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Title details for Prayers for the Dead by Faye Kellerman - Available

Prayers for the Dead

#9 in series

by Faye Kellerman
Mitchell Greenberg
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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.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    January 8, 2013

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781611207903
      • File size: 377295 KB
      • Duration: 13:06:01

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from September 2, 1996
      Powerful, assured and absorbing, Kellerman's ninth Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus (Sanctuary; Justice) mystery begins with the brutal murder and mutilation of renowned heart surgeon, researcher and fundamentalist Christian Azor Sparks. LAPD Lieutenant Decker gets the call. He also gets an abundance of suspects. First there is Sparks's large family: his wife, Dolores, and six adult children, including triplets (Paul, Luke and Abram, a Catholic priest), and their assorted spouses. Then there are the victim's surgical and research colleagues and his unlikely biking buddies. Religion and morality are integral to Kellerman's mysteries--built on the bedrock of the Deckers' orthodox Judaism. Here she deftly casts her net around the commanding victim, whose shadow lay equally over family and colleagues, and his son, the theologian Father Abram, whose past connection with Rina may force Decker off the case. Human strengths and frailties, decisions made or not made and mistakes overcome or yet to be reckoned with provide the material that Decker must sift through to find the murderer. As his competent staff (Marge Dunn among them) launch their probes in all directions, they uncover a catalogue of motives that may relate to Sparks's murder and to another that follows. Kellerman succeeds brilliantly in making the search for understanding as compelling as the search for the murderer. 100,000 first printing; audio rights to Brilliance.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      The back-alley murder of a prominent heart surgeon is Detective Peter Decker's assignment in Kellerman's thriller. Decker's wife reveals her past friendship with the victim's eldest son. Buck Schirner adroitly expresses tension as Decker struggles with this conflict of interest. Schirner efficiently gives voice to the numerous parties involved in the investigation and at home. His rendering of Decker's sullen teens is so realistic that the observer questions Decker's patience. These are just two of many flat characters who evoke emotions that leave the listener puzzled. In the final analysis, excessive leaps in abridgment cut away too much for Schirner to restore meat to the bones of Kellerman's characters. R.N. (c) AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      June 30, 1997
      The ninth Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus mystery, an investigation into the murder of a heart surgeon, is "powerful, assured and absorbing," said PW in a starred review.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

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