Prayers for the Dead: A Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus Novel (Peter Decker & Rina Lazarus Novels) - Hardcover

Kellerman, Faye

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0688143679 ISBN 13: 9780688143671

Publisher: William Morrow & Co, 1996

Synopsis

When celebrated heart surgeon Dr. Azor Sparks is brutally murdered, the suspects include the doctor's six children, a jealous colleague, and a gang of biker buddies, and it is up to Lieutenant Peter Decker to sort out the truth. By the author of Justice. 100,000 first printing.

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Review:

Dr. Azor Moses Sparks is an extremely esteemed heart surgeon, a devout fundamentalist Christian, a cyclist, a friend of biker gangs; a friend to all. Until he is found dead in an alley with his chest ripped open, that is. Where does one go to begin in the investigation of a man who had no enemies? Lt. Peter Decker starts with the man's family, which he discovers is large and filled with strife and unstable characters. He also finds some problems in his own affairs, mostly involving religious beliefs--his own, those of his Orthodox Jewish wife and those of a Roman Catholic priest who plays a prominent role in the multilayered thriller.

From the Back Cover:

The brutal murder of Dr. Azor Sparks in an alley behind a restaurant is greeted with public outrage and a demand for swift, sure justice. But the investigation into the well-known surgeon's death is raising too many questions and providing too few answers for homicide detective Lieutenant Peter Decker. Why, for example, would the family of a man so beloved respond to his slaying with more surprise than grief? And what linked a celebrated doctor with strict fundamentalist beliefs to a gang of outlaw bikers? But the most unsettling connection of all is the one that ties the tormented Sparks family to Peter Decker's own -- and the secrets shared by a renegade Catholic priest...and Decker's wife, Rina Lazarus.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Co
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0688143679
• ISBN 13: 9780688143671
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 406