Mitchell Greenberg’s performance as Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus is perfect—steady and calm, like the long-married duo themselves. Decker is looking for a missing man who is developmentally disabled. The search in the upstate New York community where Decker now plies his detective trade leads to the discovery of a corpse in the woods. It belongs to one of three men who disappeared 10 years earlier; it’s clear he did not meet a natural end. The supportive Lazarus is in her element, offering Decker good advice and great food. Greenberg does not ratchet up the tension with his narration, but he does capture the personalities of the protagonists and their affection for each other, which are the underpinnings of this long-running series. G.S. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine
The Lost Boys (Decker/Lazarus Series #26)
Narrated by Mitchell Greenberg
Faye KellermanUnabridged — 11 hours, 42 minutes
The Lost Boys (Decker/Lazarus Series #26)
Narrated by Mitchell Greenberg
Faye KellermanUnabridged — 11 hours, 42 minutes
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Overview
It's been three years since Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus' last case. At this point in our heroes' careers, we feel like we've gotten to know their friends and family. Which means, even after they moved from gritty Los Angeles to a quiet, small-town in upstate New York, we are as invested as they are in the search for a missing person. And, of course, discover much more in the process. Thriller and suspense at its best for Decker & Lazarus.
"Faye Kellerman returns with an atmospheric, face-paced mystery set in bucolic upstate New York, full of unexpected twists and turns that build to a shocking and surprising end-the latest thrilling entry in her New York Times bestseller Decker/Lazarus series.
When Bertram Telemann, a developmentally disabled man, goes missing from a local diner near Greenbury, the entire community of the small upstate New York town volunteers to search the surrounding woods in hopes of finding him. High functioning and independent, Bertram had been on a field trip with the staff and fellow residents of the Loving Care Home when he vanished.*
When no trace of the man is found, the disappearance quickly becomes an official missing persons case and is assigned to detectives Peter Decker and his partner Tyler McAdams. As their investigation deepens, the seasoned Decker becomes convinced that Bertram hadn't lost his way, but had left with someone he knew. Soon Decker discovers that Elsie Schulung, a recently fired nurse who had worked at the home, seemed to be especially interested in Bertram. But answers proves elusive when Elsie disappears and human blood is found in her kitchen.*
But the complications are only beginning. While combing the woods, searchers discover the remains of one of three young men who had vanished during a camping trip. And for Decker, personal problems are adding pressure as well. After a ten-year absence, the biological mother of Decker's and Rina's foster son, Gabriel, has suddenly appeared in New York, children in tow, wreaking emotional havoc on the young man.
Juggling the personal and professional, a hot case and a cold case, Decker and McAdams race to find answers, sifting through cabinets of old files, a plethora of clues and evidence, and discouraging dead ends. As on-going searches for Bertram and the campers' missing remains continue, the frustrated detectives begin to wonder if the woods will ever give up its dark secrets . . . and if these intertwining cases will be solved.
Editorial Reviews
10/19/2020
In bestseller Kellerman’s so-so 26th novel featuring married couple Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus (after 2018’s Walking Shadows), Decker, a former LAPD detective now with the police in the “sleepy little college town” of Greenbury, N.Y., has two cases to occupy him. First, 35-year-old Bertram Lanz, who’s cognitively disabled, has gone missing from a field trip arranged by his residential facility, and after extensive searches don’t locate him, Decker fears that Lanz could have been abducted. Second, the searchers locate human skeletal remains that may belong to one of three college students who vanished a decade earlier. Lazarus has little to do apart from prepare food and give advice to her family. Drama among the extended family pads the detecting, and banal prose (“Four decades of detective work had taught Decker a thing or two. One of the delights of Missing Persons cases was that they often had happy endings. But sometimes not”) is another minus. This one’s for longtime fans only. (Jan.)
"This twenty-sixth entry in the Decker-Lazarus series will be embraced by fans for its emphasis on the lead characters and the relationship between them, as the couple’s future takes a turn, and a cliff-hanger ending guarantees anticipation for their next outing." — Booklist on The Lost Boys
“Faye Kellerman skillfully balances a familiar formula with a creative, original story... [Her] characters are still fresh, exciting, and full of surprises... Kellerman brings everything together in a well-crafted tale that is both fascinating and suspenseful.” — The Nerd Daily on The Lost Boys
“Reading a good thriller is very much like taking a great vacation: half the fun is getting there. Faye Kellerman is one heck of a tour guide.” — Detroit Free Press
“Absolutely absorbing. . . . Kellerman is terrific.” — Newsday (New York)
“Kellerman does for the American cop what P. D. James has done for the British mystery, lifting it beyond its genre.” — Richmond Times-Dispatch
“Kellerman succeeds brilliantly in making the search for understanding as compelling as the search for the murderer.” — Publishers Weekly
Faye Kellerman skillfully balances a familiar formula with a creative, original story... [Her] characters are still fresh, exciting, and full of surprises... Kellerman brings everything together in a well-crafted tale that is both fascinating and suspenseful.”
"This twenty-sixth entry in the Decker-Lazarus series will be embraced by fans for its emphasis on the lead characters and the relationship between them, as the couple’s future takes a turn, and a cliff-hanger ending guarantees anticipation for their next outing."
Kellerman does for the American cop what P. D. James has done for the British mystery, lifting it beyond its genre.”
Reading a good thriller is very much like taking a great vacation: half the fun is getting there. Faye Kellerman is one heck of a tour guide.
Absolutely absorbing. . . . Kellerman is terrific.”
08/01/2020
In Fellowes's The Mitford Trial, lady's maid Louisa Cannon is asked by a shadowy stranger to spy on Diana Mitford and her sister Unity, with someone ending up dead in the water when Louisa later accompanies the Mitfords on a cruise (75,000-copy first printing). Gentill's Shanghai Secrets takes Rowland Sinclair from Australia to Shanghai in 1935 on business, but the death of a Russian taxi dancer he steered across the floor one night complicates matters. In the latest Decker/Lazarus mystery, The Lost Boys, Peter Decker believes that a developmentally disabled man who vanished while on an outing from his residential home went off with someone he knew (100,000-copy first printing; originally scheduled for October 2020). Schaffhausen's Every Waking Hour features Ellery Hathaway, who is gingerly reentering normal life as a rookie Boston detective after escaping a serial killer as a teenager when a 12-year-old girl in her care disappears (40,000-copy first printing). In Tracy's Deep into the Dark, a series launch, LAPD Detective Margaret Nolan doesn't believe that emotionally shattered Afghanistan war vet Sam Easton is responsible for a murder and joins forces with him to find the culprit. A winner of Bram Stoker and British Fantasy awards, Tremblay stretches the imagination in The Little Sleep with a South Boston private detective who suffers from narcolepsy-induced hypnagogic hallucinations that may include reality talent show star Jennifer Times trying to hire him to retrieve her stolen fingers.
Mitchell Greenberg’s performance as Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus is perfect—steady and calm, like the long-married duo themselves. Decker is looking for a missing man who is developmentally disabled. The search in the upstate New York community where Decker now plies his detective trade leads to the discovery of a corpse in the woods. It belongs to one of three men who disappeared 10 years earlier; it’s clear he did not meet a natural end. The supportive Lazarus is in her element, offering Decker good advice and great food. Greenberg does not ratchet up the tension with his narration, but he does capture the personalities of the protagonists and their affection for each other, which are the underpinnings of this long-running series. G.S. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine
Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940177781914 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | HarperCollins |
| Publication date: | 01/12/2021 |
| Series: | Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus Series , #26 |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |
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