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Summary: Hatred and Redemption
Review: Rina Decker, wife of LAPD Seargent Peter Decker, is the caretaker of her small orthodox synogogue. She is shocked when it is vandalized, and appalled at the nature of the vandalism - glossy photographs of Holocaust victims from the Treblinka camp are left atop of shredded holy books.Her husband, determined to solve the crime, quickly locates Ernesto Golding. The troubled teen insists that he acted alone. Decker suspects otherwise, and his fears soon prove to be founded when Golding is murdered along with the therapist hired to help him after the vandalism. This murder throws Decker into two separate worlds. Was the murder related to Golding's belief that his grandfather wasn't the Jewish survivor he claimed he was - instead he was a Nazi? Or was the murder related to the therapist's high-priced college counseling service? Kellerman has crafted another excellent novel which intertwines religion and police work. Highly recommended!
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Summary: Hatred and Redemption
Review: Rina Decker, wife of LAPD Seargent Peter Decker, is the caretaker of her small orthodox synogogue. She is shocked when it is vandalized, and appalled at the nature of the vandalism - glossy photographs of Holocaust victims from the Treblinka camp are left atop of shredded holy books. Her husband, determined to solve the crime, quickly locates Ernesto Golding. The troubled teen insists that he acted alone. Decker suspects otherwise, and his fears soon prove to be founded when Golding is murdered along with the therapist hired to help him after the vandalism. This murder throws Decker into two separate worlds. Was the murder related to Golding's belief that his grandfather wasn't the Jewish survivor he claimed he was - instead he was a Nazi? Or was the murder related to the therapist's high-priced college counseling service? Kellerman has crafted another excellent novel which intertwines religion and police work. Highly recommended!
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Summary: A MATTER OF FAITH...SUSPENSE
Review: Rina's store front synagogue is vandalized with paint and litered with pictures of Nazi death camp victims. Hate crimes are investigated so Peter checks in. They are surprised to find out it was done by a classmate of their son, Jacob. That boy is Jewish, too, so what was his motive? As Peter digs into background, he finds many interesting facts plus a few dead bodies. He also becomes acquainted with the Doctors Baldwin of psychology: the husband runs an out door camp (tough-love makes big bucks easy) while the wife builds up a big-success reputation by mentoring boys in SAT tests and getting them admitted to top universaries. Is there anything wrong with what they are doing? This story is defined by the Jewish family life, the adolescent troubles of teen-age boys in school and social growth, the relationship and trust between son and step-father, and how it relates to previous generations.Sound dull? Not by Kellerman! She weaves all these things into a good tale full of suspense and mystery. Someone has to pay for the crimes and they do. A good read as usual by this author.
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Summary: not her best by far
Review: Sorry... children do not read their parents minds accuractly. Never! Faye should just give it up and write a new series. One where there are no children...and a husband. Do they live in the twilight zone or what? Reality...not here, not in this last book. Some very politically correct stuff...boring...If she has an adjenda, please write a non-fiction book.
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Summary: Libertarian point of view......
Review: The book was alright but, not great. I've read each book in this series and I wasn't as impressed with this one as the others. Maybe this was due to the fact that one of the characters was described as having Libertarian ideas then further described as a neo-nazi, hate mongering nut. I've been a card carrying Libertarian for years now and I can say unequivocally that I'm not even remotely like that nor have I ever met a fellow Libertarian who was anywhere near that horrible description of us. That description bothered me through out the book... If she wanted to truly know what Libertarians are like all she had to do was look at our party stances on major issues. Hopefully the next book will be more interesting. I doubt many of you will find this helpful but, I had to get it off my chest.
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Summary: Waste of time and paper
Review: This story's setup and most of the minor characters are actually somewhat interesting. However the "villians" are lame and the two protagonists (Lazarus and Decker) are annoying. The book's cover and early chapters suggest that the author may weave some interesting historical or religious facts into the story so that the reader at least learns something - but no. And the plot goes, well not exactly nowhere, but it's hardly engaging or believable.
Instead of putting my copy in the box of stuff to be donated, I put it the recycle bin - I couldn't bear even indirectly being responsible for someone else suffering through it.
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Summary: Waste of time and paper
Review: This story's setup and most of the minor characters are actually somewhat interesting. However the "villians" are lame and the two protagonists (Lazarus and Decker) are annoying. The book's cover and early chapters suggest that the author may weave some interesting historical or religious facts into the story so that the reader at least learns something - but no. And the plot goes, well not exactly nowhere, but it's hardly engaging or believable.
Instead of putting my copy in the box of stuff to be donated, I put it the recycle bin - I couldn't bear even indirectly being responsible for someone else suffering through it.
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Summary: AWESOME BOOK!!! Must Read
Review: This was the first book by Faye Kellerman that I have read and I could not put it down. It only took me 3 hours to read it. Once I opened it I couldn't put it down until I knew the ending. It totally got me into the Decker series and I have started reading them all. It is a MUST HAVE for any mystery fan!!!
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Summary: A BIG disappointment!
Review: What began with an act of vandalism turned into something far more deadly. Caretaker to her synagogue, Rina Lazarus, is shocked to receive a phone call from the police stating that her place of worship has been desecrated with anti-Semitic graffiti, and horrible Nazi death camp photographs. Who could do such a thing? As Rina's husband, Peter Decker begins his investigation into this crime he comes up with a suspect, seventeen-year old Ernesto Golding. Ernesto comes from a family of wealth and privilege, but deep in his family tree are secrets of his grandfather, and the ancestry of his family. Soon, Ernesto is charged with the crime, a deal is cut, and the case is closed. Decker, still uneasy about the young boy, keeps probing, until'Ernesto turns up dead. When Decker gets word that the boy, and his therapist have been brutally murdered, he quickly opens the case back up, believing, now more than ever, that others were involved in the original crime. As Decker starts to unravel the pieces of the murder, he comes across his suspect'the therapist's wife, Dee. Dee has gone missing, and after interviewing several people, all their fingers point to her as the killer. The deeper Decker gets into his investigation, he pulls his wife Rina with him, and what they find out will shock them to the core, for behind this murder lies the secrets of ruthless parents, and the devastating truths of a generation gone by. 'The Forgotten' is not the best entry in the Decker/Lazarus series: the plot is somewhat boring, and gets muddled down with the theme of Jewish ancestry, and religion. Much of this novel drags on slowly, and when it starts getting good (about half-way through), Ms Kellerman slows it down again by throwing in more family history and religion. I have been a fan of the Decker/Lazarus series for many years and it's sad to say that with each new entry (since the novel 'Justice', which is about the best in the series) Ms. Kellerman is losing some steam, I hope, as many fans will, that Faye Kellerman gives us a better novel the next time around. Nick Gonnella
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Summary: Secrets from the Past Haunt the Present
Review: When Rina Decker's Orthodox synagogue is obscenely and viciously vandalised, complete with Nazi graffiti and pictures of Holocaust victims, she calls in her husband, L.A. Police Lieutenant Pete Decker. Decker investigates and unmasks the chief suspect, the son of wealthy parents, Ernesto Golding, at a local school, who strangely enough happens to be Jewish. Decker decides Ernesto is truly sorry and manages to keep his record clean. However the boy has to undergo counselling at the hands of a pair psychologists, Doctors Merv and Dee Baldwin. Then Ernesto and the Baldwins are murdered and Decker remembers that Ernesto had told him that he suspected his grandfather wasn't really Jewish, that he was really a Nazi and that he only posed as a Jew to escape to South America after they war. Decker wonders if this might somehow be the key to the murders. This fuels his hunt for more suspects like local hate groups, computer hackers and dangerously misguided teens with a perverse affection for Nazism. There is a fairly high body count and a fair share of violent thrills in this fast-paced thriller that is guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat. Add that to Ms. Kellerman's reflections on religion and the Holocaust and you wind up with a book you'll be thinking about for quite a while after you finish reading it.
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