Fifteen years ago, high school senior Chris Whitman went to jail for murdering his girlfriend, Cheryl Diggs. He confessed, becuase he wanted to save another classmate, Terry McLaughlin, from having to testify at his trial. When the truth came out, Chris was released from prison, married Terry--pregnant with his child--and changed his last name to Donatti. He also became a professional killer. Peter Decker was the detective on the case, and over the years, he and Terry kept in touch. Now Terry is in L.A. and asking for a favor. The favor soon becomes complicated when Terry goes missing and Donatti disappears, leaving their fourteen-year-old son, Gabe, with no one to turn to except Decker and his wife, Rina Lazarus. This mystery shares center stage with the murder mystery of Adirana Blanc, a nurse at a nearby hospital. Mayhem and mulling ensue.
I liked this book...it was fairly solid, however, I wonder if I would have liked it more had I read it. The CD was okay but I felt like the guy reading it just didn't capture the relationship between Peter and Rina as well as the other major characters in the books. Anyway - read it...read the series...start at the beginning (The Ritual Bath) you won't be sorry!
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