• The Beast

  • Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus, Book 21
  • By: Faye Kellerman
  • Narrated by: Mitchell Greenberg
  • Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (334 ratings)

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The Beast

By: Faye Kellerman
Narrated by: Mitchell Greenberg
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Publisher's summary

Throughout his years with the LAPD, Peter Decker has handled a number of tough cases and strange killers. But few of his previous assignments compare to his latest case. When Hobart Penny is found dead in his apartment, the cops think that his pet cat - an adult female tiger - attacked the reclusive elderly billionaire. But it soon becomes clear that the beast that killed the eccentric inventor is all too human.

Digging into the victim's life, Decker and his colleagues discover that Penny was an exceptionally peculiar man with exotic tastes, including kinky sex with call girls. Following a trail of clues that leads from a wildlife sanctuary in the San Bernardino Mountains to the wild nightlife of Las Vegas, the LAPD detectives are left juggling too many suspects and too few answers. To break open the case, Decker wrestles with a difficult choice: turning to Chris Donatti, the dangerous man who also happens to be the father of Decker's foster son, Gabriel Whitman.

As their work and intimate worlds collide, Decker and his wife, Rina, find themselves facing tough questions. And when all these shocking truths comes out, exactly how well will Decker and Rina cope, and survive?

©2013 Plot Line, Inc. (P)2013 HarperCollinsPublishers

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Lacking

This installment just seemed to be lacking something. Suspense maybe. A lot of wild animal info, that was kinda boring. Young love problems with parents were discussed, through Gabe. Chris Donati had a cameo to get more readers, but had little to do with this novel. There just wasn't any OMG moments to the book, or bite your nails suspense. The case was investigated, and easily solved through interviews and paper trails.
It seemed to be a wrap up of characters, where a new beginning could take place, but if this is a taste if things to come, I don't think I'll be interested. I didn't care for the narrator at all, so that could have helped to kill the book too.

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Don't bother with this one

There's always been a certain charm to Faye Kellerman's books: family relationships, interesting mysteries, good characters. She really misses on this book. It feels as if she's run out of stories so goes for the gross to keep her readers. Result? A rather disgusting disaster. Save your credits!

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Lazarus-Decker fans -- don't bother

What would have made The Beast better?

more Lazarus. . . . less Decker.

What was most disappointing about Faye Kellerman’s story?

One can count the number of words "spoken" by Rina Lazarus . . . too much cop stuff, not enough about the family.

Would you be willing to try another one of Mitchell Greenberg’s performances?

I have listened to every one of Faye Kellerman's Lazarus-Decker books. . . up until now I have enjoyed them. Rina is sappy; Gabriel is unbelievable; Marge Dunne has become more of a southern belle as she gets older.

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boring

This was the most disappointing Faye Kellerman ever. I really did not want to finish it but I do hate to give up, just in case it turns brilliant. This was a yawn from beginning to end. I have never said that about any of her Decker books and I have read almost all of them from the Ritual Bath on. So sad.....

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