February Selection: Justice by Faye Kellerman

From Booklist: Kellerman's latest Pete Decker/Rina Lazarus novel begins with a teen prom queen who has been found dead in a fleabag motel, apparently strangled after a night of drink, drugs, and kinky sex. Handsome, clean-cut Chris Whitman has confessed to the killing, but LAPD detective Decker is uncomfortable with the easy resolution of the case and the way things just don't add up. Chris, the son of Mob boss Joe Donatti, is way too cool, too smooth, and too sure of himself. Evidence taken from the dead prom queen's body shows she had sex with at least one other person besides Whitman on the night she died. And sweet, innocent Teresa McLaughlin is in love with Whitman, but there's more to the romance than the usual teen hormonal attraction. So, despite his superiors' objections, Pete digs into the case more deeply and finds, to his horror, what really happened. --review by Emily Melton

Join us at the Auburn Library for a discussion of this book on February 11 at noon until 1 P.M. Bring your lunch for Books & Lunch at the Auburn Library. If you cannot make it at this time, discuss it here by adding your comments. Here are some discussion questions to get you started (spoilers ahead so stop reading if you haven't finished the book):

1. By the end of the book what did you think of Chris Whitman? Did he really do it or is he an innocent with a not so innocent family?
2. Did you like the book? Would you recommend it to a friend?
3. If you were to cast a movie of this book, who would you cast as Peter Decker; as Rina; as Chris Whitman; as Cindy?
4. Add your own discussion question...