I feel like the stories in this series just get better and better. So many times in a series this long (43 books in all) sometimes the stories get repetitive. JD Robb has a special talent in that each book is its own story and an original story. The characters are found in each book, their relationships are consistent, yet the crimes and how they are solved are unique. Roarke does always seem to do his thing to help Eve solve the crime but even his thing is different in each book. It seems there is no end to the many talents of Roarke.

With this book I found the relationship between Eve and her fellow officers remarkable. When solving a crime with an active shooter or two still on the loose they had to work together. The trust, the knowledge, and the respect is never doubted. I enjoyed how officers from other departments and houses were brought in and shown the same respect as those that Eve works with on a day to day basis.

While I have never visited New York, I really enjoyed the well known places that were used as settings in this book. The ice rink and the theatres are places that New York is known for. JD Robb did a great job in the descriptions of not only the locations but of the people who were visiting these spots. They were easy to picture as I read the book.

I definitely recommend Apprentice in Death.

When a sniper begins killing what appears to be random targets, NYPD Lieutenant Eve Dallas is called in to investigate. What she finds is a killer that can only be a highly trained sniper who seems to be able to set up a sniper’s nest anywhere and take shots that only a few could accomplish. When it becomes obvious that there are actually two snipers, a teacher and a student, Eve rushes to find them as soon as possible, before any more people are killed.



I’m always jonesing for the newest Eve Dallas book as soon as it becomes available. Apprentice in Death is everything I’m looking for in a J. D. Robb book. I get to visit with Eve and Roarke and the whole cast of characters I’ve come to love. I would love to give more detail on “who done it” but I just can’t spoil what was a tightly written and excellent suspense story. Lovers of this series MUST start reading this today!!