false 2275835 0061227331 9780061227332 465 112 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2275835.The_Mercedes_Coffin_Peter_Decker_Rina_Lazarus_17_ 48913 Faye Kellerman 12983 787 3 0 false Fri Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 02:10:52 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 12 21:46:29 -0700 2008
I enjoyed the introduction to Orthodox Jewish culture——the day-to-day details, delights, and distractions of a family with modern lives and Orthodox faith and observances, the joy and comfort in traditional devotions and rituals, and the descriptions of the variety of incredible foods.

Although I have thoroughly enjoyed this variation on the police procedural, I have to admit I have become less devout, especially after the book Stalker published in 2000--the plot was predictable, the main charactera, Decker's first daughter from his first marriage and the killer, shallow and boring. However, Mercedes Coffin seems a return to a more interesting mystery and police procedural.
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