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Book Review of The Ritual Bath (Decker/Lazarus, Bk 1)

The Ritual Bath (Decker/Lazarus, Bk 1)
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Det. Peter Decker of the LAPD is stunned when he gets the report. Someone has shattered the Sanctuary of a remote yeshiva community in the California hills with an unimaginable crime. One of the women was brutaly raped as she returned fom the mikvah, the bathouse where the cleansing ritual is performed.
The crime was called in by Rina Lazarus, and Decker is relieved to discover that she is a calm and intelligent witness. As Rina tries to steer Decker through the maze of religious laws the two grow closer.