false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171506605m/104081.jpg 104081 19 Faye Kellerman's 11th Peter Decker-Rina Lazarus mystery takes police lieutenant Decker into the enclave of a Heaven's Gate-style pseudoscientific religious cult, the Order of the Rings of God. The cult's leader, a former world-class physicist who styles himself Jupiter, has died of an ungodlike combination of liquor and prescription drugs, but whether it was accident, suicide, or murder is suspiciously murky. The death is mysteriously reported by Jupiter's estranged daughter Europa, a scientist who has nothing to do with the cult, and when the police arrive on the scene, they find that Jupiter's followers, particularly his four unpleasantly ambitious personal attendants, range from uncooperative to downright hostile. Decker's suspicions kick into high gear when two other cult members go missing and another body turns up. But with the tense situation threatening to unravel as explosively as Jonestown or Waco, it's Marge, Decker's professional sidekick, who penetrates the cult's inner sanctum and effects a scary eleventh-hour rescue.<p> For Decker, as always, the mystery serves to offset the tempestuous Orthodox Jewish family life that he married into. Sammy, Rina's older son, wants to study in a politically unstable region of Israel, and Jake, the younger, is teetering on the edge of a most unorthodox social scene of girls, porn movies, and pot. Kellerman knows how to craft a compelling mystery, but it's the honesty of Decker's unique religious and family struggles that keeps mystery fans interested book after book. If you're new to this series, you'll want to begin at the beginning with <I>The Ritual Bath</I>. <I>--Barrie Trinkle</I> 147056 1999 Jupiter's Bones (Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus, #11) total:638|5:124|4:220|3:233|2:48|1:12| 638 2310 831 12 1 0 false false Sat Jan 17 08:28:40 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 08:28:48 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Jul 06 14:33:36 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 06 14:34:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 08:54:20 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 07:42:05 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Sat Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Mon Sep 07 07:18:59 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 07:19:34 -0700 2009 ]]> 0 0 false false Tue May 26 22:28:03 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 22:28:55 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Sep 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 08:58:30 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 16:00:30 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 09 20:34:40 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 16 20:50:28 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Sun Aug 03 16:16:13 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 03 16:17:19 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Mar 27 11:00:32 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 11:01:51 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sat Feb 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 16 15:59:19 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 16 16:01:14 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Sat Oct 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 17:22:11 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 19:04:59 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Aug 29 07:38:38 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 29 07:39:24 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sat Nov 21 10:41:10 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 10:41:10 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Nov 20 19:25:14 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 19:25:16 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Fri Nov 20 18:38:47 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 18:38:47 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Fri Nov 20 07:20:27 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 07:20:27 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Nov 19 05:42:24 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 05:42:24 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Wed Nov 18 14:48:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 14:48:00 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Mon Nov 16 06:35:27 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 06:35:27 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Nov 12 23:19:41 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 23:19:41 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=104081