Title: Shadows in Death
Series: In Death
Author: J.D. Robb
Read copy: eBook (Kindle)
Published: September 8, 2020
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ASIN: B082RRR1BB
When a night out at the theatre is interrupted by the murder of a young woman in Washington Square Park, it seems like an ordinary case for Detective Eve Dallas and her team. But when Roarke spots a shadow from his past in the crowd, Eve realises that this case is far from business as usual.
Eve has two complex cases on her hands—the shocking murder of this wealthy young mother and tracking down the shadow before he can strike again, this time much closer to home. Eve is well used to being the hunter, but how will she cope when the tables are turned? As Eve and the team follow leads to Roarke's hometown in Ireland, the race is on to stop the shadow making his next move...
My rating:
When Roarke spots a shadow from his past at a crime scene, Eve knows to trust her husband's gut that the shadow is connected to the murder she's investigating. But this time, Eve truly has to hurry to bag her quarry, before someone else is murdered...A lot closer to home...and the heart.
This series is always at its best when it's personal. Whenever the story is personally connected either to Eve or Roarke, or lately either, since they're a unit, or their past, you know you're in for an exhilarating, bumpy ride.
And this book is the latest exhibit of that "rule".
The urgency, the need to find the villain was palpable from chapter one, from the sentence in which Roarke explained the connection to him, and it only kept growing more frantic and frenetic. The story kept me at the edge of my seat, turning page after page, hoping, rooting for Eve to hunt the bastard down, even though I knew I'd have to wait for the end of the book to get to the big showdown.
But what a ride.
The procedural, the investigation took second place to the characters and the drama in this one, but I didn't mind, because it was personal. But what I loved most about it is just how personal it got with the Eve's entire squad behind them a hundred percent, willing to bleed for the two of them, willing to bleed for the former criminal (no convictions) that married one of their own.
There are no blood ties between them, but family is more than just blood and in the past fifty books this motley crew of characters have truly become a close-knit, tight family.
Which adds yet another layer to the complex world and relationships.
I absolutely adored this one.
5 stars, bodyguard/military/merc/gov/cop/spy, favorites, Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb, sci-fi/futuristic, suspense/mystery/adventure/thriller
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