Outside of a Dog: Kate Nepveu's Book Log

When we got off the plane at O'Hare, nearly the first thing I saw was J.D. Robb's Imitation in Death, the latest Eve/Roarke novel. This was a pleasant surprise, as I'd seen it listed as a September release, so I snapped it up and read it on an antisocial afternoon. This is a serial killer novel, where the murderer models each of his killings on a different famous serial killer; it's much in the classic police procedural mode, as there's a finite universe of suspects, the reader doesn't know the killer, and the clues to figure it out are gradually revealed as the protagonist investigates. Of the various ongoing character-based plot threads, the main one here is Peabody's detective exam. Just the thing for a lazy, quiet vacation afternoon.