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 Angelesβ most wealthyβand viciousβteens
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 keepβwitnessed by the tragic suicide of another teen, Gregory Hesse, a student at Bell and Wakefield, one of the cityβs most exclusive prep schools.
Gregoryβs 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 stolenβ 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 studentβa 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 itβs 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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