| | Amazon.com: The Ritual Bath (Peter Decker & Rina Lazarus Novels (Paperback)): Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) |
 | | In this novel, the first in a series of stories featuring LA detective Peter Decker and Jewish teacher Rina Lazarus, Kellerman weaves many elements together successfully: there's a crime, a hero (and heroine), the promise of romance, a social message, and enough action to keep the reader interested in both the resolution and the characters. |
 | | The story begins with a rape; as heinous as the crime is, the fact that it has occurred in a yeshiva in the Southern California foothills adds even more complications that usual for Pete Decker. |
 | | Kellerman does add a little bit of `deus ex machina' at the end to smooth the way for future books with these two characters, but that is forgiven, since we do end up caring about them and their relationship. |
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