The Forgotten audiobook

Faye Kellerman is definitely the No 1-crime fiction writer of today, and ranks up there with the best novelists of police and crime thrillers.She has not in any way lost any of her talent for keeping the reader glued to the book, and opening up a world of intrigue and mystery.This book proves Kellerman's skill at moving skillfully from the homely to the horrific, from warmth to horror, from heroic to diabolical.In an age where the hideous anti-Semitism is on the rise again, in measure never seen since the fall of Nazi Germany, the story begins with the hideous desecration of Peter and Rina's local synagogue, through the world of shady White Supremacist type groups, teenagers corrupted into insanity to some extent by their own radical left 60s hippy parents.Of course Peter and his teams determination and Rina's sanity and compassion helps restore truth and balance. Rina's rebellious son Jacob plays a big role in bringing this one to being solved.On the downside I would have liked to see some more of Cindy , and Marge's stepdaughter Vega.

I had stopped reading Faye Kellerman's Decker/Lazarus series because it had become too much like her husband's Alex Delaware series which I can't read anymore. As much as I like the protagonists of both series, their cases are too dark for me. I read an interview with Faye Kellerman in which she said that she wanted to write L.A. noir. Well, she's certainly been succeeding. The reason why I started reading her was because of the Jewish content in her work. This book, which deals with a hate crime against a synagogue seemed to be dealing with the kind of themes that had drawn me to Faye Kellerman. This was actually an interesting book. I learned about the concentration camp Treblinka and why there were so few survivors of that camp. There were some very moving moments and some excellent characterization as well. I'm glad that I decided to read this one.

After the last book I wondered if perhaps this series had run its course. Luckily I gave it one more chance and I am glad that I did because The Forgotten is a return to what I love most about the series: an exploration of the characters and their unique and interesting lives. Rina is front and center where she belongs. Peter is the hard-working and intelligent cop I love. The mystery is there too, but more importantly, the characters I love are there.

A murder mystery without the testosterone of other authors in the mystery authors. Between the lines this author has a great love of her family. Again, very unique for the genre as portrayed in the book

I thought this was a pretty interesting mystery; it kept me turning the pages. Rounded up to 4 stars from 3.5.

A very strong entry in the Decker/Lazarus series. This book starts with the graffiti desecration of the small schul of Rina's group, then develops into a multiple murder case. Along the way the reader gains further insight into the inner workings of a small Orthodox Jewish congregation and its members. The relationship between Peter and his younger step-son is illuminated in some detail, along with the difficulties of working as a senior police detective at the same time as maintaining a strong presence in his Orthodox family. The writing keeps the story moving steadily, and looks fairly carefully at the forces behind most of the important characters. Always a pleasure to read one of this series, and it is quite different from the books written by the author's husband, Jonathan Kellerman.