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But Peter’s search for Terry must share center stage with a gruesome murder. Adrianna Blanc, a neonatal nurse at St. Timothy’s Hospital, had signed off her night shift at eight a.m. Six hours later, a foreman supervising the… (more…)
In bestseller Kellerman‘s solid 18th novel to feature L.A. police detective Lt. Peter Decker and his wife, Rina (after The Mercedes Coffin), Rina finds that some jury duty should include hazardous duty pay. A shooting rampage at the 70-acre compound and mansion owned by shopping mall magnate Guy Kaffey leaves Kaffey, his wife and two guards dead. Kaffey’s oldest son, Gil, apparently was left for dead and two other guards are missing. A plethora of suspects and motives has Decker and his colleagues looking at Guy’s brother, Mace, and Guy’s younger son, Grant, as well as the missing guards, other household staff, the remaining off-duty staff and possibly business rivals. Decker’s cool professionalism is thoroughly tested when a chance courtroom encounter thrusts Rina into the case and puts her in harm’s way. Kellerman expertly keeps interlocking investigations moving along with a minimum of confusion but plenty of doubt as to the guilty party or parties. (Aug.)
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(Publisher’s Weekly, Apr 6)
On March 26 it was a family affair at USC’s Doheny Memorial Library, as Jonathan Kellerman joined his wife, Faye, and son, Jesse, novelists all, for a conversation on the art of writing mysteries. Jonathan Kellerman no doubt felt right at home – he’s a professor at the university’s Keck School of Medicine. According to event organizer Cynthia Gellis, the “large and enthusiastic crowd was fascinated to hear the Kellermans talk about each of their own processes – it was a great family dynamic.” Ballantine reports 285,000 copies of True Detectives in print.
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(Publisher’s Weekly, Nov. 3)
In a q&a on his web site, Jonthan Kellerman talks about his relationship with his wife, Faye, also a bestselling author, and how it’s not competitive: “Being married for thirteen years before either of us published fiction may have helped-our relationship was solidified. Another boon might have been the fact that neither of us rose through the ranksk of a back-biting English department. . . . It’s great living with someone who understands why you need to get up at 3 a.m. and rewrite a phrase.”
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(From Faye Kellerman‘s website)
“Every writer essentially deals with three books-the one that’s being published, the one that is being actively writtenn and the one that’s being conceived. That’s a lot of mental juggling. To unwind, I exercise, I read, I watch TV and I love to garden. There is something so utterly grtifying watching things grow. I love roses and I love my herb garden and I have a mini-orchard at the back of my property. Mostly citrus, but also avocado, apples, pears, loquats and figs. It’s a great bounty if the squirrels don’t get them.”
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