{"id":9000,"date":"2017-03-31T19:09:59","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T23:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=9000"},"modified":"2021-06-03T15:44:52","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T19:44:52","slug":"false-prophet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/9000","title":{"rendered":"False Prophet"},"content":{"rendered":"

False Prophet<\/a><\/em> (1992) Faye Kellerman<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The fifth Peter and Rina mystery.<\/p>\n

The daughter of a famous actress is found naked and bruised in her home. Peter is first on the scene and the young woman latches onto him, making an already confusing case even more difficult.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo you have the combination\u2014\u201d <\/p>\n

Brecht rose from his seat. \u201cWhy would I have the combination to her safe!\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cMy brother and I have the combination to my parents\u2019 safe,\u201d Decker said. \u201cI don\u2019t have any idea what valuables they keep inside, but they gave us the combination in case something happened to them.\u201d <\/p>\n

Brecht seemed suspended in midair, then he slowly sat back down. <\/p>\n

Decker shrugged. \u201cWith you being so close to your sister\u2014 you have a key to the house\u2014 well, I thought she might have trusted you with the combination.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Plus: Rina is pregnant.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m fine, Rina. I\u2019m getting full.\u201d <\/p>\n

She piled another half-dozen knishes on his plate. \u201cHere. Take.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want any more,\u201d Decker said. <\/p>\n

Rina looked at him, her eyes suddenly moistening. \u201cYou don\u2019t like them?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cNo, no,\u201d Decker backtracked. \u201cThey\u2019re delicious.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There is one hell of a mother in this story.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sorry for your loss,\u201d Decker said. \u201cI\u2019m sure Lilah is devastated as well.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cWhy? She didn\u2019t lose any jewelry.\u201d There was a momentary pause. \u201cOh\u2026 yes, that was terrible. Poor dear.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This seems to be the book in which Peter is shifting from Vietnam to generic Army service. I could be wrong, but I wanted to note it, since the same thing happened in the Spenser and Elvis Cole books.<\/p>\n

Very interesting mystery, if somewhat horrifying. What I found most fascinating was the secret uncovered between Mike and Kellie. The secrets of the rich and famous are always large and extravagant and horrifying. But Mike and Kelley’s secret was just as horrible, and just as believable.
\nRating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Published by William Morrow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Peter is first on the scene and the young woman latches onto him, making an already confusing case even more difficult. \u201cDo you have the combination\u2014\u201d Brecht rose from his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,42],"tags":[389,388],"class_list":["post-9000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mystery","category-police","tag-decker-lazarus","tag-faye-kellerman"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-2la","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8976,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/8976","url_meta":{"origin":9000,"position":0},"title":"The Ritual Bath","author":"Michelle","date":"March 26, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The Ritual Bath (1986) Faye Kellerman Rina Lazarus is a young widow with two sons who teaches at the yeshiva and who helps maintain the mikvah--the bath used for ritual cleansing. 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