The Beast, Faye Kellerman
The Beast, Faye Kellerman
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The Beast
A Decker/Lazarus Novel

Author: Faye Kellerman

Narrator: Mitchell Greenberg

Unabridged: 11 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 08/06/2013


Synopsis

Throughout his years with the LAPD, Peter Decker has handled a number of tough cases and strange killers. But few of his previous assignments compare to his latest case. When Hobart Penny is found dead in his apartment, the cops think that his pet cat—an adult female tiger—attacked the reclusive elderly billionaire. But it soon becomes clear that the beast that killed the eccentric inventor is all too human. Digging into the victim's life, Decker and his colleagues discover that Penny was an exceptionally peculiar man with exotic tastes, including kinky sex with call girls. Following a trail of clues that leads from a wildlife sanctuary in the San Bernardino Mountains to the wild nightlife of Las Vegas, the LAPD detectives are left juggling too many suspects and too few answers. To break open the case, Decker wrestles with a difficult choice: turning to Chris Donatti, the dangerous man who also happens to be the father of Decker's foster son, Gabriel Whitman.As their work and intimate worlds collide, Decker and his wife, Rina, find themselves facing tough questions. And when all these shocking truths comes out, exactly how well will Decker and Rina cope, and survive?

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 Barbara on November 05, 2021

In this 21st book in the 'Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus' series, Detective Decker confronts a crime scene demolished by a confined tiger. The book can be read as a standalone. ***** Eighty-nine year old eccentric, Hobart Penny, is found dead in the apartment he shares with a full grown Bengal tiger. Penny......more

Goodreads review by Liz on August 11, 2013

First of all a HUGE thanks to Kate for sending me a copy of this book for review. And because I love the Kellermans! This instalment of the Decker/Lazarus series begins with a body in an apartment building. Well, they think there is a body...trouble is there is also a Tiger. A very large and rather h......more

Goodreads review by Cindie on August 14, 2013

I am a sentimental gal. The mystery aspect was not great, but not bad. Five stars for the update on the characters in the book. I just wish Faye would write a book about Peter and Rina, and not bother me so much with the mystery!!......more

Goodreads review by Una on April 17, 2015

Way too explicit in the beginning, no matter how intriguing. The ending was way too flat.......more

Goodreads review by Bob on May 06, 2018

Decker is called into the death of 80ish Hobart Penny. When they arrive at his apartment they find a full grown female tiger which puts a hold on the investigation until animal control can come and remove it. They find that Mr. Penny has been bludgeoned and shot inthe back and the apartment is a dis......more