Treachery in Death

A murdered junkie and a surreptitious meeting in an almost deserted locker room put Eve on the track of a dirty cop. For once, Eve's not fighting demons out of her past, but with the bad guys a known element from the get-go, this one's more procedural than suspenseful. Fast and furious, but I

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wasn't hooked enough to stay up until the wee hours finishing it in a marathon session this time.

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Unlike most of the rest of the series, this is not a mystery but a suspense novel. Eve investigates a group of corrupt cops after Peabody hears them plotting in a deserted locker room. Tense and enjoyable.

I’ve enjoyed every book in Robb’s In Death series, some more than others. But this easily jumped to the top as my favorite. In every case, Eve stands for the dead to bring them justice. This time it truly is personal as she takes on a dirty cop and her corrupt squad, who have killed other cops.

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Eve doesn’t just stand for the dead; she’s standing for the honor and integrity of the rest of the force.

I was somewhat surprised it took this long for Robb to tackle police corruption, but it was worth the wait. The book was tight and intense, and even minor characters like Whitney and Webster are pulled in for more than just a cameo. The corruption runs deep and every one working the case takes it personally, even Doctor Mira. The dialog is sharp enough to cut and the humor is black enough to make me laugh out loud. Under it all, that flame of romance between Roarke and Eve is still burning and provides some tender moments amidst the dark story line.

I could not put this book down. I probably shouldn’t buy Robb’s books in hardcover because I read them so fast that I’m certainly getting robbed. But, the writing is just so good I can’t wait for paperback. Highly recommended.

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Another excellent episode in this long running series. This time a murder of a junkie leads to corruption in Eve's beloved police force. Lt. Renee Oberman is using Illegals as her own personal cash cow and murdering any cops who get in her way. Oberman and Eve couldn't be more different. She is

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undermining everything that Eve stands for and believes. Eve and her crew are determined to end the corruption and bring Oberman and her crew to justice.

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Treachery In Death is the 32nd installment of the In Death Series by JD Robb. The book opens to Eve telling Peabody to work on her self defense after taking a ringer in the head during a collar. Instead of working out in the new-everyone-is-there gym, she heads down to the

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no-one-can-stare-at-me-while-I-sweat training area. That decision sets up the rest of the book as two dirty cops bring their arguement into the locker room where Peabody is now hiding in the shower. After the coast is clear she and McNab hightail it over to Eve's to spill what she heard. And there's not much that Eve likes less than dirty cops. There are several vents through out the book of Eve's heavy dislike for crooked cops. It doesn't really take anything away but you get the feeling like you aren't surposed to forget how much Dallas hates dirty cops. Peabody hears enough to set them on who to look for and unfortunately it's the former commander known as "Saint Oberman's" daughter, Renee.
The case brings together the usual crew but we see a lot of face time with IAB Detective Webster and Commander Whitney as well. Webster rubs Eve the wrong way several times and the arguing brings up several things from the past from time to time but by the end they come to an almost friendly agreement. Of course that maybe because Webster has set his romantic sights set on someone else that's not Eve.
The case the team builds against Renee (Eve refers to her by her first name so not to mix Renee up with former commander Oberman in her head) and her lackeys is through and reflects as much what good cops can do in their jobs. The scenes with Renee and Eve are something to look forward to. The joy that Eve feels in getting under Renee's skin and her fellow dirty cops is highly entertaining. The only bad thing about the whole book is there's not as much Roarke as in past books. Her still assists a little in the beginning (before it can be ab actual case) and in several parts of the e-work and survelliance work, but that's it. He and Eve have a few small arguements over what's admissable/what's not and he gets to shake his head at how she still seems to think there maybe some things he can't break into. Some of the best lines of the book are Roarke's too.
My favorite Roarke and Eve moment is a quiet one. They take a moment to wander the grounds when they arrive home and, well if a man like Roarke looked at me the why he looks at Eve, I'd have the same reaction as Eve too.
The ending comes together very nicely and showcases what solid cop work is. Each takedown brings the team one step closer the the ultimate takedown- Renee. Overall it was a solid "In Death" book with the spotlight on good teamwork and the pursuit of the bad guy even though he was one of you.

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I'm pretty sure I've never before followed a series for 32 books - and they just keep coming. It's not the story so much as the characters that attract me to the Eve Dallas novels. By the time you've got 30+ books written you can build up quite a nice set of supporting actors, not to mention the

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fun of Eve herself. A tough, effective "cop", she knows how to deal with the cases and criminals she encounters but she also has an endearing social awkwardness and some broad areas of naivete that occasionally just make me laugh. Delightful, and I can't wait for the next one.

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love Eve Duncan and Rourke! well written, suspenseful and surprising

I've already talked about this book a couple of times on the blog because I absolutely love this series. I think it is pretty incredible that the series has over 30 books and just keeps getting better. I have read every book published so far and have yet not to enjoy one...but this one, by far, is

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my favorite.

I always look forward to the Eve & Roarke parts. I never skip over parts involving the main plot - but it is the MC interaction that I look forward to. The murder mysteries/suspense is always interesting - but very rarely equals the romance (exceptions that come to mind are Conspiracy in Death, Divided in Death & Creation In Death). In this case, the mystery/suspense eclipsed it. For once, I was actually impatient through the Eve/Roarke sections because I wanted to get back to the main action!

Peabody accidentally becomes witness to corruption in Cop Central, and she and Eve are primed and ready to take them down. One of my favorite parts of the book was getting to see Eve as a Lieutenant. She always has been, but normally we just see her detective side. This time, for reasons related to the plot, we see her authority as an LT and I absolutely adored every second of it. I also always love seeing Eve interact with authority (Tibble and Whitney). I love the relationship she has with her boss, and we get quite a bit of it in this book.

Seeing the way Eve and her task force systematically destroy the wrong cops is one of the most satisfying things I have ever read. It was so fun to read! The fact that we know, more or less, who all the bad guys are from very early on in the story takes absolutely nothing away from it. The suspense levels remain so high through the entire book that I didn't breathe easy until the book was over. (Also, the final scene was awesome, Eve is a BAMF.)

Seriously you guys, if you enjoy a good mystery, you have got to pick this book up. It isn't really necessary to read any of the other books first, although of course i recommend the entire series. The first book I read was somewhere in the middle, so I didn't read them in order either. You won't have the same depth of feeling for the characters, but you will definitely still enjoy the ride.

The best book of an amazing series, don't miss it!

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Very good. Bad cops threatening Peabody. Fast moving. Another good one.

This one took a while to get going but this one was excellent. Peabody overhears something that indicates that one of the other departments has a corrupt cop in charge which has lead to the entire department being under suspicion. One of the big problems is that this woman's father was one of the

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most respected police chiefs on the force, accusing this woman is going to have repercussions and they have to do this very carefully.

This series is one of my favourites. I would love to see a realistic, sweary, sweaty Eve on TV, this woman is my hero and I love how she reacts and her relationships with people, particularly the people around her is what makes her a great character to revisit, you can see the development of the characters around her, she cares about them and they care back. You can also see that she cares about being a cop. She cares about the victims and about doing justice and about defeating her demons.

I also like the near-future setting where J D Robb aka Nora Roberts has created a fairly realistic setting and potential future. I just hope she's wrong about the Urban Wars!

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I loved this book. Dallas had to hit home turf for the bad guys. It was awesome and I loved it as always!

Having read the first of these books, I am now picking them up as I find them and reading them out of chronological order. I do not think it matters much. The characters of Eve Dallas and Rourke are engaging, and Peabody adds a healthy dose of humour to Dallas's fairly serious demeanour. The Good

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cop/Bad cop routine never grows tired. With an ample dose of wry humour, a fast paced plot, the occasional (but not too heavy) use of future technology, these stories are addictive and fun. A good easy read and I can see why they are so popular.

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This was a much better entry than some of her later releases. I loved that the case was so focused on Peabody. A nice change from the norm.

Wonderful as always. I was pleased to get more insight into the working of the homicide squad and how much they love Eve.

I really think this book might be under appreciated. If you've read the books from the beginning, you can see a definite progression in all the characters and this one just adds another layer to Eve and crew. I like that I can see what she's like as a boss and might be like when she finally makes

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Captain. She and the author have grown with the series. While I enjoy all that is Eve, I'm very glad she's moved more and more away from dwelling on her childhood. I can't wait to see where the next book goes.

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The next installment in the Eve Dallas series (I think we are into the mid-30’s now). Peabody accidentally overhears a conversation pointing towards corruption within the Police Department. A series of senseless deaths are leading right to a killer who happens to be a cop.

As I read these books

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it feels like catching up with old friends, so I enjoy them. The last couple have not been as intriguing as usual but J.D. is back with this one.

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Overall I really enjoyed this novel, although it did take me a little bit more time than I would have liked to get through it. The main characters Roarke, Peabody and Eve were extremely intriguing and left me wanting to get to know them even more than just what was between the covers of the novel.

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Robb, drops little tidbits in the novel about their past but not enough to reveal it totally to the reader, only enough for them to know that a certain character could have had a rocky past and that is what leads them to make certain judgement now. Hopefully I’ll have the same thoughts about the other books in the series.

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I love this series so much and this book did not disappoint me. It was very exciting and with lots of action and thrills. Still amazes me that I can still enjoy and devour these books after so many. Kudos to the author. I hope it never ends :)

I loved this episode in the In Death series. The characters were fabulous and kept me interested from start to finish. The narrator did an excellent job capturing character personalities and nuances. Eve and Roarke were fun to listen to while bantering back and forth. What I liked most about this

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story was the psychological aspect of good cop vs. bad cop. Eve and Rene almost seemed like opposite sides of the same coin at times. A very intriguing plotline.

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Treachery and corruption are bad anytime and any place they occur but when they happen in your own "house" they are doubly bad. In this installment of the "In Death" series, Eve Dallas and her team must weed out the corruption before it spreads any further but what she finds is so much bigger than

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she ever imagined. I love all these books but I really believe this is the best one yet.

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Okay, so I had the book bought and read within a 24-hour period. Fans of J.D. Robb (aka Nora Roberts) will certainly understand. It’s astonishing to me that this is the 33rd novel featuring Eve Dallas and the gang, and the series is just a strong and entertaining as it has always been. Of course,

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there have been some books that are better than others in the series. This was definitely one of those books. The relationships between the characters take a back seat to the investigation here, as Eve and Peabody begin an investigation into corrupt cops within their own house.

Avoiding a more populated gym, Peabody heads for a disused facility in the basement at Central. Suddenly she’s caught in the shower listening to a conversation between two dirty cops that she wasn’t intended to hear. Shaken, she takes the information to her superior, Lieutenant Eve Dallas. From here both Eve and Peabody have to be extremely careful about the steps taken to initiate an investigation. Eve sets her sights on another Lieutenant, Rene Oberman, who is head of the Illegals Division and the daughter of a revered former Commander.

Both Dallas and Peabody are good cops whose sensibilities are offended by the thought of someone with Rene’s upbringing turning wrong, and using her power and position to betray everything and everyone she was supposed to stand for.

It’s always entertaining to see Dallas working a cause. She doesn’t use her “team” as much in this book as she usually does, keeping the investigation on a need-to-know basis from necessity. It made me miss the usual characters that we normally get to spend time with throughout a normal investigation, like Baxter and Trueheart, and Nadine Furst. We do get to spend some time with Webster from IAD, and it was nice to see him again.

In short, another great entry to the series. I just wish I could make these books last longer. Good thing Roberts writes so prolifically.

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Devoured in one delicious bite.

I really liked the plot in this book. Having Eve working to root out corruption in the Blue Line made for an emotionally resonant plot. It was also nice to see Peabody developing into a more confident police officer. As always, the characters and dialog and world building are excellent.

Peabody, who has now made detective and is Eve's partner, not her aide, takes primary on a homicide for the first time. It's the murder of a well-liked local shopkeeper, and it doesn't take long to track down and arrest the young toughs who did it. This leads to Peabody staying late at Central to

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finish up the paperwork, and take some time in the gym at Central--not the new, spiffy, gym, but the old one, that no one uses anymore because the new one is so much nicer. She'll be able to work out in privacy.

Or so she thinks. When she's done working out and heads for the showers, she gets trapped, hiding naked in a shower listening to two cops talk about murder and their drug business.

And that's the real start of this story, as Peabody, Dallas, and the rest of their team track down who the crooked cops are, and then tackle the problem of proving it.

It doesn't help that the head of this criminal operations within the police department is the daughter of a revered retired commander, Whitney's predecessor.

This really is one of the best of J.D. Robb/Nora Roberts' always enjoyable In Death series, with tight pacing, good plotting, and excellent character development. We certainly don't come to like Lt. Renee Oberman, but we do get to understand how she got that way.

Susan Ericksen as always does a good, clear, and expressive job as narrator.

Recommended.

I bought this audiobook.

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