Review: Forgotten In Death

Forgotten In Death by J.D. Robb
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

It is so difficult for me to think that if I want to re-read this series right from the very first book in the series and I only read one book a week, it will take me a full year to accomplish !!!

This book #53 in the series has to be among my favorites. There is a wonderful lack of padding, very little angst on Eves' part, minimal bloodshed, and a distinct lack of coffee discussion! However, I was a tad disappointed that our favorite secondary characters don't show up as often or for as long as in other books. This makes the reader focus more on Dallas and Peabody to have center stage with Roarke a close second.

The mystery is nicely twisty, and actually, there are two mysteries in one!

I wish that Ms. Robb would write a novella about the Urban Wars, why they happened, and what it did to the big cities.
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SYNOPSIS: "In the latest novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series, homicide detective Eve Dallas sifts through the wreckage of the past to find a killer.

The body was left in a dumpster like so much trash, the victim a woman of no fixed address, known for offering paper flowers in return for spare change―and for keeping the cops informed of any infractions she witnessed on the street. But the notebook where she scribbled her intel on litterers and other such offenders is nowhere to be found.

Then Eve is summoned away to a nearby building site to view more remains―in this case decades old, adorned with gold jewelry and fine clothing―unearthed by recent construction work. She isn’t happy when she realizes that the scene of the crime belongs to her husband, Roarke―not that it should surprise her, since the Irish billionaire owns a good chunk of New York. Now Eve must enter a complex world of real estate development, family history, shady deals, and shocking secrets to find justice for two women whose lives were thrown away…"