Street Dreams
3 journalers for this copy...
When Cindy Decker, Peter's LAPD officer daughter (who had a big role in 2000's Stalker), finds an abandoned baby in a dumpster, she sets out to track down the developmentally disabled mother, suspecting that the child may have been the product of a rape. Her fellow officers discourage her efforts, while an attempt on her life sparks conflict with an alarmed Peter. Romance occupies Cindy, an observant Jew, as much as her professional career. Conveniently, the sexy and caring black pediatric nurse who cares for the baby turns out to be an observant Ethiopian Jew who is instantly smitten with her. Other coincidences abound, including Cindy's witnessing of a fatal hit-and-run that may be connected with the sexual assault she alone believes occurred. A minor subplot concerning the murder of stepmother Rina's grandmother in 1920s Munich simply peters out. Details of Jewish religious observance amount to superficial trappings. Cindy mentions dealing with an earlier trauma through therapy, but the author never lets the reader in on any of her sessions. The solution to the crime comes almost as an afterthought in this overlong book. Others, and Kellerman herself, have done a better job of melding a mystery plot with the challenges of maintaining Jewish identity in the modern world.
Journal Entry 2 by Fant at Bahnhof Bern - Schliessfach in Bern, Bern / Berne Switzerland on Friday, October 6, 2006
Released 17 yrs ago (10/6/2006 UTC) at Bahnhof Bern - Schliessfach in Bern, Bern / Berne Switzerland
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Bahnhofschliessfach - das Hinterste das leer ist
Bahnhofschliessfach - das Hinterste das leer ist
nicht wahnsinnig hochstehende Lektüre für den Sandstrand oder zum Abschalten
Journal Entry 4 by jojo2 at Bahnhof Bern - Schliessfach in Bern, Bern / Berne Switzerland on Monday, October 23, 2006
Released 17 yrs ago (10/23/2006 UTC) at Bahnhof Bern - Schliessfach in Bern, Bern / Berne Switzerland
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I've heard that Faye Kellerman writes thrilling books, so I'm glad having found it and I'll start reading today.