Fury in Death

 Fury in Death- J.D. Robb 

St. Martin's Press

Release Date: September 8, 2026

Rating: 📚📚📚📚

Synopsis: NYSPD homicide detective Eve Dallas never knows what to expect when she gets word of a body. It could be an elderly man who made the mistake of climbing a ladder in slippery footwear. And the next call could be a wealthy biotech executive beaten to death in his home office—but what was Larry Chu’s mistake?

The victim’s corpse is so mangled and damaged it’s hard to believe a lone, unarmed assailant could have managed it. The killer was clearly unnaturally strong—and smart enough to find a way into Chu’s highly secure building. Most of all, whoever did this was very, very angry.

The excessive violence leads Dallas to conclude that this was a deeply personal act, born of a rage that she can’t excuse but can understand thanks to her own traumatic past. And though the motive seems rooted in heated emotion rather than cold hard cash, she can’t ignore the suspicious bank account in the Cayman Islands, or the shadowy, profit-hungry company Chu worked for. The mystery only grows when it turns out Chu isn’t the only victim—and Dallas will need to tear through one layer of secrecy after another to reveal what lies behind this explosion of fury...

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I'm always a fan of J.D. Robb's "In Death" series, but this one was really excellent. So fast-paced I didn't want to put it down, despite knowing who the killer was and why he was killing people. Once Eve and Peabody figure out the why behind these attacks, everyone feels sorry for the killer- he's as much a victim as anything else. 

But most victims don't make a list and start battering the people they feel wronged them to death. Eve may feel sorry for the killer, and VERY angry at those who wronged him, but she's going to work within the system to bring everyone to justice. The rich and powerful think they can get away with anything because of their money and power (and having other people in their pockets). Eve and her team are going to prove that justice is bigger than all of them.

If you haven't read other books in the series before you'll enjoy the crime solving, but there is also a really good mix of domestic and personal that you may have to just go with. Mavis and Peabody finally have their big house party and lots of friends and relatives show up, some of whom we've met in other books. Plenty of delightful cameos from secondary characters across the book, especially in the final party. 

If you have a violence trigger, be warned the descriptions of what happens to the victims are particularly gruesome in this book and you may want to skim them. The book as a whole isn't any more violent than the rest of the series, and it's balanced with the friends and family domestic scenes. I really liked the ending, very poignant. No spoilers here, but the sense of family, and duty, runs strong throughout the book and the characters right through to the end. 

Another excellent addition to the series.

I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review