A review by chrysfey
Shadows in Death by J.D. Robb

1.0

I read the first 10 books of the In Death series and then stalled out because the endings were always predictable.

Spoiler…Roarke always came to the rescue or got there before the arrest. At least for those first 10 books.

But…the quotes Laura (Nora’s publicist) shared on IG for Shadows in Death earlier this year hooked me.

The problem was, the best parts of the story (for me) were the quotes that I read on social media. The rest of the story was slow going. Most of it was the same thing over and over again about how badly Cobbe wanted to kill Roarke and how he’d hurt or kill Eve and Summerset to get to him. At a certain point, I was internally shouting, “We get it already!” It only needed to be said once. Twice tops. Not once or twice in every chapter. I ended up skimming most of the book. Not much happened for a guy who was so dangerous and wanted Roarke so bad. And the takedown was far too simple and quick. I was very disappointed.