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It is Spring of 2061 and not everyone is happy to stop and smell the blooming flowers. Someone has decided it is time for revenge. Dr. Kent Abner received a package which held a cheap plastic golden egg and when he pried it open, he had only moments to understand he was going to die.
Through the HazMat team and Dr. Morris’s autopsy, Eve and Peabody come to understand that someone developed a fast acting poison which would dissipate quickly. This poison was created to kill their target quickly with no collateral deaths. Everything Eve learns about Dr. Abner indicates he was a well loved and well respected doctor so why has someone specifically targeted him sending him a gift hiding a deadly poison?
When another victim turns up, another well loved individual, it starts to click for Eve that while the targets were specifically chosen, they are not the individuals who are the focus of the vengeance. Even murder cops are horrified to realize that someone is focused on killing the loved ones of those they seek revenge against. For them it isn’t enough to kill their enemy, they want them to forever suffer loss of what they loved most.
Eve needs to stop this killer before he can score even more suffering. Once she determines who the true intended target was, her investigation begins to focus on a decade old confrontation. Most people would have moved on with their lives but someone has let resentment fester until they created the perfect weapon for payback.
I was very happy with Book 50. After the last few have been just so-so. This is what we have been waiting for from Nora Roberts. Golden in Death had everything we love about the In Death series. There was a very engrossing investigation into this disturbing slew of murders. We first needed to figure out the who and why and then trying to find enough evidence to bring the killer in the box for Eve to squeeze out a confession. It was all very suspenseful.
While we weeded through the investigation, the devastation caused by these deaths was heart-wrenching. I mean there is always death and someone’s loss but she dragged us throught it this time, even Eve was feeling it.
We also had a nice blend of romantic time with Roarke as well as bringing all our favorite secondary characters in at some point (only absent is Mavis, Leonardo and Bella).
While I missing having my in and getting advanced copies of the books, part of me is quite happy returning to the audiobooks because Susan Ericksen has always brought these characters to life for me. I recently shared my audiobook collection with a friend and am excited to see her getting her first taste of my favorite characters. It is so much fun to share your favorites stories with someone and see their smiles knowing your have opened up this great world to someone else.
Book 50 clearly reminded me why I love this series so much.
Reading updates
- Started reading
- 19 February, 2020: Finished reading
- 19 February, 2020: Reviewed