Innocent in Death (In Death, #24)

by J D Robb

Lieutenant Eve Dallas hunts for the killer of a seemingly ordinary history teacher—and uncovers some extraordinary surprises—in this thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling In Death series.

Eve Dallas doesn’t like to see innocent people murdered. And the death of history teacher Craig Foster is clearly a murder case. The lunch that his wife lovingly packed was tainted with deadly ricin. And Mr. Foster’s colleagues, shocked as they may be, have some shocking secrets of their own. It’s Eve’s job to get a feel for all the potential suspects—and find out why someone would have done this to a man who seemed so inoffensive, so pleasant...so innocent.

Someone Eve could easily picture dead is an old flame of her billionaire husband Roarke, who has turned up in New York and manipulated herself back into his life. Consumed by her jealousy—and Roarke’s indifference to it—Eve finds it hard to focus on the Foster case. But when another man turns up dead, she’ll have to keep in mind that both innocence and guilt can be facades...

• ISBN10: 042521754X
• ISBN13: 9780425217542
• Publish Date: 28 August 2007 (first published 25 January 2007)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
• Imprint: Penguin USA
• Format: Paperback (US Mass Market)
• Pages: 400
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780425217542

Reviews

[Berls]

Another great one! I was as thrown as everyone in the story by the killer, and man did that make for a great thread! I also really enjoyed seeing Rourke and Eve struggle a bit - no relationship is perfect and I love that there's isn't. It's just got a lot of love to make it work. Mavis as a mom is just great and so excited about Nadine's show Now - had a great little piece. All the little details just make it great!

[mitabird]

4.5 stars

[ibeforem]

You’d think this series would start to get stale after 24 books, but I think this is one of the best ones yet. There’s a bit of a crisis in Eve and Roarke’s world that gives depth to both characters, and the mystery in this one is solid.

Now, about the audio production (I listened to this one). This is the first In Death series book I’ve listened to, and it took me a while to adjust to the (female) reader. It was like the only way she could differentiate between characters was to give them each an accent. Roarke was heavily Irish. The first victim’s wife is French. Peabody sounds like Clarice from The Silence of the Lambs (which really bothered me). Thick New York and New Jersey accents were everywhere. And, most distressing of all, Mavis’s friend Trina (the hairdresser) sounded like Marge’s sisters on The Simpsons. It was all a little distracting at times.