Review: Leverage in Death

Leverage in Death by J.D. Robb
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

The 47th (58th if you count the half-numbered novellas) book in the In Death series starts off with a bang. Literally. A bomb explodes in the middle of a company meeting claiming 12 lives. From there, it's a nonstop race for Lieutenant Eve Dallas and her cadre of dedicated New York City homicide cops to find the bomber before more lives are lost.

What follows is, of course, your standard murder mystery; but having read 58 books in this series, you know it's not the reason I'm here. No. The reason I keep reading, and will until the inevitable end, is the character development. Eve, Roarke, Peabody and the rest are all characters that I've come to know and love and this book further cements why. The constant growth from them all, especially Eve - the main character - is exactly what keeps the series fresh. The friendships, the marriage, the romances - everything is constantly evolving and getting better. It's one of JD Robb's (Nora Roberts) finest talents, truly. She makes her characters real people that you are happy to go on an adventure with. The tears, the laughter, the anger, every emotion is designed with the reader in mind and that's what I love about these books. I can read a mystery anywhere; but characters I want to spend time with, that's what keeps me here.

It also doesn't hurt that Roarke is a smokin' hot brilliant billionaire. ;)

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