Book Review - Strangers In Death by J. D. Robb
Category Book Review J. D. Robb Nora Roberts Strangers In Death
I don't know how Nora Roberts continues to crank out books at this rate. I got the latest In Death installment from the library the other day... Strangers In Death by Nora Roberts writing as J. D. Robb. Strangers adheres to the basic Eve Dallas plot-line. The focus is on the crime and story, without a lot of character-building along the way. And I guess that's why I enjoyed this so much... I could just get lost in the story and have a good time.
In this episode, Dallas pulls a call for a crime that has a number of media implications. Thomas Anders, the head of a sporting-goods company, is found murdered in his house. What makes it "scandalous" is that he's tied up in bed, choked with a rope around his neck, with plenty of "toys" laying around. It certainly looks like a fantasy gone wrong, except that there's absolutely no clues as to who the other participant (and likely murderer) was. The wife is alibied, vacationing on a Caribbean island. The housekeeper seems to be far too business-like to do that. His business partners all seem to have liked him. But someone is hiding sometime, and Dallas has her ideas as to who is and isn't coming clean. With Roarke's help, she can put all the circumstantial evidence together, but she's still missing the solid evidence to nail the suspect cold. She'll have to crank up the pressure on a number of people to see who cracks first...
There's not necessarily anything in Strangers that makes it strikingly different than other In Death novels. Conversely, it's like a good friend... you know what to expect, you enjoy the company, and you're more than happy to be there. I personally enjoyed being here a lot, and I'll look forward to the next visit. At Robert's rate, I may not have to wait very long, either. :)
I don't know how Nora Roberts continues to crank out books at this rate. I got the latest In Death installment from the library the other day... Strangers In Death by Nora Roberts writing as J. D. Robb. Strangers adheres to the basic Eve Dallas plot-line. The focus is on the crime and story, without a lot of character-building along the way. And I guess that's why I enjoyed this so much... I could just get lost in the story and have a good time.
In this episode, Dallas pulls a call for a crime that has a number of media implications. Thomas Anders, the head of a sporting-goods company, is found murdered in his house. What makes it "scandalous" is that he's tied up in bed, choked with a rope around his neck, with plenty of "toys" laying around. It certainly looks like a fantasy gone wrong, except that there's absolutely no clues as to who the other participant (and likely murderer) was. The wife is alibied, vacationing on a Caribbean island. The housekeeper seems to be far too business-like to do that. His business partners all seem to have liked him. But someone is hiding sometime, and Dallas has her ideas as to who is and isn't coming clean. With Roarke's help, she can put all the circumstantial evidence together, but she's still missing the solid evidence to nail the suspect cold. She'll have to crank up the pressure on a number of people to see who cracks first...
There's not necessarily anything in Strangers that makes it strikingly different than other In Death novels. Conversely, it's like a good friend... you know what to expect, you enjoy the company, and you're more than happy to be there. I personally enjoyed being here a lot, and I'll look forward to the next visit. At Robert's rate, I may not have to wait very long, either. :)
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