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A good,easy, mystery author without as much graphic imagery and profanity as others in the genre'.
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Fast paced, good plotting!
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Interesting all the way through.
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A novel about LAPD Officer Cindy Decker, daughter of Detective Peter Decker, who finds a newborn baby in a dumpster. The story follows her complex personal relationships and her entry into inner-city Hollywood searching for the baby's mother.
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Another good one by Faye Kellerman!
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Excellent as always with this series - Decker's daughter Cindy is now a cop and finds a newborn baby in a dumpster - With the help of her father she hunts the baby's mother and finds a new boyfriend.
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An abandoned baby. A missing mother. But innocence has a fighting chance.
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Great read. Slow at first but it really is worth it. The ending left a little to be desired but was good all the same. Loved the book overall!
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An engrossing story primarily about Lieutenant Peter Decker's daughter, Cindy, this time. She's now a member of LAPD and rescues a baby heard crying in a dumpster. Faye Kellerman holds your interest throughout with strong characterizations, good plot and believable dialogue. -- Paul C.
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Typically good Faye Kellerman mystery with enough suspense and questions to keep me reading late into the night.
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excellent continuation of the Peter Decker series. This time, his daughter, Cindy, a 28-year-old policewoman is the center of the story. There is a mystery to be solved, some father-daughter bonding and a new man in Cindy's life.
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An abondoned baby, a missing mother, and then the story begins. A very good read.
While on routine patrol, LAPD Officer Cindy Decker rescues a newborn from an alley Dumpster. But she can't call it a night until she sees the infant safe in a hospital, cared for by a professional-in this case a male nurse with soulful eyes and lots of charm. Now the hunt is on for the mother. Armed with advice from her overworked father, Detective Pete Decker, Cindy plunges into her inner-city Hollywood district, a world of helpless people and violent gangs. Pursuing each new lead batters her complex relationships and endangers her life. On one side: Decker and Decker, a billiant but combative pair. On the other: a vicious killer ready to strike again.
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In this Kellerman novel, the Decker as the main character isn't Peter, but his daughter, Cindy, an LAPD officer who has rescued a new-born infant from a dumpster and begins the search for its mother. As with all Kellerman's novels, there's lots of twists and turns, well-developed characters and an intense plot that keeps you turning the pages. Cindy calls on her father, Peter, albeit reluctantly, to help solve the mystery.
Good book.
I love the Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus series!
I have read all of the Decker and Lazarus books (so far) and honestly, this was the only one that disappointed me. I'm not saying it isn't worth reading, but the story line is on Cindy Decker and just does not have the same feel. Peter and Rina are a small side story. To me, both storylines ended rather abruptly without interest.
Suspensful!
I have read several of her books. This one is very entertaining, cleaver plots with lots of twists.
The story was good, although I didn't expect the ending.
I love Faye Kellerman's mysteries.
Cindy Decker finally meets her guy!
Loved it!
THis is my favorite Decker book ever. I love the interaction between Peter and Cindy and her new boyfriend adds a nice element to the story.
wonderful book by a great authos
While on routine patrol, LAPD Officer Cindy Decker rescues a newborn from an alley dumpster. But she can't call it a night until she sees the infant safe in a hospital, cared for by a professional. Armed with advice from her overworked father, Detective Peter Decker, Cindy plunges into her inner-city Hollywood district, a world of helpless people and violent gangs.
very good
Because Kellerman doesn't reprise history in her latest Rina Lazarus and Peter Decker mystery, readers new to the long-running series may find themselves frustrated by the allusions.
But Decker family fans will speed through this solid whodunit, which is not only an entertaining puzzler but also takes the characters' relationships to a new level. Cindy, a rookie cop and Peter's 28-year-old daughter by his first marriage, takes center stage here. Both her rocky history with the department and with her dad come to the fore as she digs into the case of a developmentally disabled teenager who abandoned her baby, insists she was raped, and may have witnessed a murder. Following the strangely coincidental hit-and-run of another disabled teen from the same area, the case blossoms into a mystery that requires help from Peter and from Cindy's new boyfriend, an Ethiopian-born Jew who finds willowy, red-haired Cindy to be the girl of his dreams.
But Decker family fans will speed through this solid whodunit, which is not only an entertaining puzzler but also takes the characters' relationships to a new level. Cindy, a rookie cop and Peter's 28-year-old daughter by his first marriage, takes center stage here. Both her rocky history with the department and with her dad come to the fore as she digs into the case of a developmentally disabled teenager who abandoned her baby, insists she was raped, and may have witnessed a murder. Following the strangely coincidental hit-and-run of another disabled teen from the same area, the case blossoms into a mystery that requires help from Peter and from Cindy's new boyfriend, an Ethiopian-born Jew who finds willowy, red-haired Cindy to be the girl of his dreams.
While on routine patrol, LAPD Officer Cindy Decker rescues a newborn from an alley Dumpster. But she can't call it a night until she sees the infant safe in a hospital, cared for by a professional - in this case a male nurse with soulful eyes and lots of charm. Now the hunt is on for the mother. Armed with advice from her overworked father, Detective Peter Decker, Cindy plunges into her inner-city Hollywood district, a world of helpless people and violent gangs. Pursuing each new lead batters her complex relationships and endangers her life. On one side: Decker and Decker, a brilliant but combative pair. On the other: a vicious killer ready to strike again.
a really good read.
While on routine patrol, LAPD Officer Cindy Decker rescues a newborn from an alley Dumpster. But she can't call it a night until she sees the infant safe in a hospital, cared for by a professional--in this case a male nurse with soulful eyes and lots of charm. Now the hunt is on for the mother. Armed with advice from her overworked fater, Detective Peter Decker, Cindy plunges into her inner-city Hollywood district, a world of helpless people and violent gangs. Pursuing each new lead batters her complex relationships and endangers her life. On one side: Decker and Decker, a brilliant but combative pair. On the other, a vicious killer ready to strike again.
While on routine paatrol, LAPD Officer Cindy Decket rescues a newborn from an alley dumpster. But she can't call it a night until she sees the infanat safe in a hospital, cared for by a professional-in this case a male nurse with soulful eyes and lots of charm. Now the hunt is on for the mother. Armed with advice from her overworked father, Detective Peter Decker, Cindy plunges into her inner-city Hollywood district, a world of helples people and violet gangs. Pursuing each new lead batters her complex relationships and endangers her life. On one side: Decker and Decker, a brilliant but combative pair. On the other: a vicious killer ready to strike again.
This is an awesome book!
This is an awesome book!
Skilled, stealthy, and unknown, Jack Reacher is the perfect man for the job: to assassinate the vice president of the United States. Theoretically. The head of a high-level Secret Service security detail wants Reacher to find the holes in her system-and fast. A group of desperate men already have the vice president in their sights. And they will stop at nothing to realize their objective. The assassins have planned well. But they haven't planned on Reacher.
A reliable mystery from the Kellerman clan.
Faye Kellerman's Cindy Decker is back the rookie police officer wants to make her father Lt. Decker proud of her, she also wants to earn her "gold shield." When she finds a new born baby in a dumpster, she starts a roller coaster ride of an adventure that takes her to the streets of inner-city Hollywood, where she mixes it up with street gangs, street people & ends up with a few "street dreams" of her own. Finding love along the way doesn't hurt. Fast paced & exciting.
From the book cover, "While on routine patrol, LAPD Officer Cindy Decker rescues a newborn from an alley dumpster. But she can't call it a night until she sees the infant safe in a hospital, cared for by a professional - in this case a male nurse with soulful eyes and lots of charm. Now the hunt is on for the mother. Armed with advice from her overworked father, Detective Peter Decker, Cindy plunges into her inner-city Hollywood district, a world of helpless people and violent gangs. Pursuing each new lead batters her complex relationships and endangers her life. On one side: Decker and Decker, a brilliant but combative pair. On the other: a vicious killer ready to strike again."
Kellerman's original series about LAPD Detective Peter Decker has given birth to a new generation in which daughter Cindy follows in dad's footsteps. In this second of the series, young Decker finds a baby in a dumpster. Her search for the baby's parents leads to a developmentally disabled mother who was raped, a father who may have been murdered, and a gang that wants to get Decker off the case by putting her permanently out of commission. Still, Decker finds time to meet a near-perfect man, have wild sex, and deal with personal issues. Decker is fully realized through Nancy McKeon's characterization.
