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With his Orthodox Jewish girlfriend, Rina Lazarus, thousands of miles away in New York wrestling with his marriage proposal, LAPD detective Pete Decker is lonelier than usual on his morning drive. Until he sees a two-year-old child covered in blood and bee stings.

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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... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

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.

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  • L.A.P.D.: Los Angeles Police Department.

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The flutter of movement was so slight that had Decker not been a pro, he would have missed it.

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This is book 3 of 23 in Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus Novels. (standard series)

Preceded by Sacred and Profane, and followed by Day of Atonement.

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  1. Faye Kellerman (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Morrow
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1990
ISBN: 0688086039
Page Count: 384

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  • The Ritual Bath
  • Sacred and Profane

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