Book Review: Judgment in Death

rating: 5 of 5 stars
I love this series. I could not pick a favorite book out of it if I tried. This one pits Eve against a killer of dirty cops in New York in the year 2059. The first cop killed is moonlighting at a club called Purgatory which happens to be owned by Eve's husband Roarke. The normal cast of characters shows up in this installment also - Peabody, McNab, Feeney, Dr. Mira, Sommerset, Mavis, et al... I've grown quite fond of the characters in this series and their interactions with each other, Eve and Peabody especially make me chuckle.

Before you know it, two more cops are dead and Eve has her sights set on nailing a powerful mafia-type crime boss who she believes is behind the whole thing.

This series has it all...crime, punishment, sex, bad guys, futuristic crime fighting and a little bit of comic relief thrown in for good measure. I give this book 5 stars out of 5. I give the whole series a 5/5. Highly recommended.

Book Review - R is for Ricochet

I like this series for some reason. Ms. Grafton puts in way too many humdrum
details (I took a shower then walked to my closet and found my little black
dress, threw it on, went downstairs, walked into the kitchen and poured myself a
cup of coffee. Grabbing the newspaper, I sat down at the table to read the front
page...yada, yada, yada). Too many minute details, and it does get frustrating.
It's almost like she had a word quota to fill. But, like I said, for some reason
I like this series. Not really sure why, but I keep coming back for more. The
storyline itself is a good one; her characters are well developed and you do
tend to root for them. There is also a couple of new romances brewing (and
fizzling) in this book.

Overall, I would give it 3 stars out of 5.

Books Read So Far

Just so I can keep track of the books I've read, I'm going to list them here in this blog entry as I go along.

1. Blackwood Farm
2. Visions of Sugar Plums
3. R is for Ricochet
4. Shattered - A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star
5. Twilight
6. New Moon
7. War and Peace
8. Judgment in Death
9. The Haunting
10. Welcome To The World, Baby Girl!
11. Undead and Unappreciated
12. Eclipse
13. Trace
14. Pride and Prejudice
15. Divine Evil
16. One For The Money
17. A Tale of Two Cities
18. Rose Madder
19. Darkfever
20. Islands
21. Murdering Mr. Monti
22. Morrigan's Cross
23. Lover Revealed
24. Scent of Darkness
25. Code Name: Nanny
26. A Million Little Pieces
27. Breaking Dawn
28. Dark Lover
29. Two For The Dough
30. Rapture In Death
31. Lover Eternal
32. Lover Awakened
33. Dance of the Gods
34. What Looks Like Crazy
35. A Clue For The Puzzle Lady

Please scroll down for my review of "Blackwood Farm"