Treachery in Death / J.D. Robb

Treachery in Death by J.D. Robb (#33 in the In Death series). 375 p.

I tend to categorize the books in this series as either "plot" books or "relationship" books, depending on the focus. There's always some plot, of course, given that the main character, Lt. Eve Dallas, is a homicide cop, so there's always at least one case that she's working on. Some of the books, though, focus more on Eve's relationships with her husband and friends, or some of the supporting cast's romantic relationships. This book is almost pure plot, although surprisingly it doesn't involve a serial killer, as many of the titles do--it involves crooked cops and finding a way to ferret them out and take them down. It made for a nice change of pace; sometimes we spend a little too much time inside the heads of crazed killers to suit my taste.

Although none of the characters' interpersonal relationships evolve noticeably in this installment, barring the addition of a romance for a minor recurring character, there are some relationship discussions--mostly about what leaders and followers owe each other.

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