STALKER

The twelfth in Kellerman's Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus series focuses on Decker's cop daughter, Cindy. Resented, yet desired, by the male cops, Cindy must help solve a series of carjackings and a murder while keeping one step ahead of someone who is out to get her. Sanders handles tense scenes well, especially a Hispanic domestic quarrel. He also makes minor characters memorable. Cindy is presented as bright, sincere, and headstrong, the last quality getting her into tight situations. The shortened version makes perfect sense. All that said, one wonders, since this is Cindy's story, how a female reader would have handled the same material. J.B.G. © AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine [Published: DEC/JAN 01]