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Justice (Peter Decker & Rina Lazarus Novels) (original 1995; edition 1996)

by Faye Kellerman

Series: Decker & Lazarus (8)

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A prom queen is strangled in a Los Angeles motel during an orgy of booze and sex. A youth confesses to the murder and the case is closed. But Detective Peter Decker finds the whole thing too easy and pursues the case on his own. By the author of Grievous Sin.
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Title:Justice (Peter Decker & Rina Lazarus Novels)
Authors:Faye Kellerman
Info:Avon (1996), Mass Market Paperback, 480 pages
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Justice is a good story wherein justice in various communities is studied. Apparently in the United States there are laws and then there are laws according to the community that one is a member. We are also introduced to Terri and Chris who are two characters who appear in other books. Four stars were awarded to this book because it was just a good story. ( )
  lbswiener | Jan 25, 2023 |
Justice deals with the murder of a Los Angeles prom queen who was found tied to a bed in a hotel room and strangled to death. The most obvious suspect is Chris Whitman, her date, who appears to be just another high school student. Although he's graduating this year, he is older than most of the other students and lives in an expensive apartment he pays for by his cello concerts. The prime suspect, Chris Whitman, is related to an important Mafia figure. He's also a pathological liar and probable sociopath. But did he commit the murder? Peter Decker doesn't think so, even though his lieutenant is pressuring him to arrest Chris.

Terry, a smart, hard-working high school senior, is asked to tutor Chris. He's handsome, charismatic and way out of her league she thinks. As she becomes more attracted to him, she enters a world of lies and intrigue and Chris becomes obsessed with Terry. This book is loaded with twists and turns, and deals with police politics, race relations, and gangland justice.

I always enjoy the character development of Peter Decker and his wife, Rina Lazarus and the authentic Judaism keeps me interested in both the mystery and their daily life. There is less of Peter and Rina in this book but the author does present the psychological angst of the two young lovers in a realistic way. This is the eighth Peter Decker/Rina Lazerus mystery and was one of my favorites when I read it years ago. I didn't realize there were several sequels to the storyline and decided to do a re-read of them in order: Justice, Stone Kiss, Hangman, Gun Games and Beast (I think).
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  Olivermagnus | Jul 2, 2020 |
Als das schönste Mädchen der Highschool ermordet aufgefunden wird, ist der Täter scheinbar schnell gefunden. Ein Mitschüler mit dunkler Vergangenheit, und den kalten Augen eines Killers. Doch noch Wochen später lässt diese leichte Lösung des Falles Detective Peter Decker keine Ruhe. Er nimmt die Nachforschungen wieder auf - und macht eine Entdeckung, die seine schlimmsten Befürchtungen übertrifft... (Klappentext)
  Fredo68 | May 14, 2020 |
A disturbing murderer may be innocent of this crime but not others.

http://nicolewbrown.blogspot.com/2014/10/justice-by-faye-kellerman.html

She died of breast cancer. She had it for a long time, but was afraid to go to the doctors. She was afraid of losing her breast, disfiguring the body he loved so much. She just let it go until it was way too late. Stupid. He later told me the sexiest thing about her chest wasn’t her breasts but her heartbeat.
---Faye Kellerman (Justice p 48) ( )
  nicolewbrown | Nov 13, 2016 |
That is an unusual book for the series. Marge is on vacation (so Peter ends up working with another cop (unintentionally first); Rina is mostly missing, Cindy is away in college (and making her father anxious because of a rapist on campus), the boys do not even make an appearance and Hannah Rose shows up almost as a background.

But we get to meet Terry McLaughlin - almost half of the book is from her POV - a good student that does not get much love at home. And then she meets Chris - a fellow student, a bit older than her, with a music career that takes him away - which causes him to fall behind at school. Thus Terry finds herself tutoring him - and falling in love with him. The only way she knows how - completely and without reservations.

But unfortunately this is not a happy story. Chris has a dark past and even darker present - between the mafia, murders and past connections, he is as far away as possible from Terry. When a girl is found dead, he is the main suspect - and the dark secrets start unraveling. Decker gets pulled into the case and starts finding connections to older cases - until he is pulled off it and the case is closed with a decision that just does not sit well. It takes him a while to decide that it really cannot sit and he is off investigating again - against orders and expectations. He finds the truth but you get to wonder, is it enough? And what would really be justice in this case.

In a way it is the story of a lost innocence - both Chris's and Terry's; about consequences and choices. It is also a lot more explicit in its sex scenes than I ever remember Kellerman being. Going to jail for the one you love is an old trope but it is done here in a way that breaks your heart. Love does not seem to be enough and yet that is all that Terry and Chris have - even with the murder in the middle of the story.

The ending is almost perfect - anything else would not have really worked - the darkness of the story matches the darkness in everyone's heart. At the end of the day, it is a love story - the love story of two broken kids that never had any choice in anything that happened to them. ( )
  AnnieMod | Mar 25, 2016 |
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A prom queen is strangled in a Los Angeles motel during an orgy of booze and sex. A youth confesses to the murder and the case is closed. But Detective Peter Decker finds the whole thing too easy and pursues the case on his own. By the author of Grievous Sin.

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