Weekend Book Club--Apprentice in Death by J.D. Robb
This week I read APPRENTICE IN DEATH, the latest installment in J.D. Robb's In Death series. I love this series and always grab the latest book as soon as it comes out. I just can't seem to get enough Eve Dallas and Roarke. This is the 43rd book in the series and it just keeps on getting better.What are you reading this week?
BLURB:
Nature versus nurture...
The shots came quickly, silently, and with deadly accuracy. Within seconds, three people were dead at Central Park’s ice-skating rink. The victims: a talented young skater, a doctor, and a teacher. As random as random can be.
Eve Dallas has seen a lot of killers during her time with the NYPSD but never one like this. A review of the security videos reveals that the victims were killed with a tactical laser rifle fired by a sniper, who could have been miles away when the trigger was pulled. And though the list of locations where the shooter could have set up seems endless, the number of people with that particular skill set is finite: police, military, professional killer.
Eve’s husband, Roarke, has unlimited resources—and genius—at his disposal. And when his computer program leads Eve to the location of the sniper, she learns a shocking fact: There were two—one older, one younger. Someone is being trained by an expert in the science of killing, and they have an agenda. Central Park was just a warm-up. And as another sniper attack shakes the city to its core, Eve realizes that though we’re all shaped by the people around us, there are those who are just born evil...
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Sep 10, 2016 01:25AM
I'm re-reading the "Sharing Knife" quadrilogy by Lois McMaster Bujold. These books are at the top of my all-time favourites. However, "Apprentice in Death" is in my to-read pile and up next. :)
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I love to reread old favorites. I know you enjoy those books, as well as Apprentice in Death. :)
Yes, re-reading old favourites is like eating comfort food. That's why I buy most of my books, rather than borrow them - the good ones will get read again, some of them many times. I think this might be the fourth or fifth time I'm going through this series.I'm looking forward to "Apprentice in Death" as well. Those books have never disappointed me. :)
It is like eating comfort food. I have several bookshelves full of favorites I go back to again and again, depending on my mood.
Yes, me too. I'm actually reading Brotherhood in Death now. That was the latest release in mass market paperback. I'll have to wait for Apprentice in Death until January, apparently. (I never buy hard backs or trade paperbacks as they don't fit on my bookshelves, in my pockets or in my budget.)
I understand about cost. I downloaded it and it was still expensive. There are only one or two authors I'll spend that kind of money on. The rest I wait until the book is out in paperback and the ebook price goes down.
Yeah, that's a pet peeve of mine - pricing ebooks like they were hardbacks or trade paperbacks. I only buy them if the cost the same or less than a mass market paperback. I read and buy a lot of books, so I have to set hard and fast rules in order to be able to afford them.If I really can't wait until it is affordable, I put it on hold at my library. :)
