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In Death #29
Kindred in Death
When the newly promoted captain of the NYPSD and his wife return a day early from their vacation, they were looking forward to spending time with their bright and vivacious sixteen-year-old daughter who had stayed behind.
Not even their worst nightmares could have prepared them for the crime scene that awaited them instead. Brutally murdered in her bedroom, Deena's body showed signs of trauma that horrified even the toughest of cops; including our own Lieutenant Eve Dallas, who was specifically requested by the captain to investigate.
When the evidence starts to pile up, Dallas and her team think they are about to arrest their perpetrator; little do they know yet that someone has gone to great lengths to tease and taunt them by using a variety of identities. Overconfidence can lead to careless mistakes. But for Dallas, one mistake might be all she needs to bring justice.
Not even their worst nightmares could have prepared them for the crime scene that awaited them instead. Brutally murdered in her bedroom, Deena's body showed signs of trauma that horrified even the toughest of cops; including our own Lieutenant Eve Dallas, who was specifically requested by the captain to investigate.
When the evidence starts to pile up, Dallas and her team think they are about to arrest their perpetrator; little do they know yet that someone has gone to great lengths to tease and taunt them by using a variety of identities. Overconfidence can lead to careless mistakes. But for Dallas, one mistake might be all she needs to bring justice.
384 pages, Paperback
First published November 3, 2009
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J.D. Robb
235 books34.7k followersJ.D. Robb is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling In Death series and the pseudonym for #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts. The futuristic suspense series stars Eve Dallas, a New York City police lieutenant with a dark past. Initially conceived as a trilogy, readers clamored for more of Eve and the mysterious Roarke. Forgotten in Death (St. Martin's Press, September 2021) is the 53rd entry in the series.
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September 2, 2016
The murder mystery in this book is pretty good. It's tough because a young teenaged girl is raped and murdered, but the investigation part of things is interesting and you feel pretty invested in wanting to catch the sick, evil bastard. But, it's tougher on Eve because she was a childhood victim of abuse and these kind of cases hit her hard. What is awesome is that Eve is actually growing as a character and is learning to deal with her past in healthier ways. Her husband, Roarke, has a lot to do with it.
And, again, I have to reiterate the fact that I would leave my husband in a heartbeat for Roarke. Why do I need to keep reminding my husband of this fact? It keeps him on his toes. It's good for him. Exercise and all that. I'm such a good wife. I mean, sure, I don't cook or have a job or bother wearing make-up or non-pajama clothes most days, but he gets the pleasure of my witty repartee, so he's a lucky lucky man. I'm sure that he thanks God every night before he goes to sleep that he has a wife who is currently not in bed with him because she is reading.
The interaction between the side characters is always a favorite part of these books. I feel like I know them all and care about them. Peabody and McNab are my favorites, followed by Baxter and Trueheart. The only character that I feel like is kind of one-dimensional is Eve's bestie, Mavis. She is always the same and a bit too OTT for me. I have a hard time believing that Eve would actually be close with someone so flamboyant and bubbly. It would be annoying to me, and she has way less tolerance than I do. Bubbly people make me want to pop them.
Bwuahaha! Yes, evil kitty. Let the darkness flow through you.
There was also a wedding between two of the characters, but I didn't get all squishy about it. They are okay as side-characters, but I never felt that invested in their relationship. Now, if Peabody and McNab get married, I might need a tissue.
the only true way to make me cry
And, again, I have to reiterate the fact that I would leave my husband in a heartbeat for Roarke. Why do I need to keep reminding my husband of this fact? It keeps him on his toes. It's good for him. Exercise and all that. I'm such a good wife. I mean, sure, I don't cook or have a job or bother wearing make-up or non-pajama clothes most days, but he gets the pleasure of my witty repartee, so he's a lucky lucky man. I'm sure that he thanks God every night before he goes to sleep that he has a wife who is currently not in bed with him because she is reading.
The interaction between the side characters is always a favorite part of these books. I feel like I know them all and care about them. Peabody and McNab are my favorites, followed by Baxter and Trueheart. The only character that I feel like is kind of one-dimensional is Eve's bestie, Mavis. She is always the same and a bit too OTT for me. I have a hard time believing that Eve would actually be close with someone so flamboyant and bubbly. It would be annoying to me, and she has way less tolerance than I do. Bubbly people make me want to pop them.
Bwuahaha! Yes, evil kitty. Let the darkness flow through you.
There was also a wedding between two of the characters, but I didn't get all squishy about it. They are okay as side-characters, but I never felt that invested in their relationship. Now, if Peabody and McNab get married, I might need a tissue.
the only true way to make me cry
December 13, 2018
Suspense 4.5 stars / Romance 4.5 stars
I would torture and kill the fucking rapist and murderer of this story personally and with pleasure.
Monster! I wish they harmed him physically or at least included some of his prison time in epilogue.
Brilliantly written.
Romance. Loved Eve and Roarke. Happy for Louise and Charles.
Eve – The Queen of my heart!
I would torture and kill the fucking rapist and murderer of this story personally and with pleasure.
Monster! I wish they harmed him physically or at least included some of his prison time in epilogue.
Brilliantly written.
Romance. Loved Eve and Roarke. Happy for Louise and Charles.
Eve – The Queen of my heart!
November 3, 2018
All of the In Death books are really good but some are more memorable than others and Kindred in Death is one of those. It has everything - an intriguing story, lots of imaginative police work, all of our favourite characters and even a wedding.
The murders are particularly gruesome and make difficult reading, but then Robb pulls on the reader's emotions when she writes about the effects the deaths have on the various family members. This is definitely a book that needs to be read with tissues within reach. And of course there is humour too. Eve and Roarke understand each other so well now and their repartee can be hilarious. Peabody and Eve can always be counted on to entertain as well.
I read this in one day and loved every minute:)
The murders are particularly gruesome and make difficult reading, but then Robb pulls on the reader's emotions when she writes about the effects the deaths have on the various family members. This is definitely a book that needs to be read with tissues within reach. And of course there is humour too. Eve and Roarke understand each other so well now and their repartee can be hilarious. Peabody and Eve can always be counted on to entertain as well.
I read this in one day and loved every minute:)
June 19, 2017
A brutal murder takes place in New York and Dallas is called in to be the chief investigator. It is also one of their own, i.e., a cop's daughter, so there is more pressure on her than usual to solve the crime.
Another good story. Roarke is by her side, as usual, to lend his support and help. I just feel all my reviews are starting to sound the same!
Sweet ending for another couple in the book.
Only downside was Eve's claim to not know who "The Boss" is!!! Shock! Horror! As Ira says,
"How could she not know him. She was 'Born in the USA'"!
Another good story. Roarke is by her side, as usual, to lend his support and help. I just feel all my reviews are starting to sound the same!
“He’d walked into her life, and everything had changed. He’d found her; she’d found him—and all those dark places inside both of them had gotten a little smaller, a little brighter.”
Eve: "She completely eye-fucked you."
Roarke: "I know. I feel so cheap and used."
Eve: "Shit. You got off on it. Men always do."
Roarke: "True enough, which is why we're so often cheap and used.”
Sweet ending for another couple in the book.
Her eyes met Roarke's. And there, she thought, right there was the reason for this. The reason for the flowers and the pomp, the fuss and the formality.
There was love.
Only you, she remembered. She'd walked to him on a summer day once before, and he'd seen only her.
He smiled at her as he had when she'd walked down a white runner to an arbor of white roses toward him.
As it had then, her heart gave one quick leap.
Sometimes, she thought as she took her place, turned, life could be pretty damn perfect ...
Only downside was Eve's claim to not know who "The Boss" is!!! Shock! Horror! As Ira says,
"How could she not know him. She was 'Born in the USA'"!
July 10, 2017
UGH UGH UGH UGH!!!
I just lost my whole review. WTF!
Ah well. In a nutshell I LOVED IT!
I just lost my whole review. WTF!
Ah well. In a nutshell I LOVED IT!
January 15, 2025
I plucked this one from the middle of the series, but I saw the book and read the description and knew I needed to read this one, and I am very glad I picked it up. I do hope to get through this series, and I admit I have enjoyed reading them in order, but reading them out of order hasn’t hurt my enjoyment either. Dallas is called in during a holiday because a newly promoted Captain and his wife returned home to find their teenage daughter brutally assaulted and murdered in their home. Dallas doesn’t shirk this duty even if this case brings back horrible memories from her own childhood. I loved this mystery and thought it was one of the better I have read so far (even if it was also one of the more horrific crimes to be featured). I loved everything about this one and again the supporting characters added so much to my enjoyment. I think I’m somewhere around 10 down and only about 50 or so left in this series to go.
February 17, 2022
2/17/22
Another reread and still breaks my heart everytime.
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I cried a couple of times on this one. The murder was too hard and too cruel. We have a rape-homicide of a teenage girl. Rape multiple times, sodomized, tortured and strangulation. Sick sick bastard. Left my feelings raw. I feel like being in a cage for the rest of his life and not seeing the light of day again is not enough punishment.
Also Charles and Louise got married on this one. It was good to read about that.
After 29 books I honestly don't know what else to say except I love Roarke, Eve, Peabody, McNab and his clothes, Feeney and his bag of nuts, Morris, Trueheart, Baxter, Mavis, Nadine, all of the secondary characters.
Another reread and still breaks my heart everytime.
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I cried a couple of times on this one. The murder was too hard and too cruel. We have a rape-homicide of a teenage girl. Rape multiple times, sodomized, tortured and strangulation. Sick sick bastard. Left my feelings raw. I feel like being in a cage for the rest of his life and not seeing the light of day again is not enough punishment.
Also Charles and Louise got married on this one. It was good to read about that.
After 29 books I honestly don't know what else to say except I love Roarke, Eve, Peabody, McNab and his clothes, Feeney and his bag of nuts, Morris, Trueheart, Baxter, Mavis, Nadine, all of the secondary characters.
November 29, 2018
J.D.Robb, you're a genius! This book was Fucking-A!!!
January 11, 2025
Even though it is her day off, Lt. Eve Dallas is requested by her Captain to investigate a murder. NYPSD Captain Jonah MacMasters and his wife returned home early from a trip to find their sixteen-year-old daughter Deana dead on her bed. She had been brutally beaten and raped before being killed. Even can't imagine who would want to kill a sweet high school girl with no enemies. There is no physical evidence pointing to the murderer. Even and her team must talk to Deana's friends and hit the streets in order to solve this crime.
This was a tough mystery for everyone. Deana's best friend tells Eve that she was secretly seeing a guy she met in Central Park. Interviewing people jogging in the park leads to a description of the guy. The case against the killer was built from the ground up, with the whole team pitching in to help. My rating: 4.5 Stars.
This was a tough mystery for everyone. Deana's best friend tells Eve that she was secretly seeing a guy she met in Central Park. Interviewing people jogging in the park leads to a description of the guy. The case against the killer was built from the ground up, with the whole team pitching in to help. My rating: 4.5 Stars.
July 18, 2019
Really like this book - has everything in it - a twisted serial killer, great police work and deductions, and some very good bantering!
I know there are people who read the ID series for the romance and skip over the "police" part - to those people, you are missing the whole idea of ID and if it's just romance that you want - find another series. J.D. Robb writes an excellent police procedural period.
The main killer in this book is one that you can not only hate but also hate his trainer!
Two thumbs up and 5 stars - Do I recommend this book, yes to those that don't skip/skim over sections! Read it all to get the whole story!
From the blurb: When the newly promoted captain of the NYPSD and his wife return a day early from their vacation, they are looking forward to spending time with their bright and vivacious sixteen-year-old daughter, who stayed behind.
Not even their worst nightmares could prepare them for the crime scene that awaits them instead. Deena has been brutally murdered in her bedroom, and her body shows signs of trauma that horrifies even the toughest of cops, including Lieutenant Eve Dallas, who is specifically requested by the captain to investigate.
When the evidence starts to pile up, Dallas and her team think they are about to arrest their perpetrator; little do they know that someone has gone to great lengths to tease and taunt them by using a variety of identities.
Overconfidence can lead to careless mistakes. But for Dallas, one mistake might be all she needs to serve justice.
I know there are people who read the ID series for the romance and skip over the "police" part - to those people, you are missing the whole idea of ID and if it's just romance that you want - find another series. J.D. Robb writes an excellent police procedural period.
The main killer in this book is one that you can not only hate but also hate his trainer!
Two thumbs up and 5 stars - Do I recommend this book, yes to those that don't skip/skim over sections! Read it all to get the whole story!
From the blurb: When the newly promoted captain of the NYPSD and his wife return a day early from their vacation, they are looking forward to spending time with their bright and vivacious sixteen-year-old daughter, who stayed behind.
Not even their worst nightmares could prepare them for the crime scene that awaits them instead. Deena has been brutally murdered in her bedroom, and her body shows signs of trauma that horrifies even the toughest of cops, including Lieutenant Eve Dallas, who is specifically requested by the captain to investigate.
When the evidence starts to pile up, Dallas and her team think they are about to arrest their perpetrator; little do they know that someone has gone to great lengths to tease and taunt them by using a variety of identities.
Overconfidence can lead to careless mistakes. But for Dallas, one mistake might be all she needs to serve justice.
July 28, 2022
1st read 30 September-4 October 2013
Sigh-worthy.
2nd read 3 July - 11 August 2016
Sigh-worthy.
2nd read 3 July - 11 August 2016
October 6, 2017
5 stars - Romantic Suspense/Futuristic/Mystery/Crime/Romantic Thriller
November 14, 2018
As always for me Robb delivers. As a In Death junkie the journey of Eve and Roarke grows frame strength to strength.
October 19, 2023
This one was a difficult read because of the age of the victim. A young girl, age 16, is raped and murdered in her bed. Dallas is asked to be prime investigator.
June 19, 2022
This murder was particularly brutal to me. It was rough going in the first half of this story and it was also a slower start to a Eva Dallas mystery. Over all though, solid and affecting.
cw: death of a child, violence, murder, rape
October 21, 2022
Twenty-ninth in the In Death romance-suspense series starring Eve Dallas and Roarke based in the mid-21st century in New York City.
This is about the fourth time I've read this book, heck, my fourth time through the series. I absolutely love Eve with all her strengths and vulnerabilities. I want my own Roarke. Sure, he's probably the richest man in the universe, but I love that wicked sense of humor, his sensitivity about people and particularly with Eve, and he sounds like he's pretty amazing in bed, on the table, the floor, the counter, the…well, you get the picture. The interaction between the Cop and the [former] Criminal is too much fun and I have so enjoyed watching their relationship grow as Eve comes to rely upon and accept Roarke in her life…as well as his pushiness in being a part of her investigations.
Of course, being a gadget-girl, I love the gadgets that Robb includes in mid-century life although I can do without most of the soy food…ick…!
In this installment, Charles and Louise are getting married—Eve is the matron of honor. And doesn't that just freak her out! Not only does she have to figure out what girly stuff she's 'sposed to do but she just knows that somehow Tina will be involved!
Thank god for her professional life…it's so much easier wading through blood and dodging fists and bullets than being tormented by the feminine expectations…whatever they are!?? Interrupting her Sunday with Roarke is a truly horrible torture-murder of a young girl, the daughter of a highly-decorated cop. It's truly amazing to watch Eve and her team pull tiny bits and pieces together to solve this puzzle. This is another part of what I love about this series, Eve always figures it out and usually gets her man/woman.
It's also the camaraderie amongst her people and their interactions with each other. Robb has a great cast of characters and I love following their lives.
This is about the fourth time I've read this book, heck, my fourth time through the series. I absolutely love Eve with all her strengths and vulnerabilities. I want my own Roarke. Sure, he's probably the richest man in the universe, but I love that wicked sense of humor, his sensitivity about people and particularly with Eve, and he sounds like he's pretty amazing in bed, on the table, the floor, the counter, the…well, you get the picture. The interaction between the Cop and the [former] Criminal is too much fun and I have so enjoyed watching their relationship grow as Eve comes to rely upon and accept Roarke in her life…as well as his pushiness in being a part of her investigations.
Of course, being a gadget-girl, I love the gadgets that Robb includes in mid-century life although I can do without most of the soy food…ick…!
In this installment, Charles and Louise are getting married—Eve is the matron of honor. And doesn't that just freak her out! Not only does she have to figure out what girly stuff she's 'sposed to do but she just knows that somehow Tina will be involved!
Thank god for her professional life…it's so much easier wading through blood and dodging fists and bullets than being tormented by the feminine expectations…whatever they are!?? Interrupting her Sunday with Roarke is a truly horrible torture-murder of a young girl, the daughter of a highly-decorated cop. It's truly amazing to watch Eve and her team pull tiny bits and pieces together to solve this puzzle. This is another part of what I love about this series, Eve always figures it out and usually gets her man/woman.
It's also the camaraderie amongst her people and their interactions with each other. Robb has a great cast of characters and I love following their lives.
January 28, 2010
When I first started reading the Eve Dallas series I couldn't get enough of them - I probably read 7 of them in four days. Now that I've got 15 or more under my belt I'm starting to feel like I'm reading the same material over and over.
I love Eve's character - how she is so not a girly girl, doesn't understand her girlfriends preoccupation with clothes, makeup, babies, etc. I love how Robb has put Eve in a futuristic time period with seriously "frosty" electronics, cars, weapons, security systems etc. That said I think some of the plot elements Robb always incorporates are starting to grate on me.
The biggest irritant is the constant rehashing of Eve's sexual abuse by her father and her subsequent murder of him. In every single case she has some kind of flashback which Robb feels compelled to explain to the reader. In every book. I understand that this is done for readers who are just picking up an Eve Dallas book, but could we tone it down? Even better, could we get Eve some therapy so we don't have to rehash her issues in every SINGLE book? I personally would love that.
The second thing is Eve and Roarke are the perfect couple. As in, plastic-y, Barbie-Ken kind of perfect. He is gorgeous, super-rich, super-tolerant of her and her work, and always willing to drop everything for her, not to mention telling and showing her constantly how much he loves her. It's just not realistic, and I understand that this is what most women crave, but I just can't get into it. I think their romance is where the book becomes rolling-of-the-eyes superficial; the real meat is in the homicides that occur. Give me more mystery, Robb; let Eve and Roarke's love be the subtle backdrop, rather than the other half of the book.
I'll probably still read what Robb puts out, for a little while, at least. This is just my wish list for future books :)
I love Eve's character - how she is so not a girly girl, doesn't understand her girlfriends preoccupation with clothes, makeup, babies, etc. I love how Robb has put Eve in a futuristic time period with seriously "frosty" electronics, cars, weapons, security systems etc. That said I think some of the plot elements Robb always incorporates are starting to grate on me.
The biggest irritant is the constant rehashing of Eve's sexual abuse by her father and her subsequent murder of him. In every single case she has some kind of flashback which Robb feels compelled to explain to the reader. In every book. I understand that this is done for readers who are just picking up an Eve Dallas book, but could we tone it down? Even better, could we get Eve some therapy so we don't have to rehash her issues in every SINGLE book? I personally would love that.
The second thing is Eve and Roarke are the perfect couple. As in, plastic-y, Barbie-Ken kind of perfect. He is gorgeous, super-rich, super-tolerant of her and her work, and always willing to drop everything for her, not to mention telling and showing her constantly how much he loves her. It's just not realistic, and I understand that this is what most women crave, but I just can't get into it. I think their romance is where the book becomes rolling-of-the-eyes superficial; the real meat is in the homicides that occur. Give me more mystery, Robb; let Eve and Roarke's love be the subtle backdrop, rather than the other half of the book.
I'll probably still read what Robb puts out, for a little while, at least. This is just my wish list for future books :)
February 28, 2019
These stories tend to end immediately after the case is closed. But sometimes I'd like to know some of the details that happen after the case is closed. Like, did the victim's father go back to work or did he leave the police force after everything settled? It's nothing important, but I'm still curious.
This is the 2nd time Robb has mentioned Mobile, AL in this series when most people have no clue we exist. I think she likes us. Like, like likes us. *bats eyelashes*
This is the 2nd time Robb has mentioned Mobile, AL in this series when most people have no clue we exist. I think she likes us. Like, like likes us. *bats eyelashes*
August 30, 2017
After the sadness in the last book, here we have a nice wedding! Yeah!!! Charles and Louise got married!!!!
I'm so involved with all the characters that I've felt slightly insulted for not being invited to the wedding!!!!
We all know about Eve's past and here she has to deal with britual rape of a teenager girl...
I'm so involved with all the characters that I've felt slightly insulted for not being invited to the wedding!!!!
We all know about Eve's past and here she has to deal with britual rape of a teenager girl...
January 10, 2019
As usual Eve Dallas and Roarke don't disappoint.
July 6, 2024
Slow and Repetitive
3.25 Stars.
Dark Erotica Special BR
July 2024
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The first 25% was very repetitive. Eve going over and over the same information of the first murder.
Throughout this story there are other areas that were repetitive. Especially about Eve's past when she was a child. How has she made it 10+ years as a cop when Every case has her doing flashbacks to her childhood?
While the murders were horrific and I'm glad they got those responsible I often felt like the story dragged. Pages filled with technical talk of the investigation and technology.
Definitely not one of my favorites in this series. It could have been but there was just to much filler.
3.25 Stars.
Dark Erotica Special BR
July 2024
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The first 25% was very repetitive. Eve going over and over the same information of the first murder.
Throughout this story there are other areas that were repetitive. Especially about Eve's past when she was a child. How has she made it 10+ years as a cop when Every case has her doing flashbacks to her childhood?
While the murders were horrific and I'm glad they got those responsible I often felt like the story dragged. Pages filled with technical talk of the investigation and technology.
Definitely not one of my favorites in this series. It could have been but there was just to much filler.
March 13, 2024
Tamamen benden kaynaklı...İki hafta sürdü okumam.
Şaka gibi.Nazara geldim resmen 😒Bende ne güzel bir okuma ivmem var diye seviniyordum.🤦♀️
İki kitaptır polis yakını üzerinden ilerledi hikaye...Kim olursa olsun, kaybın acısı kötü oluyor.
Birde böylesi şiddetli bir eylem sonucu olunca, kalbi kırılıyor insanın.
Jamie'yi görmek güzeldi ama 18 yıllık hayatına bu kadar kayıp fazla bence.Bir de Eve'nin sivil danışman olarak seçmesi ne kadar doğruydu bilemedim. Danışman okey ama işin çok içinde. Hadi Roarke görmüş geçirmiş biri ama Jamie?
Sonuç olarak katili bulduk ama bence katil olmasındaki etkenler tam net değildi. Yine de ana çift için her zaman okurum.
Şaka gibi.Nazara geldim resmen 😒Bende ne güzel bir okuma ivmem var diye seviniyordum.🤦♀️
İki kitaptır polis yakını üzerinden ilerledi hikaye...Kim olursa olsun, kaybın acısı kötü oluyor.
Birde böylesi şiddetli bir eylem sonucu olunca, kalbi kırılıyor insanın.
Jamie'yi görmek güzeldi ama 18 yıllık hayatına bu kadar kayıp fazla bence.Bir de Eve'nin sivil danışman olarak seçmesi ne kadar doğruydu bilemedim. Danışman okey ama işin çok içinde. Hadi Roarke görmüş geçirmiş biri ama Jamie?
Sonuç olarak katili bulduk ama bence katil olmasındaki etkenler tam net değildi. Yine de ana çift için her zaman okurum.
August 22, 2010
I love the Dallas crime stories of J D Robb. Set in 2060, the protagonist is ace 'bitch-cop' Lieutenant Eve Dallas, soft as butter in the middle, but with a harder than average carapace. Married to the billionaire, Roarke, the stories centre around their love for each other and the fact that they both had abused childhoods. The great strength of the Dallas novels is the 'family' of characters. That, and the inevitable envy of Roarke's house with holo suites, swimming pools, luxury of every kind and the ascerbic major-domo, Summerset who has a love/hate relationship with Eve. The plots are all great and this one, in particular is incredibly tense and page-turning. If I have one little whinge, it is that the books are not very well proof-read, or perhaps that's just that most of mine are ebooks. Still worth reading. I am on my third read of Kindred in as many months. There is something almost frighteningly addictive about the 'in Death' series. Try a couple and see what I mean. The first of the series is called 'Naked in Death'.
June 25, 2019
The one where Eve investigates a murder of a cops daughter.
Idk - after promises in death and the murder of a colleague, it felt odd that the next murder was about a cops daughter.
But Eve and Roarke go to Alabama in this one!
“Are you seriously in Alabama?” Baxter demanded.
“I’m on my way to transpo, and will be heading back.”
“Could you pick up some barbecue? There’s nothing like Southern barbecue.”
It’s true - there’s nothing like Southern barbecue.
Idk - after promises in death and the murder of a colleague, it felt odd that the next murder was about a cops daughter.
But Eve and Roarke go to Alabama in this one!
“Are you seriously in Alabama?” Baxter demanded.
“I’m on my way to transpo, and will be heading back.”
“Could you pick up some barbecue? There’s nothing like Southern barbecue.”
It’s true - there’s nothing like Southern barbecue.
October 27, 2018
Oct. 26, 2018 - Reread on Kindle for Nov. 2018 buddy read resulting in my previous rating/s of 4 stars being changed to 5 stars! Character relationship development and police procedural & case - Perfect on all counts! A heartbreaking story on several fronts with a highly satisfying conclusion. Another of my favorites in the In Death series.
February 25, 2025
"I think you forget you need to get through nothing alone."
March 16, 2019
The 29th book in the In-Death series starring the fab Eve and Roarke is another ace read, and it’s going in my re-read list/pile.
The killer in this one is seriously twisted, and eager to torment those he feels should be punished.
Also, in this book, Charles and Louise are getting married and Eve is the matron of honour – something that brings her tons of joy…not. Not only does she have to figure out what girly stuff she is supposed to do, but she has to accept the fact that somehow the torturer Tina will be involved.
…. Now on to the next in the series, which I started as soon as I finished this a few hours ago - series remains addictive!
The killer in this one is seriously twisted, and eager to torment those he feels should be punished.
Also, in this book, Charles and Louise are getting married and Eve is the matron of honour – something that brings her tons of joy…not. Not only does she have to figure out what girly stuff she is supposed to do, but she has to accept the fact that somehow the torturer Tina will be involved.
…. Now on to the next in the series, which I started as soon as I finished this a few hours ago - series remains addictive!
October 28, 2022
The case Eve is working in this one is horrific and heartbreaking, and I can't even imagine those families having to live through that. I cried several times.
I know that the endings generally feel a bit cut short in this series, and I've long-since resigned myself to it, but I feel like this one really could have used a little more. Not just for the wedding (Charles and Louise, yay!), but also for the case. I wanted to see that disgusting shithead realize that he'd been used and manipulated. I wanted his whole foundation to fall apart, after the horrible shit he did.
And I wanted Eve to get some credit after all the shit she got on this case.
I know that the endings generally feel a bit cut short in this series, and I've long-since resigned myself to it, but I feel like this one really could have used a little more. Not just for the wedding (Charles and Louise, yay!), but also for the case. I wanted to see that disgusting shithead realize that he'd been used and manipulated. I wanted his whole foundation to fall apart, after the horrible shit he did.
And I wanted Eve to get some credit after all the shit she got on this case.
June 13, 2017
I'm on holiday when I read this one in 2016
It's a very hard crime for me to swallow and feel very sad for the victims and their family.
It's a very hard crime for me to swallow and feel very sad for the victims and their family.
June 10, 2020
I loved this 29th book in J.D. Robb's "In Death" series!
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