Kate’s 2¢: “The quality of mercy” by Faye Kellerman

“The quality of mercy” by Faye Kellerman

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   I’m glad Martha Harmon Pardee narrated this book, as it took a long time to finish it.  Martha’s professionalism in reading  the print, brought the characters alive and made them memorable.

   I enjoyed this fictional account meshed into the historical facts. I’m glad to have had the historical notes at the end of the story.

From her website:

   Faye Kellerman was born in St. Louis, Missouri and grew up in Sherman Oaks, California. She earned a BA in mathematics and a doctorate in dentistry at UCLA. Kellerman’s groundbreaking first novel, THE RITUAL BATH, was published in 1986 to wide critical and commercial acclaim. The winner of the Macavity Award for the Best First Novel from the Mystery Readers of American, THE RITUAL BATH introduced readers to Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus, termed by People Magazine “Hands down, the most refreshing mystery couple around.” The New York Times enthused, “This couple’s domestic affairs have the haimish warmth of reality, unlike the formulaic lives of so many other genre detectives.”

There are well over twenty million copies of Faye Kellerman’s novels in print internationally. The Decker/Lazarus thrillers include SACRED AND PROFANE; MILK AND HONEY; DAY OF ATONEMENT; FALSE PROPHET; GRIEVOUS SIN; SANCTUARY; as well as her New York Times Bestsellers, JUSTICE, PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD – listed by the LA Times as one of the best crime novel of 2001; SERPENT’S TOOTH; JUPITER’S BONES, THE FORGOTTEN, STONE KISS, STRAIGHT INTO DARKNESS, THE BURNT HOUSE, THE MERCEDES COFFIN and BLINDMAN’S BLUFF. HANGMAN, and GUN GAMES, THE BEAST, MURDER 101, THE THEORY OF DEATH, BONE BOX and WALKING SHADOWS . The novels, STALKER and STREET DREAMS, introduced Kellerman’s newest protagonist, Police Officer Cindy Decker, and MURDER 101 moved Decker and Rina to Greenbury New York. There Peter works as a detective in Greenbury PD with his latest partner, Tyler McAdams, a Harvard law student with a nose for solving crimes. In addition to her crime series, Kellerman is also the author of New York Time’s bestseller MOON MUSIC, a suspense horror novel set in Las Vegas featuring Detective Romulus Poe, as well as an historical novel of intrigue set in Elizabethan England, THE QUALITY OF MERCY as well as a novel in Santa Fe, New Mexico, entitled THE KILLING SEASON, a novel of retribution and atonement.

   She has also co-authored the New York Times Bestseller DOUBLE HOMICIDE, with her husband and partner in crime, Jonathan Kellerman. She was also lucky enough to co-write a young adult novel, PRISM, with her daughter, Aliza Kellerman.

Her newest novel – also in the Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus series – in entitled THE LOST BOYS and will most likely be released in August of 2020. She is hard at work penning this latest venture.

   Faye Kellerman’s highly praised short stories and reviews have been anthologized in numerous collections including two volumes of the notable SISTERS IN CRIME SERIES, Sara Paretsky’s, A WOMAN’S EYE; THE FIRST ANNUAL YEAR’S FINEST CRIME AND MYSTERY STORIES; THE THIRD ANNUAL BEST MYSTERY STORIES OF THE YEAR; WOMEN OF MYSTERY AND DEADLY ALLIES 11. Her personally annotated collection of her award winning stories, THE GARDEN OF EDEN and OTHER CRIMINAL DELIGHTS, was published in August of 2006. In July of 2013, Ms. Kellerman was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by Strand Magazine.

   Her other hobbies include gardening, and jogging if her back doesn’t give out. She has four children, and eight grandchildren – the loves of her life. Her eldest son, Jesse, has published five novels including POTBOILER which was nominated for an Edgar Allen Poe Award. She lives in Los Angeles, Santa Fe and Jerusalem with her husband, Jonathan, also the love of her life.

She has many loves: she smiles a lot.

   American author Faye Kellerman is best known for her Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus series which has spanned nearly 20 novels. She also has several standalone novels on her resume. Faye is married to fellow author Jonathan Kellerman, whom she has co-authored multiple books with ( Double Homicide and Capital Crimes ).

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

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Kellerman, Faye. Reading time: 23 hours, 3 minutes.

Read by Martha Harmon Pardee. A production of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress.

Historical Fiction

Elizabethan London. Young playwright Will Shakespeare is distraught over the murder of his mentor. Rebecca Lopez, the daughter of Queen Elizabeth I’s physician, is a Jew whose family rescues other Jews from Portugal’s Inquisition. When Will and Rebecca meet, they vow to help each other in their quests for justice. Strong language, violence, and explicit descriptions of sex.

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