Eve Uncovers Nightmares in an Exclusive Community
I’ve let myself get behind on Lee Goldberg’s books, so I made a point of catching up before his next one comes out in September. That meant reading Dream Town, the fifth in his Eve Ronin series. As always, it was enjoyable.
If you’ve missed it, Eve is a detective with the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department working out of the Lost Hills office. She took a viral video and used it to become the youngest detective, and she’s uncovered corruption in the ranks, which hasn’t always made her popular with her fellow officers. She’s also sold her story to be turned into a TV show, and the first episode is now filming.
Yet it’s another media family that draws Eve into her latest case. She’s called out in the middle of the night because someone has killed Kitty Winslow, the oldest of the Winslow kids. The Winslows are the stars of the extremely popular reality show Life with the Winslows, and they live in the exclusive town of Hidden Hills, an enclave of the rich and famous. The video of the killing makes it look like it was a robbery gone wrong. If that’s the case, will Eve ever be able to figure out what happened?
Of course, the plot is more complicated than that, but I will leave it for you to discover exactly what else is going on. While this book didn’t have quite the thriller element of some of the other books in the series, the plot was still engrossing and kept me engaged the entire time. There were plenty of dead ends and twists before we reached the logical conclusion.
Part of what drew me in here was the subplot of the TV show filming. Eve and her partner show up several times to watch various scenes. As a Hollywood addict, I enjoyed those scenes as well. Since Lee Goldberg used to write for TV, those scenes had an extra element of truth to them, keeping in mind that they are supposed to be the comic relief of the story.
Those scenes also really let us see a different side of Eve. I really like the growth we’ve gotten over the course of the series for her character, and that continues here. Her partner is fun as always without being so over the top that we can’t take him seriously when we need to. We don’t see as much of some of the other regulars, which is a good thing. It’s nice for them to have a break. The new characters make up for it, and fit right in with the rest of the cast.
Being a police procedural, the book contains more foul contentment than I would normally read. There were a couple of scenes that pushed the edges for me, but some of the innuendo was toned town, which I appreciated. I knew these would be there when I picked up the book.
Dream Town is another book you won’t want to put down until you reach the final page. Lee Goldberg continues to write mysteries that fly by.
Book time with the rest of the Eve Ronin Mysteries.
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