Milk and Honey

Milk and Honey has a large, primary mystery, a medium-sized mystery involving someone from Decker's past, and a little mystery that pops up as a result of the main mystery. The first mystery is a big gory mess: Decker finds a child wandering the streets of a neighborhood, tries to find where this child comes from, and then discovers a mess of bodies covered in bees (hence the title). Additionally, a friend of his whom he served in the Vietnam War with is accused of raping a woman and needs Decker's help; Decker's not convinced his pal is actually innocent.

This was a readable and compelling novel, but one of my favorite aspects of the series as a whole is missing: Rina Lazarus. She's living in NYC, taking a break and probably testing Peter's devotion to his new found religion of Judaism. I like learning about Rina Lazarus, her background, and her family because she's Orthodox Jewish and I love learning about different cultures. I missed her in this book (she's there a little, but not nearly as prominent as in The Ritual Bath, my favorite so far in the series.)