Book Review: Stalker

Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner

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Faye Kellerman
Class/Genre:   Mystery   Ethnic   Police Procedural
Series: Peter Decker / Rina Lazarus # 12
Morrow, Aug 2000, $25.00, 406 pp.

Los Angeles Police Department Lieutenant Peter Decker faces the worst crisis of his professional career. His daughter Cindy has joined the force over his objections and he has to balance protecting her vs. showing favorable treatment. Tired of her father’s shielding nature, Cindy hides from him the fact that she believes someone is stalking her every move and that person might be tied to the murder of a fellow health club member, Armand Crayton.

Meanwhile Peter works on a couple of car jacking cases. One of them he and his subordinates believe is tied to the murder of Armand. The carjackers have targeted health club members. To Peter’s chagrin, he learns that his daughter is being stalked by most likely someone who wants to insure the health club members remain silent.

The twelfth Decker police procedural is a great entry in a top-notch series because the prime story line turns personal. This provides readers insight into the charcaters of Peter and Cindy. Peter’s dilemma and Cindy’s distressed reaction to his struggle over a cop for a daughter turns an already fine mystery into a fantastic novel that will entice sub-genre fans to seek out other Faye Kellerman tales (see best-selling JUPITER’S BONES).

Harriet Klausner

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