IMITATION IN DEATH

The seventeenth in Robb's futuristic detective series featuring Police Lieutenant Eve Dallas sends her on a mission to stop a killer who is imitating famous serial killers of the past. Eve is brought into the case when a Jack-the-Ripper-style murder is accompanied by a note addressed to her on distinctive, costly stationery. Narrator Susan Ericksen has Eve's number. Through her voice she depicts Eve's toughness, strength, and insecurities. She also nails Peabody, Eve's able assistant and Peabody's love interest, a fellow cop with a decided surfer dude inflection. The entire cast of characters is given distinctive and believable voices in this fast-moving mystery. D.T.H.
(c) AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine [Published: FEB/ MAR 04]