Milk and Honey (Kellerman novel)

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Milk and Honey
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Author Faye Kellerman
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesPeter Decker and Rina Lazarus
Release number
3
Genre Mystery
Set inLos Angeles
Publisher William Morrow and Company
Publication date
1990
Media typePrint
Pages384
ISBN 0688086039
OCLC 779370804
Preceded by Sacred and Profane  
Followed by Day of Atonement  

Milk and Honey is a 1990 novel by Faye Kellerman, published by William Morrow and Company as part of the Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus series. [1] It takes place about 18 months after Sacred and Profane , when Decker is 41, in Los Angeles, in the Foothill Division of the LAPD.

Plot summary

Decker finds a toddler with blood-soaked pajamas in the early morning hours while driving home from the yeshiva . He brings her in to the station to turn her over to child services, and starts trying to locate her family. His only clue is a number of bee stings. Pete also finds himself posting bail for an old Army buddy of his (Abel Atwater), who had been charged with rape and assault. Abel offers to do repair work on his barn, while Pete is off locating the girl's family. In the meantime, Rina is flying in from New York City for a visit for some alone time and to discuss their upcoming marriage. While backtracking clues in the found toddler's case, he finds the family home is the site of a quadruple murder, and that her name is Katie Darcy. Decker has to slog through many peripheral clues in the case, including a biker bar and a backwoods section of Los Angeles County. His partner Marge Dunn ends up dealing further with one of Katie's potential parents, whose own child was kidnapped in a custody case. She remembered the face and succeeded in putting a name to it. In a raid on the father's house, she gets her skull cracked, and is lucky to come out of it alive. Meanwhile, Rina and Abel have found an odd sort of relationship based on Decker and his mutual past and Abel's bitterness over happenings during the war. He ends up frightening and offending her greatly, though she does forgive him in the end. In finding the murderer of Katie's family and clearing Abel's name, Decker finds an odd parallel in family circumstance.

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References

  1. Kellerman, Faye (January 2003). Milk and Honey . pp.  432. ISBN   978-0-380-73268-5.{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)