Rating: 
Summary: Sort of derivative, but decent book anyway
Review: There really isn't a whole lot of suspense in the book. It is almost impossible to not know what is going to happen at the end, though I will not tell you anyway. The book focuses on a disaffected Orthodox Jewish youth who gets mixed up with a psychopath. Although it discusses some of the issues, in general, as to what could cause this young man to act as he does, it really talks more about why the psycho is crazy than why the youth runs away from home.The ability for the hero of the tome, Peter Decker to find his quarry is beyond belief, even for Hollywood. The guy obviously has the hearing of a canine in being able to tell what street corner the kid is calling from. There is an interesting and gripping adoption line as well. Decker is adopted, was born Jewish, brought up Baptist, and now married into an ultra-Orthodox family. I have not read the other books in the series, but how he really feels about that could have been better developed as well. Overall, the book was simple to figure out, but the writing was good enough and close enough to home to me to give it three stars.
Rating: 
Summary: YAWN...
Review: This 4th in the series of Decker and Lazarus is weighed down by Kellerman's insistence on focusing once again on Jewish tradition and its place in the newlywed's lives. While Kellerman has entertained in the previous three novels, in spite of this what I consider weakness, this novel is just not exciting. The entire middle is spent interviewing and moaning over Noam's disappearance, and of course, more Jewish lore and tradition that has become redundant and plot-suffocation. Faye needs to adopt more of her husband Jonathan's panache for good plots and a faster pace. This one bogs down and its resolution is unsatisfying. I've obtained her whole series and plan to continue to read, I just hope in the future books, she makes plot, suspense and intrigue more important than the obvious love she has for her family tradition. And hopefully Peter and Rina will start treating each other as adults rather than spoiled children trying to outdo each other.
NOT RECOMMENDED UNLESS YOU'RE INTO THE SERIES.
Rating:
Summary: YAWN...
Review: This 4th in the series of Decker and Lazarus is weighed down by Kellerman's insistence on focusing once again on Jewish tradition and its place in the newlywed's lives. While Kellerman has entertained in the previous three novels, in spite of this what I consider weakness, this novel is just not exciting. The entire middle is spent interviewing and moaning over Noam's disappearance, and of course, more Jewish lore and tradition that has become redundant and plot-suffocation. Faye needs to adopt more of her husband Jonathan's panache for good plots and a faster pace. This one bogs down and its resolution is unsatisfying. I've obtained her whole series and plan to continue to read, I just hope in the future books, she makes plot, suspense and intrigue more important than the obvious love she has for her family tradition. And hopefully Peter and Rina will start treating each other as adults rather than spoiled children trying to outdo each other.
NOT RECOMMENDED UNLESS YOU'RE INTO THE SERIES.
Rating: 
Summary: Great plot with an interesting twists
Review: This book, kept me reading from start to finish. I only put the book down a few times, to finish some work and the usual living pleasantries. Other than regular life necessities, I couldn't stop reading - read it within 2 days. If you love the Decker & Rina series, you have to read this book. You cannot skip this read, onto others. It is a continual great, insight into the Rina & Decker characters, perhaps pulling at the heartstrings of those who have been adopted, along with those whom have had to give their child up to adoption. Kellerman also, does well portraying not just the dark sides of the human conditions, but the repentance of our own kharma. She does well diving into the saddness and lonliness, of what can happen to a naive mind gone ary, exposing & plungging one into the dark twisted emotional psychosis of human nature. At this point I'm only missing 4 books to complete this series. I'll own them all before long!
Rating:
Summary: Great plot with an interesting twists
Review: This book, kept me reading from start to finish. I only put the book down a few times, to finish some work and the usual living pleasantries. Other than regular life necessities, I couldn't stop reading - read it within 2 days. If you love the Decker & Rina series, you have to read this book. You cannot skip this read, onto others. It is a continual great, insight into the Rina & Decker characters, perhaps pulling at the heartstrings of those who have been adopted, along with those whom have had to give their child up to adoption. Kellerman also, does well portraying not just the dark sides of the human conditions, but the repentance of our own kharma. She does well diving into the saddness and lonliness, of what can happen to a naive mind gone ary, exposing & plungging one into the dark twisted emotional psychosis of human nature. At this point I'm only missing 4 books to complete this series. I'll own them all before long!
Rating:
Summary: NOT GOOD, BUT NOT BAD
Review: This is the third book I have read from Kellerman and I have found her to be an average writer. This book is no exception. Peter (LAPD) & Rina Decker are on their honeymoon in Rina's hometown, so the references to Orthodox Jews are virtually the book on its own. While Peter is grappelling with Judasim and all its words (that for a non-Jew, gets very frustrating at times) he seems to be also be searching for a runaway teenage boy & here is where the story starts to get interesting. The boy (Noam) is his half-nephew who has seemed to have hooked up with another teenage pyscho who likes filleting gay men. So, Peter, has to spend his honeymoon looking for Noam and his friend, Hersh. Bascially, the entire book is about Peter's search for Noam, Hersh, his r'ship with his wife, her family, his struggle with the religion and his first meeting with his 'real' other. Unfortunately, Kellerman spends way too long on the Judaism and not enough on the actual story & I had read books from her that don't involve Rina, and they are fantastic! Overall this is an ok book. If you are looking for great crime fiction, then look towards Michael Connelly or John Sandford but if you are looking for light crime with a heavy dash of religion, then this is the book for you!
Rating:
Summary: NOT GOOD, BUT NOT BAD
Review: This is the third book I have read from Kellerman and I have found her to be an average writer. This book is no exception. Peter (LAPD) & Rina Decker are on their honeymoon in Rina's hometown, so the references to Orthodox Jews are virtually the book on its own. While Peter is grappelling with Judasim and all its words (that for a non-Jew, gets very frustrating at times) he seems to be also be searching for a runaway teenage boy & here is where the story starts to get interesting. The boy (Noam) is his half-nephew who has seemed to have hooked up with another teenage pyscho who likes filleting gay men. So, Peter, has to spend his honeymoon looking for Noam and his friend, Hersh. Bascially, the entire book is about Peter's search for Noam, Hersh, his r'ship with his wife, her family, his struggle with the religion and his first meeting with his 'real' other. Unfortunately, Kellerman spends way too long on the Judaism and not enough on the actual story & I had read books from her that don't involve Rina, and they are fantastic! Overall this is an ok book. If you are looking for great crime fiction, then look towards Michael Connelly or John Sandford but if you are looking for light crime with a heavy dash of religion, then this is the book for you!
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Summary: GOOD THRILLER JEWISH ORIENTED
Review: VERY ENGROSSING , CONTINUES JEWISH CONSERVADOX BASIS OF MAIN CHARACTERS AS IN PREVIOUS BOOKS ,PROVIDES INTERESTING PSYCHOLOGICAL INSIGHT INTO PSYCHOTIC BASED JUVENILE DELINQUENCY PERHAPS DUE TO AUTHORS SPOUSE THE PSYCOLOGIST & AUTHOR , JOHNATHAN
Rating:
Summary: Peter & Rina finally tie the Knot!
Review: What a "Honeymoon", there doesn't seem anything that doesn't happen to the New Mr.& Mrs. Decker. Wonderful fast read, great insight on the Jewish Orthodox community. Peter is confronted by his on heritage & Rina is a true fiesty heroine with a mind of her own. Sadly this book shows no one is immune to the trouble of your society & it touches even the most protected children.
Rating:
Summary: Disappointing.
Review: Where to begin. The story was good in that I appreciated Pete's tenacity in tracking down Noam (although I wonder if he would have put quite that much effort into it if it had not been 'family') per se. Also, in this one, Peter comes face to face with his birth mother and his half siblings, nieces, nephews, etc. The disappointing part was the beginning. When the third book ended, we knew that Peter and Rina had become engaged, but nothing more had been said about it. As this book begins, they are on their honeymoon in New York. I was flabbergasted. The series' basis of the Decker/Lazarus relationship has been tenuous at best up until this point. Then, to start this book and realize the Kellerman just skipped what could have been another whole storyline just blew me away. The absence of wedding plans, weeks leading up to the wedding, and the wedding itself left a great big empty hole in this series. I think that if the two main protagonists were Decker and his partner the series would be alright, but Kellerman's attempt at making the Decker/Lazarus relationship part of the main storyline instead of a secondary storyline really brings down this series.
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