Author: J.D. Robb
Publisher: Penguin/Berkley Jove
Publication Date: Feb 2, 2016
Sometimes brotherhood can be another word for conspiracy. . . .
Dennis Mira just had two unpleasant surprises. First he learned that his cousin Edward was secretly meeting with a real estate agent about their late grandfather’s magnificent West Village brownstone, despite the promise they both made to keep it in the family. Then, when he went to the house to confront Edward about it, he got a blunt object to the back of the head.
Luckily Dennis is married to Charlotte Mira, the NYPSD’s top profiler and a good friend of Lieutenant Eve Dallas. When the two arrive on the scene, he explains that the last thing he saw was Edward in a chair, bruised and bloody. When he came to, his cousin was gone. With the mess cleaned up and the security disks removed, there’s nothing left behind but a few traces for forensics to analyze.
As a former lawyer, judge, and senator, Edward Mira mingled with the elite and crossed paths with criminals, making enemies on a regular basis. Like so many politicians, he also made some very close friends behind closed—and locked—doors. But a badge and a billionaire husband can get you into places others can’t go, and Eve intends to shine some light on the dirty deals and dark motives behind the disappearance of a powerful man, the family discord over a multimillion-dollar piece of real estate . . . and a new case that no one saw coming.
My thoughts: I can't remember when I read my first "In Death" book, but it was probably in the late 1990's. A coworker and I would share them as they were published. I lost track of the series in 2004 when my son was born and I became a stay-at-home mom. It has always been on my backburner that I wanted to get back into reading them. I wanted to know what happened with Dallas and Roarke! They were 2 characters that definitely stayed with me over the years. I wanted to believe that there was really a Dallas and Roarke out there somewhere in the universe. J.D. Robb (Nora Roberts) has written at least 2 book in this series a year since 1995, with Brotherhood being book 42. You don't need to read these books in order, but if you only read one, you will be left wanting to know more.
You get thrown into the case very quickly when the husband of one of Eve's coworkers and friends is attacked. Having a personal connection to the case make's it Eve's priority and when the bodies start piling up, it begins to bring up bad memories from Eve's childhood. By the end of the book, it isn't clear what should be right or wrong or who is the victim and who is the perpetrator. The action moves rapidly covering only a few days in the 388 pages. I like that as it makes the reading go very quickly as well.
If you haven't read any of the In Death series, it is time to start. I highly recommend this book as well as this series.
~I received a complimentary copy of this book from Penguin Random House in exchange for my unbiased review.~
