Leverage in Death

Not a bad installment in the series. Too much Icove nonsense, but at least there's no home decorating.

A reliably enjoyable read.

Up until now I have 5 starred every In Death book. I guess 47 is it.

Forty seven books in one series is a forking lot. These books follow the same formula. Every book. And didn't care. I loved it every time. While it always began with a murder and then Eve being brought in and then more murders and solving ensued....The murders were always different. And then there's the side stuff going on with whatever side character. I knew what I was getting and I love all the characters. Boom. Okay. Fine. So even though I'm not expecting something new...I'm still expecting something new. Some growth has to happen somewhere. Even if just a little tiny bit. From any of the characters. While the format of the story stays the same...they need to change somewhat.

I didn't find myself getting into this. Which isn't bad for 47 books in..but it's a bit sad for me.

3.5 stars. The premise of this 47th In Death book was intriguing, but it got bogged down in procedural detail, possibly because Eve Dallas doesn't learn much about the suspect until late in the story (then again, if you like police procedurals you'll be in heaven because Robb does a great job of showing Eve and her team connecting all of the dots from A to Z). Not much new in the characters' personal lives - the candy thief is still a step ahead of Dallas, and Mavis is still annoyingly fabulous - but Peabody gets a chance to shine in a few funny scenes as she gets an unexpected gift from her partner. Hard to believe that if Robb sticks with the current release schedule, we'll be due for the 50th installment of this series in 2020. Will she ever end the series or keep it going indefinitely? So far I haven't found any reason to stop reading.