Body in a Barrel
When you pick up a Lee Goldberg book, you know you are in for a wild ride that’s hard to put down. That was the case once again with Fallen Star, the sixth book in the Eve Ronin series.
If you are new to the series, Eve is a detective with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. And I wouldn’t suggest jumping in here. There are some spoilers for previous books since this book follows up on those stories. If you really wanted to, you could jump in here since everything you need to know is explained.
Eve and her partner are called to the scene of a body found in the Malibu Lagoon. Of course, it couldn’t be a body floating in the water. That would be too easy. In this case, the body was found floating in a fifty-five-gallon drum. What’s even more shocking is that Eve recognizing the victim. With his ties to some of the most powerful people in the county, can she find the killer without getting impacted by the politics of the case?
Of course, if you think this case is going to be that simple, it’s a sign you aren’t familiar with this series. It spins off in some wild directions, and yet each twist and turn is believable while you are engrossed in the story. I was thinking at one point how nice it was that Eve has a team behind her, were each able to contribute something along the way to the logical climax.
I will say, the characters are a tad on the thin side. Between the banter and the fast action, there isn’t as much time to get to know the characters on a deeper level. That’s not to say I don’t like them or care about them. It’s just that they could be a little deeper. And there were a group of characters I had a hard time keeping straight. That is due to how they were introduced.
The exception to this is Eve. While the book is told in third person, we follow her closely, so we get to see a bit more of what she is struggling with. I liked getting to see what those struggles revealed about her.
I mentioned banter earlier. The characters do joke around, and we have some running jokes I always appreciate seeing show up. The locker room humor is kept to a minimum here, which I appreciated.
Keep in mind that these are police procedural books, so the level of violence and language is more than in the cozies I often read.
As always, this book left me anxious for the next in the series. Fans will enjoy Fallen Star as much as I did.
Do check out the rest of the Eve Ronin Mysteries.
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