Jupiters Bones, Faye Kellerman
Jupiters Bones, Faye Kellerman
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Jupiter's Bones
A Decker/Lazarus Novel

Author: Faye Kellerman

Narrator: Mitchell Greenberg

Unabridged: 12 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 02/21/2012


Synopsis

Once Dr. Emil Euler Ganz was a preeminent astrophysicist with a worldrenowned reputation. But then he vanished without any warning to his family or colleagues. Fifteen years later, he reappeared as ""Father Jupiter,"" the founder and charismatic leader of the scientific cult, The Order of the Rings. And now he's dead--a vial of sleeping pills and an empty bottle of vodka standing near his lifeless body.Was Ganz's death an accident? Suicide? Or did someone hasten Jupiter prematurely out of this world? These are the questions LAPD Lieutenant Peter Decker and his Homicide team are determined to answer as they enter the cult's fortresslike compound. But the dead leader's four ""privileged"" attendants make it clear that the police are not welcome there--and the mysterious disappearance of two of the Order's members, including a child, turns an already uncomfortable situation even uglier and more incendiary. Decker will need more than the wisdom and support of his wife, Rina Lazarus, to defuse a ticking time bomb of jealousy, greed, bizarre hidden pasts, and deadly secrets--one that could explode at any time into mayhem so pernicious that it threatens to destroy a multitude of misguided lives--and scores of helpless, innocent children as well.

About Faye Kellerman

Mystery author, Faye Kellerman, not only writes amazing, best-selling mysteries, but is married to famous author, Jonathan Kellerman. The pair of authors is the only married couple to have been on The New York Times best seller list at the same time. An awesome accomplishment for sure. And, to make it even better, their oldest child, Jesse Kellerman is a best-selling novelist and award winning playwright. Their youngest, a daughter, Aliza Kellerman, co-wrote Prism, a novel for young adults, with her mother. Keeping it in the family.

Faye Kellerman's early history is a very interesting one. She actually received a B.A. in mathematics, and then earned her Doctorate of Dental Surgery. Even though she fully intended to be a dentist, she never practiced even one day in the dental profession. She first became a housewife and mother, then developed her writing career.

Faye Kellerman has well over twenty million copies of her novels in circulation. The Decker/Lazarus thrillers are among her most successful works. They include such titles as: Sacred and Profane; Milk and Honey; Day of Atonement; Justice; Prayers for the Dead, and many others. She has also received awards for her collection of short stories. As if all that writing and creating were not enough, she also has hobbies of gardening, sewing, and jogging. She has four children, and lives in Los Angeles and Santa Fe.

Upon being asked how an educated Dentist becomes an accomplished, award winning author, she said it was... a desire for justice, a suspicious nature, an overactive imagination, and of course, a penchant for the bizarre.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Diane on February 02, 2019

4 solid stars! All around a pretty good read. Decker is challenged with solving an unsupervised death within a cult colony similar to Hale-Bopp, Waco or Jonestown. Some very nasty characters within the cult colony, some very innocent. The leaders all seem motivated by their leaders beliefs but also......more

Goodreads review by Shannon on April 12, 2021

I love this series and this book was no exception. Maybe a little easier to figure out than others, perhaps a bit lighter on the mystery, but with a really stunning, exciting ending. And I just love the stuff with Peter and Rina's family life, watching the kids grow up and such. So much fun.......more

Goodreads review by Diane on September 11, 2017

I usually like her books. I do like how she writes about the Decker family, and about the Jewish life. But, this book could not seem to grab me at all. It was okay, but seem not to connect in places, and it did not make me want to pick it up and finish it, like all of her other books. Hope her next......more

Goodreads review by Christie on January 04, 2019

This one was probably the WORST book in this series. It wasn’t that it was a bad book. But compared to the others. It wasn’t great. I struggled to follow along with who killed who. And in the end the vitamins being unresolved was annoying. I prefer when we get a little more Rina/Decker interaction t......more

Goodreads review by Tara on November 07, 2021

Finally done! This book took me years, yes years, to read. It had way too many different things going on and started off so slow for me. Didn't pick up until the end and then went off the rails from there with a hodge podge of different directions. I will not be picking another book up in this serie......more