FAYE KELLERMAN introduced LA cop Peter Decker and his wife, Rina Lazarus, to the mystery world eighteen years ago. Since then she has published fourteen Decker/Lazarus novels, including the New York Times bestsellers The Forgotten and Stalker. She is also the author of Moon Music, a contemporary thriller set in Las Vegas, and The Quality of Mercy, an historical novel of Elizabethan England. Ms. Kellerman lives in California with her husband, noted author Jonathan Kellerman, and their four children, three dogs, and fish too numerous to count.

Praise
FAYE KELLERMAN
DAY OF ATONEMENT

A Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus Novel

“KELLERMAN IS TERRIFIC.”

Newsday

“COMPELLING…A THRILLER WITH A HEART…
[IT] DEMANDS YOU KEEP READING…
Warning: don’t try to finish this book just before going to bed at night…[It] builds to a climax that will leave your heart pounding, and you wide awake.”

Orlando Sentinel

“The best Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus mystery yet…Faye Kellerman masterfully weaves family and religion into a truly amazing novel that is as suspenseful as it is substantial.”

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“Kellerman has become a real pro at setting up crime puzzles, laying on lots of real and fake clues, and keeping everyone guessing.”

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“She does for the American cop story what P.D. James has done for the British mystery, lifting it beyond genre.”

Richmond Times-Dispatch

“KELLERMAN IS SPLENDID.”

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

“ONE OF MY CURRENT FAVORITES…What fun to match wits with a clever, literate author…Kellerman is accomplished at setting up sordid crimes and then lulling her beguiled reader into assuming the answer is obvious. Not so…Kellerman’s crisp writing compliments a kaleidoscopic narrative that begins in a Brooklyn synagogue and, after several intriguing detours, leads to a rousing ending along the California freeways.”

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“Mystery fans value Faye Kellerman for her superb Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus novels.”

Washington Post Book World

“Taut with suspense…a powerful achievement…Kellerman has succeeded brilliantly in writing a novel that is rich in mood and color, and painfully touching…[She] richly limns Orthodox Jewish customs, and her portrait of a young psychopath fascinates.”

Cleveland Plain Dealer

“A gripping crime plot…This graphic, pungent novel shows Kellerman at the gritty peak of her form.”

Booklist

“A SURE BET.”

Houston Chronicle

“Takes your breath away…An unusual kind of thriller, one with a soul…Peter and Rina’s love story is both unusual and touching, a true relationship, not just a plot device.”

Bergen Record

“Kellerman’s novels sustain a quality that is unusually high.”

Chicago Tribune

“Reading a good thriller is very much like taking a great vacation: half the fun is getting there. Faye Kellerman is one heck of a tour guide.”

Detroit Free Press

“Shocking and fascinating…Kellerman blends family and murder beautifully…The killer is…chilling.”

Ocala Star Banner

“I have seen the future of crime fiction, and her name is Faye Kellerman.”

Glasgow Herald (Scotland)

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RITUAL BATH

SACRED AND PROFANE

THE QUALITY OF MERCY