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annathepiperIn case you were wondering, yep, Strangers in Death is still upholding the ongoing formula of the In Death series. Fortunately, as I have observed before, it continues to be an entertaining and well-executed formula, which goes a long way to keeping me coming back and reading each new installment.
This time around we have Dallas and Peabody investigating a murder that has no apparent perpetrator--for which all signs indicate that the most likely culprit must surely have been a stranger, because no one in the victim's family would seem to have either motive or opportunity. Yet Eve in her inimitable fashion keeps digging at it, and soon enough we get a Strangers on a Train scenario where the main interest is finding out not necessarily who did it, but why. And, of course, in Dallas and her team, all of whom work together so seamlessly by now that they have it down to an art, building up the case against the suspect.
Meanwhile, one of the things that I think keeps the series interesting for me is that Robb isn't afraid to have Eve and Roarke have fights as passionate as their lovemaking. You do know of course that they'll get over it--it's part of the formula--but hey, the reason these books keep coming out is that the formula works. And keeping a relationship between your lead characters lively nearly thirty books in is no small achievement. This one was certainly entertaining to read and I will of course come back for the next one. Four stars.
This time around we have Dallas and Peabody investigating a murder that has no apparent perpetrator--for which all signs indicate that the most likely culprit must surely have been a stranger, because no one in the victim's family would seem to have either motive or opportunity. Yet Eve in her inimitable fashion keeps digging at it, and soon enough we get a Strangers on a Train scenario where the main interest is finding out not necessarily who did it, but why. And, of course, in Dallas and her team, all of whom work together so seamlessly by now that they have it down to an art, building up the case against the suspect.
Meanwhile, one of the things that I think keeps the series interesting for me is that Robb isn't afraid to have Eve and Roarke have fights as passionate as their lovemaking. You do know of course that they'll get over it--it's part of the formula--but hey, the reason these books keep coming out is that the formula works. And keeping a relationship between your lead characters lively nearly thirty books in is no small achievement. This one was certainly entertaining to read and I will of course come back for the next one. Four stars.