Leverage in Death

3.5 stars. The premise of this 47th In Death book was intriguing, but it got bogged down in procedural detail, possibly because Eve Dallas doesn't learn much about the suspect until late in the story (then again, if you like police procedurals you'll be in heaven because Robb does a great job of showing Eve and her team connecting all of the dots from A to Z). Not much new in the characters' personal lives - the candy thief is still a step ahead of Dallas, and Mavis is still annoyingly fabulous - but Peabody gets a chance to shine in a few funny scenes as she gets an unexpected gift from her partner. Hard to believe that if Robb sticks with the current release schedule, we'll be due for the 50th installment of this series in 2020. Will she ever end the series or keep it going indefinitely? So far I haven't found any reason to stop reading.