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Lustmord-the joy of murder. The terrifying concept seems apt for the brutal slaying of a beautiful young society wife dumped in the vast English Garden. Homicide inspector Axel Berg is horrified by the crime ... and disturbed by the artful arrangement of the victim's clothes and hair-a madman's portrait of death. Berg's superiors demand quick answers and a quick arrest: a vagrant, the woman's husband, anyone who can be demonized will do. When a second...
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When a billionaire heiress connects a recent high-profile murder to an unsolved killing from fifteen years earlier, LAPD lieutenant Peter Decker schedules an interview with a detective from the first case, only to learn of the man's suspicious suicide, which prompts his collaboration with his wife and daughter to solve the case.
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Decker/Lazarus novel volume 16
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In the aftermath of a suspicious commuter plane crash in Los Angeles, police lieutenant Peter Decker investigates the claims of one family that foul play had been involved, a suspicion that gains credibility when a key victim is discovered to be someone else.
6) The beast
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"Over the years, Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus have got through a lot together. They've faced more than their share of serial killers and psychopaths. But this time two very different cases may cause them to re-evaluate everything they hold dear. One case involves Gabe, the troubled boy they've taken into their home. The other is much stranger - a man is found dead in his apartment, apparently mauled by his pet tiger. There is more to each case than...
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Por su rango en el Departamento de Policía de Los Ángeles, el teniente detective de Homicidios Peter Decker no recibía demasiadas llamadas de servicio a las tres de la madrugada, a menos que el caso fuera muy grave o despertara el interés de los medios de comunicación, o ambas cosas a la vez. Alguien había entrado de noche en Coyote Ranch, el lujoso rancho del constructor y millonario Guy Kaffey, y lo había matado a tiros, junto a su esposa...
8) El ahorcado
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Quince años atrás, Chris Whitman, en su último curso de instituto, fue a prisión por asesinar a su novia, Cheryl Diggs. Impulsado por un equivocado sentido de la caballerosidad, confesó, decidido a librar a otra compañera de clase, la hermosa y vulnerable Terry McLaughlin, de tener que testificar en su juicio. Cuando la verdad salió a la luz, Chris salió de prisión, se casó con Terry, que estaba embarazada de él, y se cambió el apellido...
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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...
10) Gun Games
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El teniente detective Peter Decker del Departamento de Policía de Los Ángeles y su esposa, Rina Lazarus, han acogido en su casa a Gabriel Whitman, un adolescente de quince años, hijo de una antigua amiga con problemas. Aunque el enigmático muchacho parece estar adaptándose, Decker conoce bien los secretos que guardan los adolescentes, como confirma el trágico suicidio de otro adolescente, Gregory Hesse, un estudiante de Bell and Wakefield, uno...
11) La bestia
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Lo profesional y lo personal se cruzan de un modo traicionero en esta entrega absorbente e inquietante de Faye Kellerman
En los años que lleva en el Departamento de Policía de Los Ángeles, Peter Decker ha lidiado con un cierto número de casos difíciles y asesinos raros. Pero pocos pueden compararse con su último caso, el más extraño de toda su carrera.
Cuando Hobart Penny aparece muerto en su apartamento, la policía cree que su mascota —una...
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