Detective Jacob Lev works for the LAPD Special Projects Unit. Though he spends most of his time filing, working traffic cases and sneaking drinks from the bottle hidden in his desk drawer, instead of working anything serious. That is until he is asked to file and sort through the cold case files. More filing is fine with Jacob as long as he is left alone. But when one file grabs the attention of his sick mother, he discovers looking into it is going to be a series of trials bringing together both parts of his messed up life.
As he follows leads, Detective Lev goes halfway across the world where he discovers not only the beauty but the dangerous street life of Paris. He is reunited with the mysterious, and paranormal aspects of his life that he is still having a hard time coping with.
THE GOLEM OF PARIS is the second book by Jonathan and Jesse Kellerman featuring Detective Jacob Lev and the Golem in his old family stories. Descriptive, detailed and well written, you are transformed into the world of Jacob Lev and follow him through his attempts to discover the truth. THE GOLEM OF PARIS is a mystery with a flair of the paranormal and a Detective who is all too real with so many faults it's hard not to like him, or at least feel sorry for him.
You will enjoy following this messed up Detective who, when he puts his mind to it, has the determination to to do whatever it takes to solve a case.
Itβs been more than a year since LAPD detective Jacob Lev
learned the remarkable truth about his family, and heβs not
coping well. Heβs back to drinking, heβs not talking to his
father, the LAPD Special Projects Department continues to
shadow him, and the memory of a woman named Mai haunts him
day and night.
And while Jacob has tried to build a bridge to his mother,
she remains a stranger to him, imprisoned inside her own
tattered mind.
Then he comes across the file for a gruesome unsolved murder
that brings the two halves of his life into startling collision.
Finding the killer will take him halfway around the world,
to Parisβthe city of romance, but also of gritty streets,
behind the lights. Itβs a dangerous search for truth that
plunges him into the past.
And for Jacob Lev, there is no place more frightening.
Jonathan Kellerman has long been known for his mastery of
criminal psychology and his ability to create thrilling
novels of nuanced drama and suspense. But in The Golem of
Paris, he and Jesse Kellerman raise that suspense to a whole
new level.
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