Purity in Death (In Death series #15)
By J. D. Robb
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Purity in Death
finds our heroine on an assignment that leaves her even more tormented
by the past. When a deadly computer virus is unleashed on society's
undesirables (namely, child abusers), it's up to Eve -- along with her
astonishingly handsome husband, Roarke; her feisty aide, Peabody; e-geek
McNab; and her mentor, Captain Feeny -- to discover the origins of the
virus and shut down the clandestine vigilante group that created it
before the next target is marked for execution.
Eve's task
is complicated further as she grapples with her demons (as a
child-abuse victim, it was a matter of survival that led Eve to kill her
father) and squares off with Roarke, who does not regard the group's
intentions as inherently bad. Once again, she must muddle through those
gray areas of right and wrong as she seeks to "stand for the dead," and
answer the question of whether the group is justified in its actions, or
whether they simply represent a new breed of terrorist.
Review: Oh my gosh, this was pretty amazing. I can’t believe J. D. Robb still has fresh
material, after 15 books she’s still got! Eve is back to stand up for crime.
Although this time is she standing up for the wrong guys? A terrorist type
group is killing off people who are truly evil but does that give them the
right to choose who gets to live or die? This is the dilemma that Eve is faced
with when some people agree with the group. I love this series so much and this
one reminds me so much of one of the other books in the series that I enjoyed,
it was called Rapture in Death. That book also focuses on technology being
responsible for the deaths. These books are set in the future but that is never
the main part of the story, it’s just something that is there in the
background. So I love when technology is involved in the crime because it’s
always really interesting and Robb does a good job of making it seem real –
like some time in the near future this could really happen. What I also really
like about these books are the characters. Every single one of them feel so
real to me and I love learning more and more about them. To wrap it up I can’t
get enough of these books and I hope they are still this good by the time i get
to the 30
th.
On the cover: Ok ok so there's no way I would pick up this book by it's cover. It's truly hideous and boring but if you take a look at this
cover at least it's a little more appealing. Neither of the covers tell me anything about what's going to be inside, so please do not judge this book by it's cover.
What I'm listening on Audio to next: Now by Morris Gleitzman
Have you read this series before? What do you like about it?
