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Praise for ‘Cold Case’:
‘Kellerman is an excellent writer’ The Times
Praise for Faye Kellerman:
'Very exciting' Daily Mail
'Brutal but thoughtful and well-plotted, fast-moving and well told' Observer
'Sensational' Mirror
'Kellerman creates a claustophobic atmosphere, against a background of seediness, violence and distrust' Sunday Telegraph
'Kellerman moves her gritty mean streets LA plot along with breakneck pace' Irish Independent
'Hands down, the most refreshing mystery couple around' People
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LA detective Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus are back for another riveting thriller follow-up to 2007’s ‘The Burnt House’, from the bestselling Faye Kellerman
The savage murder of beloved teacher Bennett Little shocked a community and baffled police. That his killer was never caught has haunted one of his pupils in particular, the gifted but shy Genoa Greeves.
Eighteen years later, software billionaire Genoa reads of a similar carjacking and murder in Hollywood. Now able to wield enormous influence, she pressures the LAPD to direct Lieutenant Peter Decker to re-open the case and solve the homicides.
With Decker facing nothing but cold trails and dead leads, he enlists the help of his daughter, Hollywood detective Cindy, as well as Rina, his wife. It’s a decision he may come to regret as the line between cops and robbers gets dangerously blurred. Now Decker’s cold case is re-awakening treacherous secrets in a city where the price of fame has no limits…
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Also thought the pace was a bit slow, but an enjoyable read nevertheless.
Careful though, Amazon is offering this book with Mercedes Coffin in a duo, they are the same book with different titles!
Careful though, Amazon is offering this book with Mercedes Coffin in a duo, they are the same book with different titles!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
When the police see a crime that's unusual, they check their records to see if there are any other similar crimes. When the details match, they often find that the same person was responsible. Career criminals frequently repeat themselves. What's rare, however, is when 15 years separate the two incidents. What does it mean then?
That's the question that Lieutenant Peter Decker faces when the LAPD is offered a large reward for finding the murderer of a well-beloved teacher, Bennett Little (Dr. Ben to many of his students), that occurred 15 years earlier. To make matters a little simpler (or more complicated?), Decker's daughter caught the squeal on the second murder.
From there, the book settles down into a slow-moving police procedural where you have to keep track of all the connections among the various people to make sense of the mystery. Even then, the results may seem a bit speculative until just near the end.
Normally, I like the slow unpeeling of the onion in a police procedural, but this one just didn't do it for me. Several parts of the story didn't ring true, even after thinking about them for a few days after I read the book. The characters who were introduced just for this story didn't always ring true to me either.
If you don't want to take a chance on this book, there's nothing of series significance that happens. So you have the option to skip this one, even if you are a dyed-in-the-wool Faye Kellerman fan.
This book also goes under the title of The Mercedes Coffin.
That's the question that Lieutenant Peter Decker faces when the LAPD is offered a large reward for finding the murderer of a well-beloved teacher, Bennett Little (Dr. Ben to many of his students), that occurred 15 years earlier. To make matters a little simpler (or more complicated?), Decker's daughter caught the squeal on the second murder.
From there, the book settles down into a slow-moving police procedural where you have to keep track of all the connections among the various people to make sense of the mystery. Even then, the results may seem a bit speculative until just near the end.
Normally, I like the slow unpeeling of the onion in a police procedural, but this one just didn't do it for me. Several parts of the story didn't ring true, even after thinking about them for a few days after I read the book. The characters who were introduced just for this story didn't always ring true to me either.
If you don't want to take a chance on this book, there's nothing of series significance that happens. So you have the option to skip this one, even if you are a dyed-in-the-wool Faye Kellerman fan.
This book also goes under the title of The Mercedes Coffin.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Fay Kellermans books are normally very good, exciting, intriguing and enjoyable but unfortunately this one is slow, tedious and plain boring! Having some ex rappers & drug dealers running around, that might have killed some teacher or not..who cares..just nothing to keep one interested or excited..
I hope her next book will be better, this one is just a waste of time & money.
I hope her next book will be better, this one is just a waste of time & money.
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Dreadful. What happened?
I have read a number of books by Faye Kellerman, and enjoyed them all - before this one.
I have just actually given up reading it threequarters of the way through,... Read more
I have just actually given up reading it threequarters of the way through,... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Cybele
Brilliant as always!
I love Faye Kellerman's thrillers with the Decker family. It's great each time to meet them again and get involved in their lives. Read more
Published on 31 July 2009 by cgtipper
Sex drugs and Rock 'and Roll for Peter Decker
As in previous Kellerman's books the start is slow and the investigation is based on scratches. Marge, Oliver and Cindy, Peter's Detective daughter, are the characters involved in... Read more
Published on 13 July 2009 by Luciana
Cold Caser- Faye Kellerman
Bought this one, wanting to give her a try, and though she is good, I prefer her husband's books, which I can't put down. I may buy more of her books to investigate more :-)
Published on 11 July 2009 by Candle
To call this a thriller is a misnomer.
I very much enjoyed the early Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus books. This one however took me literally months to finish. Read more
Published on 14 Jun 2009 by R. Pearlman
Amazing, up to her usual standard
I loved this book. I'm a big fan and this one doesn't dissapoint.
It is slower than some previous novels but it loses nothing for that, especially after the acton of... Read more
It is slower than some previous novels but it loses nothing for that, especially after the acton of... Read more
Published on 2 Sep 2008 by Ms. Louise Pooley
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