2024 romance/SF/mystery; 58th novel of Robb's In Death series (SF
police procedurals). Someone's poisoning girls in public places;
Dallas investigates.
This time there's a lot of profiling involved, after some initial
checks reveal the likelihood that the killer is going for a type
rather than specific people. Given these victims and this means of
murder, what sort of killer would match up with both?
It is very much a series book, and fair enough; it does the thing it
does, and if there are no particular surprises and we've seen several
of these ideas in the previous 57 books, what matters is that the
thing is done well. Regular characters return and get a bit more
development, both staying consistent with their estabslished personæ
and growing in new ways. But there would be no point at all in
beginning the series here; a significant part of the enjoyment comes
from seeing these characters continue and grow, 29 real years and
three in-character years from where it all started.
Eve judged her at a solid six feet—add another three with the
sparkly heels she wore.
I've known goths who aspired to that, but I don't think that's quite
what you meant…