This feature is for short reviews, reviews of books in a series where it might feel repetitive, or (as Michelle suggested) books I was too lazy to write a “real” review for. Today’s books are from the In Death series, again. Y’all I just love this series and I’ve been binge reading it hard lately. The books I’m reviewing here are from a while ago, but needless to say they’ll keep coming for a while. I’m trying to intersperse with out series though 🙂
Somehow I missed reviewing these three… it’s hard to keep track when I’m reading books in the 30s but still reviewing books from the teens! So a quick back track today (because it bugs me to not have them complete).
Witness in Death by J.D. Robb Narrator: Susan Ericksen
Series: In Death #10
Published by Brilliance Audio on May 28, 2007
Genres: Mystery, Science Fiction, Romance
Length: 10 hours
Format: Audiobook
Source: Purchased
Goodreads
Awesome as always! I just live the relationships – Eve and Rourke, Eve and Peabody, Peabody and McNabb, etc. Great mystery, great detective work. Looks like we may have another cop getting ready to join the crew, which is exciting. Love it all 🙂1 MP3-CD / 10 hours
Opening night at New York's New Globe Theater turns from stage scene to crime scene when the leading man is stabbed to death center stage. Now Eve Dallas has a high profile, celebrity homicide on her hands. Not only is she lead detective, she's also a witness - and when the press discovers that her husband owns the theater, there's more media spotlight than either can handle. The only way out is to move fast. Question everyone and everything . . . and in the meantime, try to tell the difference between the truth - and really good acting.
Judgment in Death by J.D. Robb Narrator: Susan Ericksen
Series: In Death #11
Published by Brilliance Audio on May 28, 2007
Genres: Mystery, Science Fiction, Romance
Length: 12 hours 21 minutes
Format: Audiobook
Source: Purchased
Goodreads
I’m frustrated with myself because I didn’t write any kind of review after finishing this book. And I know it was a favorite. It deals with corruption in the police force and when those issues come up, I always love the books. Eve is such a good cop, so having to deal with men and women who don’t take their oaths as seriously is so hard for her. I remember really enjoying Eve and Roarke’s dynamic in this book – they’re both trying to protect each other and it leads to some great (aka interesting, sometimes funny, sometimes sweet) power plays between the two. But the fact I remember all that (after reading it in December 2016) tells you how good this book was.In an uptown strip joint, a cop is found bludgeoned to death. The weapon is a baseball bat. The motive is a mystery. It's a case of serious overkill that pushes Eve Dallas straight into overdrive. Her investigation uncovers a private club that is more than a hot spot. Purgatory's a last chance for atonement where everyone is judged. Where your most intimate fate depends on your most intimate sins. And where one cop's hidden secrets are about to plunge innocent souls into vice-ridden damnation
Betrayal in Death by J.D. Robb Narrator: Susan Ericksen
Series: In Death #12
Published by Brilliance Audio on March 1, 2001
Genres: Mystery, Science Fiction, Romance
Length: 12 hours 8 minutes
Format: Audiobook
Source: Purchased
Goodreads
Loved it, as always! I suspected one layer of betrayal from the beginning, but not all the layers. Loved Eve and Rourke’s relationship dynamics (again as always). I love the way JD Robb keeps their relationship so fresh by showing how they rely on each other to get through so many situations.At the luxurious Roarke Palace Hotel, a maid walks into suite 4602 for the nightly turndown - and steps into her worst nightmare. A killer leaves her dead, strangled by a thin silver wire. He's Sly Yost, a virtuoso of music and murder. A hit man for the elite. Lieutenant Eve Dallas knows him well. But in this twisted case, knowing the killer doesn't help solve the crime. Because there's someone else involved. Someone with a more personal motive. And Eve must face a terrifying possibility - that the real target may, in fact, be her husband Roarke...
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I totally love this series but I read them. I did try one audio for Secrets in Death earlier this year. Susan Erickson also narrates the VI Warshawski series by Sara Paretsky. VI is probably 10-15 years older than Eve so now Susan Erickson sounds too old to be Eve in my head. That’s just how it is sometimes. I can’t listen to the Mercy Thompson series either. Anne – Books of My Heart
I get it. Sometimes a narrator gets fixed in your head one way and can’t convert to another character! Love the series though 😁
I was wondering why you backtracked, but yeah that bugs me when I realize I forgot to review something. 🙂
Lol right? Ocd a bit 😊
Loved all three. Did you know Witness was a takeoff on the movie Witness for the Prosecution? Judgment brought out Scary Roarke and that’s always entertaining. The end of Betrayal gets me every time.
Glad you’re still loving this series.
I had no idea! I love scary Roarke 🙂 I’m loving it – on book 41 right now (that’s how behind I am on reviews!).