Peek-a-boo, I see you!
Don’t turn on the light. Don’t make a sound. Try not to breath or you’ll be caught.
Isn’t that the way a hide and seek came is played? Isn’t it always fun to make it back to your home base before you’re caught?
Only sometimes, it’s not a game and the stakes are very, very high.
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Main characters and a few recurring minor ones:
Lt. Eve. Dallas, NYPSD Homicide Detective – a tough cop who speaks for the dead because no else does.
Detective Delia Peabody, Homicide and Dallas’ partner – newly promoted detective still learning the ropes but with really good instincts.
Roarke, Dallas husband and billionaire – always doing what needs to be done to help his wife.
Detective Ian McNab, EDD Detective and Peabody’s love interest – computer guru always available to assist Dallas with any crime at hand.
Mavis Freestone, Singer and Dallas’ long time friend – looking forward to becoming a mother
Leonardo, Mavis’ love interest – fashion designer who is the proud father of Mavis’ baby.
Summerset, Roarke’s butler, house man, best friend – bickers with Eve but quietly enjoys their ever-growing friendship
Officer Truehart, in previous books but plays a larger roll here helping Dallas with this latest case.
Dr. Charlotte Mira, psychiatrist and Dallas’ friend. Always ready to help with Dallas’ professional and personal problems.
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A very small bit of the plot in
Survivor in Death:
Someone sneaks in the house and murders the housekeeper and the entire family – or so he thinks. What he doesn’t realize, yet, is that he left behind a survivor. A little girl who, in the middle of the night, sneaked downstairs to the kitchen to get something to drink. But, how was she missed? If she’s alive, who was in her bed when the murders took place?
Dallas investigates and realizes this murder wasn’t random. It was a deliberate assassination but which of the victims was the intended and which ones were wiped out in order to leave no witnesses?
Each family member, including the maid, had a background that might cause someone to consider murder.
Now it’s up to Eve to find out who and why. While she’s up to her elbows in the investigation, she’s taken on the responsibility of keeping the sole survivor, little nine-year old Nixie safe until those responsible for the murder can be caught and punished.
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A tidbit from the subplot:
Dallas took on more than she was prepared for when he opened her door and her heart to a nine-year old girl.
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My conclusion:
I’ve noticed that Peabody is becoming a stronger character. Not so much by being equal as far as the exposure Dallas gets in the book but merely because she, as a person, is becoming more confident. In Survivor in Death, she doesn’t just speak with Dallas on cases and her own love life, but she voices her opinion on things Eve wishes she hadn’t. Something, that until this book, Peabody hadn’t done.
We all know Dallas to be a hard cop and a soft, loving wife. Survivor in Death brings out a new dimension of Dallas’ personality. Along with total confusion with being in the company of a young girl, she’s also being to enjoy it – just a little.
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My opinion:
As always, I’ve notice growth with some recurring characters. Truehart is one. He’s been in a few in Death books so far and in this one, his character is still becoming more important to the cases Dallas works on. Not only is he growing out of his “rookie” cop persona, but he’s becoming a personal friend of Dallas and Roarke, as well.
Survivor in Death gives you the chance to climb, once again, into the head of our heroine and see the strengths and fears we all face every day. Witnessing her growing friendship with Peabody and her everlasting friendship with Mavis, make you realize that no matter who we meet, the possibility of a true friend is always present.
Survivor in Death, in my opinion, opens up a whole new world of possibilities for us to imagine Dallas getting herself into next.
I’m sure you’ll enjoy it as much as I did.
Thank you for reading.
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Please, don’t forget to read my other reviews on the In Death series:
Naked in Death
Glory in Death
Immortal in Death
Rapture in Death
Ceremony in Death
Vengeance in Death
Holiday in Death
Conspiracy in Death
Loyalty in Death
Witness in Death
Judgment in Death
Betrayal in Death
Seduction in Death
Reunion in Death
Purity in Death
Portrait in Death
Imitation in Death
Divided in Death
Visions in Death
