New York to Dallas (In Death, #33)

by J D Robb

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In the summer of 2060, dangerous pedophile, Isaac McQueen, has escaped from jail, and the only thing more pressing to him than restarting his collection of young girls, is getting revenge on Lt. Eve Dallas who put him in jail 12 years ago. Knowing Eve’s violent childhood, he takes hostages and forces her to confront him in Dallas, Texas. In Dallas, she’s out of her element, off her game and steeped in the nightmare of her past. Eve and her husband, Roarke, work with the FBI and the Dallas PSD to track this killer before he has an opportunity to destroy more young lives.

If you have never read any of the In Death stories, let me tell you that Lt. Eve Dallas is one of those amazing, unforgettable characters. You don’t need to have read the whole series to read this story. But I warn you, you will need to clear your calendar because you will want to start this series from the beginning, and this was book #33.

Now for those of us who have read ALL the In Death stories, we know that Eve, with the help and love of Roarke, has been recovering from her abusive and tragic childhood. This case is going to dredge up a lot of those childhood nightmares which Eve has just begun to work past. Because so much of the horror of Eve’s past is relived in this book through her nightmares and with reviewing the original case arrest of McQueen, it is a relatively darker and more emotionally draining story. And yes, admittedly, stories about a murder cop don’t usually generate happy stories. Some of the stories have been more violent than others, and some of the stories delve more into the technology of the future; and still others seem less about the murder and more about the development of the relationships between the main characters. This one, I feel, is one of the darker stories of the series.

New York to Dallas is well written, intriguing and definitely worth reading, although I missed Peabody, Feeney and McNab as much as Dallas does this time around.