I have read the in death series from the beginning, most of the novels I have read more than once. I admit that I wasn't a fan of the previous title, but Golden in Death was a fantastic read.

Once I had the time to sit down and start I didn't want it to end. I love the way the author introduces the characters enough so that a new reader picking it up will get the gist of the character and the series fans don't get a long repetitive description.

The fact that the murders in the novel stemmed from something that happened years before was very interesting. I thoroughly enjoyed reading Eve unravel events to find the killer. The method of murder was very clever and quite realistic and scary I thought. I couldn't put it down until I know who did it and they got their justice.

The relations in the book is amazing, I love reading about Eve and Roarke, the segment over the money made me smile. I was on both of their sides.

It was lovely to see Dennis take part. I am trying not to give anything away, I'll just say that if you pick this title up, you won't be disappointed. I will definitely put this on my to be read again list. The only disappointment is having to wait for the next installment

I have read many of this series and they always delight. Each has its individuality whilst continuing with the inimitable Eve, Roarke and Peabody among others. In this instalment Eve and Peabody have to solve a murder involving poisons and having fingers reaching far into the past. They work so well together and in fact the personalities are for me as important as the crime analysis. I am reading out of order so some of the Police experts are new to me but I don't think that matters. This one has plenty of twists and turns to keep the Dallas Devotees satisfied

I really enjoyed this book, but as it is the 5th book in the series I really think I should have read the other 4 first. So now's my chance to go back and read them. A brilliant series. Definitely recommended.

gripping, unputdownable, and I'm sure you're likely to speed through this in one sitting. recommend for those most interested in procedural dramas.

Another fantastic addition to the Eve Dallas series. I read the book whilst on holiday and was riveted to it and couldn’t wait to find out who the killer was. Highly recommended.

Golden in Death brings a new and interesting case for Dallas and Peabody to solve.

The last couple of books have had victims that were unlikeable. Where in Golden in Death the victims are good people, which means there death have a bigger impact. The means and motive of the case are twisted in a great way for the reader but must suck for the characters.

I love the private moments between Eve and Roarke. Showing that a strong and powerful woman can also show emotion. Also, the way in which Roarke supports her, and even that Summerset and Galahad know when something wrong.

One of my favourite moment in the book is when Peabody loses her cool. Its a truly epic rant.

As always Golden in Death is well written, faced paced and gripping. It's a great easy read for any crime thriller fans.

I am always a fan of reading books in order, but the good thing about this series is you can read them as stand-alone. So don't worry about starting from book 1 if you don't want to, (but you should because there good books.)

My rating for Golden in Death is 5 out of 5.

Thank you to Little Brown Books UK and Netgalley for providing me with an ebook copy of Golden in Death for a fair and honest review.

The Fiftieth Eve Dallas....
The fiftieth Eve Dallas thriller set in a futuristic New York. Kent Abner has been found dead at his town home - despatched by a toxic gas. Seemingly perfect in every way with an equally seemingly perfect lifestyle - no one can fathom why anyone would want such a man as Kent dead. Eve is baffled but is soon faced with another victim - has Eve and her team a serial killer at large? Entertaining as ever, eminently readable with excellent character dynamics. Solid enjoyment.

I haven't read a book in the 'In Death' series by J.D. Robb few quite a few years but once I started reading, it felt comfortable, like a favourite jumper. The writing style flows along and is a decent police procedural. There is no big twist at the end, but more 'how are they going to get the person they know is responsible'.
I liked the characters, though I thought Eve's hubby Roake could do with a bit more oomph - he seems to be there just as a supporting character and I thought he was more than that in earlier books. Will have to go back and start the series again and try to read all 49 preceding books. I suspect there will be more to read by the time I get through them!

I received this book via NetGallery in return for an honest review

Another great installment in this series. I love them all and would highly recommend it.
Thanks a lot to NG and the publisher for this copy.

Golden in Death is the 50th book in JD Robb’s in Death series featuring the dedicated NYPD lieutenant Eve Dallas and her charismatic Irishman Rourke. When paediatrician Dr Kent Abner is found poisoned by some unknown toxic substance Eve will have her work cut out solving the apparently motiveless murder when, on the surface, the victim had no secrets and was loved and respected by all who knew him. When another body is found, seemingly unconnected to the first will Eve, with the help of the ever stalwart Peabody, finally see a pattern in the deaths?

The plot itself is a story of revenge and intrigue as to where the killer will strike next. The story flows steadily with each step laid out so you can see Eve’s thought process as she gradually puts the pieces together building up to the final confrontation with killer where a game of cat and mouse ensues as she tricks them into revealing all with their lawyers mere bystanders – I’m beginning to think JD Robb has as much use for the legal profession as Eve does. While the plot is slightly dark there is still the humour running through that I have come to expect from this series namely when Eve tries to figure out popular sayings. This one being the meaning behind the phrase ‘get the lead out’.

I have followed this series since the beginning and one of the things I have loved the most is seeing all the characters develop and grow over fifty books. Eve has gone from a solitary loner with possibly only 2 people in her life that she would actually call friends to being a married woman surrounded by a multitude of people from all walks of life who she has come into contact with mainly due to her career. All of whom love and care for her, something she still seems slightly bemused about whenever she thinks about it. We’ve seen Peabody go from a uniformed cop to an aide to a detective in her own right all the time emulating her trainer and she probably has one of the best dialogues in the book when she puts one of the suspects in place for insulting her lieutenant. The baby-faced Truehart and his partner Detective Baxter who I would be quite happy to see get their own book to name but a few.

All in all this book is a fitting tribute to 50 JD Robb novels but if I’m being really honest I have to deduct half a star and that’s because there was no appearance from one of my most favourite characters ever - Mavis!!!!

Another enjoyable installment in the Eve Dallas series - can't believe it's #50!

Borrowing from another review "When someone dies of a fast acting and fast dissipating toxin, - one that was so specific in its action that even ten feet of distance would have left anyone else unaffected - Eve Dallas has to really dig for motive. The victim, Kent Abner, is a beloved pediatrician and an amazing human being with no real grudges against him. But someone wanted him dead, specifically and particularly. The why is what bugs Eve the most; and finding out why, shapes her understanding of who."

This book cracked on at an excellent pace and I really enjoyed it. Eve is as determined and focused as ever and I continue to enjoy her relationships with those around her, which are evolving gently as time passes. I also prefer straight murders, rather than ones that involve sexual abuse of women as well, so that was a plus for me. Peabody's uncharacteristic outburst was great!

Why only 4 stars? I found the group of male suspects slightly difficult to distinguish from each other. Also, I was almost more invested in seeing someone else getting their comeuppance (you'll know who I mean when you read it) than I was the murderer being brought to justice, although to be fair, I did enjoy that strand of the plot a great deal.

A great read!

Nora Roberts never fails to deliver books that are engrossing and entertaining and the J.D. Robb's ones are no exception.
It's the second I read in this series and it's a gripping and solid mystery that kept me guessing and it was full of twists and turns.
The setting, the characters and the plot are great and it was an excellent read.
Strongly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher for this ARC, all opinions are mine.

I love J D Robb series and while I thought it was slow to start it was still a brilliant read and would highly recommend reading.

I'm a huge fan of this series and these are my go-to books when I want something soothing. Sounds odd I know but it works for me. I have enjoyed the recent one's I've read but I will also admit I've not always found them quite as good as earlier ones. However, this book I felt was back on track. It was a brilliant read, drawing me in from the first page and not giving away any clues till near the end. I felt the balance of characters was good too. I know some readers have felt some characters have been missing too much from other books recently but this one felt like a much better balance to me. We have the usual NYPSD lot, the fabulously ascerbic Summerset, obviously Peabody, Eve and Roarke but also brief appearances from some series favourites including the brilliant Dennis Mira whose scenes always give me a warm, fuzzy feeling.  

This is an intriguing case, a murder weapon that could kill hundreds being focused only on one person at a time. Added to that the fact that there is no discernible connection between the first two victims and you have a proper puzzler to dive into.  I did dive into this book and I would happily read it again today even though I only read it over Christmas. I wouldn't normally re-read a book in such a short time frame but there were so many bits to it that I'm sure I would get as much from it again a second time around. 

I was beginning to wonder how long this series could last, could it sustain itself now it has reached 50 books but having read this book I'm no longer worried. If the following books are at the same level as this one then I don't see any reason for this series to end anytime soon.

Golden in Death is a classy, high action police procedural set in New York and is the 50th book in the series featuring Eve Dallas. This is the first JD Robb I've read and it could easily be read as a standalone. I got to know and like Dallas pretty quickly and there's enough about her backstory and motivations dropped into the narrative for the first time reader not to feel left behind.

The plot centres around murder investigations and I felt like I was on the set of an edgy US cop show bang in the middle of the action. The characters are really brought to life and JD Robb's voice is really distinctive and engaging. A gripping, pacy read and highly recommended for fans of police procedurals and gritty thrillers.

Due for release on 6th Feb, I was absolutely blown away by this book. This is the 5oth – I repeat – 50th book in the Eve Dallas/Roarke series and I have read everyone. However, what impressed me the most about this is that somehow, even after such a long running series, Robb keeps Roarke and Eve fresh for the reader.

This one is all about revenge and love and family and it’s a tearjerker … but rest ssured Dallas and her sidekick Peabody get their killer in the end. It never ceases to amaze me how easily I become invested in Robb’s strorylines – police procedurals set in a New York of the future – it’s great. I love the dynamics between Eve and her team. I love the shades of light and dark with which Eve is painted. I love the kick ass woman she is and how she’s overcome her traumas. Here’s to the next 50 of the In Death series.

Over the years of reading I have read a fair few books of this author and must say I have enjoyed all the storylines and look forward to the next one ,

Enjoyable read!

Over the years I've read a few books by Nora Roberts but haven't read any written under pseudonym JD Robb.

The book is the newest of the Detective Eve Dallas series - crime fiction set in the future (around 2050s I think). Despite not being familiar with the series it was easy to follow the main characters and get a lot of the backstory.
There is more advanced technology in this future, but it doesn't detract at all from the murder mystery plot and whodunnit, which was fast paced, exciting and overall well plotted, although I did guess one of the main twists early on!

The romance between characters did make me cringe but there wasn't too much of this. There also seemed to be quite an emphasis on picking out outfits which I found a bit unusual.

Overall I preferred this to Nora Roberts' romance books and intend to be reading more in the series.

Lieutenant Eve Dallas and her husband Roarke are back in the 50th book of the ‘In Death’ series. Dr Abner Kent is killed in his home, dying in agony after opening a package delivered a few minutes earlier. Eve is assigned to the murder, which seems totally bewildering, as Abner is loved by everyone who knows him, no enemies at all apparent. A couple of days later there is another death, using the same method, with this victim apparently unconnected to the first. There are again no suspects, but Eve is positive this won’t be the last murder, unless she can make a connection between the two victims.

I love this series, and have read all of the previous books. The book is set in New York in the future, but a believable reality. The characters feel like friends, and certainly people I’d like to know. Whilst it is a stand alone read, it is helpful to know Eves, and Roarkes, backgrounds, which makes them the characters they are. The other characters, Peabody, McNab, Feeney, Morris etc are there, but they seem less involved in this one, and I would have liked more from them.. I really wanted to love this book, but to me, it almost seems that it is now written by rote, so I felt a bit disappointed. I would have liked more of a twist rather than the standard formula. However, it won’t stop me waiting hopefully to read number 51.

Thanks to netgalley and the publishers for an ARC in return for an honest opinion.

The in Death series celebrated its 50th book in style with the hunt for a serial killer, we see Dallas and her team race against time to stop a killer. A true whodunnit book.

Set to a backdrop of New York’s futuristic streets we follow along as Dallas and Peabody find the dots to join to uncover not only a killer but the reasons behind it. An unknown substance has resulted in the death of a Doctor, Dallas has to look at the bigger picture to discover why this has happened, supported by her team she follows an almost invisible trail into upper class society and the web of lies and secrets they hide. As a second murder occurs Dallas faces a race against time to find the reason 2 people are dead so she can uncover the killer, and find a substance that could sell for billions to the wrong people. As a reader I truly love this style of book, keeps you guessing along until the end..
Relationships form an integral part in Golden in Death, we see the cause and effect of what happens when a life is taken away and the other half is left to deal with the loss, it’s the ones left behind that feel the pain.

I throughly enjoyed Golden in Death, the genre of whodunnits is my all time favourite in a suspense/thriller book. The In Death series is like visiting family every time you read a book, not only do we see a murder solved but we see the relationships between characters evolve and develop.