The forgotten
Subtitle: a Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus novel
By: Faye Kellerman.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: William Morrow
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York City, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9780688156145
Subjects: Decker, Peter (Fictitious character) -- Fiction; Lazarus, Rina (Fictitious character) -- Fiction; Police -- California -- Los Angeles -- Fiction; Police spouses -- Fiction; Hate crimes -- Fiction; Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "The unofficial caretaker of her small store-front synagogue, Rina is shocked when she receives a morning call from the police. The modest place of worship has been desecrated with anti-Semitic graffiti and grisly Nazi death-camp photographs. Rina's husband, Lt. Peter Decker, is also rocked by this outrage, which cuts close to the spiritual heart of his family, but he can't let his emotions get in the way of his duties.".

"A suspect is soon in custody. Seventeen-year-old Ernesto Golding is one of L.A's children of wealth and privilege, a rich kid obsessed with haunting suspicions about the origins of his Polish paternal grandfather, who moved to Argentina after the Third Reich collapsed. Charges are brought against Ernesto, a deal is cut, and the vandalism case is eventually closed.".

"Still, Decker has never abandoned the possibility that others were involved in the desecration. And his hunch is confirmed when, six months later, Ernesto is found brutally murdered along with his therapist, Dr. Mervin Baldwin, at the psychologist's exclusive nature camp that caters to the wealthy's troubled children. Suspicion falls immediately on Baldwin's psychologist wife, Dee, who has vanished mysteriously. Further probing by Decker fails to produce quick answers and simple solutions.".

"For Decker and Rina, unraveling the truth behind Ernesto's violent death becomes more terrifying with each sinister twist, pushing them into the ghastly world of ruthless parents and damaged youths. Slowly, lethal secrets with roots in the horrors of a past generation surface, propelling Peter and Rina into a dreaded journey of dark and evil - and of ultimate retribution."--BOOK JACKET.