german and english review

 

Das Buch gehört jetzt eindeutig zu meinen Lieblingsbänden in der Serie, ich hab es von Anfang an einfach nur so verschlungen und wollte es garnicht aus der Hand legen, was ich stellenweise auch garnicht getan habe und das Buch um einiges schneller fertig gelesen habe als ich es sonst von Büchern aus der Reihe gewöhnt bin.

 

Im Allgemeinen liebe ich die Serie einfach, sie ist eine meiner Lieblingsserien, ich glaube ich habe bis fast alle Bücher mit 5 Sternen bewertet, nur einmal eine 3 Sterne Bewertung. Ich finde die Serie noch immer unterhaltsam und interessant, obwohl das jetzt auch schon Band 32 ist. Ich liebe die Charaktere und liebe es zu sehen wie sie sich entwickeln und was das Leben so für sie bereit hält.

 

Jetzt zu dem Band.

 

Peabody. Peabody hat eine entscheidende Rolle in dem Buch. Nicht nur darf sie ihren ersten Fall leiten (klar, es war nur ein kleiner Fall und er war schnell gelöst, aber es war ihr allererster Fall bei dem sie die Leitung führen konnte), aber vor allem auch, weil sie durch Zufall auf Informationen gestoßen ist, der einen großen Fall ins Rollen gebracht hat, der wirklich heftig und auch ziemlich frustrierend war. Korruption bei Polizisten ist eins meiner Lieblingsthemen, weil ich es um sehr mehr genieße, wenn ihnen durch anständige Polizisten das Handwerk gelegt wird.

 

Die Mädels in dem Buch haben mir wie immer das größte Vergnügen bereitet. Ich mochte den kleinen Moment als Mavis Dallas ausgeholfen hat und wieder mal für einen kleinen Moment als Trickbetrügerin auftreten konnte. Eve's Moment mit Bella. Ich brauch davon mehr, einfach weil es Eve so unheimlich schwer fällt und sie sich richtig windet sobald sie den Wurm in die Arme gedrückt bekommt. Es war auch schön Louise wieder zu sehen, obwohl der Grund nicht wirklich schön war. Damit kommen wir auch gleich zu Lilah Sloan. Oh Gott, ich hab ehrlich mit ihr mitgezittert und meinen Nerven wurden wirklich auch viel zu sehr in Mitleidenschaft gezogen. Ich hoffe wirklich das wir von ihr noch viel mehr in zukünftigen Bänden sehen werden. Genauso wie Janburry und Delfino, die zwei als Partner waren einfach nur super unterhaltsam.

 

Außerdem ist eine meiner absoluten Lieblingsstorylines zurück. Der Schokoladen Dieb. Eve war sich zu sicher mit ihrem neuen Versteck, sie wurde nachlässig. Der Schokoladen Dieb ist zurück. Ich liebe diese Storyline einfach!!!!!!!

 

Ohne zu viel zu verraten, war der Fall wirklich super spannend und interessant gemacht. Und krank. Ganz ehrlich, wie manche Dinge gerechtfertig worden. Wie Kollegen und Untergebene benutzt und aus dem Weg geräumt wurden. Schrecklich. Um so mehr hab ich die letzten zwei/drei Kapitel genossen.

 

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This book is totally one of my favorites in this series, right from the beginning I just devoured this story and didn't want to put the book down, and I actually didn't put it down that often, cause I'm usually taking much longer to actually finish these books.

 

Overall, I love this series, it's absolutely one of my favorite series, I think I rated nearly all the books with 5 stars, just one time, there was a 3 star raiting. I still think that the series is very entertaining and interesting, even though this one was already the 32nd book. I love the characters and love to see how they develope and what live has in store for them.

 

Now to this one...

 

Peabody. Peabody has a major role in this book. Not only does she get to lead her first case (granted, it was a small one and it was very quickly solved, it was still her first case that she got to lead), but also, by accident she stumbled over some informations that lead to a huge ass case, that was intense and really frustrating. I love the theme of corruption within the police, cause I just enjoy it so much more when actual good cops stop them

 

The ladies in this book, like always, totally made my day. I loved that little moment when Mavis helped Eve out with the case and got to go back to her grifter days for a little bit. Eve's little moment with Bella. I want more of that, purely because I enjoy how uncomfortable Eve is as soon as she has the little cutie in her arms. It was also great to have a little bit of Louise, even though I didn't enjoy the reason at all. Which brings my right to Lilah Sloan. Good god, I was honestly shaking and my nerves, MY NERVES. I really hope that we will get to see more of her in future books. Just like Janburry and Delfino, their partnership was truly entertaining.

 

Also, my favorite storyline came back. The candy/chocolate thief. Eve just was too sure with her new hidding spot and got really sloppy. Now he or she is back. I just love this storyline so much!!!!!!!!!!

 

Withough saying too much, the case was super intense and very interesting. Also sickening. Seriously, how they justified some things. How colleagues and subordinates were used and gotten rid off. Insane. The more I enjoyed the last two/three chapters of the book, though.

Hiding in one of the rickety showers in an unused gym at Cop Central, Detective Peabody overhears two dirty cops discussing their side-business. She immediately turns to her superior, Lieutenant Eve Dallas, and her report soon opens a can of worms some would kill to keep closed.


I'm in awe of this author who, even after more than thirty books still manages to pleasantly surprise me, and this absolutely fantastic book.

Yes, there was murder, but this story focused more on the inner politics and workings of the police force, and especially on the juxtaposition between the crooked and the straight, and how loyalty can be earned by example both in the good and the bad way.

To me, beside the intense and gripping storyline of our favorite characters slowly but surely building a case against the bad seeds in the police force, this was an ode to Eve Dallas and her (good) example in leadership, and how loyalty can truly be earned instead of commanded, how respect can be earned instead of expected.

When she stepped into the bullpen, Jacobson hailed her. “Lieutenant, can I have a minute?”

“Do I look like I’ve got a minute?” Then she cursed, shrugged. “My office.” She strode in, waited for him to follow, then shut the door.

“Okay, I interrupted you. Why am I interrupting you?”

“Long story, full details to follow,” Eve told him. “For now...” She turned to her computer, called up pictures and data on Marcell, Palmer. “These two men are planning to ambush me in the garage in a couple hours. Their orders are to stun me, toss me in my own vehicle, take me to my crime scene and kill me very dead.”

As Jacobson studied the images, his eyes went hard as stone. “Is that fucking so?”

“It is.”

“They’re soon going to be having a really bad day.”

Sometimes she's a tough character to understand and even to like, but she's a great character despite all her obvious flaws. And her men and women are willing to do to the line for her.

Her own weapon was out as she pivoted and saw Jacobson stick his right in Marcell’s ear.

“Drop the fucking weapon, you fucking motherfucker or I’ll fucking scramble your fucking brains. Hands up! Hands where I can fucking see them, you fucking cocksucker. You fucking breathe wrong, you fucking blink wrong, and I will fuck you up.”

While Reineke and Peabody dragged Palmer out the other side, Eve stepped back, let Jacobson deal with Marcell.

“That was some very creative and varied use of the word fuck, Detective.”

“Fucker.” Jacobson snarled it as he shoved Marcell to the ground. “On your fucking face, you fucking shit coward. Stream my lieutenant in the fucking back? Fuck you.”

There was a distinctive snap followed by a scream.

“I seem to have misjudged my step, Lieutenant, and stepped on one of this motherfucker’s fingers. I believe it’s broken.”

“Could’ve happened to anyone.”

Well-written, well-paced, well-plotted with a core of steel, pride and resolve that echoed in the each and every good guy, this was a magnificent ode to the good cops everywhere, and our favorite fictional cop of the future.

“What’re you all still doing here? Don’t you have homes? Dismissed.”

To her utter shock Baxter shifted to attention, snapped a salute, held it. “Lieutenant,” he said, and every cop in the room followed suit.

Awesomely perfect!

Please note that I gave this 4.5 stars out of 5 stars and rounded it to 5 stars on Goodreads.

The only reason why I did not give this one 5 stars was because the speech that Dallas pours all over Mira later on was too much. I may have rolled my eyes a lot. But everything else in the story works perfectly, though once again I may have said shut up Roarke a few times.

After finishing up a case with Dallas, Peabody goes off to work out at the precinct and while in the locker room about to take a shower she overhears two fellow officers arguing and realizes they are both alluding to murder and corruption. Due to this, Dallas and every resource she has does what is necessary to take down the corrupt cops and their leader Oberman.

So even though as readers we know who is behind the murders that start racking up, we get to see Eve and crew tie everything up. And you get to see the machinations going on behind the scenes. This book for once includes everyone, Reo, Whitney, Tibble, Mira, most of Dallas men and women who serve under her, Roarke, McNabb, and Feeney. We even get some looks at other detectives as well which was welcomed.

You pretty much see Robb setting Dallas and Oberman as the opposite of each other. Dallas commands respect, and Oberman sees herself as commanding that same thing in her men, but she's corrupt and has no qualms about using them and others to get what she wants.

There is a fight scene between these two that I did sit up and cheer about, and I kind of wish had went on longer. The payoff though in the end when Dallas and her men do what is necessary in order to stand up for those who Oberman ruins was great though.

I do find it interesting this is never really mentioned again in the series which I find to be weird. A major corruption case like this would make headlines and I can see suspects sneering at New York police officers over this too.

Wow, hold tight because this is what I'm talkin' about when I say this was a wild, fast, fun ride. I had a blast reading this book. There were times when I laughed so hard people would stare at me in the bus envious because they were not in on the joke or there were the times I had to stop pedaling on the bike in the gym so I could fist pump or hoot, 'Go girl, go!' because Dallas or Peabody were kicking ass, movin' & shakin' and making thing happen. This time the bad guys were their own. Now, that I think about this nook really moved fast. I was shocked when I hit the last page.

February 23, 2011 - Enjoyable as usual. Does not include as much interpersonal conflict between Eve and Roarke or her friends/colleagues as some of the series, but the relationships are still there and very real. And the plot is good. Fast paced. You know from the beginning who the villains are, but the fun is in following how Eve and her cohorts manage to build their case and trap the bad guys.

July 13, 2015 - Still enjoyable the third (maybe fourth) time. This time I noticed more all of Eve's musings about friendship and about what it means to be a cop.