So there are about a million books (give or take) in the J.D.Robb "In Death" series. I am up to book #22 and have yet to read one that I did not like/love. Robb is an excellent writer with attention to detail, but not too much attention. The series takes place about 40 or so years in the future but the details of this future place (such as air boards and flying cars) are described in a non-distracting way. In other words the future is not a character in the books the characters are. The characters, by the way, are very three dimensional. I don't want to say too much about the characters or even the stories except that there is, in every book, a crime to be solved (Eve Dallas is a NYC cop after all) humor and sex. If you love a good detective novel and a strong female lead, you will probably love these books. Furthermore, the writing is solid which is a must no matter what the genre.