Burnt House (eBook)

Faye Kellerman (Autor)

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2008 | 1. Auflage
448 Seiten
HarperCollins Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-00-728358-3 (ISBN)

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An explosive new thriller from the bestselling Faye Kellerman featuring LA detective Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus. At 8.15am, a small green suburb of Los Angeles is turned into a fiery inferno by a commuter plane crash, plunging the city's emergency services into a major crisis. A month later, one mystery from the wreckage still remains unsolved. A woman's body - initially thought to be a stewardess - is instead revealed to be an undiscovered homicide, decades old. Who is this nameless victim? And why is the stewardess still missing? As they begin to unravel years of deception, Lieutenant Peter Decker and his team come closer and closer to the shocking truth ? and a confrontation with a vicious killer.

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The sixteenth book in the hugely popular Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus series from New York Times bestselling author Faye KellermanAt 8.15am, a small green suburb of Los Angeles is turned into a fiery inferno by a commuter plane crash, plunging the city's emergency services into a major crisis.A month later, one mystery from the wreckage still remains unsolved. A woman's body - initially thought to be a stewardess - is instead revealed to be an undiscovered homicide, decades old. Who is this nameless victim? And why is the stewardess still missing?As they begin to unravel years of deception, Lieutenant Peter Decker and his team come closer and closer to the shocking truth - and a confrontation with a vicious killer.

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The cereal spoon stopped midair. Rina turned to her husband. 'What was that?' 'I don't know.' The lights flickered and died along with the TV, the refrigerator, and probably everything in the house electrical. Decker reached over and picked up the portable phone. He punched in one of the landlines but got no response. Rina lowered the spoon into the cereal bowl. 'Dead?' 'Yep.' Decker flicked the light switch on and off, a futile gesture of hope. It was eight in the morning and the kitchen was bathed in eastern light that didn't require electrical augmentation. 'Something blew. Probably a major transformer.' He frowned. 'That shouldn't affect the phone lines, though.' He pulled out his cell and tried to contact someone on a landline at work. With no response coming from the other end, Decker knew that the damage was widespread. The Los Angeles Police Department's West Valley substation-Devonshire Division in another age-was a few miles away from where Decker lived. When this kind of thing happened, the place was a madhouse, a switchboard of panicked people with emergency lines ringing off the hook. 'I should go to work.' 'You didn't eat,' Rina said. 'I'll grab something from the machines.' 'Peter, if it's just a transformer, there isn't anything you can do about it. You'll probably have a long day. I think you should fuel up.' There was logic to that. Decker sat back down and poured some skim milk into his cereal bowl, already laden with strawberries and bananas. 'I suppose the squad room can wait another five minutes.' They ate in silence for two bites. He noticed the wrinkle in Rina's brow. 'You're concerned about Hannah.' 'A little.' 'I'll stop by the school on my way to work.' 'I'd appreciate it.' Rina tried to think of something to say to distract both of them. The default conversation was the kids. 'Cindy called yesterday. She and Koby are coming over Friday night for dinner.' 'Great.' A pause as Decker finished his cereal. 'How are the boys?' 'I talked to Sammy yesterday. He's fine. Jacob only calls before Shabbos or if he's upset. Since he hasn't called, I'm assuming everything's okay.' Decker nodded, although his mind was racing through emergency procedure. He stood and tried the land phone again. The machine was still lifeless. 'Is the den computer still plugged into a battery pack?' 'I think so.' 'Let me try something.' Decker unplugged the small, portable, kitchen TV and lugged it into the back den. Rina followed and watched her husband drop to the floor and insert the electrical cord into one of the empty sockets. The seven-inch screen sprang to life. Decker tried one of the local stations. The TV was color but showed only images in shades of black and gray. 'What are we looking at?' Rina asked. 'A fire.' As if to underscore Decker's pronouncement, a billowing cloud of orange flames materialized. His cell jumped to life. 'Decker.' 'Strapp here. Where are you?' For the captain to be calling him on his cell, something was really wrong. 'At home. I'm just about to leave-' 'Don't come into the station. We've got a dire situation. Plane crash on Seacrest Drive between Hobart and Macon-' 'Good Lord-' 'What?' Rina asked. Frantically, Decker waved her off. 'Is it Hannah?' Decker shook his head while trying to digest the captain's words. '. . . took down an apartment building. A few firefighters are already at the scene, but the local units are going to need reinforcements ASAP. All units are being directed to Seacrest and Belarose. We're planning tactical.' 'I'm ten minutes away.' 'You got a roof light in your vehicle?' 'Yes.' 'Use it!' The captain hung up. 'What?' Rina was pale. 'Plane crash...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.9.2008
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Krimi / Thriller
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• ISBN-10: 0-00-728358-X / 000728358X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-00-728358-3 / 9780007283583