Name: Faithless in Death
ISBN: 9781250272744

J. D. Robb

In the new Eve Dallas police thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author J.D. Robb, what looks like a lover's quarrel turned fatal has larger—and more terrifying—motives behind it.

An Eve Dallas Novel (In Death, Book 52)

Faithless in Death

Celeste Richardson

Actual rating: 4.5 stars

I was beginning to think that Nora was fizzling out with this series. Which made me very sad. While I still loved getting to catch up with the characters, the last couple of In Death novels have been merely adequate in terms of story. So, while I was definitely going to read Faithless in Death, I can’t say my expectations were as high as they usually are when I’m given the chance to revisit Eve and Roarke and the gang. Thankfully, Nora stepped up her game with this book, recapturing the magic the series always held for me until the most recent installments. Faithless in Death was fast-paced and gripping and exactly what I was hoping for.

The story begins with the murder of a talented artist. But, while finding her killer is always central to the plot, and while she is always a priority, the story twists and expands from there. Instead of focusing on a single murder, Eve finds herself toe-to-toe an expansive, powerful, evil cult. I’m a sucker for a good cult story, so this plot line was an unexpected bonus for me. The cult is truly evil and believe themselves to be above the law. Can Eve and her team take them down? It’s a David versus Goliath tale, but my money is always on David.

Once again, I loved getting to revisit people I’ve come to love over the decades. They feel incredibly real to me, and every novel feels like a chance to catch up with old friends. I love seeing how these characters have grown and changed over the course of 52(!) novels. The relationships I can remember first forming have now deepened, and the family Eve and Roarke have built for themselves is bigger and closer than ever. While I really love Eve’s cases most of the time, what draws me back to this series again and again will always be the characters, and the little slices of their lives Nora works into the narrative.

I’m so relieved to have connected once again with the In Death series. And may we never be parted again.

danielle bush

With every new In Death book its like coming home.. Eve and Roarke are one of my favorite couples, and this is one of those series where we get to know every character, and I love returning to this series to see how they are all doing. 

I look forward to each and every book that comes along, and this is a series that I can read over and over again and enjoy them just as much, if not more than the first time.

Lynn Braden

When a young artist is killed, and it is reported by a socialite after leaving the scene and going home to call her lawyer/fiance before contacting police more than an hour after the crime was committed, Dallas and Peabody suspect that more is going on than just shock from a murder. The trail of clues leads them to something much bigger that will take all of the resources of both the police department and the FBI to figure out.

While Faithless in Death starts a bit slow with what appears to be a simple murder case, layers upon layers of evidence begin to pile up and that is when the book starts to move into overdrive. Although this story doesn't have the personal connection that some of the other cases in this series have, it still builds suspense that leads to a very timely and satisfying case, making the book very difficult to put down right up to the very end. Almost every character from previous books is involved in solving the mystery builds the need to rush to get to the end and find out what is going to happen. Overall, Faithless in Death is another very worthwhile addition to the In Death Series.

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Katie Montemayor 

In the new Eve Dallas police thriller from #1 New York Times-bestselling author J. D. Robb, what looked like a lover’s quarrel turned fatal has larger—and more terrifying—motives behind it... The scene in the West Village studio appears to be classic crime-of-passion: two wineglasses by the bed, music playing, and a young sculptor named Ariel Byrd with the back of her head bashed in. But when Dallas tracks down the wealthy Upper East Side woman who called 911, the details don’t add up. Gwen Huffman is wealthy, elegant, comforted by her handsome fiancé as she sheds tears over the trauma of finding the body—but why did it take an hour to report it? And why is she lying about little things? As Eve and her team look into Gwen, her past, and the people around her, they find that the lies are about more than murder. As with sculpture, they need to chip away at the layers of deception to find the shape within—and soon they’re getting the FBI involved in a case that involves a sinister, fanatical group and a stunning criminal conspiracy.

Faithless in Death An Eve Dallas Novel (In Death, Book 52)