Stone Kiss (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Faye Marder
- First Published: 2002
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: March, 2002
- Setting: New York City and upstate New York
- Principal Characters: Peter Decker, Rina Lazarus, Jonathan Levine, Raisie Levine, Ephraim Lieber, Shaynda Lieber, Chaim Lieber, Christopher Donatti, Terry, Virgil Merrin, Leon Hershfield
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: New York, United States or Americans, Crime or criminals, Murder or homicide, Police, Twentieth century, New York City, Twenty-first century, Ethnic groups, Jews or Jewish life, Detectives, Pornography, 2000’s
- Locales: New York, NY
Peter Decker comes home from a day’s work with the homicide division of the Los Angeles Police Department to find his wife Rina Lazarus pale and upset with the news that one of the members of their extended family in New York City has been murdered and that the fifteen-year-old niece who was with him is missing. Reluctantly, Decker phones his half-brother Jonathan, who had called Rina with the news, reluctant because he already suspects Jonathan will want him to perform miracles and solve these problems. He is right. Within hours, Peter, Rina, and their nine-year old daughter Hannah...
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