San Diego Union-TribuneExceptionally fine suspense.
Los Angeles Times Book ReviewEngaging.
Murder Inc.Phenomenal!.
Murder Inc.Phenomenal!
Los Angeles MagazineMove over, Dr. Ruth!
Beverly Hills TodayJust what cupid ordered!
Dr. Patricia AllenThe woman's movement brought us independence, but it did not bring us love.
Publishers WeeklyLike the series it inspired, Kellerman's award-winning 1986 debut novel combines police procedure, via hard-boiled LAPD detective Peter Decker, with Judaic rites and rituals courtesy of its heroine Rina Lazarus, an ultra-Orthodox widowed mother of two. Decker and Lazarus are brought together by the brutal rape of a young bride-to-be at the mikvah (a bathhouse used in the purification ritual) that Rina manages in the Hollywood hills.
