ABANDONED IN DEATH

Abandoned In Death by JD Robb
Book 54 of the In Death series
Narrated by Susan Ericksen
Genre: scifi crime fiction
Format: ebook & audiobook

About Abandoned In Death:

Homicide detective Eve Dallas must untangle a twisted family history while a hostage’s life hangs in the balance — in the new In Death novel by #1 New York Times bestselling J. D. Robb.

The woman’s body was found on a bench in a New York City playground. She was clean, her hair neatly arranged, her makeup carefully applied. But other things were very wrong — like the tattoo and piercings, clearly new. The clothes, decades out of date. The fatal wound hidden beneath a ribbon around her neck. And the note: Bad Mommy, written in crayon as if by a child.

It seems clear the killer’s childhood was traumatic — a situation Eve is all too familiar with herself. Yet the clues point to a perpetrator who’d be around sixty, and there are no records of old crimes with a similar MO. What was the trigger that apparently reopened such an old wound and sent someone over the edge? When Eve learns that other young women have recently vanished, the case grows even more urgent — and to solve it she’ll need to find her way into a hidden place of dim light and concrete, into the distant past, and into the depths of a shattered mind.

Source: Info in the "About Abandoned In Death" was taken from GoodReads at https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57693470-abandoned-in-death on 29/05/2021.

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Narrative Review:

This is one of those Eve Dallas' books that only Eve Dallas knows who the perpetrator is. So how did Dallas knew that Violet left letters to her children? That wasn't even explained. The book was a lovely reading experience.... but sometimes, you just have to sigh at the plot holes! Plot holes are sooooo not desirable in crime fiction!!

Another reason I was so looking forward to this book was that I wanted to see more of Jamal Dell and his brother and cousins. But I was disappointed in that department. There was Bella though! So that is at least something!

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 & 25 mins listening time)
Plot = 3
Narration = 4.5

Overall Rating: 4 out of 5 cherries

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

FRAMED IN DEATH

Framed In Death by JD Robb
Book 61 in the In Death series
Narrated by Susan Ericksen
Genre: sci-fi crime fiction
Format: ebook & audiobook

About Framed In Death:

Manhattan is filled with galleries and deep-pocketed collectors who can make an artist's career with a wave of a hand. But one man toils in obscurity, his brilliance unrecognized while lesser talents bask in the glory he believes should be his. Come tomorrow, he vows, the city will be buzzing about his work.

Indeed, before dawn, Lt. Eve Dallas is speeding toward the home of the two gallery owners whose doorway has been turned into a horrifying crime scene overnight. A lifeless young woman has been elaborately costumed and precisely posed to resemble the model of a long-ago Dutch master. Can Eve unravel the twisted mind of a serial killer before he strikes again...

Source: Info in the "About Framed In Death" was taken from amazon on 26/12/2024.

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My Thoughts:

After 61 books down the line... by now I think JD Robb has covered all angles in a crime fiction that there is... havin' said that, it is a credit to her story telling quality that this series' staying power...

I got reminded in this one why I am not a crime fiction fan. In crime fiction, of course you have a crime! But I did not want Leesa to die! Nor any of them! In my head I begin imagining alternative stories where they all live...

This is the first time ever that I can remember that an arrested unsub got away by using the loops in the justice system. Kudos for a first in a long-time series!

This is a JD Robb book, of course I enjoyed it!

Quantitative Evaluation:

Story telling quality = 4.5
Character development = 4.5
Story itself = 4
Writing Style = 4
Ending = 4.5
World building = 5
Cover art = 4
Pace = (13 hrs and 11 mins listening time)
Plot = 4
Narration = 5

Overall Rating: 4.5 out of 5 cherries

Books In The In Death Series:

 

Meet The Author

About JD Robb:

J.D. Robb is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling In Death series and the pseudonym for #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts. The futuristic suspense series stars Eve Dallas, a New York City police lieutenant with a dark past. Initially conceived as a trilogy, readers clamored for more of Eve and the mysterious Roarke. Forgotten in Death (St. Martin's Press, September 2021) is the 53rd entry in the series.

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The Narrator

About Susan Ericksen:

Susan Ericksen is a Renaissance woman. In addition to being an Earphones-winning audiobook narrator and director — she's a writer, an amateur linguist, an actress, a mother, and a wife. In the 1980s she joined former classmate David Colacci in western Michigan, where he was artistic director for the Hope Summer Repertory Theater. Twenty miles away, a fledgling audiobook publisher called Brilliance was looking for narrators.

Susan has recorded around two hundred audiobooks for Brilliance, BBC Audiobooks, Tantor, and Hachette. "It was a natural step. As repertory theater actors, the whole point is to be able to do Shakespeare one night, a musical the next night, and Noel Coward the next. So you have multiple personalities and multiple character voices and physicalities. These are such valuable skills for doing audiobooks."

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FTC Disclosure:
The ebook and audiobook were purchased with private funds.
No money received for this review.