Desperation in Death: An Eve Dallas thriller (In Death 55)

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Nora Roberts) sets the books over a short amount of time and almost no time passes in and between books. The police procedurals were outstanding, requiring the aid of so many teams within the NYPSD working together with absolute precision for a common goal. But something you know going into any Nora Roberts book, even this long series of murder mysteries, is that everything is going to turn out alright in the end. Eve and her team use all their resources to find out who is behind this horrible organization and try to save the other innocent victims. The reader is introduced to a place where kidnapped children are being groomed to be sold and we meet Mina and Dorian who are planning an escape.

I kind of felt cheated out of what would have been a truly epic fight, but I suppose that the ever adorable Mr. Mina’s expensive, elegant clothes and beauty products convince Dallas that she was being groomed, literally and figuratively, for sex trafficking—and that whoever is investing in this high-overhead operation expects windfall profits. One exception is the really fast helicopter that Roarke owns that gets a few members of the team from one place to another.

Every time I pick up the next In Death book, I know I'm going to be immensely satisfied, and Desperation in Death was no different. Altogether a well balanced and very well written book which is totally absorbing, but what else would we expect from this experienced and talented author. The investigation was stressful, both for me as a reader and for Eve because of its close connection to her own horrid past.

There are limited ways in which this story can unfold and I liked that I liked that Robb underplays the conclusion rather than go with something more cliched or overly obvious. Also, Eve's past comes through from time-to-time, and this is one of the ways that allows her billionaire husband Roarke to shine through, as he helps her through the trauma that was her past. To begin with, one of the major gripes I have about this series got somewhat addressed, with Eve actually making an issue of her controlling, overprotective husband taking steps to protect her right out of a case that hits close to ancient, longsince addressed traumas that she has and continues to deal with in a productive way. This probably could be read as a stand-alone, but it really helps to have the background on the main characters. I don’t know how anyone can stand her most of the time even though we see that she’s boss bitch with a big heart who cares so damn much about her victims.However, I do think that Robb did a good job of bringing Eve’s past and her experiences into it as well.

Reading what the little girls were going through was devastating, as I know it reflects a horrific truth in our reality. The topic is child exploitation and trafficking and the opening scenes in 'The Pleasure Academy' are quite traumatic. If you want a read that will hold you spellbound, leave you tearing up, laughing, angry yet satisfied, then you want to get Forgotten in Death in your hands and hold on for the ride.These two really are sisters, and the couple of scenes we get in this book shows why they trust and love each other. There was some surprising tension between Eve and Mavis towards the start, it sucked because both of them were right. This book pushed my belief that they’d need to keep it a secret when it’s happening very much out in the open right now. When the clues lead to child trafficking, Eve won’t rest until everyone involved is identified and arrested.