Title: Bone Box
Subtitle: A Decker/Lazarus Novel
Description: 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 evidence at the gravesite: a youthful skeleton, a skull wound and long dark strands of hair surrounding the bony frame. As Decker and his partner, Tyler McAdams, further investigate, they realize that they're most likely dealing with a missing student from the nearby Five Colleges of Upstate - a well-known and well-respected consortium of higher learning where Rina works. And when more human remains are found in the same area, Decker and McAdams know this isn't just a one-off murder case. Short-staffed and with no convenient entry into the colleges, Decker enlists Rina's help to act as the eyes and ears of campus gossip. Winding their way through a dangerous labyrinth of steely suspects and untouchable academics, Decker, McAdams, and Rina race to protect their community from a psychopathic killer still in the area - and on the hunt for a fresh victim.
Subjects: Homicide, Murder, Police, Police spouses, Fiction, Peter Decker (Fictional character), Investigation, Rina Lazarus (Fictional character), Criminal investigation, Decker, peter (fictitious character), fiction, Lazarus, rina (fictitious character), fiction, New york (state), fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural, Fiction, thrillers, Fiction, thrillers, general, nyt:hardcover-fiction=2017-03-19, New York Times bestseller, Peter Decker (Fictitious character), Rina Lazarus (Fictitious character), nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-fiction=2017-03-19
Places: New York (State)
People: Peter Decker (Fictitious character), Rina Lazarus (Fictitious character)