Mystery Books
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The Wire in the Blood (Dr. Tony Hill and Carol Jordan Mysteries)Across the country, dozens of teenage girls have vanished. Authorities are convinced they're runaways with just the bad luck
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Fatal BurnHe's been waiting for this moment. With every kill, he can feel her getting closer. Very soon - just a few more victims to go. All
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Clean Break: A Kate Brannigan Mystery“A cleanly written, fast-paced escapade. Cut from the same cloth as Kinsey Millhone . . . this tale jumps out of
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Burn Marks (V.I. Warshawski Novels)Someone knocking on the door at 3 A.M. is never good news. For V.I. Warshawski, the bad news arrives in the form of her wack
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The Shining"YOU'RE THE CARETAKER, SIR. YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN THE CARETAKER. I SHOULD KNOW, SIR. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN HERE...." -- DELBERT GRAD
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The Seven Sins: The Tyrant AscendingTo Dream...To Dare..To Win...The ancient motto, inscribed in Latin on a mysterious golden medallion, recovered f
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Gone Tomorrow (Jack Reacher #13)Susan Mark, the fifth passenger, had a big secret, and her plain little life was being watched in Washington, and California, and
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Mystery Movies
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The Usual Suspects (Special Edition)Winner of two 1995 Academy AwardsÂ(r), including Best Original Screenplay, this masterful, atmospheric film noir enraptured audie
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Seven (New Line Platinum Series)A retiring cop and his replacement track a psychotic killer who's using the seven deadly sins as a guide. Starring Brad Pitt, Morg
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Phone BoothA single phone call can change a man's life…or possibly end it. Colin Farrell delivers a captivating, off-the-hook performance a
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SunshineChris Evans, Cillian Murphy, and Michelle Yeoh star in this sci-fi film from Danny Boyle. Extras included deleted scenes, alternat
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Mel Gibson's ApocalyptoFrom Mel Gibson, director of THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST and the Academy Award®-winning BRAVEHEART (Best Director, Best Picture, 19
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Mystery Authors
Faye Kellerman biography
Faye Kellerman
(1952 - )
Faye Kellerman (born 1952) is an American author of mystery novels, in particular the "Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus" series, as well as three non-series books, The Quality of Mercy, Moon Music and Straight into Darkness.
Kellerman was born in St. Louis, Missouri. She attended UCLA where she earned a B.A. in mathematics in 1974. Four years later she received her Doctorate of Dental Surgery degree. At that time she "fully intended to pursue a career as a dentist". Despite her intention, she has never practiced dentistry and was a housewife before publishing her first novel. In a 1997 essay she says she can't pinpoint the metamorphosis from oral hygienist to writer of detective fiction, but several factors that steered her toward mystery writing were: "a desire for justice, a suspicious nature, an overactive imagination, and, of course, a penchant for the bizarre."
Kellerman is a practicing Orthodox Jew, as is her husband, the novelist Jonathan Kellerman. Her writing frequently deals with Jewish themes and characters, incorporating them into the framework of the traditional mystery. The Peter Decker books, for example, center on a police detective raised as a Southern Baptist who returns to his Jewish roots after falling in love with Rina Lazarus, an Orthodox Jew, while investigating a rape that took place near a yeshiva.
The Kellermans are the only married couple ever to appear on the New York Times bestseller list simultaneously (for two different books). They have four children and live in Los Angeles, California. She is also the mother of novelist and playwright Jesse Kellerman.
Information source: wikipedia