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

 

The paperwork after the events in Shadows in Death is incredible and never ending in Faithless in Death by J.D. Robb. It is the spring of 2061 and Lieutenant Eve Dallas of the NYPSD came in early to work the numbers. Minutes after she has finished and submitted the reams of paperwork accounting for everything, she is contacted by dispatch regarding a possible homicide.

When her and her partner, Detective Delia Peabody, arrive on scene, it does not take long for the pair to determine that there it is most definitely a homicide.

Ariel Byrd, an artist who sculpted, is very much dead. The back of her head is caved in. Probably by way of the mallet of some sort, on the floor next to her, with visible blood and gray matter on it. She died in her studio in the West Village.

What is weird is that the 911 call reporting the scene came from a home in the Upper East Side. Gwendolyne Huffman, known to many as Felicity, called it in. She has an explanation for how and why she knew that Bryd was dead. But, is her story believable?

What follows is a complicated case that uncovers a horrific situation regarding a cult, sex trafficking, and a lot more. While the year is 2061, a lot of what is going on in this read published a few years ago very much resonates in the here and now of 2024.

While the usual caveats apply regarding the character head hopping, that soon falls away as the police procedural read grabs and does not let go. Faithless in Death by J.D. Robb is another entertaining and good read. Make sure you read Lesa Holstine's review. 

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My Large Print hardback came from the Vickery Park Branch of the Dallas Public Library System.

 

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