Thank you Netgalley for the advance audiobook and reader copy of Passions in Death by J. D. Robb in exchange for an honest review. This series can be very addictive as the characters are easy to relate to and the plots the plots follow a formula with new pieces for each book. I've enjoyed seeing Dallas, Roarke, Peabody, Mavis and Feeney evolve through almost sixty books.

What can I say about the In Death series that hasn't already been written? This is the 59th book in this long-running series and it only gets better with each book. I'm only on book 16, but I went ahead and listened to this audiobook.

Once again, NYPSD homicide detective Eve Dallas has another murder to solve. Her husband, Roarke, has become an invaluable resource in her work and personal life. Even if you haven't listened/read any of the rest of this series, you can jump in here without much problem, but please go back and binge the rest. FYI, this series takes place about 35 years in the future, but it really isn't science fiction. I think of it as modern with a few cool technological additions.

Thank you to Macmillan Audio and NetGalley for an ARC audiobook in exchange for an honest review.

The regulars - Rourke, Peabody, McNab, Mira and the squad - are on the job, and their evolving relationship to each other is one of the things I appreciate about this futuristic mystery series. I also like following the trail of alibis and motivations as Dallas traces the crime back to the killer. Terrific narration puts you in NYC with a wide variety of characters. It would be hard to go back to print reading as Erickson enhances the setting and pace. This is sure to be in high demand. Recommended.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for a review audiobook. All opinions expressed are my own.

I am still enjoying the saga of Dallas, Roarke and all the other repeating characters and this book doesn't disappoint. I like when secondary characters from previous books show up. I like the back story of the friendships Eve has, her struggles with idioms and sayings and understanding the 'rules' of friendship and marriage.

Susan Ericksen is the narrator or this series and it is nice to hear her voice when starting up the book as you know her character voices and her reading pacing and tones will be consistent with previous books.

After reading so many of these books I am sure that I would 'think through' any crime scene just like Eve does! The thought process and banter between her and Peabody are really fun to follow.


Thank you to NetGalley and MacMillan Audio for an early copy in exchange for an honest review.

A pre-wedding night turns to murder. This leads to Lt. Eve Dallas and Roarke racing to the scene at the Down and Dirty Club (a club owned by their friend). One of the brides is viciously murdered and no one seemed to see anything happening.

The level of violence leads Eve to believe that it was premeditated and nothing will stop her from solving this case.

I always come for the case, but I stay for the side characters and backstory. This book did not disappoint.

Erin Albright and Shauna Hunnicut are celebrating their upcoming nuptials at The Down and Dirty club owned by Crack. Erin has a surprise planned for Shauna, she has everything set and ready to go. Little does she know that one of her close friends group is lying in wait to kill her. Her murder is committed in the same room where Eve was attacked and had to fight for her life the night before her own wedding.

I love how the author ties in parts of the story to parts of Eve's current and past life. Her attack before her wedding and her ever growing friend group. In this book we get glimpses of several past characters.

The audiobook is narrated by Susan Ericksen. The pace is good, and it is easy to determine when the characters change. I love the banter in these books between all of the characters. The emotion comes through in each of the characters. Chapter changes are noted by a pause and the chapter number.

Thank you Macmillan Audio and Netgalley for this audio book. This is my very honest review.

A bit too predictable. And quite a bit too long of a book in my story.
I liked the narrator. It also felt like I was watching a crime show (I.e. bones, criminal minds etc.)

I just love this series and the found family of characters! 59 books and the character development is just so so good (crazy to think where they all started!). While the actual plot of this one was not my favorite (it was a little slow and not as exciting IMO), it still was enjoyable to listen to and I will always recommend this series to everyone!

Rating: 3.5 stars

Passions in Death was a solid addition to the In Death series. It’s definitely 4.5 ⭐️book for me and I will definitely listen to it again. This is not the most exciting case that Eve has ever taken on and she even says something similar in the story. I wasn’t confident in my own estimation of who the killer was and that’s always great to keep me interested in reading. Oddly enough the moment that hit me in the feels the most was Summerset calling them a family. It’s been stuck in my head for days now. That may seem inconsequential, but if you’ve read the other books, you definitely understand.

If you’ve never heard of the series, there are 60+ books when including the novellas. They all have the same main characters. Each book is a new case for Lieutenant Eve Dallas who runs a homicide department in New York City. She is married to Roarke, a wealthy businessman with amazing computer skills. Both grew up with very difficult childhoods. Their love is something that I want for myself and is a part of it, but not the main focus of the story. It’s a crime thriller with a romance/love subplot. Over the series the number of supporting characters has grown and honestly all of them have a place in my heart.

Honestly you could start the series here and understand what is happening because the author, J.D. Robb, is great at refreshing previously mentioned information that is significant to the current story. However, to truly connect with all the characters I highly recommend starting from the beginning. I found the series in early 2023 and have made it through twice this year. I really did enjoy the series that much.

The series is set in the future, but not so far out that the world is unrecognizable. As with any futuristic story the world has grown and so have weapons, drugs, with cars capable of self-driving and even some flying, terminology, etc. It’s just enough to take me out of my current world and put me in Eve’s.

I, also, wanted to note that I absolutely love this narrator. She has made each character their own person. You can tell by her voice exactly who she is referring to or who is talking. It’s really helped me to visual each character!

I have to thank MacMillan Audio and NetGalley for a copy of this audiobook. I, also, want to note that I had actually already preordered this audiobook before receiving this copy.

Book: Passions in Death
Series: In Death #59
Author: JD Robb
Format: 🎧
Narrator: Susan Ericksen
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Genre: British Mystery
Pub Date: September 3, 2024
Rating: 2.2 stars
Pages: 368


Erin Albright and Shauna Hunnicut and their friends were celebrating a pre-wedding girls’ night out at Manhattan’s ‘Down and Dirty’ strip club - but Erin ends up dead.

The club brings back bad memories for Eve. She had been assaulted there. She had gotten justice, now needs to find who did this to Erin.
So Eve and Peabody


Although I read several of "the Death books" and got to know the characters- love Roarke but I have a low tolerance for profanity so wasn’t pleased with ‘tough cop’ Eve's language. I decided the series wasn’t for me so I gave up. However so many of reading friends just love this series one reviewer states Eve was showing a softer side.
Now ten years since I read an “In Death” story I thought Hmmm perhaps I should give Eve another chance.
Unfortunately it didn’t work for me.
I know I am in the minority in not loving this series.
Additionally I don’t enjoy Susan Ericksen’s performance of Eve. She is good at changing up and performing many characters. In fact, I loved her narration/performance in the many Kristin Hannah novels she did.
Susan Ericksen is a Renaissance woman. In addition to being an Earphones-winning audiobook narrator and director--she's a writer, an amateur linguist, an actress, a mother, and a wife. In the 1980s she joined former classmate David Colacci in western Michigan, where he was artistic director for the Hope Summer Repertory Theater. Twenty miles away, a fledgling audiobook publisher called Brilliance was looking for narrators.

About the Narrator - Susan Ericksen.
She has recorded approximately two hundred audiobooks for Brilliance, BBC Audiobooks, Tantor, and Hachette. She states- "It was a natural step. As repertory theater actors, the whole point is to be able to do Shakespeare one night, a musical the next night, and Noel Coward the next. So you have multiple personalities and multiple character voices and physicalities. These are such valuable skills for doing audiobooks."
Want to thank NetGalley and Macmillan Audio early eGalley.
Publishing Release Date scheduled for September 3, 2024.

I have been a long time reader of J. D. Robb, so I was excited to receive this ARC. Poor Erin. She was just trying to get married and go to Hawaii with her wife. And I know Dallas would have flashbacks having been attacked in that same room. I absolutely love scenes when Dallas visits Mavis and Mavis’s daughter basically attacks Eve.

Are you ready for the latest J.D. Robb book? If so, pick up passions and death. Just as I expected, this was a great book. A five star listen!

Passions in Death is the 59th book in the in Death series by J.D. Robb aka Nora Roberts. Ms. Robb puts out two in Death books each year and I impatiently await each book and this was no different. I'm that fan - the buy the book, e-book, and audiobook of my favorites and this one will go on the shelf, both literally and digitally along with the other 58.

I was lucky enough to get an ARC of the audiobook version and neither Ms. Robb nor the narrator Susan Ericksen let me down.

This book begins with Erin, a bride-to-be, at her bachelorette party at the Down and Dirty club, owned by our favorite bar owner, Crack. She was going to surprise her fiancee' with a dream honeymoon and went to change to reveal the surprise when she was murdered in a private room. Enter Eve Dallas and her husband, Roarke. This murder has the added horror of being in the exact location where Eve was almost taken down herself at her own bachelorette party.

Along with the regular cast of secondary characters - Summerset, Peabody and McNabb, Nadine, Capt. Feeney, Dr. Mira and the rest of the gang, Dallas and Peabody, with help from Roarke and the others use don't stop until they have their murderer.

You'd think by now that the semi-formulaic way these books are written that they would get old, but they never do. I love the familiarity of the characters and the genuine affection that Robb writes for her main characters, Dallas and Roarke.

Susan Erickson is Eve Dallas to me at this point and she gets the characters down every single time. I'm able to forget that it's one person voicing everyone and fall into every story.

I can't wait for the next book when it comes out in February when Dallas and company get their murderer, they always do!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC audiobook in consideration of an honest review. All opinions are my own.