Synopses & Reviews
Two cities. Two murders. Two masters.
Faye and Jonathan Kellerman. Wife and husband. Each a bestselling author on her and his own. Now these masters of the crime novel are writing together for the first time, thrilling us with two riveting tales of murder and suspense.
DOUBLE HOMICIDE: Boston
Basketball is an obsession in Beantown, producing emotions that run hot even in the coldest winter. This time, a flagrant foul during a college match leads to a fatal shooting. With the life of its star forward cut short, the entire city is putting pressure on Detectives Dorothy Breton and Michael McCain to find the perpetrator.
For Dorothy, who's raising two teenage boys on her own, the case hits close to home. She knows the victim's mother; their sons played on the same team. To Mickey, who's given up the fight against his bulging waistline, the investigation is poor consolation for being alone this holiday season. Together, they're looking to make an open-and-shut case until startling evidence comes to light. Now two experienced cops can either keep it simple...or do what's right.
DOUBLE HOMICIDE: Santa Fe
It's Christmastime, and police officers Darrel Two Moons and Steve Katz are expecting the usual gang assaults, feuding spouses, and alcohol-related misdemeanors. Then the call comes in from the Historic District: the reported death of an art gallery owner whose bludgeoned body stretches across a bleached pine floor like a big, nasty still life.
When he was in the NYPD, Katz saw more homicides weekly than he's seen in Santa Fe in three years. Two Moons, an Army brat and ex-Marine, is discovering his roots among local Indian potters. But everything personal goes by the wayside as they unearth the victim's enemies and follow a trail of motives that lies buried like layers of paint. As biting winds blow through town, Two Moons and Katz enter a dangerous world where murder has been perfected to an art form.
Review
"[A] two-for-one bonanza....In both stories, the cops' personal lives add welcome texture to the fairly routine if still wholly entertaining plots. A diversion for the Kellermans but sure to be of interest to their respective fans." Booklist
Review
"How good an idea is the Kellermans' double-your-fun format? Good enough to start a franchise....But the half-a-book length for each story is the tricky part. It's long for a novella, not long enough for a serious mystery plot." Janet Maslin, The New York Times
Review
"Each [half] is a fairly uninspired police procedural....The plots, characters or themes don't intersect or even refer to each other. It's no collaboration, and that's the real crime here....Kellerman fans deserve better." Detroit Free Press
Review
"In both novels, the Kellermans' collaborative writing style drives home gritty drama, compelling dialog, and believable characters. Highly recommended." Library Journal
Synopsis
This book will be printed as a reversible volume with two different covers one featuring Santa Fe "Still Life," the reversible side featuring Boston "In the Land of Giants." Faye and Jonathan Kellerman each receive alternate top billing on these two covers.
Synopsis
For the first time ever, bestselling novelists Jonathan Kellerman and Faye Kellerman team up to deliver the launch book in a thrilling new series of short crime novels! It's a reader's dream come true: a new series co-written by the royal couple of crime fiction - Jonathan and Faye Kellerman! Each book contains two novels jointly written by the duo, featuring different detectives solving crimes in different cities. "In the Land of the Giants," has Boston homicide detectives Michael MacCain and Doris Sylvestor investigating the suspicious death of a college basketball star. And in "Still Life," the co-worker of a Santa Fe art gallery is murdered, forcing detectives Darryl Two Moons and Steve Katz to put aside holiday celebrations and set things right.
Synopsis
The "New York Times" bestseller by two masters of the crime novel--and husband and wife--writing together for the first time kick starts a new series of short crime novels, beginning with these two riveting tales of murder and suspense, set in Boston and Santa Fe.
About the Author
FAYE and JONATHAN KELLERMAN have conspired to produce four children and lots of the other good stuff that comes from an enduring, happy marriage. After some deliberation, they decided to write something together. The end result was good fun. And this book.