Eve Dallas is back. Literally. In the last few "In Death" novels, it felt like Roarke was shouldering more of the burden of cop work than actually being Roarke.
But no more.
Ms Roberts is back in good form with Strangers in Death. No longer is Roarke in every little detail of the investigation. No longer do you have the strange (heh) asides into the killer's "mind". No longer do you have the disjointedness of the last few novels. (All of which were good...but...)
Eve is called in on the homicide of a prominent figure in society. The murder has been set up to look like a sex interlude gone wrong. Eve doesn't buy it as several things don't jell up for her.
Early on in the book, you find out that Eve has a bead on just who the killer is. The rest of the book is spent watching as Eve and Peabody (gotta love Peabody!) find the evidence that will bring the killer to justice.
Plenty of dark moments. Plenty of steaming hot moments. And even plenty of fun laugh out loud moments.
Yes, Eve is back. And she proves once again just who is the "top bitch cop" in mystery fiction these days.
4.5 out of 5 berries.
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