Ceremony In Death (In Death, #5)

by J D Robb

[Angie]

Ceremony in Death was a weird one for me. On one hand, I loved this look into religion in this future. But on the other hand, the actual mystery didn't intrigue me that much. This time Eve starts out investigating one of her fellow cops who turned up dead. Then his granddaughter is hit by a car after telling Eve her fears about a Satanist group she recently parted from. It's too much of a coincidence, so Eve takes up the case and delves into the world of the occult.

One of my favorite things about Ceremony in Death was seeing Eve deal with her dilemma of being a good cop or a good friend. We've seen her friendship with Feeney over the previous four books, but for this case she has to keep him out of the loop because the deceased are as close as family. By now we know which path Eve will take, but it was still hard on her. This also let us see a bit more from Roarke, because she unloads her feelings on him, and he takes it upon himself to set things to right.

As for the actual mystery portion of Ceremony in Death, it was good, but not all that exciting. I really enjoying learning about this Satanist group as well as the Wiccans in the area. But there were no surprises in regards to the murders. You've got a group of people who do ritual killings and show no remorse, so who else would be doing the killings?

I still liked Ceremony in Death but more for Eve's personal life rather than the case. I loved getting more of Roarke outside of his providing Eve with less than legal resources. He's not just this cocky billionaire, he's got a lot of heart.

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