New Releases by Faye Kellerman

The USA Today–bestselling author details how she became a crime novelist and how she created her acclaimed husband-and-wife detective team. In 1986, Faye Kellerman introduced LAPD detective Peter Decker and widowed yeshiva teacher Rina Lazarus in her crime novel, The Ritual Bath. The debut won Kellerman the 1987 Macavity Award for Best First Novel and turned into a long-running bestselling series. But how exactly did it all come about? In this autobiographical piece, Kellerman discusses the origins of Decker and Lazarus and answers common questions from readers. Like, how much does she resemble her character, Rina? And how have Peter and Rina evolved? But Kellerman also talks about her own life as an author, mother, and wife. She shares what it's like being married to a fellow novelist, and how exactly she carved out a place for herself in the world of crime writing. Praise for the Decker and Lazarus Novels "Exceptionally fine suspense." — San Diego Union-Tribune "Faye Kellerman is a master of mystery." — The Plain Dealer "Tautly exciting." — Los Angeles Times Book Review "Reading a good thriller is very much like taking a great vacation: half the fun is getting there. Faye Kellerman is one heck of a tour guide." — Detroit Free Press "Surprising twists and engaging subplots will keep readers turning the pages to the satisfying conclusion." — Publishers Weekly

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. 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 experienced detective knows there’s more to this homicide case than the records show. As he digs into Gratz’s past, Decker begins to suspect that the son’s murder may be connected to the father’s sins. Before he can put together the pieces, Decker finds out that one of Brady Neil’s friends, Joseph Boch—aka Boxer—has gone missing. Heading to Boch’s house with his temporary new partner, Hamilton PD cop Lenora Baccus, they discover a bloodbath. Who would savagely kill two innocent men—and why? Finding the answers will require all of Decker’s skill and knowledge, the help of his fellow Greenbury detectives, Tyler McAdams and Kevin Butterfield, and information gleaned from his wife Rina’s behind the scenes investigation to put all the pieces of this deadly puzzle together . . . and see justice done.

Greenbury, New York: ein strahlend schöner Tag, wie gemacht für einen ruhigen Waldspaziergang. Doch plötzlich wird Rina Deckers Harmonie jäh gestört - tief im Wald stolpert sie über die verscharrten Überreste eines Menschen. Sofort benachrichtigt sie ihren Mann, Peter, der nach Jahren als Detective für das LAPD nun bei der örtlichen Polizei aushilft. Er stellt schnell fest, dass es sich bei den Leichenteilen um eine Studentin eines nahen College handelt. Weiteres ergeben seine offiziellen Ermittlungen nicht. Rina, die als Dozentin dort arbeitet, sieht sich gezwungen, selber nach der Wahrheit zu suchen und begibt sich dadurch in höchste Gefahr ... Faye Kellerman ist einfach eine exzellente Autorin." The Times "Ein flüssig geschriebener Roman von einer erstklassigen Schriftstellerin. Die Handlung sehr durchdacht geschildert und mit einem exzellenten Spannungsbogen versehen. Glückwunsch." Magazin Köllefornia

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. The more you know, the more there is to fear… Four 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 sixteen, is committed to finding the monster who abducted and strangled Ellen. Police believe she was the victim of a psychopath known as the Demon. But Ben—a math geek too smart for his high-school classes—continues to pore over the evidence at the local police precinct, gaining an unlikely ally in his school’s popular new girl, Ro Majors. In his sister’s files, Ben’s analytical mind sees patterns that don’t fit, tiny threads that he adds to the clues from other similar unsolved murders. As the body count rises, a picture emerges of an adversary who is as cunning and methodical as he is twisted. At first the police view Ben’s investigation with suspicion. Soon his obsession will mark him as a threat. But uncovering the truth may not be enough to keep Ben and those he loves safe from a relentless killer who has nothing left to lose.

In the final installment of New York Times bestselling author Faye Kellerman’s three-part series, the serial killer whom Ben has been searching for targets once again someone he loves… After Ro’s stint working part time at a hotel where scientists frequently stay, she manages to hack into their computer and retrieve a list of scientists’ and other lab employees’ names. When she gives the data to Ben, he’s floored that she’s gone to such lengths for him. Though the ice between them has melted, he knows he can’t get involved with Ro or anyone else again until he finds Ellen’s killer. He can’t afford the distractions. But he doesn’t realize just how close he’s come to the killer—or that the killer knows Ben is on to him—until he finds all of the tires on his car slashed after leaving the prom. Now Ben knows no one he loves is safe—not Ro, not his parents, not his teenage sister Hayley, or her best friend Lily who has a huge crush on him. With the stakes dangerously high, Ben knows he’s running out of time—and that his next chance at apprehending the killer may very well be his last…

Het is een jaar geleden dat de laatste moord in Greenbury gepleegd is. Rechercheur Decker vindt het wel best - na alle stress geniet hij van de rust en regelmaat van zijn nieuwe baan. Dan wordt diep in de bossen het naakte lichaam van een onbekende man gevonden. Alles wijst op zelfmoord: de man heeft een schotwond in zijn hoofd en een pistool binnen handbereik. Maar Decker vindt de zaak verdacht en besluit op onderzoek uit te gaan. Het slachtoffer is een wiskundestudent van de plaatselijke universiteit en de zaak blijkt ingewikkeld. In de duistere wereld waarin onschuldige nerds transformeren tot ijskoude, kwaadaardige genieën wordt Decker tot het uiterste uitgedaagd om raadselachtige formules te ontcijferen...

In the first installment of New York Times bestselling author Faye Kellerman’s three-part series, she spins the electrifying story of a teenaged boy on a quest to find the twisted serial killer who murdered his sister… Ben Vicksburg’s world was shattered forever when his sister Ellen went missing four years ago in the small town of River Remez, New Mexico. Ben was the one to discover her body in a shallow grave by the river’s edge on the first anniversary of her disappearance. On that day, he made a promise to Ellen that he would do whatever it took to find the monster who kidnapped and strangled her. Several years later, the police believe Ellen was the victim of a serial killer known as the Demon, but Ben isn’t convinced. As a math whiz, Ben is able to see patterns that don’t match. And when he researches other similar unsolved murders, he’s convinced the killer is still out there stalking more young girls. Though Detective Sam Shanks, the lead cop on the case, thinks Ben’s obsession has gone too far and warns him to back off, he refuses to give up. But when Ro Majors, the most popular girl in school, offers to help him, Ben not only finds an ally in the beautiful cheerleader he’s quickly falling hard for, but he also learns they share a bizarre coincidence that brings them closer together. As their search leads to the grisly discovery of the corpse of Katie Doogan, Ben becomes more desperate than ever to find this cunning, methodical killer before he strikes again. Find out what happens in Killing Season, Part 2, as the danger intensifies when Ben and Ro travel to California in their search to uncover a serial killer's identity.

Ein junger Mann liegt erschossen im Winterwald von Greenbury, New York. Es sieht nach Selbstmord aus, aber Detective Peter Decker zweifelt daran. Der Tote ist Elijah Wolf, ein brillantes Mathegenie und Student des nahen Colleges. Hinter den ehrwürdigen Mauern der Elite-Uni beginnt Decker nach Antworten zu suchen und stößt dabei auf ein akademisches Schlangennest in dessen Mitte er Missgunst und Mord findet ... "Faye Kellerman ist einfach eine exzellente Autorin." The Times "Brutal - aber zugleich tiefsinnig, sehr gut geplotted und rasant geschrieben". Observer "Extrem spannend!" The Daily Mail

De oude, excentrieke miljonair Hobart Penny wordt dood aangetroffen in zijn appartement. Is Tiki, zijn huisdier, een Bengaalse tijger, hem fataal geworden? Voor Peter Decker en zijn team is dit het begin van een van de meest bizarre zaken die ze ooit hebben gehad. Penny blijkt vermoord, maar van de dader ontbreekt ieder spoor. En hoe meer ze ontdekken over het leven van Penny - zijn exotische en perverse voorkeuren - hoe meer verdachten er zijn. Met zo veel vragen en zo weinig antwoorden wordt Decker voor een moeilijke keuze gesteld: moet hij de hulp inroepen van Chris Donatti, de vader zijn pleegzoon? Hij weet alles over seks en moord en alles er tussenin, maar vormt ook een gevaar voor hem en zijn gezin. Nu zijn werk en zijn privéleven steeds dichter bij elkaar komen, worden Peter en Rina gedwongen zich af te vragen of zijn werk en hun gezinsleven wel zo goed samen gaan. En zijn ze in staat het antwoord op die vraag werkelijk onder ogen te zien... ''Kellerman is een geweldig schrijver'' - The Times ''Beestachtig, maar gewetensvol en goed geschreven.'' - Observer ''Er is veel aandacht voor de karakterontwikkeling en het privéleven van de hoofdpersonen...'' - NBD Biblion

Amikor a tizenöt éves Gregory Hesse-t holtan találják egyetlen golyóval a fejében, az eset tragikus öngyilkosságnak tűnik. Ám a fiú anyja képtelen belenyugodni ebbe, és alapos rendőrségi vizsgálatot követel. Peter Decker hadnagy kapja meg az ügyet, aki túlságosan is jól ismeri a tinédzserek titkos életét. Elvégre ő és a felesége, Rina négy gyereket neveltek fel, és nemrég fogadták otthonukba Gabe Whitmant, a rendkívül tehetséges és öntörvényű kamaszt, akit a szülei magára hagytak. Csupán néhány héttel később egy tizenhat éves lány – aki ugyanabba a divatos és méregdrága középiskolába járt, mint Gregory –, pisztollyal szintén öngyilkosságot követ el. Decker nyomozni kezd a kiváltságos életet élő diákok között, a torz lojalitás és ijesztő érdekszövetségek világában. A kérdés most már az, hogy ki lesz a következő áldozat. Aztán megjelenik a színen Chris Donatti, Gabe apja, az üzletemberré avanzsált egykori bérgyilkos, és a maga módján pontot tesz az ügy végére…

‘Een jongen van vijftien schiet zichzelf dood met een wapen dat zes jaar geleden is gestolen uit de spreekkamer van een dokter. Dat maakt me nieuwsgierig, ja.’ De zelfmoord van Gregory Hesse - een leerling aan een prestigieuze school in LA - is een schok. Zijn moeder weigert te geloven dat haar zoon zichzelf heeft doodgeschoten en weet rechercheur Decker ervan te overtuigen deze zaak nader te bekijken. De zelfmoord van de jongen zorgt ook voor onrust bij Peter Decker en Rina Lazarus zelf. Gabe Whitman - de 15-jarige zoon van een moordenaar - woont al een jaar bij hen in huis. Hoewel hij zich gemakkelijk lijkt aan te passen, realiseren ze zich dat hij zo zijn geheimen heeft... Als niet lang na Gregory’s zelfmoord een leerlinge aan dezelfde school de hand aan zichzelf slaat, is één ding duidelijk: dit kan geen toeval zijn. De dood van het meisje zet Decker op het spoor van een uiterst naargeestig groepje rijke, bevoorrechte jongeren met een gevaarlijke voorliefde voor geweld en wapens. ''Wat P.D. James voor de Britse detectives heeft gedaan, doet Kellerman voor de Amerikaanse politiethriller, ze tilt hem naar een hoger niveau.'' - Richmond Times-Dispatch ''Genadeloos, uitstekende plot en met vaart geschreven.'' - Observer ''Kellerman schept een claustrofobische sfeer, tegen een achtergrond van verderf, geweld en wantrouwen.'' - Sunday Telegraph

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Theory of Death comes a short story set in an imaged future where computers speak for humans. This tale begins, "It was a time when the world, though filled with sound, was quiet." Technology has replaced the need to speak with texting, but when a virus spreads across the entire world, it leaves everyone blind. Doctors come together to fight the epidemic, but, as "The Voiceless" seek to answer, what does the ability to speak mean without the desire to do so? "The Voiceless" by Faye Kellerman is one of 20 short stories within Mulholland Books's Strand Originals series, featuring thrilling stories by the biggest names in mystery from the Strand Magazine archives. View the full series list at mulhollandbooks.com and read them all!

AUTORA BEST-SELLER DO NEW YORK TIMESDIZEM QUE MORTOS NÃO FALAM. MAS, SE VOCÊ PRESTAR ATENÇÃO, OUVIRÁ SUAS VOZES. Como detetive de homicídios de Los Angeles, Peter Decker não vive uma vida normal. Depois de anos na polícia, já viu todo tipo de coisa e nada mais parece surpreendê-lo. Decker, inclusive, aprendeu que seu trabalho é uma ameaça para as pessoas que mais ama, entre elas sua esposa, Rina Lazarus. Mas o melhor investigador da Califórnia é desafiado novamente quando um brutal assassinato múltiplo envolvendo o bilionário Guy Kaffey o enreda em intrigas e mistérios que colocam sua família em perigo mais uma vez."Uma rede bem amarrada de intriga e assassinato." - Entertainment Weekly"Kellerman conecta com habilidade investigações criminais, fazendo a trama se mover naturalmente e mantendo os culpados em segredo até o fim." - Publishers Weekly"Peter Decker e Rina Lazarus são uma maravilhosa companhia por várias horas." - Washington Post"Kellerman é mestre em representar todos os procedimentos policiais, com sua sabedoria talmúdica, suas receitas kosher e as reviravoltas que só ela sabe fazer." - Boston HeraldComo investigador de homicídios da polícia de Los Angeles, Peter Decker só recebe ligações às três horas da manhã quando o caso ou é muito sério ou muito excêntrico. Desta vez, são as duas coisas: alguém invadiu o exclusivo Rancho Coyote, propriedade do programador bilionário Guy Kaffey, e o assassinou cruelmente, junto com a esposa e mais quatro funcionários.Presença constante em jornais de negócios e revistas de fofoca, Kaffey construiu, com os filhos e o irmão mais novo, Mace, a maioria dos shoppings no sul da Califórnia e ganhou uma grande reputação doando milhões de dólares para caridade. A história se complica quando a equipe de homicídios da polícia de Los Angeles descobre que a generosidade do bilionário também se dirigia a organizações que davam segundas chances para ex-membros de gangues, muitos dos quais Kaffey contratava como seguranças.

Peter Deckert, a Los Angeles-i rendőrség nyomozóját ritkán keltik fel az éjszaka közepén, de ha mégis, akkor mindig nagyon brutális és egyben szenzációs ügyről van szó. Mint most is. Valaki betört a milliárdos üzletember, Guy Kaffey exkluzív, Coyote Ranch nevű birtokára, majd a feleségével és négy alkalmazottjával együtt megölte a férfit. Kaffey üzleti és társasági körökben egyaránt közismert személyiség volt. Peter és csapata hamar rájön, hogy a borzalmas gyilkosságokat nem egy kívülálló követte el, a szálak azonban még jobban összekuszálódnak, amikor kiderül, hogy Kaffey olyan szervezetekkel is együttműködött, amelyek börtönviselt embereknek segítenek új életet kezdeni. A férfi több egykori elítéltet is alkalmazott testőrként. Vajon puszta rablógyilkosságról van szó, vagy ennél több lehet a háttérben? Decker egészen Mexikóig követi a nyomokat abban a tudatban, hogy felesége, Rina Lazarus biztonságban van, mert éppen esküdtként vesz részt egy bírósági tárgyaláson, így nem tud belekeveredni az ügybe. Csakhogy egy véletlen találkozás egy bírósági tolmáccsal, aki a segítségét kéri, a férje ügyének sűrűjébe vezeti Rinát – és ezzel ő is célponttá válik. Deckernek mihamarabb meg kell találnia a bűnösöket, ha nem akarja, hogy a halál a magánéletében is arasson. A műfaj egyik legkiválóbb regényének lapjain folyó hajsza mindenkit magával ragad.

New York Times bestselling author Faye Kellerman''s beloved Decker and Lazarus embark on a new life in upstate New York—and find themselves entangled in deception, intrigue, and murder in an elite, picturesque college town. As a detective lieutenant with the LAPD, Peter Decker witnessed enough ugliness and chaos for a lifetime. Now he and his spirited wife, Rina Lazarus, are ready to enjoy the quiet beauty of upstate New York, where they can be closer to their four adult children, grandchildren, and their foster son, Gabe. But working for the Greenbury Police Department isn''t as fulfilling as Decker hoped. While Rina has adapted beautifully to their new surroundings, Decker is underwhelmed and frustrated by his new partner, Tyler McAdams, a former Harvard student and young buck with a bad attitude. Just when he thinks he''s made a mistake, Decker is called to an actual crime—a possible break-in at the local cemetery. The call seems like a false alarm until it''s discovered that a mausoleum''s stunning Tiffany panels have been replaced by forgeries. Soon the case escalates into murder: a co-ed at an exclusive consortium of liberal-arts colleges is brutally slaughtered. Poking into the hallowed halls of academia to find a killer, Decker and McAdams are drawn deep into a web of nasty secrets, cold-case crimes, international intrigue, and ruthless people who kill for sport. Suddenly Decker''s job is anything but boring, and the case might be too much to handle for a sleepy town that hasn''t seen a murder for nearly a quarter century. Decker will need to use every bit of his keen mind, his thirty years of experience as a homicide cop, and much-appreciated help from family and old friends to stop a callous killer and uncover a cabal so bizarre that it defies logic.

Two gripping Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus crime novels from New York Times bestselling author Faye Kellerman.

LAPD Detective Peter Decker is about to face a case that will push him to the limit. Residents in a local building have been complaining of a smell coming from an apartment rented by the eccentric inventor Hobart Penny. Nearly 90 years old, and a hermit for the last 25 years, it is not surprising that the reclusive genius has died without anyone''s knowledge. However, as Decker steps inside, it''s clear that Penny has died from anything but natural causes.

“[Kellerman] does for the American cop what P. D. James has done for the British mystery, lifting it beyond its genre.” —Richmond Times-Dispatch “No one working in the crime genre is better.” —Baltimore Sun In Gun Games, the sensational Faye Kellerman once again showcases Peter Decker of the LAPD and Rina Lazarus, arguably the most popular husband and wife team in contemporary crime fiction. A rash of shocking adolescent suicides at an elite Los Angeles private school is at the heart of this gripping thriller that also focuses on the troubled teen Decker and Lazarus have brought into their home: Gabriel Whitman, the son of a psychopath. Herself one-half of one of noir fiction’s true “power couples”—along with her husband, acclaimed mystery writer Jonathan Kellerman—Faye Kellerman once again demonstrates how American police procedural writing is done to perfection with Gun Games.

LAPD homicide detective Peter Decker investigates the murder of famed heart surgeon Azor Sparks, but cannot seem to find an angle among the conflicting stories of the doctor's heirs, his jealous colleagues, and a gang of outlaw bikers.

It’s Prom Night . . . and the queen is dead. LAPD Homicide Detective Peter Decker and his wife and confidante Rina Lazarus have a daughter of their own. So the savage murder of a popular high school girl on prom night strikes home . . . very hard. 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 com- plete, has yet to be done.

High school senior Chris Whitman confessed to murdering his girlfriend to spare beautiful, vulnerable Terry McLaughlin from having to testify at his trial. Years later, when the truth set Chris free, he married Terry, changed his name to Donatti . . . and became a professional killer. Now Terry’s missing, Donatti’s disappeared—and their teenage son, Gabe, has no one to turn to except his mother’s friend, LAPD Detective Peter Decker, and Decker’s wife, Rina Lazarus. The last thing Decker wants is Terry’s sociopathic husband back in his world. And the hunt for Terry must share center stage with another case when a young nurse’s body is found hanging from the rafters at a construction site. Caught between two troubling investigations and an increasingly precarious home life, Decker and Rina must make a difficult decision about sheltering Terry’s son . . . even as the shadow of a serial killer falls across their own imperiled family.

Peter Decker of the LAPD never dreamed he''d be spending his honeymoon with his new wife, Rina Lazarus, in an Orthodox Jewish enclave in Brooklyn, New York—or that a terrible event would end it so abruptly. But a boy has vanished from the midst of this close-knit religious community, a troubled youth fleeing the tight bonds and strictures he felt were strangling him. The runaway, Noam, is not traveling alone. A killer has taken him under his wing to introduce Noam to a savage world of blood and terror. And now Decker must find them both somewhere in America before a psychopath ends the life of a confused and frightened youngster whose only sin was to want something more. "Kellerman is splendid."

Decker becomes deeply involved in the case of a teenaged girl whose body he discovered in the hills, and it strains his relationship with Rina and his study of Judaism.

The brutal murder of Dr. Azor Sparks in an alley behind a restaurant is greeted with public outrage and a demand for swift, sure justice. But the investigation into the well-known surgeon''s death is raising too many questions and providing too few answers for homicide detective Lieutenant Peter Decker. Why, for example, would the family of a man so beloved respond to his slaying with more surprise than grief? And what linked a celebrated doctor with strict fundamentalist beliefs to a gang of outlaw bikers? But the most unsettling connection of all is the one that ties the tormented Sparks family to Peter Decker''s own -- and the secrets shared by a renegade Catholic priest...and Decker''s wife, Rina Lazarus.

“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 territories: “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.

The royal physician''s daughter leads a dangerous double life with a young William Shakespeare in this "tour de force" historical thriller ( Publishers Weekly). Rebecca Lopez enjoys a life of privilege in Elizabeth''s England, yet she guards secrets that would be anyone''s undoing. The beautiful, tempestuous daughter of the queen''s own physician, Rebecca is also a converso -- a Jew who practices her banned religion clandestinely. And to court danger further, she helps others of her faith escape persecution and death. Rebecca''s risky endeavors often take her to the bustling streets of London disguised in male garb. But one such outing is leading her into a dangerous viper''s nest built of intrigue and foul murder. Accompanying her every step of the way is a dashing young actor who inflames her romantic passions—a charming and fearless would-be playwright who calls himself Will Shakespeare.