The Mercedes Coffin, Faye Kellerman
The Mercedes Coffin, Faye Kellerman
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The Mercedes Coffin

Author: Faye Kellerman

Narrator: George Guidall

Unabridged: 10 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 08/12/2008


Synopsis

A cold case turns red hot, threatening to consume detective Peter Decker and his wife, Rina Lazarus in the spellbinding new thriller from New York Times bestselling author Faye Kellerman.Billionaire genius Genoa Greeves never got over the shocking death of her favorite teacher, Bennett ""Dr. Ben"" Alston Little, murdered execution-style and stuffed into the trunk of his Mercedes Benz. No arrests were ever made. Fifteen years later, the high-tech CEO reads about another execution-style murder. The case is eerily similar and Genoa offers the L.A.P.D. a substantial financial ""incentive"" if justice is finally served.Lieutenant Peter Decker resents having to commit valuable manpower to a fifteen-year-old open case. Still, the recent murder does bear a disturbing resemblance to Dr. Ben's case and Decker can't help but wonder about a connection. Decker's team of investigators includes his newly minted Hollywood detective daughter, Cindy Kutiel, while wife Rina Lazarus continues to be his backbone of support. Rina's worries and fears begin to build as past and present collide with a vengeance, catapulting an unsuspecting Decker closer and closer to the edge of an infinite dark abyss. A relentlessly gripping tale spun by a master, Faye Kellerman's The Mercedes Coffin races through a dangerous urban world, where truth and justice are fine lines between life and death.

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 Gardengirl1964 on March 27, 2009

What happened to this series? My sister Kerry got me started on these books, and while she always enjoyed them more than I have, at least they were interesting, if frustrating, mysteries. This latest installment---? The main characters barely appear, except for Peter, and he's gone boring. The myste......more

Goodreads review by Shirley on March 23, 2009

Actually didn't even finish this one. Used to so enjoy Faye Kellerman, but that was when she spent more time on her characters' lives. I used to especially enjoy the picture she painted of the lives of Orthodox Jews. This book just seemed to be a lot of going nowhere conversations as those involved......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on September 15, 2015

I now remember why I stopped reading her books years ago!! So much repeat speculation as to how the crime was committed that I was lost half the time!! Why did she give two characters names so similar - Rudy and Ryan - with so many characters with numerous names and nicknames it it boggled my mind t......more

Goodreads review by Terry on July 04, 2024

This is very, very well written. I've never read anything by Kellerman before, so I was happily surprised to find that I enjoyed the writing, the characterizations, and the details. This book took some work. I appreciate that. I did find a few places where the profusion of details began to slow me d......more

Goodreads review by Iona on March 11, 2022

This is another book that I would not normally have purchased but got cheap in a sale. Genoa was a nerd, hated or ignored by everyone in her high school except for Dr. Ben – Bennett Alston Little, one of the teachers. He met her in the hallway, greeted her by name and sked her how she was doing; he......more