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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780061562648
Format: Large Print
ISBN: 0061562645
Label: HarperLuxe
Manufacturer: HarperLuxe
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 560
Publication Date: September 01, 2008
Publisher: HarperLuxe
Release Date: September 09, 2008
Studio: HarperLuxe

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:


Billionaire genius Genoa Greeves never got over the shocking death of her favorite teacher, Bennett "Dr. Ben" Alston Little, murdered execution-style and stuffed into the trunk of his Mercedes-Benz. No arrests were ever made, no killer charged for the brutal crime. Fifteen years later, the high-tech CEO reads about another execution-style murder; this time the victim is a Hollywood music producer named Primo Ekerling. There is no obvious connection, but the case is eerily similar to Little's and Genoa feels the time is right to close Dr. Ben's case once and for all—offering the L.A.P.D. a substantial financial "incentive" if justice is finally served for Little.



Lieutenant Peter Decker resents having to commit valuable manpower to a fifteen-year-old open case simply because a rich woman says "Jump!" Still, the recent murder of Primo Ekerling does bear a disturbing resemblance to Little's case, even though two thug suspects are currently behind bars for the Ekerling murder. Decker can't help but wonder about a connection. His first phone calls are to the two primary investigators in the Little case, retired detectives Calvin Vitton and Arnie Lamar. Lamar is cooperative, but Vitton is not only reluctant to talk, he winds up dead of a suspicious suicide twelve hours later. Plunging into this long-buried murder, Decker discovers that even though the two slayings are separated by a decade and a half, there is still plenty of greed, lust, and evil to connect the dots.



Decker's team of top investigators not only includes his favorite homicide detectives, Scott Oliver and Marge Dunn, but also his newly minted Hollywood detective daughter, Cindy Kutiel, whose help proves to be invaluable. His wife, Rina Lazarus, continues to be his backbone of support, offering a cool, rational outlook despite her growing concern for her husband's welfare and safety. Rina's worries and fears begin to build at a fevered pitch as past and present collide with a vengeance, catapulting an unsuspecting Peter Decker closer and closer to the edge of an infinite dark abyss.



A relentlessly gripping tale spun by a master, Faye Kellerman's The Mercedes Coffin races through a dangerous urban world of fleeting fame and false dreams, making heart-pumping hairpin turns at each step of a terrifying journey, where truth and justice are fine lines between life and death.






Rating: - Horrific read and so very.....
disappointing....The best that can be said is I read a library copy so all I wasted was my time. The beginning was great and then the book deteriorated into a complete bomb, with discussion after discussion that couldn't have been more tedious and boring. So much so, that I really didn't care about anything, anyone, skipping those discussions lost me nothing, and the ending was simply too, too boring, incomplete, dull, need I go on....

Sorry about this review as I have read the entire ... Read More

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Rating: - Tedious
I've read most of Faye Kellerman's novels and have liked many of them, especially "Straight Into Night," but this one is--well--bad. I kept laying it aside and picking up again, forcing myself through the tedium. When I finally made it to the last page, the outcome was disappointing, vague. See for yourself. There could be no murder conviction based on the evidence presented.

Keeping the characters straight was a problem. There are all sorts of low lifes without much to distinguish ... Read More

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Rating: - Fails to engage
Through the years the strength of this series has been Faye Kellerman's ability to engage the reader and cause him/her to care about Peter Decker and his family and the victims of the crimes in Decker's police cases. Somehow she fails to do either in this latest book in the series.

The title of the book refers to two murders which occur 15 years apart. In both murders the victim is put in the trunk of a Mercedes-Benz after being shot execution-style. The first victim is a well-liked teacher, ... Read More

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Rating: - Too many characters
As others have said, there are too many characters in this book. Each one is referred to by first name, last name, and often a nickname - sometimes in the same paragraph. There's a Rudy and a Ryan, Melinda and a Marilyn, not to mention Cal and Cal J (a red herring that went nowhere), and so many times I said to myself "Who's Mudd again?" I love the series, but the last two books have gone downhill.

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Rating: - A chilling police thriller
The scene is set, a brutal murder that bares a chilling resemblance to a murder committed almost fifteen years ago. Genoa Greeves is a successful computer entrepreneur who after reading the daily post discovers the brutal scene of Primo Ekerling. Late last night, three shots were fired execution style into the head of the famous music producer and he was left in the trunk of his car. This takes Ms. Greeves on a flashback to the unsolved murder of her school teacher. But unlike last time Ms. Greeves has the ... Read More

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