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    Bone Box: A Decker/Lazarus Novel
    Bone Box: A Decker/Lazarus Novel
    Bone Box: A Decker/Lazarus Novel
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    Bone Box: A Decker/Lazarus Novel

    Written by Faye Kellerman

    Narrated by Richard Ferrone

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    In this thrilling chapter in Faye Kellerman’s bestselling series, Rina Lazarus makes a shocking discovery in the woods of her upstate New York community that leads her husband, police detective Peter Decker, through a series of gruesome, decades old, unsolved murders, pointing to a diabolical, serial killer who’s been hiding in plain sight.

    On a bright and crisp September morning, while walking a bucolic woodland trail, Rina Decker stumbles upon human remains once buried deep beneath the forest grounds. Immediately, she calls her husband, Peter, a former detective lieutenant with LAPD, now working for the local Greenbury Police. Within hours, a vista of beauty and tranquility is transformed into a frenetic crime scene. The body has been interred for years and there is scant physical evidence at the gravesite: a youthful skeleton, a skull wound and long dark strands of hair surrounding the bony frame. As Decker and his partner, Tyler McAdams, further investigate, they realize that they’re most likely dealing with a missing student from the nearby Five Colleges of Upstate—a well-known and well-respected consortium of higher learning where Rina works.

    And when more human remains are found in the same area, Decker and McAdams know this isn’t just a one-off murder case. Short-staffed and with no convenient entry into the colleges, Decker enlists Rina’s help to act as the eyes and ears of campus gossip. Winding their way through a dangerous labyrinth of steely suspects and untouchable academics, Decker, McAdams, and Rina race to protect their community from a psychopathic killer still in the area—and on the hunt for a fresh victim.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateFeb 28, 2017
    ISBN9780062657251
    Author

    Faye Kellerman

    Faye Kellerman lives with her husband, New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Kellerman, in Los Angeles, California, and Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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    • 4/5
      this series is new to me so the cast of characters was somewhat confusing. The ending was a little abrupt with not much of the motivation of the perps revealed.
    • 4/5
      Another good book from this excellent author. Retirement does not come easy for Decker despite his great family and bucolic location. A body in the woods stirs things up. Two more really stoke his fire even in their skeleton state. Links to the local colleges begin to come to light and the chase is on. Lots of Jewish Ritual and food plus a smattering of old colleagues and a token appearance by a currently benign nemesis sustain the rhythm and historic storyline nicely.
    • 3/5
      Bone Box is not remarkable and it is not bad it is just a cold case murder mystery. The setting was believable and so were the characters. There is a beginning, middle and an end that just ends. It could have resolved a little better. The book received a solid three stars in this review.
    • 3/5
      Of the recent books in the series, this one was probably the best. Wasn't thrilled with the rushed ending.
    • 4/5
      Another strong contender in Kellerman's Decker / Lazarus series. Rina discovers old bones walking in the woods, and the investigation of a challenging cold case begins. Peter needs more of Rina's help in this case. Love the characters and their ongoing development. I enjoy Faye's novels more than Jonathan's though both are exciting and fast paced.
    • 3/5
      While hiking in the woods near her New York state home, Rina Lazarus spotted a beautiful tree in the distance. She walked closer to get a better angle to take some pictures and as she stepped on some spongy ground, thought she had broken a twig. She looked down and saw the bones of a human hand. She panicked and, after walking to a location where her phone had a signal, tried calling her husband, Peter Decker, retired LAPD Detective. Her call went to his voice mail but was able to reach his sometimes partner, Tyler McAdams, who was finishing is summer work with the local police department before returning to Harvard Law School.While waiting for them and the forensic team to show up, Rina took pictures of the crime scene. When Peter got there, he was furious with her for wandering in the woods alone. There were no identifying clues near the skeleton but the police were able to establish the cause of death. They began looking up missing people from the Five College area but there were only two coeds and they had each disappeared several years previously. The autopsy revealed that the body was that of a male.Eventually, they the cases might be related and set out to see if there were any other bodies buried in the area and if the cases were related. The search led them to more buried bodies (all reduced to bones) in the vicinity as well as information about other missing women about the same age as the coeds. BONE BOX gave Rina a larger role than she played in some of the more recent books in the series but not as much as she had in the earliest books. Most of the current role is the stereotypical Jewish wife and mother. Peter’s anger at her for walking alone was overdone: The area, near the Five Colleges, was relatively safe. The most recent missing person report was several years old and the story provided no reason to believe the area was dangerous. Characters from previous books are mentioned, especially her children (except for Hannah) but only Peter’s LAPD partner Margie plays more than an incidental role. A couple of them don’t seem to be necessary.While Faye Kellerman’s writing is very good, the book dragged a bit in some places. The ending, on the other hand, was too compact. We don’t learn what happens to the perpetrators after they had been identified.One interesting observation about the history of the teenager. “It used to be that sophisticated young people imitated adults–they dressed like their parents, they danced to the same music, saw the same plays, and drank martinis when they went out. Teenagers, as we know and love them, came in the ‘50s along with rebellious rock and roll. Now adults are emulating teens. It’s trickled down to the universities. More and more, the students seem to be running the show.”
    • 3/5
      Rina discovers a partially buried skeleton while hiking in the woods, setting off an investigation into some cold cases of missing persons and a likely serial killer. There's a creepy sinister tone of danger that is lightened by the teasing between Rina and Decker and his law school sidekick. The amount of traveling that Decker is able to do on the police department's dime, off to Ohio, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, and even the West Coast, seems unrealistic to me. I would wish for less description of characters, the color of their various clothing items and their household furnishings. Nonetheless, as always, it is fun to read about Rina and Decker, their relationship, and their ability to outsmart the bad guys.