The Ritual Bath (Peter Decker & Rina Lazarus Novels) by Kellerman, Faye - 1987-09-12

New York: Fawcett Crest, 1987-09-12. Mass Market Paperback. Good. 277 pages; spine crease, light edge wear; When the call comes in, Detective Peter Decker can hardly believe it. A rape at the yeshiva up in the canyon and hill country behind Los Angeles? True, there had been some recent anti-Semitic vandalism but never any violence. Not only that, but this was a strict Orthodox Jewish community, self-enclosed and suspicious of outsiders. Not much chance they'd co-operate with the police. And he is right - as Rina Lazarus, the frustratingly fascinating young widow who found the victim proves when she talks about her world. Outsider he may be, but Decker has a feeling in his policeman's bones that the cost of privacy to this determined community could be murderously high...