Mo's Reviews > Encore in Death

4.5 stars ...

I was late to the game in reading the “In Death” series … was always putting it off: not even sure why – well, I was sort of sure why. Roarke is Irish I am always wary of all things “Irish” in books … I find the Irish characters are parodied a bit in literature and it annoys me. Started "Naked in Death" in 2012 (it was first published in 1995) so 17 years after it’s first publication. Another factor that put me off a bit was the fact that it was set in the ‘future’, the mid-21st century. BUT, after reading book one, I was hooked.


Eve and Roarke, Roarke and Eve – who is my favourite - hard to say – I want to be Eve and I want to be married to Roarke …

He is perfect. Eve – perfect? To me she is – some might find her a little bit brash and unapproachable, she finds it hard to make friends, she is not a fan of socialising or fashion (as I said, she is perfect to me). But once she earns your trust she is a friend for life.

Anyway, back to this book, ENCORE IN DEATH, book 56 – I hear you ask ‘how can you still be interested in a series, 56 books in?’ – very easily, I would say. I think I have rated most of the books four and five stars, nothing less. I have some favourites and ones that I will re-read - not sure this is one of them, hence the 4.5 and not the full 5 stars ...

... she studied the pond and the purity of the floating white lilies. Tangled roots down there, she bet; you just had to look under the surface.

This one kept me interested all the way through. I read and listened to it – love the narrator, Susan Erikson.

One little quibble that I have is Eve’s lack of comprehension of ‘popular references’ – she comes across as being a bit thick and she is not - she is very intelligent- In one of the books she did not even know that Springsteen was referred to as ‘The Boss’ – c’mon now, gimme a feckin’ break.


Some nice moments between Roarke and Eve ... seriously, no man is that perfect ...

"And there she is," Roarke murmered with a hint of Ireland in his voice.

"What a strange system runs between law and order."

Towards the end, I had an inkling who the culprit was ...