Name: Brotherhood in Death
Rating: 3.714285714285714 (14 reviews)
ISBN: 9780349410807

Nora Roberts

J. D. Robb

JUSTICE IS SERVED. Edward Mira is a powerful man, with a lot of enemies. But when the former senator is violently abducted, Lieutenant Eve Dallas suspects his kidnap is more personal than political. Someone is seeking justice; the bloodier the better. Edward's cousin Dennis was injured during the abduction - and that makes things very personal for Eve and her husband Roarke. Dennis is a beloved friend, married to NYPSD's top profiler Charlotte Mira. But as Eve delves deeper into the case, dark secrets emerge that could tear the family apart. Edward Mira has friends in high places - and they all seem to be hiding something. As her investigation takes a shocking turn, Eve finds that not all victims are innocent, and that some bonds are forged not in friendship, but in blood.

Brotherhood in Death

"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" --

Sonja H

"Brotherhood in Death" ist Buch Nr. 42 rund um die Polizistin Eve Dallas. 
Den ersten Roman der Reihe habe ich gelesen, andere als Hörbuch gehört, d.h. Die Protagonisten und ihre Hintergründe sind mir bekannt.
Ich erwartete also kurzweilige Unterhaltung und war überrascht, dass ich zunächst keinen Einstieg in das Geschehen fand, obwohl es mit einem großen "Knall" begann. Doch die erste Hälfte des Buches zog sich. Personen verschwanden, wurden gesucht, andere wurden intensiv befragt, gesucht, erneut befragt,... Zu viele nicht klar abgrenzbare Figuren und zu viele Dialoge erschwerten mir das Lesevergnügen.
Die zweite Hälfte wurde zwar spannender, doch hier konnte mich die grundlegende Idee, die nach und nach aufgedeckt wurde, nicht überzeugen. Alles wirkte zu überzogen und zu emotionslos.

Schade, ich befürchte, diese Reihe hat ihren Reiz für mich verloren. 
Robb hätte zu einem früheren Zeitpunkt entweder einen Schlussstrich setzen oder eine völlig neue Entwicklung einbringen sollen (und müssen).
So hat die Serie einen Stillstand erreicht und Eve Dallas ist nur noch eine Polizistin von vielen geworden.

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