Eve shortly finds herself embroiled in a new case, where some sick individual is killing the beautiful and the innocent, after artistically posing them and making photos, so as to capture their souls and absorb them into himself. To make the whole situation worse, she lacks her faithful husband, Roarke's assistance, since he is on a personal quest to learn the truth about his mother. Not only does this mean he won't be able to help her solve the case, but it leaves her alone to deal with Sommerset, who is even worse to handle when he is bedridden and forced to cope with a too chirpy and cheerful physical assistant. The case takes on an even grimer turn when a friend is the killer's latest target. Eve must race against time, or lose someone she cares about.
***** Enjoyable as ever, this book is perhaps the best yet in this thrilling series. Eve is sharp as ever, her tough mien a thin disguise for the soft heart she hides. However, Roarke takes on an even greater depth, showing readers facets of himself beyond the sexy rouge gazillionaire we have grown to love. The plot and futuristic world as well crafted as ever, and revisiting the old friends we have made over the course of previous books is also a joy. *****
Reviewed by Amanda Killgore.
As for the mystery - not exactly hard to follow, but the unusually high amount of new characters was a little head-spinning for me. But interesting ^.^ A lot of the constant-and-somewhat-minor characters in the previous books show up for something in here, which was also nice, if also a little random. At any rate, I enjoyed this one a great deal (really good character moments, for Roarke especially), and it was, as suits the In Death series, a pretty entertaining book. And hey - there's a fascinating (and short) preview of Imitation in Death, which I wasn't expecting since the previous three or so haven't had sneak reads. :) Fun all around.