ARC Review: Passions in Death by J. D. Robb

On a hot August night, Lt. Eve Dallas and her husband, Roarke, speed through the streets of Manhattan to the Down and Dirty club, where a joyful, boisterous pre-wedding girls’ night out has turned into a murder scene. One of the brides lies in a pool of blood, garroted in a private room where she was preparing a surprise for her fiancée—two scrimped and saved-for tickets to Hawaii.

Despite the dozens of people present, useful witnesses are hard to come by. It all brings back some bad memories for Eve. In her uniform days, she’d suffered an assault in the very same room—but she’d been able to fight back and survive. She’d gotten justice. And now she needs to provide some for poor young Erin.

Eve knows that the level of violence and the apparent premeditation involved suggest a volatile mix of hidden, heated passion and ice-cold calculation. This is a crime that can be countered only by hard detective work and relentless dedication—and Eve will not stop until she finds the killer who destroyed this couple’s dreams before the honeymoon even began…

I'm a true romance reader. I need to have a HEA by the end of each book, and I also like when each new book I read has a new hero and heroine. I only have one exception which is J. D. Robb's Eve and Roarke. I can't explain it, but I just love them and always enjoy their books. We are up to book #59 minus a few novellas and the series is still going strong. I can honestly say that I will never get tired of their stories. 

As I mentioned before we are on book #59 and what a story. I quickly became lost in the story and didn't surface until I knew who the killer was. I really enjoyed the characters in this one. I liked how the author wove the story. Often you think you know who the murder is then you are given something else and you are off on that clue. I like when I'm not totally sure who is the bad person. I like guessing and trying to pick up on the clues we are given. 

I will say that this story did seem to drag a bit here and there and I wonder if that was because it was all about Erin's death. Not as much going on in this one. The story is still full of all the emotions that Robb is so good about dragging out of you and we do visit with all my favorite characters. 

I've often mention in my reviews that each story is a standalone but for me reading them in order makes the characters become so much more. I find that after I finish one of the stories in this series I start thinking about past books and the main characters and what happened in their lives. It's one of the best parts of a series to me. 

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