![]() Rina is the daughter of Holocaust survivors from Hungary. ![]() On the other hand, during times of confrontation and anger his step-sons will sometimes refer to him as “Peter”. However at times of special intimacy and tenderness Rina will call him “Akivale”. To his police colleagues, he is “Peter”, “Rabbi”“Loo”, or “Old Man”. Peter has a daughter, named Cindy Decker, from his first marriage with Jan Decker, and a daughter, named Hannah Decker with Rina.Īside from Peter, which is a name with obvious Christian connotations and origin, he has a Jewish name, Akiva, the same name of a famous ancient Jewish sage. Even though he was raised Baptist by his adoptive parents back in Florida, he finds out during adulthood that his birth parents were Jewish, making him Jewish under traditional Jewish law, too. He becomes compelled to explore the religion for himself and eventually becomes a religiously observant Orthodox Jew. Peter meets Rina, a young widow, during an investigation at a yeshiva in the first novel. The couple relocates to upstate New York in “Murder 101”, which is the twenty-second novel in the series. ![]() The series stars Peter Decker, a lieutenant in the LAPD, and Rina, his Orthodox Jewish wife who assists him in solving crimes. The series began publication in the year 1986, when “The Ritual Bath”, was released. Decker and Lazarus series by Faye KellermanĪuthor Faye Kellerman writes the “Decker and Lazarus” series of novels. ![]()
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