Stalker [Audiobook] (Audio Cassette)

by Faye Kellerman (Author), Liza Ross (Narrator)

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ISBN-10: 0753111756
ISBN-13: 978-0753111758

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Faye Kellerman's latest thriller features Cynthia Decker, daughter of Peter Decker, familiar to readers of the author's previous novels featuring the L.A. detective and his Orthodox Jewish wife Rina Lazarus. In Kellerman's earlier books, we've met Cynthia briefly as a difficult adolescent upset by her parents' divorce and later as an Ivy League college student with an interest in following her overly protective father into the family business: solving crimes. Now Cynthia's a young L.A. cop who's the subject of what at first seems like innocent-enough teasing from her colleagues. They think she's snooty and standoffish and riding on her father's reputation. Actually, she's all of those things, which makes for a somewhat less than sympathetic heroine:

Beaudry said, "Every time we start shooting the bull, talking about the day, you say things like, 'Yeah, my father once had a case like that.'"
"I'm trying to relate."
"It pisses people off. It makes them think that their experiences are nothin' special. Everyone wants to feel special. You already feel special because you've got all this college. You gotta remember that the average Joe on the force is a high school graduate, maybe a couple of years at a junior college like me. If you're real smart, okay, you do a four-year state, then enter the academy with the idea of doing the gold."
"Like my dad--"
"Stop mentioning your dad. He isn't a legend, Decker, he's a pencil pusher."

As the teasing escalates, Cindy's stalked, threatened, and finally frightened, although it pains her to admit it. There's a killer on the loose, and even if she's not the best cop on the force, she knows enough to turn to her father for help. But first, she has a brief affair with one of the men under his command. It seems a little too obvious a ploy for Daddy's attention and hardly adds to her character--we already know she's immature and a bit of a bitch. But at least this maneuver brings Peter back on the scene, allowing Kellerman to hit her stride as she gets back to a character who holds the reader's interest because he's more than two-dimensional. Sadly, Cindy's not quite ready for prime time; perhaps she'll grow up in her next outing. Or better yet, Kellerman will bring us more adventures by Peter and Rina. --Jane Adams --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

From Publishers Weekly

LAPD detective Peter Decker, promoted to lieutenant after his heroics in Jupiter's Bones (1999), is overloaded with troubles in this outstanding, suspense-packed mystery, the 12th in Kellerman's acclaimed series. As usual, a challenging case distracts Decker from his family, but this time there is one difference. Cindy, his smart, outspoken daughter from his first marriage, is now a cop, to the overprotective Decker's dismay. Meanwhile, Decker is faced with two different series of car-jackings. In one string, the thief targets young women carrying babies. The cops tie the other jackings to Armand Crayton, a sleazy real estate developer who had supposedly died in a car crash a year earlier, after being kidnapped. Several women Crayton knew have been threatened, their cars stolen. When Drecker discovers that an anonymous stalker has been harassing Cindy, he hits the roof. Is it one of her colleagues, or does trouble stem from her casual acquaintance with Crayton? Kellerman is a fine writer, beautifully evoking the feel of Los Angeles and creating scenes that would please Chandler and MacDonald. She deals realistically with the problems women face in a male police world. Her development of the tense father-daughter relationship is wise and honest: Decker is torn between his inability to accept Cindy as an independent adult and his pride in her accomplishments; meanwhile, Cindy respects and loves her father but is distraught by his interference in her personal and professional life. The complex Cindy is a most welcome addition to Kellerman's cast. (Aug.)
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Dissapointed, Jul 10 2004

By	Robbie (Colorado) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stalker Mm (Mass Market Paperback)

I bought this book at random on vacation, looking for good, intriguing books. The summary on the back caught my interest. Well, after reading two Harlan Coben books, this was a big dissapointment. It was okay, and had some exciting moments. First of all, the book is way too long: 442 pages that I wished were about 200. The book has a slow beginning. It took 200 pages for me to become excited about anything in the novel. It is too wordy and goes into too much detail over things of nonimportance, that cause boredom. The caharcters aren't very intriguing, and much of the story seems predictable. After reading Harlan Coben's books that are wonderful from beginning to end and full of twists, this just didn't match up. I will not be buying any more books in this series or by this author. Also, the language became old, as I became tired of seeing the over-used "F-Bomb." This just isn't very good. There are many other mysteries that are much better. I recommend Harlan Coben's Trust No One, Gone For Good, and No Second Chance.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Exciting and suspenseful, Mar 21 2004

By	Beverley Strong (Australia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Stalker Mm (Mass Market Paperback)

Cindy Decker, a new rookie cop based in Hollywood, is finding it hard to cope with the job as she is being constantly hazed by her male colleagues who resent the fact that she has a college education and even more resentful that her father is Lieutenant Peter Decker. When suspicious things start to happen to her, she is determined to go it alone and not seek advice or help from her father...big mistake, as things escalate to downright frightening. It's a great cop story with lots of twists but I couldn't help but feel that this girl who is supposed to be a mature, gun carrying police woman, needs a good slap around the legs for being so obstinate and just plain stupid!

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3.0 out of 5 stars CINDY LOSES IT, Nov 17 2003

By	Michael Butts (Martinsburg, WV USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Stalker Mm (Mass Market Paperback)

Well, here we go again. Like a fellow reviewer, I'm finding myself with a "love/hate" relationship as far as Faye Kellerman's Rina/Peter Decker series. For instance, Faye, who in the world was responsible for Rina's attempted carjacking---talk about loose ends!!!
Anyway, here Faye focuses on Cindy Decker, Peter's newly initiated rookie cop. In previous novels, I have found Cindy's impetuosity and energy refreshing and likeable. Boy, has she changed. What words can describe her? SNOBBISH. KNOW IT ALL. IMPETUOUS. BITCHY. MANIPULATIVE. INSINCERE. Hmmm...maybe not all the time, but these qualities tend to lessen one's admiration for her character. Like when she goes to Belfleur to look up the people who invested in a sham property deal. She finds one name right away and immediately assumes it's the only one...not thinking to look at the whole list! Also, she acts like she doesn't want to fit in with her fellow cops, and the chauvinism of her fellow male cops is a little exaggerated and over used.
Rina's not in the book much this time, but she still comes across as super mom and super everything. She doesn't seem to have any flaws now. Also little daughter Hannah has turned into a whiny, spoiled brat.
The main problem, however, with this book is despite a couple of tense scenes, the book drags and one gets tired of all the landscape descriptions; what furniture is in any house or room, and also the romance between Scott and Cindy is way too impractical and unnecessary.
NOT A BAD BOOK, BUT SHE'S DONE BETTER (AND WORSE).

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