{"product_id":"9780688143671","title":"Prayers for the Dead (Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus Series #9)","description":" \u003cp\u003eThe brutal murder of Dr. Azor Sparks in an alley behind a restaurant is greeted with public outrage and a demand for swift, sure justice. But the investigation into the well-known surgeon's death is raising too many questions and providing too few answers for homicide detective Lieutenant Peter Decker.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy, for example, would the family of a man so beloved respond to his slaying with more surprise than grief? And what linked a celebrated doctor with strict fundamentalist beliefs to a gang of outlaw bikers? But the most unsettling connection of all is the one that ties the tormented Sparks family to Peter Decker's own — and the secrets shared by a renegade Catholic priest...and Decker's wife, Rina Lazarus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Biography: Faye Kellerman introduced L.A. cop Peter Decker and his wife, Rina Lazarus, to the mystery world fifteen years ago. Since then she has published twelve Decker\/Lazarus novels, the most recent being the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eStalker.\u003c\/i\u003e She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eMoon Music,\u003c\/i\u003e a contemporary thriller set in Las Vegas, and \u003ci\u003eThe Quality of Mercy,\u003c\/i\u003e a historical novel of Elizabethan England. Kellerman lives in California with her husband, noted author Jonathan Kellerman, and their four children, three dogs, and fish too numerous to count.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47027444383984,"sku":"9780688143671","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780688143671_p0.gif?v=1763606056","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780688143671","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}