Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?Ne=7095&N=3+7456+4294960523 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1442868 Lieutenant Detective Decker and his wife, Rina, investigate an apparent teen suicide witnessed by the son of a troubled former friend whom they have welcomed into their home. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1482049 LAPD lieutenant detective Decker and his wife, Rina, have willingly welcomed fifteen-year-old Gabriel Whitman, the son of a troubled former friend, into their home. While the enigmatic teen seems to be adapting easily, Decker knows only too well the secrets adolescents keep--witnessed by the tragic suicide of another teen, Gregory Hesse, a student at Bell and Wakefield, one of the citys most exclusive prep schools. Gregorys mother, Wendy, refuses to believe her son shot himself and convinces Decker to look deeper. What he finds disturbs him. The gun used in the tragedy was stolen--evidence that propels him to launch a full investigation with his trusted team, Sergeant Marge Dunn and Detective Scott Oliver. But the case becomes darkly complicated by the suicide of another Bell and Wakefield student--a death that leads them to uncover an especially nasty group of rich and privileged students with a predilection for guns and violence. Decker thought he understood kids, yet the closer he and his team get to the truth, the clearer it becomes that he knows very little about them, including his own charge, Gabe, the son of a gangster and an absent parent, the boy has had a life filled with too much free time, too many unexplained absences, and too little adult supervision. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1276170 A Los Angeles cop and a Jewish widow team up to solve the sticky murder of a family of beekeepers in California. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1137700 LAPD Lieutenant Peter Decker reluctantly agrees to do a big favor for an old friend, Teresa McLaughlin, but when she and her husband disappear, Deckers search is interrupted by the suspicious death of a young health care worker. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1272504 LAPD Lieutenant Peter Decker reluctantly agrees to do a big favor for an old friend, Teresa McLaughlin, but when she and her husband disappear, Deckers search is interrupted by the suspicious death of a young health care worker. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=959877 LAPD detective Peter Decker and his new wife are honeymooning in an Orthodox Jewish enclave when a troubled youth goes missing from this close-knit community. Fearing the worst, Decker agrees to help find the teen before the naive lad falls prey to predators lurking nearby. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1299530 Los Angeles detective Peter Decker tackles a homicide case involving a billionaire real estate developer, his wife, and four employees. With Decker leads his homicide team throughout California and into Mexico, he thinks his own wife is on jury back at the courthouse. But a chance encounter with a court translator who needs her help leads Rina into the heart of the murder investigation, and straight into the path of a gang of ruthless killers. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=997101 Los Angeles detective Peter Decker tackles a homicide case involving a billionaire real estate developer, his wife, and four employees. While Decker leads his homicide team throughout California and into Mexico, he thinks his own wife is on jury back at the courthouse. But a chance encounter with a court translator who needs her help leads Rina into the heart of the murder investigation, and straight into the path of a gang of ruthless killers. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=803133 When a billionaire heiress connects a recent high-profile murder to an unsolved killing from fifteen years earlier, LAPD lieutenant Peter Decker schedules an interview with a detective from the first case, only to learn of the mans suspicious suicide. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=888126 One dark night, LAPD sergeant Peter Decker finds a blood-spattered two-year-old--all alone in the woods, with no one to claim her. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=735041 When a mysterious plane crashes, it leaves the charred remains of four unidentified bodies. As LAPD Lieutenant Peter Decker and his wife Rina investigate, they soon must race to unravel crucial clues before something sinister happens to anyone else. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=641960 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=671016 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=585576 A homicide inspector in 1920s Munich hunts for a serial killer--Provided by the publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=564493 Lustmord - the joy of murder. The terrifying concept seems apt for the brutal slaying of a beautiful young society wife dumped in the vast English Garden. Homicide inspector Axel Berg is horrified by the crime ... and disturbed by the artful arrangement of the victims clothes and hair - a madmans portrait of death. Bergs superiors demand quick answers and a quick arrest: a vagrant, the womans husband, anyone who can be demonized will do. When a second body is discovered, the city erupts into panic, the unrest fomented by the wild-eyed, hate-mongering Austrian Adolf Hitler and his Brownshirt party of young thugs. Berg can trust no one as he relentlessly hunts a ruthless killer, dodging faceless enemies and back-alley intrigue, struggling to bring a fiend to justice before the country - and his life - veer straight into darkness.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=607235 A homicide inspector in 1920s Munich hunts for a serial killer--Provided by the publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=504479 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1274014 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=464192 Rescuing a newborn that has been abandoned in a dumpster, LAPD officer Cindy Decker, the daughter of detective Peter Decker, begins a search through inner-city Hollywood in search of the babys mother and uncovers a dangerous drug ring. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1294026 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=422504 LAPD Lieutenant Peter Decker returns to New York to solve the death of one of his relatives and reveals devastating family secrets. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=412541 It was December 3, 1984. In the ancient city of Bhopal, a cloud of toxic gas escaped from an American pesticide plant, killing and injuring thousands of people. When the noxious clouds cleared, the worst industrial disaster in history had taken place. Now, Dominique Lapierre brings the hundreds of characters, conflicts, and adventures together in an unforgettable tale of love and hope. Readers will meet the poetry-loving factory worker who unleashes the apocalypse, the young Indian bride who was to be married that terrible night, and the doctors who died that night saving others. It is a gripping, fascinating account that is already mesmerizing readers around the world. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=412540 A brutal homicide three thousand miles away has just shattered the tranquility of Lt. Peter Deckers household. The frantic phone call sends him and his wife, Rina, on a plane east to the home of Deckers half brother, a rabbi whose brother-in-laws naked body was found in a sleazy Manhattan hotel room. Even more disturbing: the dead mans fifteen-year-old niece - and possibly the last person to see him alive - has disappeared, leaving her family crazed with worry about her safety. The shocking crime propels Decker onto the streets of a city he hasnt walked in ten years, into an alien environment where his resources quickly run dry and the desperate hours pass without results. With little recourse, Decker is forced into New Yorks underbelly, seeking help from amoral souls who consider life as expendable as pocket change. Obsessed with his mission to find the girl, Decker follows a labyrinthine trail of cover-ups and lies, of vile deeds and sinister secrets that pit brother against brother. Soon hes questioning the very essence of his faith, battling an unregenerate evil that threatens everything he holds dear - including Rina.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=370106 The unofficial caretaker of her small store-front synagogue, Rina is shocked when she receives a morning call from the police. The modest place of worship has been desecrated with anti-Semitic graffiti and grisly Nazi death-camp photographs. Rinas husband, Lt. Peter Decker, is also rocked by this outrage, which cuts close to the spiritual heart of his family, but he cant let his emotions get in the way of his duties. A suspect is soon in custody. Seventeen-year-old Ernesto Golding is one of L.As children of wealth and privilege, a rich kid obsessed with haunting suspicions about the origins of his Polish paternal grandfather, who moved to Argentina after the Third Reich collapsed. Charges are brought against Ernesto, a deal is cut, and the vandalism case is eventually closed. Still, Decker has never abandoned the possibility that others were involved in the desecration. And his hunch is confirmed when, six months later, Ernesto is found brutally murdered along with his therapist, Dr. Mervin Baldwin, at the psychologists exclusive nature camp that caters to the wealthys troubled children. Suspicion falls immediately on Baldwins psychologist wife, Dee, who has vanished mysteriously. Further probing by Decker fails to produce quick answers and simple solutions. For Decker and Rina, unraveling the truth behind Ernestos violent death becomes more terrifying with each sinister twist, pushing them into the ghastly world of ruthless parents and damaged youths. Slowly, lethal secrets with roots in the horrors of a past generation surface, propelling Peter and Rina into a dreaded journey of dark and evil - and of ultimate retribution.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=325991 A first-year rookie with the LAPDs Hollywood Division, Cynthia Decker became a cop against her fathers wishes. But police work is in her blood, and shes determined to make it on her own, without Peter Deckers help. Although her time in uniform has been brief, her instincts for danger are already razor sharp - like the electric tingle that is telling her something is very wrong...right now. It begins with a nagging sense that she is being watched, that little things are being moved around in her apartment. The feeling of dread escalates when she finds that some personal effects have been crudely destroyed. But its a harrowing trip down a dark canyon road that substantiates Cindys worst fear: For some unknown reason someone fiendishly relentless - someone with decidedly evil intentions - is stalking her. Cindy is fiercely independent, and her stubborn pride will not allow her to confide in her father - nor can she seek the guidance and advice of her stepmother, Rina. And as Deckers own investigation into a particularly heinous string of carjackings further isolates him from his daughters troubles, Cindy covertly begins to probe her personal and professional lives for the identity of the person who wants her frightened, harmed - or dead. As her stalker grows bolder and more devious, Cindy finds her options limited, her friends and colleagues off-bounds - as the well-concealed rages and dark secrets of those surrounding her slowly come to light and threaten to pull a nightmare out of the shadows and in for the kill.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=515788 Detective Romulus Poe of Las Vegas investigates the murder of a show girl whose mutilated body was found in the desert. The probe pits Poe against the owner of a casino. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=276619 When Dr. Emil Euler Ganz (later known as guru Father Jupiter) is found dead, gossip and wild conjecture are the only clues available to LAPD lieutenant Peter Decker as he faces his most shocking case to date. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1274009 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=88886 Just outside the citys neon Strip, in the bleak wastelands of Nevadas desert, the Las Vegas Metro Police discover the mauled corpse of a young and beautiful showgirl. Even in a city known for its excesses - from Arab sheiks to casino billionaires - this crime is particularly shocking because of the animalistic destruction of the body. Called to the crime scene is Detective Sergeant Romulus Poe - a thirty-five-year-old Vegas native and a seasoned, fifteen-year veteran. A loner with a love of justice, Poe immerses himself in the horrific case. Poe is particularly struck by dread similarities to a slaying by an anonymous monster dubbed the Bogeyman. Immediately, Poe forms an investigatory team consisting of the handsome detective Stephen Jensen, his colleague but no friend; Detective Patricia Deluca, a homicide newcomer; and forensic pathologist Rukmani Kalil, who is also Poes part-time girlfriend. From Native American mysticism and medieval folk legends to untold twentieth-century secrets, Poe must explore Vegass sordid past and dark underbelly to solve a series of gruesome murders - and save a beautiful woman he once loved - before all of them are caught in a deadly dance of moon music.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1293973 The brutal murder of a prominent surgeon is greeted with public outrage and a demand for swift justice. But the investigation into the good doctors death raises too many questions and provides too few answers for homicide detective Lieutenant Peter Decker. Why does the dead mans family respond to his slaying with more surprise than grief? And what linked the strict fundamentalist physician to a dangerous group of outlaw bikers? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1293981 Called to investigate the shocking murder of a local high schools prom queen, detective Peter Decker confronts an expecially exotic subculture: the rootless, affluent, sometimes violent teenagers of Southern California. As the father of a nineteen-year-old daughter, Decker must deal not only with the brutality of the killing but with his own parental terror. When a disturbed young man with a mysterious history is identified as the prime suspect, everyone is relieved - except for Decker, whose professionalism and integrity lead him to startling and controversial conclusions.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=25812 The soaring popularity of this author and her two mesmerizing characters, Sergeant Peter Decker and his orthodox Jewish wife, Rina Lazarus, has grown at an astonishing rate. Now the no-nonsense homicide detective and his warm and savvy companion unravel a series of murders that lead them to Israel in search of two teenage brothers--who may or may not have killed their parents. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1294971 Los Angeles detective Peter Decker is driven to his wits end by the owner of a popular health spa, a self-proclaimed clairvoyant who is found beaten, raped, and robbed in her home, and her less-than-trustworthy family. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=2103 Los Angeles detective Peter Deckers Brooklyn honeymoon with his Jewish bride, Rina Lazarus, is derailed when an Orthodox teenager runs away from his close-knit community in the company of a dangerous psychopath. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=2572 The surprise discover of the charred corpses of two teenage girls while camping with his girlfriend triggers obsession in L.A. detective Peter Decker--who has a teenage daughter himself--and he sets his sights on catching the culprit, no matter the cost. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=2544 Faye Kellerman, wife of Jonathan Kellerman, bestselling author of When the Bough Breaks, weaves a fascinating mystery set in Los Angeles orthodox Jewish community. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=205188 A lone gunman walks into a trendy L.A. restaurant, and seconds later a terrifying mass murder transforms it into a slaughterhouse. Even Lieutenant Peter Decker, with over twenty years of law enforcement experience, is horrified at the sight of the dead and injured. Enough of the triggermans face remains to identify him as former bartender and would-be actor Harlan Manz. In the aftermath of the tragedy, the papers paint Manz as a psycho and the families want closure on the case, but the obvious information about Manz doesnt satisfy Peter Decker. Could there be another explanation? Another killer? As Decker relentlessly pursues the crime, he is thrust into the lurid world of moneyed Southern California, where everything can be bought.--BOOK JACKET.