Dark in Death: Library Edition (In Death, #46)

by J D Robb

Susan Ericksen (Narrator)

There's always a reason for murder. But when a young actress is killed in a swift and violent attack at a cinema screening, that reason is hard to fathom - even for Lieutenant Eve Dallas and her team.

It's only when bestselling crime writer Blaine DeLano arrives at the precinct that the shocking truth is revealed. Someone is recreating the murder scenes from her latest series, book by book. With six more novels left in the series, Eve now knows how the killer will strike next. But why has DeLano been targeted? Could her abusive husband be involved?

As fiction is transformed into bloody reality, Eve will need all her skill and experience to solve this unique case. Luckily for her, husband Roarke happens to be a fan of Delano's work. And he's more than happy to work side by side with his brilliant wife - no matter how dark things become...

• ISBN10: 1543664407
• ISBN13: 9781543664409
• Publish Date: 30 January 2018
• Publish Status: Active
• Imprint: Brilliance Audio
• Edition: Unabridged
• Format: Audiobook (CD)
• Duration: 13 hours and 29 minutes
• Language: English

Reviews

[layawaydragon]

So people are still commonly transphobic and even more outdated than now. Really no reason in using "tranny" otherwise.

[Berls]

Well it's happened. I've read all 46 published books in the series. And much sooner than I thought I would. I'm both excited to be able to enjoy new books as they come along with everyone and sad that I have no more to read at the moment. Whatever will I do now?

I really enjoyed this one and I couldn't help but wonder how many of the events have happened, in some form to JD Robb, and thus formed inspiration for this book. I mean, you know she's had some rabid fans and there's no way some of them haven't crossed the line. And no doubt she gets numerous delusional requests to read work. But have any murder cases gotten a little too close to her imagined stories? I'd love to know.

Anyway, what a great plot and what a delusional murderer. The fact that the template was books - not so different from the In Death books - made for an interesting investigation process and pushed Eve to some knew places, including reading in their library. I loved getting to see this part of Roarke, who I already love but just gets all the better for having this love of books.

Very eager for more, but alas, that will have to wait until September...

[EBookObsessed]

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One of the more interesting In Death books in quite a while. This investigation kept you on your toes.

Eve is all about the sexy times in this latest In Death novel.  The bane of her existance is on vacation and Eve is taking full advantage of the Summerset-free house, going as far as to suggest to Roarke that they need to have sex in as many rooms as possible before his return.  Roarke is alway ready to do what he must to make his wife happy so he takes (well...more than) one for the team to make the Lieutenant happy.

But not everything is lighthearted for our favorite murder cop.  The most recent murder to grace her board is quite unusual when a young woman is murdered during a recent vid release.  And gets more bizarre when a famous novelist steps forward to point out that her murder mirrored one of her earlier releases. 

Eve understands that a fan has taken their obsession too far and is recreating the murders out of a series featuring P.I. Deanna Dark.   Now Eve knows what the murdering is planning, all she has to do is read the next book, but the problem is where the murderer will strike next or how they choose the victims.  In a city of several million people, that shouldn't be too hard, right?

I love this series.  I absolutely love all the characters and how even the secondary characters are fleshed out.  I love crime dramas, romance and scifi so this series was just perfect to me.    But I felt that the last few books relied on Eve lucking out and either stumbling one that one person who puts her on the killer's path or someone her tracks her down to give her that tiny piece of information that cracks the case. It was all a little too lucky.  And yes, while in this story the novelist shows up to declare that the murders were similar to her stories, knowing how the next murder is going to happen doesn't necessary give you the name of the next victim.  

For the first time in a while, Eve and Peabody are working very hard to investigate this killer, and the killer isn't even important enough to warrant too much time either. We don't spend much time at all in the killer's head. Who the killer is is almost unimportant because this person is unimportant and that is why this person is recreating murders from a popular crime series.

The murders are what is important and they are quite random since the killer isn't getting revenge on anyone but the writer of the novels. The killer is recreating deaths from the stories so only setting the scene is important, not the person being murdered except to the the extent that they fit the part in the killer's mind.  With eight books in the series, Eve and Peabody know what the killer plans for the next several deaths, but trying to figure out who and where and when in a City as big as New York requires all their skills as detectives and bring in most of the homicide division and EDD as well, and of course, Roarke pops in here and there to help out a bit.

Overall, this was a well investigated case by Eve and Peabody with lots of sexy Roarke time and just about everything that makes the In Death series so popular.