler McAdams, Decker must solve the mystery of the forgeries. His search leads him to Manhattan, although perhaps he should look closer to home: when a co-ed is brutally murdered at a local colleges, Decker must put his search for the art thief on hold. But not for long

Deux villes, deux meurtres. Dans une boîte de nuit bostonienne, des coups de feu : al star de l'équipe de basket locale reçoit une balle perdue. A Santa Fe, un galeriste reconnu est trouvé mort trois semaines avant Noël, tué par un coup porté avec une force prodigieuse. Peu d'indices, trop de suspects ou pas assez, quatre enquêteurs sous pression et deux enquêtes rondement menées.

Eine Serie von Frauenmorden versetzt München in Aufruhr. Ein vielschichtiger Thriller vor dem Hintergrund der nationalsozialistischen Machtergreifung.München 1929: In der von den Nazis aufgeheizten Atmosphäre wird im Englischen Garten eine Frauenleiche gefunden vergewaltigt und erdrosselt. Die Mordkommission um Inspektor Axel Berg hat das Opfer schnell identifiziert: Anna Gross, Ehefrau des reichen Juden Anton Gross. Bergs Vorgesetzten passt diese Spur allzu gut in die eigenen Aufstiegspläne. Berg soll den Ehemann wegen Mordes an seiner Frau verhaften. Doch Berg sträubt sich. Eine weitere Frauenleiche, in gleicher Art umgebracht, wird entdeckt und nährt den Verdacht, ein Lustmörder sei am Werk. Trotzdem soll Anton Gross als Mordverdächtiger verhaftet werden. Berg, der bei den Opfern inzwischen Hinweise auf einen geheimnisvollen Rodan gefunden hat, weigert sich zunächst, wird dann aber gezwungen, Annas Mann festzunehmen, dabei wird Gross von aufgebrachten jugendlichen NS-Anhängern15gelyncht, Berg verletzt.Aufgrund der Pogromstimmung fürchtet Berg um die Sicherheit seiner Geliebten Margot, einer Hure und Jüdin, die pikanterweise auch ein Verhältnis mit Bergs Chef Martin Volker hat. Die Zahl der ermordeten Frauen, darunter auch die Großmutter von Rina Lazarus, steigt, und das schürt den Antisemitismus. Auch das Stundenhotel Margots wird überfallen, sie selbst vergewaltigt. Kommissar Volker erscheint in letzter Minute, kann das Schlimmste verhindern. Doch dann findet Berg Margot erschossen im Treppenhaus. Als er völlig aufgelöst in seine Wohnung kommt, erwartet ihn der Mörder.01Faye Kellerman ist nicht nur eine erfolgreiche Schriftstellerin, sondern auch Zahnärztin, Musikerin und Gitarrenbauerin. Sie lebt zusammen mit ihrem Mann, dem Psychologen und Bestsellerautor Jonathan Kellerman, und ihren drei Kindern in Los Angeles.01Susanne Aeckerle, 1942 in Lindau/Bodensee geboren. 1975 Mitbegründerin des ersten deutschen Frauenbuchladens in München. Später Geschäftsführerin eines Schallplattenvertriebs und Herausgeberin einer Frauenmusikzeitschrift. Von 1981 bis 1990 Redakteurin und Chefin vom Dienst bei der Zeitschrift ''Emma''. Sie lebt heute als Übersetzerin, Herausgeberin und freie Lektorin in M&u

Internationally bestselling husband and wife Jonathan and Faye Kellerman team up for a powerful one-two punch with Capital Crimes, a gripping pair of original crime thrillers. MY SISTER'S KEEPER: BERKELEY Some of progressive state representative Davida Grayson's views have made her unpopular. Although her foes are numerous no one suspects that any buttons Davida might push could evoke deadly force. But now Davida lies brutally murdered in her office, and Berkeley homicide detectives Will Barnes and Amanda Isis must unravel Davida's complex, before the killer pulls off a repeat performance. MUSIC CITY BREAKDOWN: NASHVILLE Baker Southerby was a child prodigy performer. But something leads him to become a Nashville cop. His partner, Lamar Van Gundy, is a would-be studio bassist who earned himself a detective's badge. As part of Nashville PD's elite Murder Squad, they catch a homicide that's high-profile even for a city where musical celebrity is routine. Capital Crimes is page-turning, psychologically resonant suspense-just what we've come to expect from two of the world's most successful crime writers.