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    <body><![CDATA[What happened to this series? My sister Kerry got me started on these books, and while she always enjoyed them more than I have, at least they were interesting, if frustrating, mysteries. This latest installment---? The main characters barely appear, except for Peter, and he's gone boring. The myste...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50615846">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[ This is the first time that I read a Faye Kellerman novel. A friend of mine, and my boss kept recommended me to read her books. So I had to go to the hospital this week due to bronchitus, and a friend of mine who took me there brought me a book she had finished, and left in her car. Dina lend to re...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60602450">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It's okay.  Faye K is another one of my standard authors and this one, her newest Peter Decker mystery, just showed up on the &quot;new-books-you-can-only-check-out-for-seven-days&quot; table at my library.  So I checked it out.<br/><br/>It's fine, very much like her others.  No interesting new ch...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36021753">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This series, like many others, has been uneven in quality.  Author Faye Kellerman is approaching 20 books.  I loved the first half-dozen or so books.  Lt. Pete Decker, secular LAPD detective, rediscovers his religion, faith, and culture through his relationship with Rina Lazarus, an Orthodox Jewish ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31706271">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent story telling, as usual, by Faye Kellerman. A body is found inside the trunk of a Mercedes in LA Calif. The circumstances of the killing is similar to a cold case murder that took place 15 years ago of a very popular teacher. LAPD detective, Peter Decker has been assigned to solve the cold...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65386281">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Both Kellermans always offer a quick and fun read, much like watching an episode of Law and Order or CSI.  But, I miss the old days, when Faye focused on her characters' religion and home life more and when Jonathan wrote mysteries based on child psychology.  Back then the Kellermans stood out becau...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40310544">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the good things about these novels is that Rina Lazarus is<br/>an orthodox Jew, so there is a lot of reference to Jewis traditions<br/>and practices.  Peter Decker solves lots of complicated crimes for<br/>the LAPD, now often with the help of his daughter, Cindy.  I like<br/>all the famil...]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[First of all, I love Chris Donatti.   Truly.   He is one of the best characters in mystery fiction right now.....in my not so humble opinion.   I know that makes me kind of psychotic, but so be it.   I've loved him since Kellerman's <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/104079.Justice">Justice</a> where he was introduced.   MORE CHRIS!!!<br/><br/>Ahem.  ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30353161">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I did skip a whole bunch of the books in the series (probably only read the first 5), but this was by far the weakest. I'm not a huge mystery fan to begin with. It's the religious aspect that got me into the series. This had NONE of that... other than a mere mention of what it would involve to eat k...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55481995">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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