Conspiracy in Death (2001)

though the plot and storyline of the central characters is great (and we meet louise!), i can still only give this one three stars for a couple of reasons. firstly, the melodrama. the whole 'hearing the narrative voice of the killer' is annoying and overdone. i wish she'd stop doing that as it's one of the reasons i've gotten tired of this series as it's gone on. secondly, falling back on "mental defectives" is so fucking lazy. not every criminal is crazy, nora. mentally ill people are tired of being used as your plot devices. ( )

OH! This is the first story with Trueheart and Dr. Dimatto AND Webster! YAY!

This is the book where people no one will miss start turning up with internal organs surgically removed. Lovely. Oh, and the one where there's a REALLY WITCHY cop who tries to stir up trouble for Eve .... OH... This one was GOOD!!!! SO SO GOOD! *Switch to 5 stars*

The mystery in this one was good, but the OTHER stuff that happens makes this book SO GREAT! We learn SO MUCH about Eve in this book!

Anyway, this book is full of great stuff. I believe this is the first book that requires Eve to pull in international help (due to international like-crimes she finds). She keeps butting heads with another female cop. We learn about someone EVE had a relationship with in the past (as opposed to the multitudes of women Roarke's had). Eve's threatened right and left from all sorts of sources.

Then CRAP starts hitting the fan... and the rest of this is going to be spoilery...

And then Ellen Bowers (the chick cop) is killed and Eve is the prime suspect... And Baxter is the primary on the case... And she is suspended and has to turn in her weapon and badge (and her communicator, master, and vehicle) until she's cleared. And it DEVASTATES her. When she makes it home to Roarke, she cries a lot (which is uncharacteristic in and of itself!), and tells him, "They made me nothing again."

It was HEART-WRENCHING!! There were a lot of great quotes.
*Mira tells Roarke, "What you have will save her. Just as it has saved you."
*After Eve APOLOGIZES, Summerset calls Roarke and says, "She apologized to me. Something must be done."

After Eve cries and sleeps and sleeps and sleeps for about 24 hours, Roarke discusses her "options" with her (to cajole her into SNAPPING OUT OF IT)... (1) work for him, or (2) have a baby and be a professional mother. She's like, "WHAT????" It was great. Then he tells her that if she doesn't like those options, she needs to pull herself together, stop whining, and get her badge back.

Meanwhile, Nadine has put this really great feature about her on Channel 75 and they're interviewing lots of people from her past cases about how awesome she is... which is super sweet.

Anyway, Eve and Roarke go rogue with Feeney, Peabody, and McNab's help, they figure out who did it, then Eve fights the guy and almost gets killed, but Roarke gets there JUST in time (like always), and the bad guy goes down.

Then Eve gets her badge back, and her suspension is expunged from her record... :) GREAT book! SO TOUCHING!


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