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"Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus try to find out who desecrated their synagogue and why. It leads them on a trail of murder, betryal and a finding of identity."
Newsgirl, Resident Scholar
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Faye Kellerman
Morrow, Aug 2001, 25.00, 384 pp.
ISBN: 0688156142
The Los Angeles police call orthodox Jew Rina Lazarus to come to the synagogue that has been badly vandalized. Not long afterward the police, led by Rina's spouse Lieutenant Peter Decker, arrest teenager Ernesto Golding, a friend of Rina's son Jacob, for defacing the place of worship. Ernesto is sent to counseling camp under the care of psychologists Mervin and Dee Baldwin.
The case turns bizarre when someone first murders Ernesto and then his two doctors. Believing that Ernesto had help with his wanton damage to the synagogue, Peter and his staff make inquiries into hate groups. Meanwhile Rina learns more about her son's struggle with his Jewish identity in a fast food assimilation environment while Peter and his stepson become closer to one another.
No one will forget the name of author Faye Kellerman after her powerful police-procedural-family drama, THE FORGOTTEN. The story line is equally filled with a powerful investigation and the struggles and pressures of a teen to accommodate his religion while fitting into the wider mainstream society. Though Ernesto's ties to the Holocaust through his grandfather seems an unnecessary subplot, readers will know that this is a strong mystery with deep characters worth reading.
Harriet Klausner
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Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar
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"The book opens with the discovery of a hate crime. The shul Rina and Peter Decker attend has been desecrated with Nazi propaganda and hateful graffiti. Peter's investigations lead him to collaring a student at a wealthy and influential private high school. The plot thickens when this student and his therapist are found murdered at a rehabilitation camp.
"The Forgotten" marks a return to the family life of the Deckers. We watch as the family struggles to help each other even while there are layers of distrust and uncertainty. Jacob, Rina's teenage son and Peter's stepson, must share information about many of his classmates and the teens he has partied with, some of whom end up enmeshed in this murder mystery.
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Bridgette Redman, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%
How difficult to spot villain?
- Challenging
Time/era of story:
- 1980's-1999
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 80%
Special suspect?
- chronically deranged person
Kind of investigator
- police procedural, American
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Any non-mystery subplot?
- feelings towards family/friends
Crime Thriller
Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown)
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Age:
- 40's-50's
How much violence does he/she use?
- a significant amount
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a little/some
Motive of antagonist
- power
The antagonists are:
- radical right wingers
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
City?
Yes
City:
- Los Angeles
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
How many deaths?
- 3-4
Sex
Yes
What kind of sex:
- actual description of sex
- descript. of male nudity
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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