Celebrity in Death product reviews

Good instalment to the 'In Death' series. After 34 books, the reader pretty much knows the routine of what they are getting in the murder mysteries. The difference here is in the regular characters involved; and their interplay and verbal byplay with each other, especially Eve and Roarke; and Eve and Peabody.

This entry to the series begins near the end of a movie based on Nadine Furst's book being filmed about the Icove murders (see Origin in Death). There is almost a 'Clue' like setting as all the characters of the movie, and all the characters they are portraying are all together watching a screening of bloopers from the movie. Of course, being what these stories are, there has to be a murder, and there was. Movie Peabody has been murdered; and movie Eve and movie McNab are prime suspects. Turns out, they are also lovers. (Now there's an image to burn into the readers brains). The rest of the book is pretty stock Eve Dallas and Peabody slicing through the clues to get to the bottom of the murder. Pretty standard for the books; no more, no less than the usual.

The story is a pretty much average read for the series, but fun. It's about what you would expect, and is actually a better read than the last few have been. Eve and Roarke, though; are the best they've been since the early books. There are a few gems of witty and sparkling dialogue between them sprinkled throughout the book.