The Mercedes Coffin: A Decker and Lazarus Book

The Mercedes Coffin: A Decker and Lazarus Book
by Faye Kellerman

The Mercedes Coffin: A Decker and Lazarus Book
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Author: Faye Kellerman
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-08-01
ISBN: 0061227331
Number of pages: 367
Publisher: William Morrow

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Book Review: Jesus Camp for Judaism
Summary: 1 Stars

I really don't like reading Faye Kellerman, but will do it if I am hard up for something to read, which is what happened this time.

I think the reason I don't like her books is because reading Faye Kellerman is kind of like being at Jesus Camp for Judaism, by force. It isn't that I have anything against Judaism, it's just that I don't like being proselytized to or having religion constantly shoved in my face. And that is what Kellerman does, with her constant references to Orthodox Judaism, the family values, the good woman slaving in the kitchen and sacrificing for her children, etc. It reminds me of accidentally picking up one of those Christian fiction books and finding myself in the midst of some characters who talk about nothing except how they're postponing sex until marriage, how they can be born again by giving their souls to Jesus, what they're wearing to the Purity Ball, etc.

I wish Kellerman would just tell her stories and stop trying to be the Tim LaHaye of Judaism.

Summary of The Mercedes Coffin: A Decker and Lazarus Book

Billionaire genius Genoa Greeves never got over the shocking death of her favorite teacher, Bennett "Dr. Ben" Alston Little, murdered execution-style and stuffed into the trunk of his Mercedes-Benz. No arrests were ever made, no killer charged for the brutal crime. Fifteen years later, the high-tech CEO reads about another execution-style murder; this time the victim is a Hollywood music producer named Primo Ekerling. There is no obvious connection, but the case is eerily similar to Little's and Genoa feels the time is right to close Dr. Ben's case once and for all-offering the L.A.P.D. a substantial financial "incentive" if justice is finally served for Little.

Lieutenant Peter Decker resents having to commit valuable manpower to a fifteen-year-old open case simply because a rich woman says "Jump!" Still, the recent murder of Primo Ekerling does bear a disturbing resemblance to Little's case, even though two thug suspects are currently behind bars for the Ekerling murder. Decker can't help but wonder about a connection. His first phone calls are to the two primary investigators in the Little case, retired detectives Calvin Vitton and Arnie Lamar. Lamar is cooperative, but Vitton is not only reluctant to talk, he winds up dead of a suspicious suicide twelve hours later. Plunging into this long-buried murder, Decker discovers that even though the two slayings are separated by a decade and a half, there is still plenty of greed, lust, and evil to connect the dots.

Decker's team of top investigators not only includes his favorite homicide detectives, Scott Oliver and Marge Dunn, but also his newly minted Hollywood detective daughter, Cindy Kutiel, whose help proves to be invaluable. His wife, Rina Lazarus, continues to be his backbone of support, offering a cool, rational outlook despite her growing concern for her husband's welfare and safety. Rina's worries and fears begin to build at a fevered pitch as past and present collide with a vengeance, catapulting an unsuspecting Peter Decker closer and closer to the edge of an infinite dark abyss.

A relentlessly gripping tale spun by a master, Faye Kellerman's The Mercedes Coffin races through a dangerous urban world of fleeting fame and false dreams, making heart-pumping hairpin turns at each step of a terrifying journey, where truth and justice are fine lines between life and death.

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