A review by northstar
Blindman's Bluff, by Faye Kellerman

4.0

I've read this entire series and while some books are better than others, Kellerman keeps the pages turning and her characters age in real time, which makes it fun to follow their lives and adventures. Peter Decker is a homicide lieutenant with the LAPD and solves murders--he and his wife, Rina, are religious Jews and their culture and family life often figure in the stories. The basics of this one are familiar to anyone who reads crime fiction: someone murders a wealthy man, his wife and several of his staff members. Was it an inside job? Who is responsible? Kellerman stays above the average mystery writer by keeping the suspense tight and the story twisted but not convoluted. She also throws in bits of humor, like an elderly woman who keeps a Jackson Pollock original amid her family photos, a gift from the painter when he was young and not yet famous.

"And you're not worried about theft?" Marge said.

Gladys shook her head. "The people around here who see it think it was done by one of my grandchildren." She stared at the painting. "I don't bother to correct them."

One quibble--the copyediting in this book is awful. A character named Paco is called Pablo, a woman's drink is wine...or is it coffee? Etc.