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Grievous Sin Audiobook Summary

The birth of their baby girl has filled Rina Lazarus and her husband, LAPD Homicide Detective Peter Decker, with joy mingled with sorrow, since complications have ensured that they can have no more children. But the situation is grim at the hospital, which has been devastated by severe budget cutbacks and staff shortages. And when a respected nurse vanishes along with a newborn from the nursery, Peter and Rina fear for the safety of their own precious child–especially when the missing nurse’s car is found at the bottom of a cliff . . . with a corpse inside.

A most grievous sin has been committed. In pursuit of justice, Decker–with the help of his tough-as-nails partner, Marge, and an able assist from his teenage daughter, Cindy–follows a twisted path that winds through a sinister maze of hospital politics, misplaced passions, and torturous mind games that can all too easily lead to murder.

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Grievous Sin Audiobook Narrator

Mitchell Greenberg is the narrator of Grievous Sin audiobook that was written by Faye Kellerman

Faye Kellerman lives with her husband, New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Kellerman, in Los Angeles, California, and Santa Fe, New Mexico.

About the Author(s) of Grievous Sin

Faye Kellerman is the author of Grievous Sin

Grievous Sin Full Details

Narrator Mitchell Greenberg
Length 12 hours 44 minutes
Author Faye Kellerman
Category
Publisher HarperAudio
Release date January 17, 2012
ISBN 9780062192752

Subjects

The publisher of the Grievous Sin is HarperAudio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Fiction, General, Mystery & Detective

Additional info

The publisher of the Grievous Sin is HarperAudio. The imprint is HarperAudio. It is supplied by HarperAudio. The ISBN-13 is 9780062192752.

Global Availability

This book is only available in the United States.

Goodreads Reviews

Diane

January 10, 2019

This book was more like the first ones - like the storyline and the banter. This particular story deals with the birth of Decker and Lazarus baby girl, the maternity ward and the kidnapping of another new born, plus the horrible murder of a nurse.4 solid stars and 2 thumbs up!From the blurb: The birth of their baby girl has filled Rina Lazarus and her husband, LAPD Homicide Detective Peter Decker, with joy mingled with sorrow, since complications have ensured that they can have no more children. But the situation is grim at the hospital, which has been devastated by severe budget cutbacks and staff shortages. And when a respected nurse vanishes along with a newborn from the nursery, Peter and Rina fear for the safety of their own precious child—especially when the missing nurse's car is found at the bottom of a cliff . . . with a corpse inside.A most grievous sin has been committed. In pursuit of justice, Decker—with the help of his tough-as-nails partner, Marge, and an able assist from his teenage daughter, Cindy—follows a twisted path that winds through a sinister maze of hospital politics, misplaced passions, and torturous mind games that can all too easily lead to murder.

Tara

January 04, 2014

In Grievous Sin, Peter and Rina are at the hospital due to their baby's birth. The whole clan makes appearances throughout the novel. Cindy, Decker's oldest daughter, becomes very attached to her new sibling and spends time with her in the nursery. When a baby goes missing Peter and Cindy are pulled into trying to find the baby and a missing nurse. I love how Faye Kellerman develops real characters, and some how balances between the mystery and Peter and Rina's life.

Renée

February 23, 2016

Good stuff.

Daniel

June 21, 2022

"It is confusing when unfortunate things happen to nice people. It puts us at odds with our sense of justice". A fantastic, gut-wrenching, edge-of-your-sit tour-de-force, a true psychological thriller that examines the actions of egotistical, selfish individuals and their horrific consequences for years to come. Decker in under unusual strain with this case, as he hasn't the time to enjoy his new-born daughter, and dealing with the kidnapping of another new-born from the hospital, as the case hits too close to home- while also dealing with Rina's tragic aftermath of her delivery. He and his partner, Marge, work overtime to solve this case and uncover some nasty truths, to not only solve a murder but also find the missing baby it will become another victim. As usual, character development is done to the nth degree, with superb dialogues, great pace and tension- Fate Kellerman's writing style is crisp and flowing as ever. And it was a to see Cindy shine int his novel, helping out in this case and showing why she will become such a great detective in future entries. 5+ stars. A superb entry to a fantastic series.

Shannon

August 28, 2019

4.5 stars. I started this book off not quite sure where it was going. The first 15 - 20% were exclusively about the birth of Rina and Decker's child and was a bit boring. Once baby is born and the inciting incident occurs, the book picks up a bit and becomes slightly more exciting. At this point, I was fairly intrigued but still a little bored. This was maybe 40%.Then, without my permission, this book kicked into gear and hooked me hard. I couldn't stop reading it. At around 7 pm, I was at 53% and I had a sad face moment where I thought to myself I don't think I can finish this book tonight. But the book had other ideas and at 11:50 I turned off my Kindle, book completely finished. I simply HAD to know who did it and why. I had to. My brain would not let me stop thinking about it. Tiredness was a thing of the past, a thing that happens to people who aren't in the middle of this book.It got me, plain and simple. And I'm glad because I've read a few stinkers lately and this was a welcome reprieve.

Lisa

January 23, 2015

better than the last; fast moving. Liked it. Gets lost in the small talk sometime.

Dev

April 01, 2014

This is one of my favorite Kellerman books. I love Cindy with the baby! Though - I also want to scream at her for being stupid.

Magpie67

August 26, 2015

Ever had that deja vu experience while reading a book? While a certain amount of characters were familiar and last I left off... Peter's wife was pregnant... I'm sure I hadn't read this book. And yet... maybe I read the first few chapters but had to return the title to the library???? Anyway... It was great to get back into the lives of Peter and Rina, their family life and the detectives working a case. I love Peter! In fact a case with Peter Decker and Harry Bosch would be awesome to read. Old school guys working the cases one clue at a time. A missing baby, a missing nurse, a car over the cliff with a body in it... What does it all mean and how are the people connected. I went from one theory to another to figure out the crime. A case of one person arriving at the wrong time, who had a mental problem. Mental health issues and women unable to have babies were the topics through out much of the case. This is a series I would like to get caught up within the next year for sure. I just love this writing family!!!!

Eric

March 02, 2020

It was good to get back into the Decker/Lazarus series again. As with former books, the story's crime/mystery is closely connected with events in Decker and Rina's life. They have now married and the book opens with the birth of their baby girl, Hannah. But two tragedies hit. One, Rina must have a hysterectomy following complications of childbirth. Secondly, another baby from the nursery is kidnapped, and staff mysterious disappear, and later someone turns up murdered. Due to the book's age (written in 1993), Decker goes about tracking down the baby and missing staff members using good old detective skills - skills used prior to our total dependence on the Internet or computers. It was also fun, and rather quaint, to read of their use of finding people by using the phone book. Does anyone still have a phone book!!?? As with previous books, and as a theme of the series which keeps me coming back, Peter and Rina's Jewish heritage and practice still appear sprinkled throughout the book; this is a piece I enjoy, and which will keep me reading the subsequent volumes Kellerman has written.A real good, classic detective book worthy of reading!

Virginia

August 07, 2020

Female hormones on overdrive with Peter Decker in the midst of it all... and that includes family and felons alike into the Estrogen mix... and after that, everything is Relative. Sometimes funny... sometimes alarming events that beset any male of the species specially if he is investigating a case of baby snatching from the nursery of the hospital where his wife had just successfully delivered his baby daughter... and a doctor's judgement call to save Rina's life that would cause massive psychological repercussions on her female psyche. A good enough mirror on a slice of a woman's stake or Journey in Life. As for the partners' professional lives... both are slated for the Devonshire Homicide station still in the San Fernando Valley... Decker made his request as a duo to include Marge (as the macho brotherhood from the dark ages was obviously leery of female detectives) and also as an opportunity to prove herself.

Christina

October 24, 2017

Sooooooo good. I honestly was kept on the edge of my seat the entire read and was impressed with the ending. Only compliant is that the mystery hinges on two people just happening to run into each other 20 years later, but honestly the overall quality of the mystery was so strong that I'll overlook it

Donna

April 08, 2018

Peter and Rina have a baby girl and while Rina is in the hospital a baby is kidnapped from the hospital. It is up to Peter with the help of his older daughter and Marge to find the baby and who killed a nurse

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