The Lost Boys

Faye Kellerman returns with an atmospheric, fast-paced mystery set in bucolic upstate New York, full of unexpected twists and turns that build to a shocking and surprising end—the latest thrilling entry in her New York Times bestseller Decker/Lazarus series.

When Bertram Lanz

goes missing from a local diner near Greenbury, the entire community of the

small upstate New York town volunteers to search the surrounding woods. Bertram

had been on a field trip with the staff and fellow residents of the Loving Care

Home when he vanished.

When no trace of the

man is found, the disappearance quickly becomes an official missing persons

case and is assigned to detectives Peter Decker and his partner Tyler McAdams.

As their investigation deepens, the seasoned Decker becomes convinced that

Bertram hadn’t lost his way but must have left with someone he knew. Soon

Decker discovers that Elsie Schulung, a recently fired nurse who had worked at

the home, seemed to be especially interested in Bertram. But answers prove

elusive when Elsie disappears and human blood is found in her kitchen.

These complications prove

to be only the beginning. While combing the woods, searchers discover the

remains of one of three young men who had vanished during a camping trip. And

for Decker, personal problems are adding pressure as well. After a ten-year

absence, the biological mother of Decker and Rina’s foster son, Gabriel, has

suddenly appeared in New York, children in tow, wreaking emotional havoc on the

young man.

Juggling the

personal and professional, a hot case and a cold case, Decker and McAdams race

to find answers, sifting through cabinets of old files, a plethora of clues and

evidence, and discouraging dead ends. As ongoing searches for Bertram and the

campers’ missing remains continue, the frustrated detectives begin to wonder if

the woods will ever give up its dark secrets...