Prayers for the Dead

by Faye Kellerman

Book Overview

The brutal murder of Dr. Azor Sparks in an alley behind a restaurant is greeted with public outrage and a demand for swift, sure justice. But the investigation into the well-known surgeon's death is raising too many questions and providing too few answers for homicide detective Lieutenant Peter Decker. Why, for example, would the family of a man so beloved respond to his slaying with more surprise than grief? And what linked a celebrated doctor with...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0380726246
• ISBN13: 9780380726240
• Release Date: July 1997
• Publisher: Avon Books
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Absorbing Read and Series

This was my first Faye Kellerman novel involving Dectective Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus. I thoroughly enjoyed it, read the sequel, and then the first novel in the Peter Decker/ Rina Lazarus series, Ritual Bath, piqued by how these two characters met, and how their relationship evolves. The best novels in this series employ gripping, page turning mysteries, the human aspect of the evolving relationship between Peter and Rina, and explanations of Judaism in somewhat the same way as Harry Kemelman's Rabbi David Small mysteries, or the older G.K. Chesterton's Father Brown mysteries, the latter combining great mysteries with interesting explications of Catholicism. Warning: You might get hooked to the series!

Suspenseful to the last!

WOW! This is my second Faye Kellerman, and I didn't like the first, but THIS was absolutely wonderful! Faye really got the reader into the character's minds and released information about their dark and stormy pasts at just the right time, like when you would find out more personal details about a friend. The pace is incredibly quick. I couldn't put this one down. She has a delightful talent for characterization. Suspense was killing me. I look forward to reading more from this author!

Great book

This is my first Faye Kellerman novel, and it definetly will not be my last. This book was very deceptive in how played out the storyline. I was completely thrown by at the end. Prayers had great character interaction, and a real good mystery element.

Faye's Finest!

Along with the police suspense, search for the muderer story line which Faye always develops well, one continues to experience the trials and tribulations of Rina and Peter's marital and relationship issues. Here, they struggle with religious and moral limits to trust and committment and Rina, for the first time in Faye's books, falters a bit. Faye always balances the professional and personal/relationship aspects of her stories beautifully. Great reading

Wonderful work of mystery

She has done it again. Prayers for the Dead is Faye Kellerman's best yet. She has kept me glued to every page, surprised at the end and best of all in love with Peter and Rina, all over again