![]() The winner of the Macavity Award for the Best First Novel from the Mystery Readers of American, THE RITUAL BATH introduced readers to Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus, termed by People Magazine "Hands down, the most refreshing mystery couple around." The New York Times enthused, "This couple's domestic affairs have the haimish warmth of reality, unlike the formulaic lives of so many other genre detectives." Kellerman's groundbreaking first novel, THE RITUAL BATH, was published in 1986 to wide critical and commercial acclaim. She earned a BA in mathematics and a doctorate in dentistry at UCLA., and conducted research in oral biology. Louis, Missouri and grew up in Sherman Oaks, California. Decker and McAdams will have to employ all of their wits and gray matter to penetrate enigmatic formulas and codes to solve a dark, twisted tale created by depraved and evil masterminds.įaye Kellerman was born in St. ![]() It turns out to be a dangerous sphere of scheming academics, secret cyphers, and hidden corruption where even harmless nerds can morph into cold, calculating geniuses. Of course, once McAdams hears about the intriguing case, his attentions shift from statutes to corpses.Īnd when the body is finally identified, Decker and McAdams must penetrate into the indecipherable upper echelons of mathematics and mathematical prodigies at Kneed Loft College. Out of the blue, Tyler McAdams, a former Greenbury detective and now a first-year law student, calls Decker up, asking him for free room and board while he studies for first-term finals. The first thing he must do is identify the body-no easy task because of the small size of the department and lack of personal effects found with the body. It appears to be a suicide-single shot to the head, gun by his side-but until the coroner makes the final determination, Decker must treat the scene as a suspicious crime. All that changes when he receives a phone call from his captain, Mike Radar.Ī male body, nude and nameless, is found deep within the local woods. The work has kept him engaged but without much stress. Peter Decker, a former Lieutenant for LAPD, has enjoyed the peace and slow pace of his new job with the sleepy upstate police department. It has been almost a year since Greenbury’s last murder.
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