Bone Box

<p><strong>In this thrilling chapter in Faye Kellerman's bestselling series Rina Lazarus makes a shocking discovery in the woods of her upstate New York community that leads her husband police detective Peter Decker through a series of gruesome decades old unsolved murders pointing to a diabolical serial killer who's been hiding in plain sight.</strong></p><p>On a bright and crisp September morning while walking a bucolic woodland trail Rina Decker stumbles upon human remains once buried deep beneath the forest grounds. Immediately she calls her husband Peter a former detective lieutenant with LAPD now working for the local Greenbury Police. Within hours a vista of beauty and tranquility is transformed into a frenetic crime scene. The body has been interred for years and there is scant physical evidence at the gravesite: a youthful skeleton a skull wound and long dark strands of hair surrounding the bony frame. As Decker and his partner Tyler McAdams further investigate they realize that they're most likely dealing with a missing student from the nearby Five Colleges of Upstate--a well-known and well-respected consortium of higher learning where Rina works.</p><p>And when more human remains are found in the same area Decker and McAdams know this isn't just a one-off murder case. Short-staffed and with no convenient entry into the colleges Decker enlists Rina's help to act as the eyes and ears of campus gossip. Winding their way through a dangerous labyrinth of steely suspects and untouchable academics Decker McAdams and Rina race to protect their community from a psychopathic killer still in the area--and on the hunt for a fresh victim. </p>