I love a good mystery and one of my favorite authors is J.
D. Robb (Nora Roberts’ pen name for her In
Death series). The series features Lieutenant Eve Dallas, a detective in
the New York City of the near-future, and the friends and family she eases into
her life as she solves the city’s toughest murder cases. The length of this series
(45+ books and growing) gives us an opportunity to dive deep into Eve and Roarke,
her financial magnet husband. I’ve enjoyed getting to know this cast of
characters over the years, and occasionally take the time to dip back into an
old favorite.
Midnight in Death
is a novella set between books 7 and 8 of the series. It’s the first
holiday Roarke and Eve have celebrated together as husband and wife. The plot
of Midnight in Death is
straightforward: David Sinclair, a serial killer Eve put away years ago, has
escaped – and he has targeted everyone who took part in his downfall. Eve must
work against David’s deadline to bring him down before the ball drops on New
Year’s Eve.
Robb draws me in with her vivid descriptions of Eve’s
emotional landscape – this steely detective used to be all about the job. Now she
struggles with the strong feelings she has developed for her new husband, her
trainee/partner, and the tentative connection she has begun with the motherly
department psychiatrist.
The series is definitely HOT (see my Sensuality
Content Ratings), and this story is no different — gritty tone, explicit
violence and language, graphic sex — some readers find the series too dark. I read it for the deep, emotionally
charged characters the author has created who leap off the page and stay with
you long after the story is finished.
In less than 100 pages, I can live and adventure 15 minutes into the future and sit on the edge of my seat while Eve fights to save those she's come to love (though she'll hardly ever admit it!). It’s a
terrific post-holiday break. I’ll take
mine with hot chocolate, please.
See this and other reviews on my Goodreads page.
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