Bone Box (Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus Series, Book 24)

The twenty-fourth book in the hugely popular Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus series from New York Times bestselling author Faye Kellerman

They thought the murders were over.
But now there’s a new victim…

On a crisp September morning in the woods of upstate New York, Rina Decker stumbles upon human remains. She calls her husband, Peter, a former detective lieutenant with LAPD. Within hours, the forest is transformed into a frenetic crime scene.

As Decker and his partner, Tyler McAdams, further investigate, they realize they’re most likely dealing with a missing student from the Five Colleges of Upstate.

And when more bodies are found in the same area, Decker and McAdams know this isn’t just a one-off murder case. Now they must race to protect their community from a psychopathic killer still in the area – and on the hunt for a fresh victim.

New York Times bestselling author Faye Kellerman’s Rina Lazarus makes a shocking discovery in the woods of her upstate New York community that leads Decker through a series of gruesome unsolved murders pointing to a serial killer who’s been hiding in plain sight.

On a bright and crisp September morning, while walking a bucolic woodland trail, Rina stumbles upon human remains once buried deep beneath the forest floor. Immediately, she calls her husband, Peter Decker, a former detective lieutenant with the LAPD now working for the local Greenbury Police. Within hours, a vista of beauty and tranquility is transformed into a frenetic crime scene. The body has been interred for years and there is scant physical evidence at the gravesite: a youthful skeleton, a skull wound, and long, dark strands of hair surrounding the bones. As Decker and his partner, Tyler McAdams, investigate further, they realize that they’re most likely dealing with a missing student from the nearby Five Colleges of Upstate—a well-known and well-respected consortium of higher learning where Rina works.

And when more human remains are found in the same area, Decker and McAdams know this isn’t just a one-off murder case. Short-staffed and with no convenient entrée into the colleges, Decker enlists Rina’s help to act as his eyes and ears on campus. Winding their way through a dangerous labyrinth of steely suspects and untouchable academics, Decker, McAdams, and Rina race to protect their community from a psychopathic killer still in the area—and on the hunt for a fresh victim.

Performed by Richard Ferrone.