Blindman’s Bluff: A Decker and Lazarus Novel
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LAPD homicide detective Peter Decker and his wife, Rina Lazarus, will be blindsided by a brutal multiple murder in this twisting tale of suspense from New York Times bestselling leader Faye Kellerman.
“They say dead men don’t talk, but if you listen, they do.”
As a lieutenant in the LAPD, homicide detective Peter Decker doesn’t get many calls at 3 a.m. unless a case is grave, sensational—or both. A name has broken into the exclusive Coyote Ranch compound of billionaire developer Guy Kaffey and viciously gunned him down, along with his wife and four employees.
A well-known figure on both the business and society pages, Kaffey, with his sons and his younger brother, Mace, built most of the shopping malls in Southern California and earned a reputation for philanthropy, donating millions to worthy causes. It doesn’t take long for Peter, his trusted detectives Scott Oliver and Marge Dunn, and the rest of his homicide team to figure out that the gruesome killings must be an inside job. Things become even more entangled when they learn that Kaffey’s largesse had included organizations that extended second chances to delinquents, many of whom Kaffey had hired for his personal security. But was the job pure murder/robbery or something even more twisted? A developer of Kaffey’s magnitude doesn’t make billions lacking building more enemies with blood grudges.
With leads taking the team across L.A., up and down the Golden State, and into Mexico, Decker is plenty busy—and plenty thankful not to have to worry about his wife, Rina Lazarus, getting caught up in this deadly case. Rina is out of harm’s way, serving on a jury at the courthouse.
But then a chance encounter with a court translator who needs her help leads Rina into the terrifying heart of her spouse’s murder investigations—and straight into the path of a gang of ruthless killers. To protect Rina, Decker must find his prey before death unites his two worlds.
A quick-paced tour through the urban landscape of L.A., Blindman’s Bluff is a riveting mile-a-minute thrill ride from a formidable master of her craft.
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This is the first Faye Kellerman book I’ve read, so I can’t comment on how it measures up to others in the Decker/Lazarus series; it stands on its own well enough that not having read the prior books was not a problem. I’m not Jewish, Orthodox or otherwise, but the religious references didn’t seem to me to be overdone as they did to some reviewers. The tale line was appealing and the cracking of the case by Decker and his staff was generally believable. [SPOILER FOLLOWS] One thing that was unbelievable to me was Grant’s transformation at the end from a bombastic jerk to a likeable, sensitive guy; yes, I know he was all stressed out earlier by what had happened to his family tree, but this just didn’t ring right.
But, this book could have used stronger editing; I establish it reasonably sloppy. The main Kaffey family tree compound (additional than ranch) mysteriously moves from “Palos Verdes Peninsula” to Newport Beach, which are many miles apart and not even in the same county; if the compound had been on the Palos Verdes peninsula (a geographic feature), the speaker would have likely located it by the name of one of the four cities there (Rancho Palos Verdes, Palos Verdes Estates, etc.). Joe Pine’s name in Spanish would not be Pinon; maybe she was thinking of Piñon, which means pine nut, or Pino, which covers some pine trees. I lived in the LA area for most of my life and permanently heard anglos call people from El Salvador Salvadorans, not El Salvadorians. Probably the man who cared for the horses should have been called a groom, not a groomer (a name who grooms dogs and cats) or a groomsman (an attendant of the groom at a fancy wedding). A name who lives in a name else’s house is a boarder, not a border (“but I ran SpellCheck”). LAPD’s Rampart Division is not the Ramparts Division. Decker’s reference to the “double murder” and then correcting himself to “triple murder,” make no sense agreed the large pile of bodies at the crime scene. I’m sure Kellerman’s reference to cholos in her own voice (i.e., not the voice of one of the characters) would be offensive to Hispanic readers. Another reviewer mentioned the inconsistent career of one of Rina’s fellow jurors, which I also noticed; the same exchange also seemed to say that Rina was a teacher, which I didn’t see elsewhere (is it in another book?–in this one, she seems not to be employed?). And, what on planet is a “half-baked potato”?–an undercooked baked potato?
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5
The book was bought as a gift. It came in brilliant condition, in a timely manner.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
I needed this book for a book group I belong to and it came in record time! Looks like a new book!
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
This was a excellent detective tale which will have you wondering who did it all the way to the end. Well written and excellent dialoge. Just an enjoyable read.
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5
i have read the majority of Faye Kellerman’s books and just don’t feel this was her best effort.
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5