The Ritual Bath: The First Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus Novel

The Ritual Bath, by Faye Kellerman is about a rape that takes place outside of a Mikvah in a Jewish community. This is the first book in the series, where Rina and Peter meet. This is a very quick read, without alot of twists and turns. It is just a so-so book. The story lacked a little something throughout.

When I started to read this book and saw that there weren't cell phones and if you have an emergency you have to go to a payphone or call at your office anytime you were paged I remembered my childhood. I liked this part because now nobody can do anything without cells and that's really sad.

The book's plot is fast paced but you must know at least a little bit of Jewish religion to fully understand it -I mean the quips and quibbles in Hebrew or Yiddish. For being the first book written by FK she deserves the whole five stars.

Great story. arrived in a timely manner and in the condition as described

I bought this book as a gift because I LOVE this series!!! My friend, because of the gift, now also LOVES this series. Love to hear of any new releases! Great insight into the Jewish faith. Thank you Faye Kellerman!!

The Ritual Bath by Faye Kellerman is the book where Detective Decker first meets Rina Lazarus, who in later books becomes his wife. Rina Lazarus lives in a Jewish commune tucked away from the world most of us live in. All the Decker/Lazarus stories are great whodunits, but what make them even more enjoyable are the peeks into the lives of Jewish orthodox community. The ancient customs that are part of their daily lives, (you need three sets of dishes) and how they cope, meshing tradition and law in a modern world, (It is immodest for women to show their hair, so they wear wigs). This one is pretty tight and once started it's hard to put down.