Sometimes
brotherhood can be another word for conspiracy...
Dennis Mira
just had two unpleasant surprises. First he learned that his cousin Edward was
secretly meeting with a real estate agent about their late grandfather’s
magnificent West Village brownstone, despite the promise they both made to keep
it in the family. Then, when he went to the house to confront Edward about it,
he got a blunt object to the back of the head.
Luckily
Dennis is married to Charlotte Mira, the NYPSD’s top profiler and a good friend
of Lieutenant Eve Dallas. When the two arrive on the scene, he explains that
the last thing he saw was Edward in a chair, bruised and bloody. When he came
to, his cousin was gone. With the mess cleaned up and the security disks
removed, there’s nothing left behind but a few traces for forensics to
analyze.
As a former
lawyer, judge, and senator, Edward Mira mingled with the elite and crossed
paths with criminals, making enemies on a regular basis. Like so many
politicians, he also made some very close friends behind closed—and
locked—doors. But a badge and a billionaire husband can get you into places
others can’t go, and Eve intends to shine some light on the dirty deals and
dark motives behind the disappearance of a powerful man, the family discord
over a multimillion-dollar piece of real estate . . . and a new case that no
one saw coming.
Release
Date: February 2, 2016
Berkley
Penguin Group
In
Death #42
I really
don’t know how JD Robb continues to keep things fresh 42 books into the series,
but she does and Brotherhood in Death
is one of my favorites in the series.
I would
love to say I don’t devour the In Death books as soon as they are in my hands,
however that would be a lie. At some point maybe I’ll find a way to slowly read
these books, but it so didn’t happen with Brotherhood
in Death. I was pulled in from the very first page.
I have
always adored Dennis Mira, Dr. Charlotte Mira’s husband. There is just
something about his absent minded professor image that puled me in from the
moment we first met him. I also think him being so sweet to Eve totally baffles
her, and that makes me like him even more.
I loved
that Eve immediately dropped everything to check on Dennis Mira when Dr. Mira
called her. The fact that someone had attacked him made me so mad. Dennis Mira
is the sweetest man on the face of the planet. When Eve realized his cousin,
Edward Mira was attacked as well and missing, Eve knows they have limited time
to find Edward alive.
I have
to say when Edward’s body was found with the note “Justice Is Served”, I
suspected right away it had something to do with a sex crime. As more of
Edward’s friends started to disappear, I quickly realized it was way uglier
than I had first envisioned and knew this would be a super hard case for Eve.
I love
that Eve always has Peabody, Dr. Mira, and Roarke in her corner to deal with
ugliness that makes her fall back into the nightmares of her past. Eve Dallas
is hands-down the strongest character I’ve ever read. I loved that Eve didn’t
want to have to interview Dennis Mira about his cousin’s death, but followed
the rules to the letter so no one could say she didn’t follow procedure. I
loved even more that he made her real hot chocolate and completely understood
why she had to push so hard.
As the
pieces started to fall together for Eve, we learn the sex crimes spanned years.
This story had very tough subject matter to read since it involves not only
rape, but gang rape of many women who were drugged. I really felt like Ms. Robb
did a great job with such a tough subject matter.
As I’ve
said before, I’ve always loved Dennis Mira, but when Eve shared her past with
him thinking Dr. Mira had already shared it, I lost my heart to him completely.
The Miras look at Eve as a part of their family and her pain is their pain.
Seriously my love for Dennis Mira is only rivaled by my love for Roarke in this
series.
While I
understood the need to take justice into their own hands, only going through
the actual court system could the men involved actually be punished. I love how
hard Eve and her team worked to make sure the surviving men would face the
harshest sentences possible for their crimes. Seriously bawled my eyes out
reading what they did to those women. It also broke my heart for their family
members to have to learn the type of men they truly were once their crimes came
to life.
While Brotherhood in Death was a tough read at
times, it also was one of the best stories in the series so far. I know picking
up a series when there are 42 books in the series to date is a daunting task.
However, I think it is totally worth the time to read this series. I’ve read
each and every book, but have also listened to a few on audiobook, and find listening
to audiobooks a great way to catch up on a series.
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