Judgment in Death (In Death, #11) - J.D. Robb, Susan Ericksen Thirty pieces of silver.

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★★★★★ & a W.O.W! (This is a review of the audiobook.) I feel like a parrot, because I keep saying this, but this series just keeps getting better and better. This is certainly due, in large part, to Susan Ericksen’s excellent narration. She knows these characters so well and is so versatile with the voices. Love the rugged, poetic Irish lilt of Roarke’s voice; the friendly airiness of Mavis’s; the professional, dependable, but decidedly sassy Detective Delia Peabody’s; and the insightful, intelligence, serene, upper class New England accent of Dr. Charlotte Mira’s.

Still, I have to give Ms. Robb (AKA Nora Roberts) major kudos. It is hard to maintain a series and keep it fresh and interesting – and have the two main characters married! Each book contains a well-developed mystery, plus continues with an evolution of her passionate, powerful protagonists and her amazing secondary characters. It is fun to get to know them all, and neat to see they do something totally in character – yet somehow surprising! It takes a deft hand to do that.

In this one, she concentrates on the relationship between Roarke and Eve and all I can say is “O.M.G!” repeatedly. Ms. Robb pushes the envelope, takes them to a new level, and makes it work – all while entwining them in a compelling mystery that is the catalyst of their evolution.

In Death series in correct reading order.
Naked in Death Glory in Death Immortal in Death Rapture in Death Ceremony in Death Vengeance in Death Holiday in Death Midnight in Death Conspiracy in Death Loyalty in Death Witness in Death Judgment in Death Betrayal in Death Interlude in Death Seduction in Death Reunion in Death Purity in Death Portrait in Death Imitation in Death Big Jack* Divided in Death Visions in Death Survivor In Death Origin in Death Memory in Death Haunted in Death Born in Death Innocent in Death Eternity in Death Creation in Death Strangers in Death Salvation in Death Ritual in Death Promises in Death Kindred in Death Missing in Death Fantasy in Death Indulgence in Death Possession in Death Treachery in Death New York to Dallas Chaos in Death Celebrity in Death Delusion in Death

*Big Jack is the second part of Remember When, written by Nora Roberts (J.D. Robb’s alter-ego).