Blindman's Bluff: A Decker and Lazarus Novel - Hardcover

Kellerman, Faye

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0061702323 ISBN 13: 9780061702327

Publisher: William Morrow & Co, 2009

Synopsis

In a latest work by the best-selling author of The Mercedes Coffin, the stalwart investigative team of Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus tackles a case that has unsettling repercussions for their own lives. 250,000 first printing.

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Review:

Praise for ‘Cold Case’:

‘Kellerman is an excellent writer’ The Times

Praise for The Burnt House:

‘Relentless suspense with intense, multilayered human drama, this is an utterly compelling page-turner’ My Weekly

Praise for Faye Kellerman:

‘Very exciting’ Daily Mail

‘Brutal but thoughtful and well-plotted, fast-moving and well told’ Observer

‘Sensational’ Mirror

‘Kellerman creates a claustrophobic atmosphere, against a background of seediness, violence and distrust’ Sunday Telegraph

‘Kellerman moves her gritty mean streets LA plot along with breakneck pace’ Irish Independent

From the Back Cover:

LAPD homicide detective Peter Decker and his wife, Rina Lazarus, will be blindsided by a brutal multiple murder in this twisting tale of suspense from New York Times bestselling author Faye Kellerman.

"They say dead men don't talk, but if you listen, they do."

As a lieutenant in the LAPD, homicide detective Peter Decker doesn't get many calls at 3 a.m. unless a case is nasty, sensational—or both. Someone has broken into the exclusive Coyote Ranch compound of billionaire developer Guy Kaffey and viciously gunned him down, along with his wife and four employees.

A well-known figure on both the business and society pages, Kaffey, with his sons and his younger brother, Mace, built most of the shopping malls in Southern California and earned a reputation for philanthropy, donating millions to worthy causes. It doesn't take long for Peter, his trusted detectives Scott Oliver and Marge Dunn, and the rest of his homicide team to figure out that the gruesome killings must be an inside job. Things become even more entangled when they discover that Kaffey's largesse had included organizations that extended second chances to delinquents, many of whom Kaffey had hired for his personal security. But was the job pure murder/robbery or something even more twisted? A developer of Kaffey's magnitude doesn't make billions without making more enemies with blood grudges.

With leads taking the team across L.A., up and down the Golden State, and into Mexico, Decker is plenty busy—and plenty thankful not to have to worry about his wife, Rina Lazarus, getting caught up in this deadly case. Rina is out of harm's way, serving on a jury at the courthouse.

But then a chance encounter with a court translator who needs her help leads Rina into the terrifying heart of her husband's murder investigations—and straight into the path of a gang of ruthless killers. To protect Rina, Decker must find his prey before death unites his two worlds.

A fast-paced tour through the urban landscape of L.A., Blindman's Bluff is a riveting mile-a-minute thrill ride from a formidable master of her craft.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Co
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0061702323
• ISBN 13: 9780061702327
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 390