Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus #20
William Morrow
January 2012
On Sale: January 3, 2012
384 pages ISBN: 0062064320 EAN: 9780062064325 Kindle: B00570OZDG Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus are back in this gripping
mystery involving a secret cabal of some of Los Angeles’
most wealthy—and vicious—teens
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 city’s most exclusive prep
schools.
Gregory’s 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.
Before it’s over, the case and all its terrifying
ramifications will take Decker and his detectives down a
dark alley of twisted allegiances and unholy alliances,
culminating at a heart-stopping point of no return.
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