Review: Encore in Death: In Death Series by J.D. Robb

 

It should have been a great evening at the home of power couple Eliza Lane and Brant  Fitzhugh. Eliza Lane is about to go on stage again in, Upstage, the vehicle that started her stardom back in September 2036. Twenty five years later, she and her husband of nine years are celebrating the revival of Upstage and her powerful role in the upcoming production.

Not that her husband is any slouch. Brant  Fitzhugh is a powerhouse in his own right and is about to go overseas on a major production. The movie is going to be a global blockbuster for his new production company and he is going to be the headliner in it.

The future is incredibly bright and they are going to take it all. Until they don’t.

Brant dies during the party in front of hundreds of horrified guests and in the arms of his devasted wife. Now the penthouse on the Upper West Side is a crime scene and Dallas has an obvious murder on her hands. Red patches on his face, dilated pupils, and the blue tint on the finger tips indicate that yet another has been killed by cyanide. Most likely by way of the drink that he consumed just seconds before he collapsed.

A drink that had been meant for his wife. It was her favorite kind of drink and one she was known for. Instead, he drank it, as she performed a song, and died. Was she the real target?

Lieutenant Eve Dallas, Detective Peabody, and others have to answer that question and many others in Encore in Death by J. D. Robb. Billed as the 56th book in the long running series, it is an enjoyable and fast read. It was also a pleasant change from the last several books as this time there were no kids involved in the crime or the aftermath.

As always, head hopping is present. Clearly not a bug, this a feature of this author’s writing style in the series. A distracting feature that one that soon fades away as the story unfolds.

It maybe a little over fifteen years in the future where guns are not celebrated as they are outlawed. Still, folks get murdered because people are still messed up. Thankfully Dallas, Peabody, and others are on the case standing for the dead and seeking justice.

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

 

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