Another excellent adventure featuring Eve Dallas, Lieutenant in the NYPSD in 2060 New York. Every since I picked up Holiday in Death, I have loved this series. I have read all of the books more than once. I love that it has the same characters from book to book. It keeps it interesting to have more than just the main characters get developed over the series.
In this installment, Eve is chasing a cop killer. Unfortunately for Eve, its her friend and Chief Medical Examiner Morris’ love interest that is the victim. So, in addition to having to solve the murder of Detective Coltraine, she has to deal with Morris on a personal level. For those of you who have read the In Death series before, you know Eve doesn’t like to do personal, even when it comes to people she cares about.
There are some twists and turns that keep you guessing almost right up to the final confession by the murderer. As usual, there are plot points that weave in and out from previous books. One of the many things that the author does well is to offer explanations about prior books without boring the experienced reader but yet offering enough explanation so that a new reader doesn’t get lost.
One thing that I have noticed is that some plot points regarding Eve’s family background continue to get brought up, but necessarily in a new and intriguing way. It seems as though the author has gone over the nature vs. nurture argument for Eve turning out the way she did several times and the answer to the question is very similar.
All in all, a great book and a fun read. I can’t put her books down until they are read.
My rating: 5 out of 5 stars.
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