The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 27 books · 1986 to 2022 · Set in Los Angeles

Faye Kellerman

Crime and mysteryPolice procedural

Los Angeles detective Peter Decker meets Rina Lazarus at an Orthodox Jewish community in The Ritual Bath, and their family grows through more than twenty-five books, later moving to small-town Greenbury in upstate New York.

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Decker and Lazarus

27 books · Set in Los AngelesPolice procedural
  1. 1The Ritual Bath1986With Peter Decker and Rina LazarusBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Sacred and Profane1987With Peter Decker and Rina LazarusBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Milk and Honey1990With Peter Decker and Rina LazarusBuy on Amazon
  4. 4Day of Atonement1991With Peter Decker and Rina LazarusBuy on Amazon
  5. 5False Prophet1992With Peter Decker and Rina LazarusBuy on Amazon
  6. 6Grievous Sin1993With Peter Decker and Rina LazarusBuy on Amazon
  7. 7Sanctuary1994With Peter Decker and Rina LazarusBuy on Amazon
  8. 8Justice1995With Peter Decker and Rina LazarusBuy on Amazon
  9. 9Prayers for the Dead1996With Peter Decker and Rina LazarusBuy on Amazon
  10. 10Serpent’s Tooth1997With Peter Decker and Rina LazarusBuy on Amazon
  11. 11Jupiter’s Bones1999With Peter Decker and Rina LazarusBuy on Amazon
  12. 12Stalker2000With Peter Decker and Rina LazarusBuy on Amazon
  13. 13The Forgotten2001With Peter Decker and Rina LazarusBuy on Amazon
  14. 14Stone Kiss2002With Peter Decker and Rina LazarusBuy on Amazon
  15. 15Street Dreams2003With Peter Decker and Rina LazarusBuy on Amazon
  16. 16The Burnt House2007With Peter Decker and Rina LazarusBuy on Amazon
  17. 17The Mercedes Coffin2008With Peter Decker and Rina LazarusBuy on Amazon
  18. 18Blindman’s Bluff2009With Peter Decker and Rina LazarusBuy on Amazon
  19. 19Hangman2010With Peter Decker and Rina LazarusBuy on Amazon
  20. 20Gun Games2012With Peter Decker and Rina LazarusBuy on Amazon
  21. 21The Beast2013With Peter Decker and Rina LazarusBuy on Amazon
  22. 22Murder 1012014With Peter Decker and Rina LazarusBuy on Amazon
  23. 23The Theory of Death2015With Peter Decker and Rina LazarusBuy on Amazon
  24. 24Bone Box2017With Peter Decker and Rina LazarusBuy on Amazon
  25. 25Walking Shadows2018With Peter Decker and Rina LazarusBuy on Amazon
  26. 26The Lost Boys2020With Peter Decker and Rina LazarusBuy on Amazon
  27. 27The Hunt2022With Peter Decker and Rina LazarusBuy on Amazon

Characters

11 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

The Decker family