I really loved “Fury in Death” because it’s got all of the elements that for me, makes a perfect “In Death” book: an interesting case, great moments between Eve and Roarke, lots of fun secondary character moments, great dialogue, sad moments, happy moments.
What makes a perfect “In Death” book for you?
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Give me a case I can’t solve too early, Eve and Roarke being Eve and Roarke, plenty of danger, teamwork, sarcasm and laugh-out-loud moments, and that’s pretty much my perfect In Death book.
For me it’s a combination of the case, the slice-of-life moments, the romance, the humor, an undercurrent philosophical theme/allegory (I’m not expecting Crime and Punishment, but I do like a little depth) and an intriguing villain/antagonist. Fury really worked for me, as well, because it had all of that in spades.
In fact, I’ve really loved all of the recent releases. Of the past four books the only one that didn’t work for me was maybe Framed (I didn’t hate it - it’s just not on my reread list) and I think the reason I didn’t enjoy it as much as Bonded/Stolen/Fury is that I just thought the villain/antagonist was weak and a bit one-dimensional (aka exhibiting the type of spoiled entitlement that prompts Oompa Loompas to pop-out and roast someone via song, lol) and nothing was learned by any of the characters during the events of that book except that spoiled, entitled, sociopathic mommas boys suck, which I feel they already knew.
The books I tend to reread the most are the ones that hit hard at both poignancy and The Feels™. And if I laugh at any point while reading it, that definitely moves the book up in my internal ranking system, too. I absolutely adore Nora’s sense of humor.