Cyndi J. (cyndij) reviewed on 8/25/2018 + 1031 more book reviews

It's been a long time since I read one in this series and things have definitely changed. I remembered these as being better. The scary "horrors of a past generation" bit doesn't turn out to be what it sounded like. There was an educational lecture on the extermination camps in WWII, but that whole subplot turned out to be non-germane. I couldn't help feeling that Kellerman started off with one plot line in mind (the neo-Nazi hate crime thing) and then somehow it morphed into child psychologists helping kids cheat on college exams. Given that I haven't read one of these in a long time, this book felt to me more akin in tone to Jonathan Kellerman with all the bits about child psychology. I also don't remember Peter and Rina arguing so much. In fact, everyone is arguing with everyone else - the only person I liked was Wanda from the Hate Crimes Unit. And the ending, the ultimate fate of the villain? That was just silly.
A new reader could certainly start here, there's enough to know some of the character's backstories although you would be aware you'd missed a lot. But I don't think starting with this book would encourage you to read the rest. Too bad, I remember liking the first few but I did stop reading them for some reason.

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