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Gold licked his lips.
“One day, the young man sees a list in the paper. There are many lists, he reads them all. But this is a very important list. It tells him he still has a mother. She did not die like father and the brother. She still lives. He feels joy in his heart. He finds mother.”
There was a pause.
“You cannot go backward,” Gold said. “The man sees mother but she is not the same. She is very scared. She never goes out of house. She has remarried a man very rich who is older than she. For protection. The young man is worried. He is worried that if he comes back to his mother’s life, her new husband may not want him. And the new husband may not want her. And the young man does not want to see mother in any more pain.
“So they make deal. They don’t tell husband. The young man moves close to be with mother, the young man helps mother when she get pregnant. The young man even baby-sits the new little girl. And they grow close, the young man and the baby. They grow so close that young man learns trade of her father.”
“And the husband still doesn’t know.”
“No, he still does not know. And neither did the little girl. Never! The man was just a friend.”
“Then…” Gold swallowed hard. “Then one day the little girl is murdered. And the young man, who is now older man, goes to see his mother, to comfort her in her pain. And what does he see? He sees in her eyes that same look when they took his first, younger brother away.”
Gold clenched his fists.
“We still hunt Nazis, Detective. Because there are things in this world that are so bad that there is no city of refuge. There is just no sanctuary for pure evil, you understand?”
“I understand,” Decker said. “But I don’t agree. I believe in a system of justice.”
“And I just believe in justice.” Gold stood. “Anything else, Detective?”
Decker stood. “No. Nothing else.”
About the Author
FAYE KELLERMAN introduced L.A. cop Peter Decker and his wife, Rina Lazarus, to the mystery world eleven years ago. Since that time she has written nine Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus novels as well as a historical novel, The Quality of Mercy. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, author Jonathan Kellerman. There are close to three million copies of her books in print.
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“Faye Kellerman continues her run of excellent Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus mysteries”
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“Faye Kellerman packs a punch”
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“This couple’s domestic affairs have the…warmth of reality, unlike the formulaic lives of so many other genre detectives.”
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“Characters whose personal lives we care about and whose spiritual and emotional growth are as compelling as the events themselves”
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“It’s unlikely that Decker and Rina will ever wear out their welcomes.”
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Books by Faye Kellerman
THE RITUAL BATH
SACRED AND PROFANE
THE QUALITY OF MERCY
MILK AND HONEY
DAY OF ATONEMENT
FALSE PROPHET
GRIEVOUS SIN
SANCTUARY
JUSTICE
PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD
SERPENT’S TOOTH
MOON MUSIC
JUPITER’S BONES
STALKER
THE FORGOTTEN
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