FFB Review: Celebrity in Death: In Death Series by J.D. Robb

 

Lieutenant Eve Dallas never wanted to be famous. Being Roarke’s wife has bought her more than enough unwanted attention as she sees it. There is also a certain amount of attention that comes her way working the occasional high-profile case. But, nothing like this has gone on before. Now Big Bang Productions is filming a vid (movie) about what she and Detective Peabody went through solving a certain case as Celebrity in Death by J.D. Robb begins.

 

Peabody is absolutely thrilled. Dallas isn’t by any measure. She also isn’t thrilled that she has to keep going on to the set because the bosses want her there. She also isn’t thrilled that she has to attend a dinner party hosted by the director. All the actors and actresses will be there as well as the real-life people they are playing such as Dallas, Peabody, and many others.

 

Despite doing what she can to try and avoid, Roarke and Dallas make it to the party. The evening was going okay, as well as those forced events do, and she even has had fun now and then.  That was until the actress that plays Peabody is found dead in the garden on the roof. The actress was a nasty piece of work and somebody decided enough was enough.

 

The problem is not only is the case a bit of locked room mystery, Peabody and Dallas are also on the suspect list. While they and their bosses know they did not do it, should they even work a case where they are possibly suspects? Will the fact that this is going to very much be a high-profile case factor into the decision?

 

What follows is an intriguing and complicated case set in October 2060. Guns are pretty much outlawed and nonexistent, but there are plenty of ways to kill. Such is the case here in another fun read.

 

 

My reading copy came by way of the Libby/OverDrive App and the Dallas Public Library System.

 

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