It
is 2058 and marriage is on the menu as Immortal in Death by
J. D. Robb begins. Roarke asked her, she
said yes, and now she is stressed about it. Marriage is complicated and Eve
Dallas is worried about it. Thanks to her childhood, it is very hard for her to
let her guard down or trust anyone else. Only a very few people are close to
her and even they only get glimpses of the real Eve Dallas.
One
of those few people in her inner circle is Mavis. An entertainer, Mavis is
everything Eve is not. Flamboyant, loud, and brash in so many ways, Mavis knows
people and has quite a few contacts and friends. One of those is a designer who
is going to handle her wedding dress. Not only does Dallas meet Leonardo, she
also meets Pandora, a model, who saw Eve and thought she was there for other
reasons.
Not
only does she assault Eve, she goes after Mavis. When the dust settles, Pandora
threatens to end the career of the designer, Mavis, and pretty much everyone in
sight before she leaves. It is no surprise when hours later, Pandora is dead
and Mavis is suspect number one and soon arrested.
Despite
the evidence forcing the arrest, NYPD Homicide Lieutenant Eve Dallas is sure
that Mavis did not kill Pandora. Some of the other potential initial suspects
she is not sure about. That list of possibilities seemingly grows exponentially
while at the same time, the evidence continues to point to Mavis. In the
following days as a media frenzy breaks out and Dallas’ professionalism is
questioned by many, her long buried childhood memories begin to unlock adding
to her stress.
There
is still the wedding and the mounting stress of that as well.
This
third book in the series is another enjoyable police procedural/romance read. The
author’s ongoing habit of pov head hoping continues what seems to be a default
style. Despite that fact, the read is entertaining and moves as at a rapid pace
as we learn more and more about Eve Dallas and what drives her. 2058 has a lot
of cool high-tech stuff, but humans are still present, and murder still happens
for the same reasons it has going back to the first time one of our ancient
ancestors decided to whack somebody else.
The
books to this point and my reviews:
Naked
in Death: Eve Dallas Mysteries
(March 2021)
Glory
in Death: Eve Dallas Mysteries
(April 2021)
Immortal in Death: Eve Dallas Mysteries (Book 3)
J. D. Robb
https://jdrobb.com/1996/07/immortal-in-death/
Berkley Books (Penguin Random House)
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/300633/immortal-in-death-by-j-d-robb/
July 1996
ISBN# 978-0786507658
eBook (also available in audio, hardback, and paperback
formats)
312 Pages
My
copy came via the LibbyApp from the Dallas Public Library System.
Kevin
R. Tipple ©2021
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