Book Review - Salvation in Death by J. D. Robb
Category Book Review J. D. Robb Salvation in Death
One of these days I'll learn not to start a J. D. Robb novel on a weeknight, right before I have to head off to a conference. I'm addicted to this series, and Salvation in Death is no different. A fun read that kept me up long after the light should have been turned out.
Dallas is called out to pick up an apparent homicide at a church funeral. She arrives with Peabody to find a dead priest, likely poisoned by the sacramental wine used during the Mass. No one seems to have anything against the priest, and the wine served during Mass is not locked up. Really, just about anyone *could* have done it. But after digging into the preist's past a bit, Dallas finds something interesting... It doesn't look like the priest is who he said he was, and may well not have been a priest at all. Throw in a another poison murder of a big name tele-evangelist in front of thousands, and Dallas doesn't quite know what she has to deal with. Is it a copycat murder, or does someone have a vendetta against all religious figures? And just who *is* the "priest" who was murdered, and why would he have been hiding for so long?
This episode in Eve Dallas' life was a bit different than many of the other novels. There's two murders in play, and it's not quite clear as to whether they're linked or just coincidentally similar. Many times you get one main case, and that's the whole focus. Robb (aka Nora Roberts) also digs a bit deeper into Eve's abusive background, as there are a few elements of the case that resurrect in her some not-so-pleasant memories.
As always, I keep expecting this series to start to go stale. And as always (fortunately), it hasn't for me.
One of these days I'll learn not to start a J. D. Robb novel on a weeknight, right before I have to head off to a conference. I'm addicted to this series, and Salvation in Death is no different. A fun read that kept me up long after the light should have been turned out.
Dallas is called out to pick up an apparent homicide at a church funeral. She arrives with Peabody to find a dead priest, likely poisoned by the sacramental wine used during the Mass. No one seems to have anything against the priest, and the wine served during Mass is not locked up. Really, just about anyone *could* have done it. But after digging into the preist's past a bit, Dallas finds something interesting... It doesn't look like the priest is who he said he was, and may well not have been a priest at all. Throw in a another poison murder of a big name tele-evangelist in front of thousands, and Dallas doesn't quite know what she has to deal with. Is it a copycat murder, or does someone have a vendetta against all religious figures? And just who *is* the "priest" who was murdered, and why would he have been hiding for so long?
This episode in Eve Dallas' life was a bit different than many of the other novels. There's two murders in play, and it's not quite clear as to whether they're linked or just coincidentally similar. Many times you get one main case, and that's the whole focus. Robb (aka Nora Roberts) also digs a bit deeper into Eve's abusive background, as there are a few elements of the case that resurrect in her some not-so-pleasant memories.
As always, I keep expecting this series to start to go stale. And as always (fortunately), it hasn't for me.
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