The only thing Lt. Eve Dallas knows about art and galleries is what she has learned from her billionaire husband, Roarke, but she does know what she likes, and finding a dead body by a gallery owner's home propped up like an old master’s painting isn’t anything she likes. She knows there will be more FRAMED IN DEATH people if she doesn’t move fast.

He is picking his models by the right size and perhaps the correct eyes, but they are all LCs (Licensed Companions to those not familiar with the In Death books), so they don’t matter. Only his art matters, his marvelous talent that the gallery owners couldn’t see properly. Now everyone would see how great he is. That isn’t going to happen if the homicide detectives have anything to say about it.

FRAMED IN DEATH is another crime thriller by author J.D. Robb, and the series just gets better and more intriguing. Eve, Roarke, Peabody and the family and crew must work together and quickly to stop an “artist” whose only talent is to copy masters and kill his models.

As anyone who is a fan of this series knows, the characters are varied and believable. The outlandish ties and socks of Jenkinson and Reineke, the cuteness of Trueheart, the brashness of Baxter, the cowboy hat bets between Santiago and Carmichael, and, of course, the unknown candy thief, are all side bits that add laughter to the procedural moments as they work together to get the bad guys. Added into the police action is the home life of Eve and Roarke, and the ever faithful (much to Eve’s continued dismay), Somerset, and the sneaky bacon thieving Galahad. The verbal jabs and steamy romance are still alive in the big house that Roarke built. In FRAMED IN DEATH, we also get a very visual tour of “the house” that Peabody, McNab and Mavis, Leonardo, Bella and Baby 2 are all going to share. I still love how Bella calls Dallas and Roarke “Das” and “Ork,” and I can’t wait to see what happens when Mavis goes into labor with number 2.

There are always a number of surprises in store for readers of the In Death series, and FRAMED IN DEATH is no exception. Even though we learn early the criminal's name, it is still a thrill to see how Eve and her crew catch and keep their hold on the bad guy.

FRAMED IN DEATH is another award-winning offering for a series that was only meant to be a trilogy, and one fans hope will continue for a long time!