[Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus 15] • Faye Kellerman

While on routine patrol, LAPD Officer Cindy Decker rescues a newborn abandoned in an alley dumpster. But she can't call it a night until she sees the infant safe in a hospital. Now, the hunt is on for the mother, more than likely a desperate girl in need of medical attention. Armed with advice from her overworked detective father, Cindy searches through inner-city Hollywood, following a treacherous trail filled with drug lords. But with each new lead, the twisted journey gets darker, battering Cindy's complex personal relationships--and endangering her very life. When Decker and Decker join forces, can this edgy duo put personal issues aside to catch a vicious culprit before he strikes again?

Faye Kellerman's most recent novel, Stone Kiss, was published in Warner hardcover in 7/02. It was a New York Times bestseller with over 260,000 copies in print and it will be published in Warner mass market in 7/03.

Eight of Kellerman's books have been New York Times bestsellers and there are over 15 million copies of her books in print internationally.- Cindy Decker was the lead character in the New York Times bestseller Stalker (William Morrow, 2000), which also hit the Publishers Weekly and Washington Post bestseller lists and sold 160,000 hardcover copies.

There are 14 previously published Decker/Lazarus novels. The first novel in the series, Ritual Bath (Arbor House, 1986), was the groundbreaking introduction of Orthodox Jew Rina Lazarus and the secular Peter Decker.