Sanctuary
Written by Faye Kellerman
Narrated by Mitchell Greenberg
4/5
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About this audiobook
A diamond dealer and his entire family have mysteriously disappeared from their sprawling Las Angeles manor, leaving the estate undisturbed and their valuables untouched. Investigating detective Decker is stumped--faced with a perplexing case riddled with dead ends. Then a second dealer is found murdered in Manhatten, catapulting Decker and his wife, Rina, into a heartstopping maze of murder and intrigue that spans the globe...only to touch down dangerously in their own backyard.A diamond dealer and his entire family have mysteriously disappeared from their sprawling Los Angeles manor, leaving the estate undisturbed and their valuables untouched. Investigating detective Decker is stumped--faced with a perplexing case riddled with dead ends. Then a second dealer is found murdered in manhattan, catapulting Decker and his wife, Rina, into a hearstopping maze of murder and intrigue that spans the globe. . . .only to touch down dangerously in their own backyard.
Faye Kellerman
Faye Kellerman lives with her husband, New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Kellerman, in Los Angeles, California, and Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Peter & Rena and the murder of a Jewish couple & disappearances.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5It annoys me that the maincharacter, Peter, determines that the children are abused after spending less than an hour with them. Not even Professionals are able to do that without extensive, repetive injuries, and statements to that effect.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sanctuary, the seventh Peter Decker & Rina Lazarus mystery, takes place in Los Angeles and Israel, with a New York matter thrown in, but not visited.Peter and his partner, Marge Dunn, are both working homicide at the Devonshire station. Their new 'Loo,' an ex-marine called 'Tug' Davidson, is really getting on Marge's nerves. She complains that he treats her like a peon. Well, Davidson outsmarts himself by sending Marge on a call he thinks is nothing. He just wants to get Orit Bar Lulu off his back.Mrs. Bar Lulu is very worried about her brother, Arik Yalom. She hasn't heard from him or his lovely wife, Dalia, or their teenaged sons, Gil and Dov, for two days. Orit, Arik, & Dalia are from Israel. Dalia is the daughter of a rich diamond dealer, Joseph Menkovitz. Arik is a diamond dealer, too, but small potatoes compared to his father-in-law.Arik and Orit both learned how to cut diamonds from their father, whose family has been in the diamond business for generations. Moshe Yalom is good, but Arik is superb. His partner, Shaul Gold, is a good salesman, which Arik isn't. Dalia, who has known Shaul all her life, made Arik give him the job. Is Shaul in love with Dalia? Her sons call him 'Uncle Shaul'. Shaul and Arik argue a lot.Peter is the one who notices two strange things about the quiet Yalom house. Still, he treats the case as Marge's. Their 'Loo' remains unconvinced that anything is wrong, so our detectives have to do part of the investigation on their own time.Meanwhile, Honey Klein, an old classmate of Rina's, bringings herself and her four children (ranging from 5 to 15) to visit from their New York village. It's short notice. The Kleins disappear before Peter can break the news to Honey that her husband, Gershon, has been murdered. Is it only a coincidence that Gershon Klein was also a diamond dealer?The trail leads to Israel. Peter is going on his own money, with the understanding that he'll be reimbursed if he's successful. Rina goes along as his interpreter. Does he need her!There's plenty of excitement and danger in the Holy Land. Poor Peter gets to deal with culture shock. Rina finds out how much Israel has changed since she left it 12 years ago. The mysteries are solved, though I suspect one of the villains would have preferred another fate. (By the way, I loved the story Moshe Yalom came up with to get Rina past a guard.)On the Decker family front, Rina and Peter's little Hannah is nine months old and a good baby. I enjoyed the scene with the boys and Rina's parents. Cindy, Peter's daughter by his first wife, doesn't appear. We do learn, from a conversation with Marge, that Cindy is still interested in police work and Peter is still unhappy about it.It's another very good entry in a very good series.Notes:See chapter two for something going on in Honey Klein's village that has her Rebbe (Rabbi) floored.The Bellson/Roberts affair mentioned in chapter 5 was in book six, Grievous Sin. It's also where we met nurse Nora, mentioned in chapter 24.The John List case mentioned in chapter 9 really happened. You might want to look it up.Phileas Fogg, to whom Marge compares Arik Yalom in chapter 11, is the traveling hero of Around the World in 80 Days. While that's not my favorite Jules Verne adventure, it's a classic worth reading. You might also enjoy the Academy Award-winning 1956 film adaptation.See book three, Milk and Honey for why Pete got upset with something Marge says in chapter 23.See book four, Day of Atonement, for how Peter met his biological mother and her family, who get mentioned in chapter 24. It's also where you'll find out how he got the old bullet wound mentioned several times in this book.Chapter 31 is where Rina explains Jewish divorce to Peter. I'm glad to read that some rabbis are trying to help the wives. Cat lovers: Peter's barn cats just get a mention. Peter's horses get slightly more time.Dog lovers: Ginger, Peter's Irish setter, not only gets to play games with little Hannah, she has an important role in solving one of the mysteries.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Faye Kellerman is a wiz at making you want to read more!!! I love the audio books. They are like a movie in my mind.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5When one diamond dealer and his family disappears and another diamond merchant is murdered, the hunt for the culprit(s) leads Peter Decker to Israel with wife Rina in tow as translator cum detective. This is one of my favorite installments of the series, partly because of the new locales (Jerusalem and Tel Aviv) and partly because Rina gets to have an actual impact on the mystery-plot. Definitely a must if you have an interest in Judaism, but a solid mystery even if you don't.