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Review title: Bring back Rina and Pete
Product review: Sad to say, Faye Kellerman, although ostensibly female, has no knack whatsoever for writing from the perspective of a female character. The one-dimensional quality of Rina (do we know much about her other than her hair is ebony and her eyes are blue?) in previous Decker novels should have warned me, but I laid out the bucks for "Street Dreams" anyway and had to force myself to finish it. Cindy's every action and scrap of dialogue is patently unbelieveable and forced--she's like Pete Decker in drag without the religious convictions that make him interesting. The boyfriend comes off as some kind of politically correct composite culled from a Frum Harlequin romance. The plot never comes together either, despite a nice twist toward the end. Do yourself a favor if you're in the mood for a mystery starring a woman, read Sara Paretsky or Sue Grafton instead.
