Rapture In Death (In Death, #4)

by J D Robb

[Angie]

Rapture in Death is just as compulsively readable as the previous books, but it didn't grab me the same way. Eve and Roarke are enjoying their honeymoon Off Planet when they're interrupted by an apparent suicide. The deceased doesn't seem like the type to have suddenly ended their life, and once back on Earth, Eve is faced with yet another suspicious looking suicide. When the brain scans show an odd burn on both victim's brains, Eve knows she's dealing with another murderer.

I did really like the subliminal messages angle in Rapture in Death. Subliminal messages have always been really interesting to me, and it looks like they're even more persuasive in this future. Unfortunately, the actual mystery wasn't that exciting for me. I didn't bother playing along because there were only two new characters who could possibly be behind it. Once Eve came face to face with the killer, I still didn't really understand their motive beyond "Because I can."

I feel like a lot more could have been done with the mind control, especially to learn more about Eve and Roarke. Both of them are targeted, but not in ways that gave us anything new about them. Rapture in Death was quite lacking in character development anyway, which is also why I think I didn't like it quite as much. I still flew through it in one sitting, because these books are just hard to put down!

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