Stalker (CSL 312) [Unabridged] [Audio Cassette]

Faye Kellerman (Author), Paula Parker (Narrator)

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Chivers Sound Library (2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0792724232
• ISBN-13: 978-0792724230
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 7 x 2.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (81 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,678,102 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Faye Kellerman is the author of twenty-six novels, including nineteen New York Times bestselling mysteries that feature the husband-and-wife team of Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus. She has also penned two best selling short novels with her husband, New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Kellerman, and recently has teamed up with her daughter, Aliza, to co-write a teen novel, entitled PRISM. She lives in Los Angeles, California, and Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent police procedural and character study, September 1, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Stalker: A Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus Novel (Peter Decker & Rina Lazarus Novels) (Hardcover)

Faye Kellerman took a chance with this book--choosing to develop the character of Lt. Peter Decker's daughter, Cindy, also a police officer, and relegating Decker and his wife, Rina Lazarus, to secondary albeit important supporting roles. And she has succeeded. An exciting and engrossing plot follows 25-year-old Cindy Decker as she tries to find a niche for herself following in her father's footsteps. She navigates a treacherous path trying to maintain her independence and still be one of the "guys." She receives resistance from fellow officers because she's a "wiseass" college-educated woman, unwanted protectiveness from her father, amorous advances from one of her father's detectives, and the frightening attention of a stalker. She doggedly pursues an investigation of one of her father's murder cases--one she was unknowingly involved in--seeing it to its resolution in a slam-bang climax. Hope we'll see more of Cindy in later books. Kellerman is an engaging writer and the Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus series is one of the best going.

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A thriller to remember, August 8, 2000

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stalker: A Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus Novel (Peter Decker & Rina Lazarus Novels) (Hardcover)

Los Angeles Police Department Lieutenant Peter Decker faces the worst crisis of his professional career. His daughter Cindy has joined the force over his objections and he has to balance protecting her vs. showing favorable treatment. Tired of her father's shielding nature, Cindy hides from him the fact that she believes someone is stalking her every move and that person might be tied to the murder of a fellow health club member, Armand Crayton.

Meanwhile Peter works on a couple of car jacking cases. One of them he and his subordinates believe is tied to the murder of Armand. The carjackers have targeted health club members. To Peter's chagrin, he learns that his daughter is being stalked by most likely someone who wants to ensure the health club members remain silent.

The twelfth Decker police procedural is a great entry in a top-notch series because the prime story line turns personal. This provides readers insight into the charcaters of Peter and Cindy. Peter's dilemma and Cindy's distressed reaction to his struggle over a cop for a daughter turns an already fine mystery into a fantastic novel that will entice sub-genre fans to seek out other Faye Kellerman tales (see best-selling JUPITER'S BONES).

Harriet Klausner

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars An okay book - but not up to her usual, August 18, 2000

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Alise "beatha" (usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stalker: A Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus Novel (Peter Decker & Rina Lazarus Novels) (Hardcover)

I understand that authors get tired writing about the same characters, while fans want more of that characters. I got this book expecting a Peter Decker novel because that's how it was advertised. Although he does make more than a cameo appearance, I felt that Mrs. Kellerman did not stay true to character. By the middle of the book, Peter came across as an neurotic, over protective father who could not accept his daughter as an adult, let alone as a fellow police office. As for Cindy, while I emphasized with her need to be accepted as an adult, I'm not sure that I want to spend to much time in her company. And even though she is a rookie, I found several of the mistakes she made just plain stupidity -- either that or put in to further the plot development, rather than the character development. As for the story : There was very little of her wonderful explanation about Orthodox Jewish religion and culture. The plot details are covered in other reviews, but I do agree

with another reviewer that the plot rambles on in places. Still - a good read, but not Faye Kellerman's best.