aliterarylion 's review for:

Leverage in Death by J.D. Robb

4.0

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It was nice to get an Eve Dallas case without a wacky gimmick driving the story. This book focuses on someone detonating a suicide vest during an important company merger. It later reveals that the victim was coerced through threat to his family and the murderer hoped to gain leverage from the event through stock market shares. A rather callous motive for murder but we've got to be creative nearly 50 books deep! I liked the fast pace of this book and the way Dallas was able to put the pieces of the puzzle together. This was nearly a 3 star rating but the small Oscars subplot was cute. I really appreciate the way Robb keeps referencing previous books and building upon them in each installment. The Icove Agenda went from case to book to movie to multiple Oscar nominations. Peabody and McNab went to the Oscars in support of the film and it was so sweet in the epilogue where the film won 5 Oscars, including Best Picture. It's just a silly and sweet inclusion in the world of fiction that you can't help but adore. Looks like you can add faux Oscar winner to Eve's ever growing list of accolades.