Author: J.D. Robb
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Publication Date: February 2017
Genre: Mystery / Urban Fantasy
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Description: After a party in New York, Lieutenant Eve Dallas rides home with her billionaire husband, Roarke, happy to be done with cocktails and small talk.
After another party, not far away, a woman retires to her bedroom with her husband—and walks into a brutal nightmare.
Their paths are about to collide…
When the young woman—dazed, naked, and bloody—wanders in front of their car, Roarke slams on the brakes just in time, and Eve, still in glittering gown and heels, springs into action. It’s been a long night for the tired homicide cop, and it’s far from over.
Daphne Strazza is rushed to the ER, but it’s too late for Dr. Anthony Strazza. A brilliant orthopedic surgeon, he now lies dead amid the wreckage of his obsessively organized town house, his three safes opened and emptied. Daphne would be a valuable witness, but in her terror and shock the only description of the perp she can offer is repeatedly calling him “the devil” . . .
While it emerges that Dr. Strazza was cold, controlling, and widely disliked—and that he treated Daphne like a trophy wife—this is one case where the evidence doesn’t point to the spouse as the first suspect. So Eve and her team must get started on the legwork, interviewing everyone from dinner-party guests to professional colleagues to caterers, in a desperate race to answer some crucial questions:
What does the devil look like? And where will he show up next?
My Thoughts: Once again J.D. Robb delivers another edge of the seat nail-biter story when Eve Dallas’s next case jumps in front of her, literally. This story has some disturbing content with the crimes committed, but once I got through that and just focused on Eve’s brilliant powers of deduction and the interaction between her and the Scooby gang, I found the story intriguing. I had a hard time figuring out the who and the why, but that’s OK. Eve and the crew do a much better job than I could.
Peabody can be annoying and a little over the top and sometimes she makes Eve’s eyes roll back into her head so hard, the reader feels it, but their relationship dynamic is wonderful to witness. They play off one another perfectly and sometimes Peabody will say something that renders even Dallas speechless. Peabody can be such a girl sometimes, but she has come so far in this series and after forty-four books of blood, mayhem and death, she’s owed a little leniency.
Roarke is brilliant as the civilian consultant we have come to know and love. I especially love his devotion and dedication to his cop and how he will rearrange the universe to make Eve his top priority. His care and concern for Eve is not something she was used to ever receiving from anyone, but after a few year of marriage, she is slowly adjusting and letting Roarke take care of her, which is also wonderful to witness.
Eve shows the same concern and devotion to her victims. It doesn’t matter who they were in life, saint or demon. In death, they are hers and she will fight for them, bring them justice, no matter the cost. Eve will give up her blood, sweat and tears to make it happen and that is what brings me back to this series over and over.
My Final Verdict: Though I have loved books in this series more than others, as a whole, this is a series I cannot get enough of. I highly recommend this series to fans of mysteries, suspense, police-procedurals and yes, even romance. Readers who love stories that draw them in and keep them plugged in with characters that really resonate and stories that keep the reader guessing will never be disappointed with this series.
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