Her memories come to the surface time and time again in Desperation in Death when she's in charge of a young 13 year old homicide victim. However, I do think that Robb did a good job of bringing Eve’s past and her experiences into it as well. It might be hard to start from the very beginning of the series but if you're looking for a consistently good collection of books, the In Death series is one to check out. She’d just come off of case involving the abduction and confinement of several women and husband Roarke is more than concerned about the pressures to her psyche.

But Eve and Roark always come through, and remind me that this is what cops should be like, even if they will never be this in my country. But Roarke is also worried about the effect this case is having on Dallas, as it brings a rage to the surface she can barely control.Robb usually manages to embed humor in her novels, providing some much needed levity to offset some of the more serious and grim aspects of the story. I have to admit that I was tempted to stop to regain my equilibrium at some spots, but I just couldn't put this novel down.

This probably could be read as a stand-alone, but it really helps to have the background on the main characters. I think what makes it worse is you know how this could happen in real time and some aspects of it do every day. I loved how we know that Eve has plans to bring her people over to enjoy a nice BBQ on a sunny Summer day. Still, for all of the emotions that are revoked, it did end up giving you hope because they got the dicks. No matter what, she must keep her head clear--because above all, she is desperate for justice and to take down those who prey on and torment the innocent.In the end, they decided as a couple (this is a refreshing change from Roarke laying down a law and Eve deciding "not to argue") that while he has a right to worry, she has responsibilities to her job and victims that don't include allowing her macho husband to substitute his "superior" judgment for hers because protection. As always with these books, I enjoyed the time I spent with the characters more than I did about the case. It doesn't take long for Eve to realize that exploitation is behind the abductions and Eve cannot help but remember her tragic past when it comes to said abuse. This is a sometimes long-winded novel and does deal quite a bit with Eve's past, but we are used to Eve's horrible childhood, are we not? Though I gather the theme of the previous book and this one – are both a little close to home for Lieutenant Eve Dallas given her wretched beginnings.

Our protagonist, Lieutenant Eve Dallas of the NYC police department, stands over a crime scene at the edge of Battery Park. This 55th addition to the series is just as fresh, thrilling, engrossing, and suspenseful as the first one. It’s distasteful sure, but Robb (as usual) handles it with great pragmatism and Dallas with typical anger and hostility. In Desperation in Death, Eve and the gang find themselves facing down a child sex trafficking organization. This popular series takes place in the near future and normally has a fair share of futuristic aspects.Nora Roberts) sets the books over a short amount of time and almost no time passes in and between books. This one follows Eve and Peabody as they break a huge sex trafficking ring that is operating in New York. They quickly got it worked out and were soon a united front defending the other, which was funny to watch. Nothing to remind me one of those books of the past, in which the mysteries to be solved were just a side dish to the relationship of the two main characters.