Sacred and Profane

By: Faye Kellerman

Narrated by: Mitchell Greenberg

Los Angeles Police Detective Peter Decker had grown very close to Rina's young sons, Sammy and Jake, as he had to their mother, and he looked forward to spending a day of his vacation camping with the boys. A nice reprieve from the grueling work of a homicide cop-until Sammy stumbles upon a gruesome sight...

Two human skeletons, charred beyond recognition, are identified by a forensic dentist as teenage girls--and for Decker, the father of a sixteen-year-old daughter, vacation time is over. Throwing himself professionally and emotionally into the murder case, he launches a very personal investigation: a quest that pulls him deep into the crack dens of Hollywood Boulevard and painfully close to the children of the streets and a nightmare world he must make his own.

Again with the music...

As with the first book, this recording contains inexplicable music breaks that I can only assume are the ends/beginnings of cassette tapes on the original recordings. I thought the reading itself was better than the first book, but where I rather liked the random music used in the first book, I very much did not like the one used here.

Second Book Syndrome?

Not as good as the first Rina Lazarus Peter Decker adventure. That integrated their relationship into the storyline. This is 2 narratives: the police procedural and the romance.

Way too much religion

The murder mystery portion of the story was very good and was what kept me listening even when I was turned off by the morality lectures and unnecessary religious instruction. The depth of Rena's belief could have been made apparent without the LONG disertations on the Jewish belief system. If I wanted to know about any particular religion I would read a book written by an expert in that particular sect. I do not read murder mysteries to be lectured to about the existance or not of god. I would have given it 4 stars if it had been written without all the excessive morality and religious instruction. I will investigate carefully the subject matter of any further novels by this author before spending my money on them.

Good book!

Love the story. not big on the narrator. second book, looking forward to new narrator, and more on decker!

HOOKED

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes, especially if they like following a series. I listened to the preview and was hooked.

What did you like best about this story?

It has very likeable characters.

Any additional comments?

I purchased the 2nd book in the series before I have finished the first. I am looking forward to listening to more. Well narrated so far.