False Prophet (Peter Decker & Rina Lazarus, Book 5) by Faye Kellerman
By Faye Kellerman
L.A.P.D. Detective Peter Decker doesn't recognize fairly what to make of Lilah Brecht. the gorgeous, eccentric spa proprietor and daughter of a pale Hollywood legend, Lilah used to be crushed, robbed, and raped in her own residence -- and claims to have psychic powers that allow her to work out much more devastating occasions looming at the horizon. together with his center and brain on his pregnant younger spouse, Rina Lazarus, at domestic, Peter reveals it difficult to place a lot credence within the victim's outrageous claims, or to turn into too deeply concerned together with her both bizarre brothers and getting older movie celebrity mother. but if Lilah's darkish visions flip frighteningly genuine, Decker's international can be significantly rocked -- because the "false prophet's" secrets and techniques and obsessions entrap the devoted policeman ... and element a killer towards Decker's personal weak relations.
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I stopped and stared but he walked on without me. I hurried to catch up. “Back when Byrdie and her mama first came to Piney Grove to worship, there was an old busybody in the congregation by the name of Ethel Cox. She had something ill to say about everybody. My mama was in charge of organizing the bake sale that year and she held a meeting at our house. Well, there wasn’t much talk about a bake sale that night. It was stuffy so Mama had opened the windows. I stood outside smoking and heard the whole thing.
He’ll never leave Bloodroot Mountain because the Cotters have lived here for generations, but I wonder if he ever wants to dust his hands of this place and move on. Millertown was the big city to me back then, before I went to Knoxville with Daddy once to buy a washing machine. Now I see it for what it really is, a country town with old houses and glass-sprinkled lots and the smokestacks of dirty-looking factories looming over everything. The buildings on Main Street are falling into disrepair but they still have character, with tall windows and painted brick and arched doorways.
One time I caught him off by hisself hid in the corn patch, reading a book of poems. His face got red as a beet and he flew so mad I thought he was going to fight me, just because I knowed he liked to read poems. ” Mr. Barnett talked about Myra’s granny, too. He said he could see why Macon was drawn to Byrdie, even though she wasn’t much to look at. She was brash and sassy and tough. “I seen her bury every one of her children and take to her bed for months at a time,” Mr. Barnett said. “But someway she always got back on her feet.