In the latest installment of the In Death series, a dead teenager leads Eve Dallas and her friends into the sex trafficking world. When the clues lead to child trafficking, Eve won’t rest until everyone involved is identified and arrested. Mina’s expensive, elegant clothes and beauty products convince Dallas that she was being groomed, literally and figuratively, for sex trafficking—and that whoever is investing in this high-overhead operation expects windfall profits.

This 55th addition to the series is just as fresh, thrilling, engrossing, and suspenseful as the first one. Every time I pick up the next In Death book, I know I'm going to be immensely satisfied, and Desperation in Death was no different.I will say one thing that is something that I didn't want to mark this book down for since the book setting is 2061 in an alternate version of the United States. I also say this because there's a viral video going around with a white woman in a Lexus showing some ridiculous content like beware of traffickers because they will try to put knock out drugs on a door handle, put money in your windshield, etc. I like the way that JD Robb handles the tough issues that could really trigger a reader in this novel.

When Eve identifies the girl as Mina Rose Cabot, a child missing from Devon, Pennsylvania – a child who was much loved – Eve knows she isn’t just looking for a murderer – she’s looking for a child abductor. In Desperation in Death, the 55th book in the series, it's 2061 and main character New York City Police Lieutenant Eve Dallas is challenged by a new case that has echoes of her troubled past. Most of the Naked In Death series feature futuristic technology and ideas, which is something I enjoy. No matter what, she must keep her head clear--because above all, she is desperate for justice and to take down those who prey on and torment the innocent.There were some quiet moments that were good too, like Eve talking to Jenkinson about going for a promotion, good advice all around.

Mina Rose Cabot, age thirteen, disappeared walking home from soccer practice in Devon, Pennsylvania. And an added forthcoming highlight -- Number 56, Encore In Death is scheduled for release on February 9, 2023 starting the new year off with a champagne toast laced with cyanide poisoning. The overarching character development spanning the breadth of the series is what makes Roberts’ work under her Robb penname so special. Robb relies on a tried and true convenient plot device and skips over some majorly satisfying stuff that the crimes and victims really warranted.This probably could be read as a stand-alone, but it really helps to have the background on the main characters. Naturally, Eve being Eve, along with Rourke and Peabody, figure out quickly that this was not a mugging gone wrong but a deliberate murder set up to look like a mugging.

To begin with, one of the major gripes I have about this series got somewhat addressed, with Eve actually making an issue of her controlling, overprotective husband taking steps to protect her right out of a case that hits close to ancient, longsince addressed traumas that she has and continues to deal with in a productive way. I really enjoyed this story because all of those supporting characters – and more – played key parts in solving the mystery and taking the bad guys down. Desperation in Death is the 55th full-length installment in the In Death series, and I’m still just as attached to Eve and Roarke and Peabody and the rest as I could ever hope to be.No matter what, she must keep her head clear–because above all, she is desperate for justice and to take down those who prey on and torment the innocent. The police procedurals were outstanding, requiring the aid of so many teams within the NYPSD working together with absolute precision for a common goal. Still, for all of the emotions that are revoked, it did end up giving you hope because they got the dicks. This book involves all parties from the prior books except for the bone doctor and Charles and Louise.