Loyalty in Death, by J.D. Robb

 Loyalty in Death, by J.D. Robb, 358 pages

When a mysterious terrorist group named Cassandra starts planting bombs around NYC and killing hundreds of innocent people, Eve Dallas is targeted as Cassandra's nemesis. Eve Dallas is racing against the clock to save her city, and it might cost her everything. 

Conspiracy in Death, by J.D. Robb

 Conspiracy in Death, by J.D. Robb, 386 pages

Eve Dallas is puzzled when not one, but two homeless people are found with unhealthy organs missing through a surgical-quality removal. As she works the case she finds herself pulling strings to a conspiracy that goes far deeper than she could have ever believed. 

Several books into the series, the formula of the In Death books are comfortably settled. This book did show some serious character development and felt fresh, like in the beginning of the series.

Holiday In Death by J.D. Robb

 Holiday In Death by J.D. Robb, 326 pages

On the first day of Christmas, a holiday-obsessed psycho gives Eve Dallas a mutilated body with the promise of eleven to come. As the holiday nears, Eve finds herself wondering which situation she's least comfortable with: a caroling serial killer, or finding the perfect gift for Roarke. 

Ceremony in Death, by J.D. Robb

 Ceremony in Death, by J.D. Robb, 329 pages

A series of bodies-- starting with a fellow police officer and including one dropped on Eve Dallas' own doorstep--points to a cult with a violent obsession with the occult. Once again, Eve faces true evil. 

Rapture in Death by J.D. Robb

 

Rapture in Death by J.D. Robb, 310 pages

Fresh from her honeymoon in the stars, Lieutenant Eve Dallas finds herself investing a series of apparent suicides that leads her down a rabbit hole of mind control and manipulation. 

Immortal in Death by J.D. Robb

 Immortal in Death by J.D. Robb, 312 pages

A new drug is making the rounds: it increases strength, vitality, sexual prowess... and will slowly kill the user. When Lieutenant Eve Dallas tracks three murders back to the mysterious drug, she finds herself embroiled in unexpected conspiracy.

Glory in Death by J.D. Robb

 Glory in Death by J.D. Robb, 313 pages

When two highly successful women are murdered in the same way, Eve Dallas finds herself investigating any link between the two, including her lover, Roarke.  Will Eve--and her relationship with Roark--survive catching another killer? 

Naked in Death by J.D. Robb

 Naked in Death by J.D. Robb, 372 pages

Lt. Eve Dallas has seen just about everything in her ten years on the force. When a killer beings viciously murdering licensed companions and mocking her efforts to catch him, Eve finds herself sifting through memories of her past. Before long, Eve is racing towards the murderer and, worse still, the first dark years of her life that she's tried so hard to forget.

I'm not a romance fan, but a couple of years ago I picked up one of the In Death series in an airport and enjoyed it. Finally decided it's time to read them all from the beginning.