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Wednesday 6 April 2016

Review: BROTHERHOOD IN DEATH


BROTHERHOOD IN DEATH by JD Robb
Brotherhood In Death by JD Robb
Book 42 of the In Death series
Narrated by Susan Ericksen
Genre: scifi crime fiction
Format: ebook & audiobookAudible Books


About Brotherhood In Death:
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.
Source: Info in the "About Brotherhood In Death" was taken from GoodReads at https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25337081-brotherhood-in-death on 19/09/2015.

BROTHERHOOD IN DEATH by JD Robb audiobook
My Thoughts:
42 books into the series... and one would expect "same old, same old" yet somehow, JD Robb manages to put a fresh spin to it all. It is a credit to her story telling abilities that this series' staying power hasn't faded on me yet. In fact, I am as enraptured with it as I ever was. I think waiting for the next book for a year may have contributed to it, that every time I get my hands on the next book it was like meeting a long lost friend again. Which is exactly what this book felt like. The down side is, I didn't see Bella in this book. This book also reminded me why I don't really like crime fiction... because crime fictions gotta have crime in it! Uglies in life is not my kind of thing. I'm an escapist reader. I read to escape the uglies! Having said that, JD Robb does make it worth my while to read through the uglies to read an enjoyable book! So it's 4.5, not a 5 out of 5, only by virtue of it being a crime fiction!


Empirical Evaluation:
Story telling quality = 5
Character development = 5
Story itself = 4
Writing Style = 5
Ending = 5
World building = 5
Cover art = 4
Pace = (13 hrs and 37 mins listening time)
Plot = 4.5
Narration = 4

Overall Rating: 4.5 out of 5 cherries



FTC Disclosure:
Ebook and audiobook copies of the book were purchased with private funds.
No money received for this review.

4 comments:

whispering words said...

I love this series so much - it just never gets old. And Roarke is the ultimate book boyfriend :) Great review - thanks for sharing :)

Cherry said...

whispering words - Totally agree with you, never gets old. And something to look forward to every year :) Thanks for dropping by!

Lauren B said...

I've just begun reading the series recently (4 down 30 something to go). I was concerned about the futuristic elements at first but I'm managing to keep them at bay and just focusing on the romance and the mystery.
Great review.
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Cherry said...

Lauren B - Followed you right back Lauren :)

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