You will not be disappointed!

Another winner from JD Robb. This was a thrill ride until the very end. I am a Librarian and recommend this series every chance I get. #Audible1

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Love these novels!!!!

With this being book No. 47, you would expect that there would be some rework of a previous theme, but Nora Roberts aka J.D. Robb never fails to deliver a fresh take on a murder mystery, or her main characters.

The humour, the typical Dallas mix-ups with phrases, never fail to draw a laugh, sometimes in the oddest moments.

Susan Ericksen IS the only narrator for these novels, making both Roarke and Dallas come alive. Kudos for her skill and talent.

Don't miss out on this great read.

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Another great In Death Series book

love this book. The story was up to Eve and Rourke standards.Susan Erickson has all the characters nailed in her narration.

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Another successful story

I love these stories I can't wait to listen to them and this one has made me laugh out loud, cry a few tears and sigh that it is over way to soon.
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Good book

It has a somewhat original motive behind the murder, which I liked

The performer was excellent as usual

A Favourite Book & Series

This book was a very tantalizing listen! Love the performance as well! Thank you

typical Nora Roberts story

I found it well-written and like the narrator. I'd love to the step by step to finding the criminal and how discovering the profit angle intriguing

Overwritten. Overacted

My first book by this writer and likely my last. The writing feels like a bad TV series with an annoying laugh track. Simplistic and predictable, the tough female cop role is overdone and follows type. I prefer my stories more nuanced.

My First 'In Death' Novel..Aaaaand My Last

I can totally get the popularity of this series of police procedurals set in a future New York City (2061 in this one). Nora Roberts's prose (writing as 'J.D. Robb') is competent (fed by a workable vocabulary, believable dialogue, and vivid descriptions), she incorporates some explicit sex (as obligatory & irrelevant as it may be), her characters are interesting (including love interests and comic relief), and her plot is intriguing (starting with someone forcing a corporate bigwig to commit a suicide-bombing by threatening his family and growing from there) - but the implausibility is hard to overcome. Some of the events/criminal acts/action scenes are genuinely eyeroll-worthy.
It is also sadly obvious why there are 79 (SEVENTY-NINE!!) episodes (and counting) in this series: 'Leverage In Death' is glaringly superficial. The book is well-written, populated with honest-to-God "characters" (Detective Peabody is genuinely goofy, for example), and well-paced.. but is cardboard-cutout formulaic. 'Robb' is clearly giving readers what they expect.
Finally, the book feels somewhat "rushed" (as in "Let's finish this up and get onto the next one").

Unfortunately, Susan Erickson's narration worsens my impression: She reads with creditable diction, timbre, cadence, and emotiveness - but much too slowly (listen at 1.20X); melodramatically (relax, Ms. Erickson); with occasionally silly voice-acting (literally no-one regularly talks like the kid from 'Dexter's Laboratory' IRL); and with a striking lisping sibilance that the Brilliance Audio sound engineers are unable to soften (I recommend listening to the Sample before you buy this audiobook.. the 'Sylvester the Cat' performance is occasionally cringeworthy but you might be able to get past it.. I largely did).

I bought this recording on sale, and the $6.56 CDN I paid for it wasn't a total waste - the book is a decent distraction for a couple of snowy afternoons - but based on this 5/10 star effort, I won't be listening to any more of the series (nor reading them).

my summary

it's a good story I enjoyed it kept me engaged I don't know I might listen to it again.