Laura Steinert answers “Does this series need to be read in the...”

Stef asked this question about Naked in Death (In Death, #1):

Does this series need to be read in the order they were published? Are the Characters connected to the next book in the series. . . just wondering if I need to get them from library in the order they are written. Thanks a bunch :-) Have not read any of J.D. Robbs books yet. . . have read a lot of good reviews for the suspense, romance, mystery books.

Laura Steinert People who read random books from this series usually write less than glowing reviews. They are a bit like the British characters Beaton writes about …morePeople who read random books from this series usually write less than glowing reviews. They are a bit like the British characters Beaton writes about who breeze into Lochdubh and try to set the village "right." If you haven't raged at the narrator in books 2-5 for being unkind to Hamish and being ignorant of his actual nature, you'll be like the reviewers who complain that Beaton is racist against Highlanders. If you havn't followed Hamish's love affair with Priscilla, you might actually believe he is over her. (less)

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