Reviews for Milk and Honey (Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus Series #3)

The average rating for Milk and Honey (Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus Series #3) based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-03-26 00:00:00 Dimitrios Solomos 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 does not trust lawyers or cops and turns to Peter for assistance, which, of course, Peter is obliged to provide. At the same time while on the daily beat, Peter and his partner Marge Dunn encounter an abandoned two year old girl and take the case in order to find her family. This case evolves from child abandonment to quadruple homicide, and Decker enthusiastically takes the case. While working to solve these two cases, Rina arrives, radiant as always, and the two share many a moment together. Unfortunately, the army buddy shows up at the house under the pretext of returning Peter's favor, causing both Peter and Rina to feel uncomfortable. Separately, both seek counsel from Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Shulman. As in the first two books in the series, I enjoyed Peter's conversations with the Rabbi as enlightening, willing Peter on to live his life as a G-d fearing Jew. Having read the first three books of this series I am in it for the long haul. I am looking forward to Peter and Rina finally getting married and forming a blended family of their own. I appreciate Faye Kellerman's writing in that she balances police duties with explanations of a religious Jewish lifestyle in a way that readers unfamiliar with it would understand. This is now my go-to mystery series, and I recommend to all mystery readers out there. Looking forward to book four.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-02-27 00:00:00 Paul Camhi 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 powerful relationship from what is best in each of them. The bonus that the series has offered me is a personalized look at the culture of Judaism. The mysteries in these books are good, but the character development and look behind the curtain of Jewish faith are the best parts of this great series.