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I am thoroughly enjoying the Decker/Lazarus series. This one was definitely a bit harder for me to read because Kellerman did an amazing job describing the gore of the murder scene. I have a very vivid imagination so it was a bit tough for me.
I feel that this ending was not predictable for me and I love that. The delivery of the facts and what happened was well executed. I will be interesting to see where things go from here for Peter and Rina.

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dark tense medium-paced

Loveable characters? No

2.0

A bit too many plot points and characters for me, it got confusing a few times.
I was surprised to find out that there have been 12 of these books, though the detail is nicely written.

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shreyas1599's review against another edition

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4.0

Wow a truly f*ed up story. I’m growing to like the writing style. There is a bigger plot and a sub plot. The protagonist juggles with these two cases and his personal life. There is a happy ending provided at the end of the story. The plot and sub plot are both solved and the reader feels good at the end of the story. A lot of the story is character development for the protagonist, and a lot of debate about religion through the lens of Peter. The same formula has been used so far through all the three books. No outlandish plots (f**ed up in this instalment but not outlandish). Will persist with the series.

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3.0

I like the characters that Faye Kellerman develops. Very human. This book was only okay. I never felt the tension of doom about to happen or complexity in this one that I have on the other two of hers that I've read. And the solution was pretty contrived. That said, it was readable, and a good choice if you have nothing more interesting on your shelf.

meowgirl's review against another edition

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dark reflective tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Loved this book. I appreciate the authors writing style, I love a fast-paced, straight to the point whilst still leaving some mystery type of novel. I really enjoy the duality of the characters, Decker in particular is so complicated in how I really like him, but also really don’t like him? Great read, finished super quickly.

naomcara's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

jrmama42's review against another edition

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2.0

I really liked the first book in this series. The second book wasn't as good, but I chalked that up to the audio format - sometimes a book just isn't as good in audio format if the narrator doesn't do a good job. Well, this book was on paper so I can't blame the format. Peter Decker was portrayed as a horrible, overbearing, short-tempered brute and Rina seemed to accept it much more readily than seemed realistic for her character as portrayed so far. Toward the end of the book, Peter's emotional "lapse" was explained, but it still left me wondering about these characters whom I had begun to like so much. I might give one more book a try and see if this was just a one-time thing in developing Peter's back-story. Plot-wise, the book was pretty good, but several of the characters were less than likable (bigoted and misogynistic). I hope the next book is better!

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