I think this book was way better than its predecessor Betrayal in Death. I was more interested in the story. It basically picks up a few weeks after the events in Betrayal in Death. We open with Roarke away to Ireland to see about Mick's funeral. Eve is alone and having nightmares about her childhood. Sometimes I feel like the childhood trauma she faced is over used in the story. I know it was tramatic and I'm not trying to take anything away from that, but I think if you read too many of the "In Death" books in a row it starts to get a little repetative. But sometimes, like in this book, JD Robb does a great job of incorporating it into the story where it doesn't see like we're hearing the same stuff again just in a slightly different way. 
 Something else I liked about this book was the fact that it too Roarke a good 50 pages before he actually makes an appearance (and is not just Eve thinking about him). It almost took me back to the first book when everyone was getting introduced and he wasn't in every scene with Eve. I liked seeing her have to deal with some things on her own for a little bit. Now, I wouldn't want an entire novel with him absent mind you, but I think this is something that JD Robb could play with more in later books, hopefully she does. And in that same regard I would like to see it reversed to have Eve absent for a while and Roarke the main focus. I think it would be interesting and certainly keep things a little frehser when they are back together in scenes. 
 Anyway, the killer this time is meeting women in chat rooms and setting up the perfect romantic evening before the women are murdered. It seems that Robb likes to incorporate current events (well, by now current events for 2001). She does a good job of keeping things relevant to her future of 2059 yet still relatable to the time we are reading it now in the early 2000's. I have to give her credit for always doing a good job on this. 
 This book also does a slightly different thing with the murderer in they get more page time and they get interactions and dialogue which I guess one could say she's broadening the character of the villain more with each book. While I like this for now, I don't want it to become the standard in the series. I still want things to focus on Eve and crew finding the culprit and sometimes already knowing, in a sense, who committed the crimes ruins the fun of the mystery of trying to figure it out. I hope she does eventually go back to that. 
 Overall, this series seems to have one ok book for every really good book and I can live with that. It certainly is enough to keep me from coming back for more. Until Then!