The Ritual Bath: A Novel - Peter Decker & Rina Lazarus Novels

Kellerman, Faye

ISBN 10: 0877957711 / ISBN 13: 9780877957713

Published by Arbor House PubIshing Company, New York, 1986

282 Pages. No defects noted to this tight book with flawless interior text pages. Dust jacket price 15.95 is unclipped. This the author's first book with Peter Decker of the LAPD and his future wife, Rina Lazarus. Detective Peter Decker of the LAPD is stunned when he gets the report. Someone has shattered the sanctuary of a remote yeshiva community in the California hills with an unimaginable crime. One of the women was brutally raped as she returned from the mikvah, the bathhouse where the cleansing ritual is performed. The crime was called in by Rina Lazarus, and Decker is relieved to discover that she is a calm and intelligent witness. She is also the only one in the sheltered community willing to speak of this unspeakable violation. As Rina tries to steer Decker through the maze of religious laws, the two grow closer. But before they get to the bottom of this horrendous crime, revelations come to light that are so shocking, they threaten to come between the hard-nosed cop and the deeply religious woman with whom he has become irrevocably linked. Seller Inventory # 17034

Synopsis:

A report of rape in a Los Angeles yeshiva brings police detective Peter Decker into an insular Orthodox Jewish community but the strict religious practices and customs of the community prevent him from following his standard investigative procedures

From the Inside Flap: enal...[The Ritual Bath] combines likable characters, a superb mystery plot, and valid insights into Jewish life."
MURDER INK
The quiet, ordered world of a yeshiva in the California hills is shattered when a woman is brutally raped as she returns from the mikvah, the bathhouse where women perform their cleansing ritual. Detective Peter Decker of the LAPD has never heard anything like it. And although most of the community refuses to talk to him, Rina Lazarus, the only witness, does, steering him through the maze of confusing religious laws that thwart his investigation at every turn. As the trail grows cold, Decker's only getting closer to Rina and not to the rapist--or is he? Maybe Rina wa the intended victim all along. And the rapist may not stop with rape the next time...

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Ritual Bath: A Novel - Peter Decker & ...
Publisher: Arbor House PubIshing Company, New York
Publication Date: 1986
Binding: Hard Back
Illustrator: Thorpe, Peter - Jacket Design
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition