"A new novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series: Lt. Eve Dallas must separate rumors from reality when a woman who traffics in other people's secrets is silenced. The chic Manhattan nightspot Du Vin is not the kind of place Eve Dallas would usually patronize, and it's not the kind of bar where a lot of blood gets spilled. But that's exactly what happens one cold February evening. The mortally wounded woman is Larinda Mars, a self-described "social information reporter," or as most people would call it, a professional gossip. As it turns out, she was keeping the most shocking stories quiet, for profitable use in her side business as a blackmailer. Setting her sights on rich, prominent marks, she'd find out what they most wanted to keep hidden and then bleed them dry. Now someone's done the same to her, literally--with a knife to the brachial artery. Eve didn't like Larinda Mars. But she likes murder even less. To find justice for this victim, she'll have to plunge into the dirty little secrets of all the people Larinda Mars victimized herself. But along the way, she may be exposed to some information she really didn't want to know..."--
Okay, yeah that was good too. And I like that it didn't feel so intense and high stakes. So many of the cases I've read lately involved murders where Eve was racing a killer, trying to get them before they hit again and again. This was a clear hit, without the expectation of more. So it just wasn't as intense.
I also loved the way Eve has just completely crossed over into this place of, "these are my people, my family." it's been gradually coming to this point, but I think we've finally fully arrived there and I love it. Like the way she takes care of Peabody and McNabb in this book is kinda great.
