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From Publishers Weekly

Kellerman's fourth mystery to feature Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus lacks the passion and suspense of earlier outings.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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When Los Angeles detective Peter Decker and new wife Rina Lazarus visit her Jewish kinfolks in Brooklyn, startling events disturb their honeymoon. Quite unexpectedly and with great antipathy, Decker--an adoptee--recognizes his natural mother at a holiday gathering. Before he can confront her, though, her troubled 14-year-old grandson goes missing and Decker, fortuitously on hand, begins the search. Soon after he learns that the boy has taken up with a dangerously disturbed and vicious young man, the scene switches to Los Angeles. Hard-hitting details, vignettes of Jewish life, and uncomfortably close glimpses of a cold-hearted psycho make this an entrancing page turner. Not to be missed.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Sort of derivative, but decent book anyway, Mar 4 2004

By	PGMS "PGMS" (NJ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Day Of Atonement (Mass Market Paperback)

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.

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2.0 out of 5 stars YAWN..., Nov 5 2003

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

This review is from: Day of Atonement (Mass Market Paperback)

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.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Very Shocking and Full of Suspense, May 12 2003

By	Joey Quinton (Nancy, Kentucky, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Day of Atonement (Mass Market Paperback)

It is 10:00 pm on a Sunday eveing and I have just finished the last page of "Day of Atonement." I finished the book with a large smile on my face and I said to my wife, "Don't you just love it when you come to the end of an excellent book."

The book was extremely exciting...quite a page turner. We join Peter and Rina in Brooklyn while they are celebrating their honeymoon. They are visiting Rina's ex-in-laws during the holidays of Rosh HaShanah. During the holidays a young man turns up missing and Decker starts the trial to find him.

Unfortunatley, the young man, Noam, has crossed paths with a psychopath who gets immense joys from gutting live fish. Will Decker rescue him in time?

The book is well worth the time spent reading it...you will come away from it with a smile on your face as well. PLUS, get some tissues for the last chapter...it is joyously sad.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great plot with an interesting twists
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. Read more

Published on Feb 26 2003 by Eve Ng

5.0 out of 5 stars An unusual honeymoon!
Detective Peter Decker and Orthodox Jewish Rina Lazarus have finally tied the knot in this book, but their honeymoon leaves a lot to be desired. Read more

Published on Feb 7 2003 by Karen Potts

3.0 out of 5 stars NOT GOOD, BUT NOT BAD
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. Read more

Published on Feb 18 2001 by Simonetta

5.0 out of 5 stars Peter & Rina finally tie the Knot!
What a "Honeymoon", there doesn't seem anything that doesn't happen to the New Mr.& Mrs. Decker. Read more

Published on Jun 9 2000 by mcmarcy