Category: Livres anglais et trangers,Mystery & Thrillers,Mystery

Apprentice in Death Details

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERLieutenant Eve Dallas must hunt down the deadly snipers terrorizing Manhattan in this fast-paced In Death thriller from J. D. Robb.  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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Reviews

Fans of the series (and I am one) know that both Dallas and Roarke went with their nature and against their nurture. That is not the case with the killer in this book and it takes Robb a lot of pages to dig into that. A bit too much in my opinion which is why I don't give it 5 stars. On the other hand, she knows how to offer variety in her books in the sense that in most books, you know who the killer is towards the end and I am really grateful for the fact that Robb hardly ever pulls a Hercule Poirot and reveals who did it at the very end, as a complete surprise. You see what Dallas does and how her findings lead her towards the killer(s). In this book, you know about a quarter in who the killer is. And although the luck she has finding that out so soon is actually very lucky, she then has to catch the killer. Which she does at 4/5 of the book and the rest is mostly spent on the psyche and upbringing of the killer and frankly, I feel it is a bit much. Most of her friends only get a very minor role in the book, even Peabody, and personally, I miss more of her and the other friends. But all in all, the story is thorough and entertaining and you just want to keep reading despite knowing pretty early who did it.

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