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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: 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: 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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