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Ugh. I was already getting irritated with some things about this series, mainly a clunky writing style and an overuse of the "grittiness" of LA. I continued on to this book because I wanted some resolution in the romance plot, but this book convinced me that the author's treatment of gender and race is just so obnoxious that I'm not going to bother sticking around, and that any resolution in the romance plot would be unsatisfying to me anyway.Also, I was expecting that a series of mysteries know...
There were times I didn't think this was up to the standards of the previous two books in the series. The beginning seemed a little implausible to me, and I did get a little lost in remembering who all the family members were in the extended beekeeping family. By the end though it was a good read, and with enough plot turns to keep you guessing. Just enough of Detective Decker and his fiance's relationship to add some variety, and a dab of Decker's Vietnam backstory. Still like the Southern Cali...
Not a bad installment in the Decker and Lazarus series. Still on a learning curve.Decker is a good cop and a decent human being until his anger pokes through - something that he has to come to terms with and learn to control.A complicated murder mystery with red herrings thrown in. The bee/honey industry is the focal point and it does become nasty! A couple of stories intertwined make this a pretty good book.From the blurb: In the silent pre-dawn city hours -- alone with his thoughts about Rina
LAPD detective Peter Decker finds a toddler wandering the streets in a new development above an old lime quarry. The baby’s pajamas is covered in blood (which thankfully isn’t hers).A year ago Rina left Decker and moved to New York leaving Decker to make his personal choices.Meanwhile, Abel Atwater, an old army buddy of Decker is being accused of raping an eighteen-year-old sex worker. But Abel insists he didn’t hurt the girl. Decker thinks Abel is innocent since he’s not seen Abel lose his temp...
2.5 stars. I liked the characters, but I felt Kellerman was trying to shove too much into this story. The story revolving around Decker and his Vietnam War best friend Abel could have been a novel all on its own. A lot of baggage to unpack in addition to solving an assault & rape case that Abel has been accused of.The murders that start out the novel involve a family of beekeepers. Peter Decker is restless & roaming the streets late at night when he happens upon a toddler in a residential neighb...
This was my first Faye Kellerman book. It was okay but I probably will not read any of her other books based upon this read. Milk and Honey did not hold my interest as do many other mystery writers. To me, the characters were not believable and the plot trite. There were many incidents such as finding a lost child, officers being shot or injured, being attacked by swarms of bees and discovering multiple murders. However, none of these happenings really had much credibility. I felt the ending was...
Milk and Honey is the 3rd book in the Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus mystery series. In this installment Rina is living in New York with her two boys, but an event has occurred that has her come running to Los Angeles for a visit to Peter. Peter determined as ever to have Rina accept his marriage proposal pulls out all the stops. Meanwhile, events at work have him as exhausted as ever. On the eve of Rina's visit, one of Peter's old army buddies is accused of rape. Always having suspect behavior, he d...
You know, even for a cop Peter Decker's life is...fast moving.Even on a night drive in a quiet neighborhood things will seemingly search out Peter and draw him into tragic events.Here Peter comes across a blood spattered toddler wandering a residential neighborhood in the dead of night. From there he gets drawn into a convoluted case that will strain his, Rina's and hopefully your sensibilities. This is a good entry to the series and as with the others I've read (so far) I can recommend it. Ther...
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!Did you ever hear of 'It's so bad it's good? This is one of those. Totally silly and stupid, and absolutely unintentionally a riot. AND it blissfully sneaks up on you. The pages and chapters move along seemingly within the normal universe, but then the accumulation of silly and emotionally wrong and the sense of 'Wait. That would never happen. No one would act like that. Hold on, that was too un...
This is the third Decker/Lazarus book in Kellerman’s series. I am find the books are about two people from different cultures trying to make life work for them. Deckers job as a police detective adds some mystery and rounds out the story. Will continue with the series.
The early Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus novels are still the best of the lot. This one was a very tangled, very good mystery to work through, as well as getting to see the tension rachetting up between Peter and Rina in their ongoing, rather troubled, courtship.
Ms Kellerman gets 5 stars for a book that kept me guessing all the way through. Peter finds a blood-stained toddler playing in the dark of a residential area. No one has reported a child missing and soon the police find out why.Meanwhile, Rina, who misses him dreadfully, comes for a visit. The visit is complicated by the fact that Peter is helping Abel, an old army buddy, accused of rape. Dealing with Abel awakens memories of Viet Nam that Peter would prefer would stay buried.Despite all the dif...
This the third Faye Kellerman book that I have read. By this time I have discovered that the series is more about a man and a woman from two different cultures and with two different sets of emotional baggage who happen to love one another and are trying to build a life together than it is about "who done it?" Unlike like other stories that draw their energy from the heat of conflicting values and cultures, Faye Kellerman writes her stories about the couple's efforts to build an unique and power...
The side story of Decker's past is more interesting than the actual case he is working on in this novel. Murder on a bee farm could be engrossing, but somehow it is just confusing and not a satisfying conclusion. I'm glad that I am reading these in order because I find the romance between Peter and Rina to be an interesting one, and I am enjoying the religious discussions that come up fascinating too.
15.9.2020Upgraded to 5 stars.I am glad I've decided reading the series from the start- especially "Milk and Honey", which is better than when I read it the first time almost 22 years ago. A dark, gritty, twisted tale about a baby found abandoned, and then the investigation leads to a quadruple murder, which in turn leads Decker and Marge to reveal some horrible truth about a very deranged family, about people using and abusing people and its lethal consequences- while at the same time Decker hel...
4 stars🇺🇸
I would recommend this series to anyone that loves detective stories. I love the way Kellerman uses real facts to teach us about Jewish culture and traditions. I'm just starting the fourth book and look forward to seeing the relationship develop between Detective Decker and Rina. This is a must read series.
More than two decades ago, I discovered the Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus detective crime novels in the library; and I think those books were what spurred me on to having a huge attraction to these pure police procedural reads. I always thought that the squad room scenes, with Pete Decker, Marge Dunne, Mike Hollander, and Paul McPherson, were spot on and atmospheric, witty and entertaining (and reminded me a bit of the Hill Street Blues, but then more undermanned and in L.A. which is a total differe...
Well, this book was more appealing to me than the last in the series because the religious parts weren't quite so abundant and in my face. I liked the story line and I was anxious to see the outcome which was discombobulated in the end. The very first book that I read whose name escapes me really drew me to the characters, Decker and Rina, but I'm still not as much of a fan of these earliest books in the series. I suppose they will lay the ground work but it's making it hard for me to stick with...
Not enjoying anymore, even though I'd bought the next in the series so I feel an obligation to at least finish that one ahhahaha! I'm forcing myself to like mysteries when my track record has been quite poor with them. Perhaps I should stop giving myself such a hard time.