Bøger af Faye Kellerman

In the silent pre-dawn city hours -- alone with his thoughts about Rina Lazarus, the woman he loves, three thousand miles away in New York -- LAPD detective Peter Decker finds a small child, abandoned and covered in blood that is not hers. It is a sobering discovery, and a perplexing one, for nobody in the development where she was found steps forward to claim the little girl. Obsessed more deeply by this case than he imagined possible, Decker is determined to follow the scant clues to an answer. But his trail is leading him to a killing ground where four bodies lie still and lifeless. And by the time Rina returns, Peter Decker is already held fast in a sticky mass of hatred, passion, and murder -- in a world where intense sweetness is accompanied by a deadly sting.

The birth of their baby girl has filled Rina Lazarus and her husband, LAPD Homicide Detective Peter Decker, with joy mingled with sorrow, since complications have ensured that they can have no more children. But the situation is grim at the hospital, which has been devastated by severe budget cutbacks and staff shortages. And when a respected nurse vanishes along with a newborn from the nursery, Peter and Rina fear for the safety of their own precious childespecially when the missing nurse's car is found at the bottom of a cliff . . . with a corpse inside.A most grievous sin has been committed. In pursuit of justice, Deckerwith the help of his tough-as-nails partner, Marge, and an able assist from his teenage daughter, Cindyfollows a twisted path that winds through a sinister maze of hospital politics, misplaced passions, and torturous mind games that can all too easily lead to murder.

Detective Peter Decker of the LAPD is stunned when he gets the report. Someone has shattered the sanctuary of a remote yeshiva community in the California hills with an unimaginable crime. One of the women was brutally raped as she returned from the mikvah, the bathhouse where the cleansing ritual is performed. The crime was called in by Rina Lazarus, and Decker is relieved to discover that she is a calm and intelligent witness. She is also the only one in the sheltered community willing to speak of this unspeakable violation. As Rina tries to steer Decker through the maze of religious laws, the two grow closer. But before they get to the bottom of this horrendous crime, revelations come to light that are so shocking, they threaten to come between the hard-nosed cop and the deeply religious woman with whom he has become irrevocably linked.

Peter Decker's latest case with the LAPD is the most bizarre of his storied career. When the elderly, eccentric billionaire Hobart Penny is found dead in his apartment, the cops think that his pet Bengal tiger must have turned against him. But as Decker and his colleagues, Detectives Marge Dunn and Scott Oliver, dig into the victim's life, they discover that Penny had all kinds of exotic and kinky tastes. It soon becomes clear that the beast that killed the peculiar inventor is all too human.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 crack a case involving the two most primal instincts?sex and murder?Decker wrestles with a difficult choice. Should he turn to someone with expert knowledge of both, Chris Donatti, the dangerous man who also happens to be the father of Decker's foster son? As his work and personal life collide, Decker finds himself facing tough questions and wondering if the conflict between family crises and professional duties will be the undoing of his career.

Billionaire Genoa Greeves believes the L.A.P.D. should finally solve the fifteen-year-old execution-style murder of her favorite teacher, Bennett Little?especially now that Hollywood music producer Primo Ekerling has been slain in an eerily similar manner: shot and stuffed into the trunk of his Mercedes Benz.Lieutenant Peter Decker resents having to commit valuable manpower to a cold case simply because a rich woman says, "Jump!" But when a primary investigator in the Little case, now retired, suspiciously commits suicide hours after he and Decker talk, the detective realizes something evil's connecting the dots in two murders separated by a decade and a half. Wife Rina Lazarus offers a cool, rational outlook, as always, despite her growing concern for her husband's welfare?as past and present collide with a vengeance, catapulting Decker ever closer to the edge of an infinite dark abyss.

No one working in the crime genre is better.Baltimore SunL.A.P.D. Homicide Detective Peter Decker and his wife Rina Lazarus are back on a case in Hangmanan electrifying new novel of suspense from Faye Kellerman, New York Times bestselling author of Blindmans Bluff, The Mercedes Coffin, The Burnt House, and many other masterful thrillers. A stunning tale of crime and detection featuring the brutal death of a party girl health care worker, a mysterious disappearance, and the chilling return of an all-too-familiar sociopath, Hangman is Kellermans 21st bestseller to feature Decker and Lazarus, Hands down, the most refreshing mystery couple around. (People)

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.A diamond dealer and his entire family have mysteriously disappeared from their sprawling Los 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 manhattan, catapulting Decker and his wife, Rina, into a hearstopping maze of murder and intrigue that spans the globe. . . .only to touch down dangerously in their own backyard.

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. 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.

Billionaire genius Genoa Greeves never got over the shocking death of her favorite teacher, Bennett "Dr. Ben" Alston Little, murdered execution-style and stuffed into the trunk of his Mercedes-Benz. No arrests were ever made, no killer charged for the brutal crime. Fifteen years later, the high-tech CEO reads about another execution-style murder; this time the victim is a Hollywood music producer named Primo Ekerling. There is no obvious connection, but the case is eerily similar to Little's and Genoa feels the time is right to close Dr. Ben's case once and for all--offering the L.A.P.D. a substantial financial "incentive" if justice is finally served for Little.Lieutenant Peter Decker resents having to commit valuable manpower to a fifteen-year-old open case simply because a rich woman says "Jump!" Still, the recent murder of Primo Ekerling does bear a disturbing resemblance to Little's case, even though two thug suspects are currently behind bars for the Ekerling murder. Decker can't help but wonder about a connection. His first phone calls are to the two primary investigators in the Little case, retired detectives Calvin Vitton and Arnie Lamar. Lamar is cooperative, but Vitton is not only reluctant to talk, he winds up dead of a suspicious suicide twelve hours later. Plunging into this long-buried murder, Decker discovers that even though the two slayings are separated by a decade and a half, there is still plenty of greed, lust, and evil to connect the dots.Decker's team of top investigators not only includes his favorite homicide detectives, Scott Oliver and Marge Dunn, but also his newly minted Hollywood detective daughter, Cindy Kutiel, whose help proves to be invaluable. His wife, Rina Lazarus, continues to be his backbone of support, offering a cool, rational outlook despite her growing concern for her husband's welfare and safety. Rina's worries and fears begin to build at a fevered pitch as past and present collide with a vengeance, catapulting an unsuspecting Peter Decker closer and closer to the edge of an infinite dark abyss.A relentlessly gripping tale spun by a master, Faye Kellerman's The Mercedes Coffin races through a dangerous urban world of fleeting fame and false dreams, making heart-pumping hairpin turns at each step of a terrifying journey, where truth and justice are fine lines between life and death.

Faye Kellerman returns with an atmospheric, face-paced mystery set in bucolic upstate New York, full of unexpected twists and turns that build to a shocking and surprising endthe latest thrilling entry in her New York Times bestseller Decker/Lazarus series.When Bertram Telemann, a developmentally disabled man, goes missing from a local diner near Greenbury, the entire community of the small upstate New York town volunteers to search the surrounding woods in hopes of finding him. High functioning and independent, Bertram had been on a field trip with the staff and fellow residents of the Loving Care Home when he vanished.When no trace of the man is found, the disappearance quickly becomes an official missing persons case and is assigned to detectives Peter Decker and his partner Tyler McAdams. As their investigation deepens, the seasoned Decker becomes convinced that Bertram hadnt lost his way, but had left with someone he knew. Soon Decker discovers that Elsie Schulung, a recently fired nurse who had worked at the home, seemed to be especially interested in Bertram. But answers proves elusive when Elsie disappears and human blood is found in her kitchen.But the complications are only beginning. While combing the woods, searchers discover the remains of one of three young men who had vanished during a camping trip. And for Decker, personal problems are adding pressure as well. After a ten-year absence, the biological mother of Deckers and Rinas foster son, Gabriel, has suddenly appeared in New York, children in tow, wreaking emotional havoc on the young man.Juggling the personal and professional, a hot case and a cold case, Decker and McAdams race to find answers, sifting through cabinets of old files, a plethora of clues and evidence, and discouraging dead ends. As on-going searches for Bertram and the campers missing remains continue, the frustrated detectives begin to wonder if the woods will ever give up its dark secrets . . . and if these intertwining cases will be solved.

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 MORE YOU KNOW, THE MORE THERE IS TO FEAR...

The eighteenth book in the hugely popular Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus series from New York Times bestselling author Faye Kellerman

An investigation of an 18 year old cold case re-awakens spine-chilling secrets in the riveting new thriller from Faye Kellerman, featuring LA detective Peter Decker and Rina LazarusThe savage murder of beloved teacher Bennett Little shocked a community and baffled police. That his killer was never caught has haunted one of his pupils in particular, the gifted but shy Genoa Greeves. Eighteen years later, software billionaire Genoa reads of a similar carjacking and murder in Hollywood. Now able to wield enormous influence, she pressures the LAPD to direct Lieutenant Peter Decker to re-open the case and solve the homicides. With Decker facing nothing but cold trails and dead leads, he enlists the help of his daughter, Hollywood detective Cindy, as well as Rina, his wife. It's a decision he may come to regret as the line between cops and robbers gets dangerously blurred. Now Decker's cold case is re-awakening treacherous secrets in a city where the price of fame has no limits...

An explosive new thriller from the bestselling Faye Kellerman, featuring the return of LA detective Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus. A plane crashes in unexplained circumstances and the mystery deepens when police investigate. The owners know nothing of the four bodies found in the wreckage. So who are these unidentified passengers?But the biggest question of all comes from a husband frantic with worry. His wife was supposed to be on the plane - but never boarded it. Why then is she still missing?It's a riddle detective Peter Decker will have to answer quickly if he is to prevent further lives being lost in a case full of the trademark Kellerman twists and shocks.

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...

The twenty-first book in the hugely popular Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus series from New York Times bestselling author Faye KellermanA call from the Homicide desk shatters LAPD lieutenant Peter Decker's hopes of a peaceful evening. Residents in a local building have been complaining of a putrid smell coming from an apartment rented by Hobart Penny, an eccentric aging engineer who made millions from aerospace patents and inventions.Well over 80, and a recluse for the last 25 years, it wasn't surprising that the troubled genius might have died without anyone knowing. However, as Decker steps inside, it's clear that this is a murder scene...Who could have killed someone who lived a quarter of a century as a hermit? But there is no shortage of suspects. Penny's children describe their father as a cruel and vicious man; while his second wife, twenty years his junior, knew a man with strange addictions and brutal tastes; and reports of frequent visits from prostitutes only add to the list of suspects.A thorough search reveals further evidence of a disturbed, depraved man: human body parts.So just who was Hobart Penny? A brilliant inventor, a sexual predator or a callous killer?

The nineteenth book in the hugely popular Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus series from New York Times bestselling author Faye KellermanWhen LAPD Lieutenant Peter Decker reluctantly agrees to do a big 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.Meanwhile Adrianna Blanc, a party-loving nurse, is found swinging from the rafters of a house in a wealthy suburban area. Her last phone call announced she was breaking up with her philandering boyfriend and Decker questions whether it was in fact suicide.With lives hanging in the balance, Decker and his team need to find answers fast. At home matters are just as precarious: while Decker and his wife Rina Lazarus want to look after young Gabe, with Donatti on the loose, no one is really ever safe...

Da der sker en brutal voldtægt uden for et badhus, hvor kvinderne i Los Angeles' jødiske menighed tager deres rituelle bad, får politimanden Peter Decker en formodning om, at gerningsstedet og motivet bag forbrydelsen hænger nøje sammen. Men Decker er ilde stedt, da badhuset mildest talt ikke er et sted for mænd. Heldigvis kommer den unge, jødiske enke Rina Lazarus Decker til undsætning, og sammen begynder de jagten på den hensynsløse voldtægtsmand... Faye Kellerman (f.1952) er en amerikansk forfatter. Kellerman har udgivet 27 romaner, hvoraf 8 indtil videre er udkommet på dansk. Bøgerne om politimanden Peter Decker og hans opklaringsmakker Rina Lazarus har haft succes over det meste af verden.

Makkerparret Peter Decker og Rina Lazarus er blevet gift. Og selv om Peter ikke er meget for det, går deres bryllupsrejse til Brooklyn, New York. Bryllupsrejsen byder på lidt af hvert, og Peter stifter i endnu højere grad bekendtskab med sin hustrus ortodoks-jødiske baggrund. En baggrund, han indtil for ganske nyligt var uvidende om, at han selv havde, da han blev adopteret som spæd. På turen bliver Peter introduceret til en jødisk højtid. Stemning er god og humøret højt lige ind til den unge Noam forsvinder. Først regner familien med, at han er løbet hjemmefra, og Peter er straks på sagen. Men efterhånden som Peter og Rina kommer tættere og tættere på, viser det sig, at der ligger en forbrydelse bag den unge mands forsvinden. Faye Kellerman (f.1952) er en amerikansk forfatter. Kellerman har udgivet 27 romaner, hvoraf 8 indtil videre er udkommet på dansk. Bøgerne om politimanden Peter Decker og hans opklaringsmakker Rina Lazarus har haft succes over det meste af verden.

Peter Decker sættes på sagen, da en indflydelsesrig diamanthandler og hele hans familie pludselig forsvinder. Sagen er omgæret af meget mystik og en masse blindgyder. Peter frygter, at sagen vil forblive uopklaret, da han igen og igen oplever at sporene ikke fører nogen vegne. Men da en diamanthandler bliver fundet myrdet i New York, øjner både han og hans hustru og makker Rina, at der muligvis er en sammenhæng. Lige så stille falder brikkerne på plads og afslører et mønster af internationale intriger, mord og sammensværgelser. Opklaringsarbejdet fører Peter og Rina fra Los Angeles og ud i verden. Faye Kellerman (f.1952) er en amerikansk forfatter. Kellerman har udgivet 27 romaner, hvoraf 8 indtil videre er udkommet på dansk. Bøgerne om politimanden Peter Decker og hans opklaringsmakker Rina Lazarus har haft succes over det meste af verden.

Endnu engang må Peter Decker sande, at hans nyeste sag er langt mere kompliceret end som så. Sagens omdrejningspunkt er mordet på en hjertekirurg ved navn Azor Sparks. Mordet får stor bevågenhed og der stilles krav fra alle sider om, at morderen skal findes og bringes for en domstol.Problemet er bare, at bunken af mistænkte hober sig op. Sparks' efterlod sig en formue, som hans enke og seks voksne børn står at arve, dertil kommer en række kollegaer, hvis misundelse giver dem et klart motiv til mordet. Peters arbejde gøres ikke lettere af, at en motorcykelbande dukker op til offerets begravelse.Samtidig begynder der at dukke små glimt op fra Rinas fortid. Glimt, der kan kompromittere efterforskningen.Denne gang har Peter Decker for alvor fået sit for.Faye Kellerman (f.1952) er en amerikansk forfatter. Kellerman har udgivet 27 romaner, hvoraf de otte indtil videre er udkommet på dansk. Bøgerne om politimanden Peter Decker og hans opklaringsmakker Rina Lazarus har haft succes over det meste af verden.

Los Angeles er fuld af håbefulde amatørskuespillere, der forsøger at få foden inden for i filmbranchen. Dette er der intet mærkværdigt i. Ej heller at en del disse skuespillere in spe tjener til dagen og vejen ved at arbejde som tjenere eller bartendere. Men da en amatørskuespiller med et bijob som bartender, pludselig åbner ild på en af byens populære restauranter og dræber en masse uskyldige mennesker - sig selv inklusiv - er medierne straks på sagen. Og det samme er Peter Decker. Pressen er hurtig til at udråbe gerningsmanden, Harlan Manz, som en psykisk syg massemorder. Dog har Peter en fornemmelse af, at sagen er mere kompleks end som så. Hans hustru og trofaste makker, Rina, går også ind i sagen, og så kommer der hul på efterforskningen.Faye Kellerman (f.1952) er en amerikansk forfatter. Kellerman har udgivet 27 romaner, hvoraf 8 indtil videre er udkommet på dansk. Bøgerne om politimanden Peter Decker og hans opklaringsmakker Rina Lazarus har haft succes over det meste af verden.

Peter Decker er på ferie med sin kones, Rina Lazarus, to sønner. Men ferien bliver afbrudt på dramatisk vis, da den ene af sønnerne finder to forkullede lig. Da det viser sig, at det ene offer er en 16-årig pige, der har været efterlyst i tre måneder, løber det Peter koldt ned ad ryggen, da pigen minder ham og hans egen datter. Peter beslutter sig for, at sagen skal opklares koste, hvad det koste vil. Spørgsmålet er blot om Peters besættelse med at finde pigernes morder ender med at stå i vejen efterforskningen. I "Helligt og Profant" er makker- og ægteparret Peter Decker og Rina Lazarus sammen igen i jagten på at opklare nye forbrydelser.Faye Kellerman (f.1952) er en amerikansk forfatter. Kellerman har udgivet 27 romaner, hvoraf 8 indtil videre er udkommet på dansk. Bøgerne om politimanden Peter Decker og hans opklaringsmakker Rina Lazarus har haft succes over det meste af verden.

Da lederen af en new age-kult, den famøse kosmolog Emil Ganz, ligger død i sin seng, bliver Peter Decker og Los Angeles Politi involveret i sagen. Er kultlederens død et uheld, et selvmord eller et mord? Spørgsmålene hober sig op, efterhånden som efterforskningen skrider frem. Kultmedlemmerne er ikke til meget hjælp. De nærer en stor mistro til politiet, og særligt de fire, der var tættest på lederen, holder kortene tæt ind til kroppen. Selv da to kultmedlemmer forsvinder, anklager de fire højtstående medlemmer, politiet og Peter for at have iscenesat det. Hvad Peter ikke ved er, at sagen er ved at tage en uhyggelig drejning.Faye Kellerman (f.1952) er en amerikansk forfatter. Kellerman har udgivet 27 romaner, hvoraf 8 indtil videre er udkommet på dansk. Bøgerne om politimanden Peter Decker og hans opklaringsmakker Rina Lazarus har haft succes over det meste af verden.Makker- og ægteparret Peter Decker og Rina Lazarus opklarer forbrydelser i fællesskab.

In the bleak wasteland of the Nevada desert, not far from the sparkling, twenty-four-hour neon of the world-famous Las Vegas Strip, the body of a once-beautiful showgirl is discovered, horribly mauled and mutilated. It is a horrendous crime, shocking in its brutality, excessive even for a city celebrated for its excess.Seasoned police veteran and Vegas native Detective Sergeant Romulus Poe has seen his fair share of depravity in this mecca of glitz and vice. But there is something about this unfortunate young woman's death?and a similar murder that is to follow soon after?that harkens back to an unsolved slaying and so-called suicide a quarter century ago. The grim similarities?along with some frightening new possibilities?are leading Poe into a night world of dark shadows best left unilluminated and pulling the inquisitive policeman toward secrets from a strange and sordid past that could destroy those closest to him, and drag him over the edge.

When Rina Lazarus discovers human remains in the woods near her home, her husband, Peter Decker, investigates related decades-old unsolved murders before identifying a possible suspect who has been hiding in plain sight.

Thirteen riveting crime/mystery short stories plus four bonus short works from bestselling author Faye Kellerman

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

The horrors of the past are terrifyingly brought into the present in Pete Decker's thirteenth thriller of the series