Another great read by one of my fave authors. This is #20 in the Rina Lazarus/Peter Decker series. Rina is an orthodox Jewish woman who met Peter Decker, an LAPD detective, when her house was robbed. Throughout the series they meet, date, fall in love, marry and commingle their families - his ...
Bis zum Ende des Buches bleibt unklar, wer die Täter sind und wer dahinten steckt.Faye Kellerman spielt in diesem Buch so gekonnt mit den Möglichkeiten, dass man ständig auf eine falsche Fährte geführt wird. Immer wenn man meint, nun zu wissen, wer der Täter ist, wendet sich die Geschichte und mu...
I fell in love with Faye Kellerman and her Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus series from the first word I read, long, long ago. The earlier books, especially, truly relied on the couple’s Jewish roots, and that was a plus, for I’ve been fascinated with the Jewish culture ever since I saw Robbie Benson in...
OK There is not much you can say. I love Faye Kellerman. All her novels are well written and keep you in suspense all the way through the mystery. She has written more than 15 stories in her Peter Decker and Rina Lazerus series and she has avoided the plague of the mystery writer, formula plot...
I have to admit that I liked this novel the least so far in the series. Although the plot was tightly woven and there was good character development, there were a few scenes in the book I didn't like. In past books, Kellerman has made sexual references, but they were all in good taste, alluding t...
Authors can either rejoice or tear their hair when one of the marginal characters in their series takes on a life of his own. So it was with Chris Donnetti, and later son Gabe, in the Decker/Lazarus novels. Who can't relate to a charismatic, brilliantly gifted psychopathic hit man who relates to ...
As usual, Faye Kellerman did not disappoint me. Good book! Very good. Love the Kellermans and this was her usual Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus style.
Kellerman is consisten! Not as good as others in the series but still entertaining.
This Decker & Lazarus novel is pretty light on the Decker & Lazarus, heavy on the crime. In some ways, that's nice, but in others, it causes the book to falter.In the first two in the series, I felt that the main purpose of the book was to talk about Peter & Rina, their relationship, and Judaism...
The Burnt House, by Faye Kellerman, A. Downloaded from audible.com.This is Kellerman at her best. Peter Decker is called into work for an emergency situation, a small commuter plane with 47 passengers has hit an apartment building and burst into fire. It is unclear at first what caused the pla...
"Prayers for the Dead" is book 9 of the Rina Lazarus/Peter Decker Jewish murder mysteries by Faye Kellerman. She continues with her good writing, interesting plots and Jewish characterization. I'm Jewish myself and while it's not necessary to be Jewish to enjoy her novels, it helps. The author no...
I am trying out a few good women mystery writers. This is my first Faye Kellerman. And likely my last.Our lead character remarks early in the book that she is Jewish by way of explaining why she does not eat pork. I don’t read many books where I am aware of someone being Jewish so I was intereste...
After working tirelessly through the previous two Decker/Lazarus novels to prove herself, Faye Kellerman doesn't have to prove herself anymore, and she shows that by relaxing in "Justice," which still has an intense plot, but the focus here is more on character development, giving more to Peter D...
Faye Kellerman has returned to the characters who first brought her fame, after taking a trip to Las Vegas in Moon Music. Thank goodness! It seems the vacation did her well as Jupiter’s Bones has all the energy and excitement that Kellerman’s fans have come to expect from the Peter and Rina Decke...
Twee sterren lijkt weinig voor een boek dat ik twee keer heb gelezen. Ik weet niet wat ik de eerste keer van het boek vond, want ik kon me namelijk niet meer herinneren dat ik dit boek gelezen had. Vandaar dat ik het nu voor de tweede keer heb gelezen. Gaandeweg kwam ik er achter dat het verhaal ...
Audio book, review from 2008:This was a lot of short stories all written or co-written by the author. Most of them were really no good. The writing annoyed me, the characters annoyed me, and some of them just had nothing what so ever to do with "criminal delights" and should not have been in ther...
Sacred and Profane is one of those infrequent books with a perfect title. The title tells you exactly what the book is about; even better, it is lifted out of a dialogue in which this concept is emphasized.Titles are tricky. I've always liked the process of coming up with titles. Sometimes, it's ...
I looked forward to reading this with much anticipation since the description seemed so enticing: a defiant woman in 1600s London, involved with a group determined to rescue Jews at risk of being victimized by the Inquisition enraging Portugal and Spain, meets and has a love affair with William S...
What to do.....For me, an atheist, I am offended by the obvious purposeful crippling of being human by the rituals of ANY religion. Since the beautiful widow and mother of two boys Rina Lazarus, love interest of the detective Peter Decker, is an Orthodox Jew, I am grinding my teeth even while I a...
Story of an average citizen in 1929 Munich, with a 2005 prologue and epilogue written from the viewpoint of the citizen's son. I have a love/hate relationship with books set during this time. So much tension and tragedy with opportunity for the good and bad elements of the individual to shine th...
Fun read starring Decker's cop daughter Cindy !With more than a dozen books in the popular Rina Lazarus/Peter Decker series, Faye Kellerman's new books are normally anxiously awaited by her fans. We've come to enjoy the clever mysteries solved by this conservative Jewish couple, with fairly detai...
Total Points -- 96 out of 100 -- 5 starsTaunt psychological thriller that keeps the reader on pins and needles.1. Plot -- 19 out of 20 PointsThe interwoven stories of various characters mesh with the psychological twists and turns in a thriller that keeps readers guessing. Unpredictable, tense dr...