Review: Forgotten in Death by J.D. Robb

Title: Forgotten in Death
Series: In Death
Author: J.D. Robb
Read copy: eBook (Kindle)
Published: September 7, 2012
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ASIN: B08R2KNYVW

The body was left in a dumpster like so much trash, the victim a woman of no fixed address, known for offering paper flowers in return for spare change—and for keeping the cops informed of any infractions she witnessed on the street. But the notebook where she scribbled her intel on litterers and other such offenders is nowhere to be found.

Then Eve is summoned away to a nearby building site to view more remains—in this case decades old, adorned with gold jewelry and fine clothing—unearthed by recent construction work. She isn't happy when she realizes that the scene of the crime belongs to her husband, Roarke—not that it should surprise her, since the Irish billionaire owns a good chunk of New York. Now Eve must enter a complex world of real estate development, family history, shady deals, and shocking secrets to find justice for two women whose lives were thrown away...

My rating:

A homeless woman's body is found in a dumpster near a construction site. A woman who kept cops informed of any rules she saw being broken, but her famous notebook is missing. She died because she witnessed something she wasn't supposed to. But before Lieutenant Eve Dallas can even get started, she's called to a nearby construction site—Roarke's, of course—where two sets of remains were found walled up in a basement. A female skeleton, along with the remains of her unborn child.

Eve feels there's a connection, she just needs to connect the dots and find justice for both women.


Not much for thrills, chills or peril, just meticulous investigation, a few "well-placed" hunches and a quagmire of long-buried secrets, Russian enforcers, domestic abuse and rich-privilege.

I liked it, but it made for a rather slow and sometimes dull reading. A rather forgettable (and somewhat predictable) addition to the series, with the main characters and their interactions, connections and relationship being the high point (as always).

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3 stars, bodyguard/military/merc/gov/cop/spy, Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb, sci-fi/futuristic, suspense/mystery/adventure/thriller

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