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Summary: Faye Kellerman - where are you?
Review: This book is such a disappointment. I have loved this series from the very beginning until now. I think Kellerman has lost her purpose. She seems to have picked up some of her husband's gory story writing. She hit on almost every unspeakable crime imaginable in this book from a decapitation and blood draining to child sexual abuse. And to top it off, she leaves Rina almost totally in the background! Kellerman took a break from this series . . . and quite frankly, she wasn't ready to come back to it. She has really let Pete and Rina down . . . and her following too! I hope she can recover. I'll miss the series.
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Summary: Good addition to the series
Review: I have read all of the novels and I thought this was a good addition to the series. What made the book good was the never ending problems Peter faces in his Orthodox Jewish household. This book focuses more on the secondary characters we have become familiar with, Decker's two teenage stepsons and his partner Marge. We see the problems faced by the teenagers growing up in a religious household while trying to be normal kids. We also see more into Marge and the changes that will be coming into her life. The mystery was not to bad, it kept you interested. The only thing that I have to say is that Kellerman's books seem to be leaning more toward violent scenes during the policework. Not that that is a totally bad thing but at this rate Peter will be a walking miracle! All in all, a good addition. And one more thing, I think it is long past that Mrs. Kellerman get rid of the "Decker/Lazurus mystery" subtitle in her books!
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Summary: Not Kellerman's best, not her worst (aka Moon Music).
Review: Half of this book is a great mystery. The other half is one of those never-ending police standoffs shown on television, with a million cop cars surrounding a building from which shots are ocassionally fired. I don't find myself watching that sort of thing on TV, and it is even less compelling in writing. Decker's co-workers are more the focus here than his wife, Rina, despite her name on the cover of the book. Still, this is Decker true to form, and fans of this series will enjoy visiting with this favorite character.
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Summary: Surprised by negative reviews
Review: I found this story to be excellant and quite timely considering the problem with suicide cults as the millineum approached. I read this more than 6 months ago and I still remember almost hyperventilating while reading the tunnel sequences. As a fan of these characters, I found nothing lacking in this volume.
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Summary: Not as rewarding a read as most Decker & Rina adventures..
Review: The storyline gets very convoluted and has a tendency to drag in numerous places dispite several interwoven stories. Good side-bar story focuses on Rina's sons Jake and Sammy that gives the reader some pause for reflection. The biggest disappointment in this book (and there were several) was Rina who came off more like an irritable, complaining fishwife rather than Decker's jewish helpmate. I've read all of this author's books and plan to read her next efforts, but I sure hope I enjoy the next Decker & Rina book more than I did this one.
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Summary: A disappointment for me!
Review: After Moon Music, I was glad to get back to Peter and Rina. Sadly this book is lacking in my opinon. I miss the old "Rina". Story was lacking. To much detective/cult stuff and thin on the Peter and Rina relationship. Also I generally love the things I have learned from Ms. Kellerman about the Jewish Faith and practices, but this book felt preachy to me. Almost like she had an agenda. Getting tired of her putting down everything non-Jewish. All the freaks and geeks are non-jews. Just once I want Rina to acknowledge an acceptance/tolerance for someone else outside her own circle. It is like the shows where the bad guys and prostitutes are black or on "JAG" (tv show) where Enlisted People are usually the "bad guys". Come on, haven't we abused that to death?
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Summary: In Search of More Poetic Prose in a Thriller
Review: I am an author and I love thrillers. My biggest disappointment in today's world of adventure fiction is the inability to find a mesmerizing adventure constructed with poetic and living prose which allows me to feel the southern Louisiana heat, smell the toasted bagels in a Manhattan deli or wince along with the facial expressions of a lawyer caught ambulance chasing in the hospital room of a critically injured patient. While a better yarner than Turow, this author's works lack the sort of living color which fiction demands. I recently discovered an author who accomplishes this and a thriller in which he does it. The author is Gary Wickert, and the book is DARK REDEMPTION. I didn't find it yet on Barnes & Noble, but it has just been released and it is available on Amazon.com. If you like this author's storylines, but want to be riveted to and made love to by the prose which are the building blocks of any piece of fiction....READ 'DARK REDEMPTION'.
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Summary: What a disappointment!
Review: Faye Kellerman is one of my favorite mystery authors and I have read all of her books before this one. I enjoy the Peter and Rina Decker characters. This book was definite departure from Faye's normal style. I read about 1/3 of the book before I gave up. The characters were too boring and cold and I did not care about them. I just could not get into the story. Faye should go back to what she is great at.
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Summary: Return to classic detective team works
Review: As a Faye Kellerman fan I am delighted to see her return to the world of the husband and wife team. Although this book lacks the link to orthodox Judaism present in her earlier books, she remains true to her characters. After the black and often unappealing Mystic Moon, it is nice to see a good author find her way back.
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Summary: Surprisingly dull
Review: I bought this book to take on vacation. My ideal vacation is to relax and read books I know I will enjoy. Having read all the other Peter/Rina books, I thought I had a sure fire "good read" with this one. First, in the more recent books, Rina has become basically just a potted plant in the background of the story. Give her something more to do or drop her name from the subtitles. I found the book boring. In spite of cults and abductions - it was not an interesting story. I just didn't care what happened next. I forced myself through about 2/3's of it, but could go no further. The whole tenor and feeling of this series has changed. I guess change is inevitable, but I don't like the direction these books are taking. The care and attention to detail that was in earlier books does not seem to be there anymore.
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