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Sacred and Profane

A Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus Novel

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Sacred and Profane

By: Faye Kellerman
Narrated by: Mitchell Greenberg
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Los Angeles Police Detective Peter Decker had grown very close to Rina's young sons, Sammy and Jake, as he had to their mother, and he looked forward to spending a day of his vacation camping with the boys. A nice reprieve from the grueling work of a homicide cop-until Sammy stumbles upon a gruesome sight...

Two human skeletons, charred beyond recognition, are identified by a forensic dentist as teenage girls--and for Decker, the father of a sixteen-year-old daughter, vacation time is over. Throwing himself professionally and emotionally into the murder case, he launches a very personal investigation: a quest that pulls him deep into the crack dens of Hollywood Boulevard and painfully close to the children of the streets and a nightmare world he must make his own.

©1987 Faye Kellerman (P)2008 HarperCollins Publishers Mystery Police Procedural Women's Fiction Fiction Crime Suspense

Critic reviews

"Kellerman brings the case to a resounding resolution, suggesting as well a believable conclusion to Pete's personal dilemma even as she leaves his future with Rina unresolved." ( Publishers Weekly)
"Bold, taut, with an artful fusion of the down-and-dirty with characters whose personal lives we care about and whose spiritual and emotional growth are as compelling as the events themselves." (Sue Grafton)
"Moves crisply and the characters are deep and well drawn - Faye Kellerman is a talented writer." ( Chicago Sun-Times)
Engaging Mystery • Intriguing Characters • Compelling Storyline • Detailed Descriptions • Suspenseful Plot
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As with the first book, this recording contains inexplicable music breaks that I can only assume are the ends/beginnings of cassette tapes on the original recordings. I thought the reading itself was better than the first book, but where I rather liked the random music used in the first book, I very much did not like the one used here.

Again with the music...

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Not as good as the first Rina Lazarus Peter Decker adventure. That integrated their relationship into the storyline. This is 2 narratives: the police procedural and the romance.

Second Book Syndrome?

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I absolutely loved the story and the narrator was awesome. What I didn’t really like was the weird music interspersed between. I found it was odd and it really ruined the flow of the narrative

Loved the story and narrator

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I felt compelled to write this after reading a few reviews from people who did not like the narrator. I thought Mr.Greenberg did a fine job. He was able to handle the voices, especially those of the women and children. Sometimes narrators-especially male ones- have only one voice for all the women/children in the story, therefore, you can't tell who is speaking. With Mr. Greenberg, I was able to distinguish all the different characters well and I was able to get lost in the story.

WELL DONE MR. GREENBERG!

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The murder mystery portion of the story was very good and was what kept me listening even when I was turned off by the morality lectures and unnecessary religious instruction. The depth of Rena's belief could have been made apparent without the LONG disertations on the Jewish belief system. If I wanted to know about any particular religion I would read a book written by an expert in that particular sect. I do not read murder mysteries to be lectured to about the existance or not of god. I would have given it 4 stars if it had been written without all the excessive morality and religious instruction. I will investigate carefully the subject matter of any further novels by this author before spending my money on them.

Way too much religion

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Love the story. not big on the narrator. second book, looking forward to new narrator, and more on decker!

Good book!

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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes, especially if they like following a series. I listened to the preview and was hooked.

What did you like best about this story?

It has very likeable characters.

Any additional comments?

I purchased the 2nd book in the series before I have finished the first. I am looking forward to listening to more. Well narrated so far.

HOOKED

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I love this series and the narrator is great. The only problem I have with it is the music they play randomly between chapters or sections of chapters. It's very distracting and takes away from the story

great story!

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This book was slow and uninteresting until half way into it. Then it really picks up and becomes a good story. The Decker character was too perfect and boring in the beginning. Later, you see him with all his faults and he becomes much more interesting.

Liked it

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After listening to the first book, I looked forward to the next in the series. While parts of this book were good, it did not hold my interest very much. That music between chapters was extremely annoying. The one thing that kept me listening until the end was the expert narration.

Not as Good as the First Book

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