Kindred in Death (Hardcover)

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Lusty Detective Work, June 1, 2010

By Jane Doe

This book moves too fast and so all knowingly, its hard to keep up. Lieutenant Eve Dallas always seems to have too many irons in the fire, or she tremendously and tediously overvalues and overestimates the pull it all together in the blink of an eye aspect of technology and life in the fast lane. Although I enjoyed the "euphemistic" swim scene, husband Roarke definitely takes a back seat overall. Although capturing your interest, the book is mostly a fantasy and doesnt relate (in my mind anyway) to any real life detective work (or, if it does, I pity the poor families of the victims whose cases will never be adequately solved). I am about three quarters of the way through the book. My impression is that Eve Dallas attempts to dangle before the readers eyes the spectre of her own sordid past as an almost victim (unlike Deenie MacMasters and Karlene Robins who are real vicitms) in order to play on the readers sympathy. This has the opposite effect, causing her to come off mainly (in my mind anyway) as deriving a lot of kinky gratification from her never-ending detective work. (And yes, projecting). Since Ive been there myself, I know all, she seems to be saying, but (unlike you) I got away. I didnt die. I question whether the victims and their families, in a real life scenario anyway, dont somehow deserve more than to be played down to with this kind of condescension. In addition, her team of "dedicated" workers who help her solve these horrendous crimes are, in between their kinky, spine tingling assignments, either sending out for pizza, savoring coffee in order to activate their whodunit glands, stuffing their face with assortments of food, or endlessly satisfying their lust. I question whether anyone could put the pieces of the puzzle together as fast as Lieutenant Eve Dallas purports to do, and always come out on top. But, of course, its only fiction, a kind of ongoing Soap Opera, so why expect much more? Plus no one could have as many instantaneous changes of identity as Eve Dallas claims the perpetrator has in this novel. Its just not possible in that short a time span. I also question the plausibility of what she says is the perpetrators motivation: to take down the whole system of authority. Its just too far fetched for me. But, other than that, kind of fun and interesting to read in a silly kind of way. But just for entertainment. Another thing I found offensive was the way Eve Dallas talked down to the families of the victims, ordering them around. She always knew best (or knew everything). Although the novel purports to be extremely realistic and technologically up to the minute, I found it rather over the top as far as the way real life detective work would (or should) probably unfold. Also, if you were related to a victim, or even an almost victim yourself, like Eve Dallas claims she was, you would never be getting so much of a thrill from the chase. You might, on the other hand, find it slightly offensive to ponder just how much Eves lust (and sex acts with husband, Rourke, etc.) could be jump-started and driven by her work. The book was interesting, but, overall, claimed too much unfounded expertise and was therefore an insult to the readers intelligence.

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