Podcast in Death

In this episode, we talk with our listener Michelle Kenyon again! You might remember Michelle from the episode we did in October of 2022 about Eve’s Fear of Tech. This week, AJ and Jen are talking with Michelle about the Nora Roberts stand alone suspense novel, “Identity.” We all loved [...]

In this episode of Podcast in Death, we are reviewing “Indulgence in Death”! Of the three of us, only Jen has read this book more than once. AJ and Tara only read it once when it first came out, and never read it again. BUT…as with many of the books [...]

In our Facebook group a couple of weeks ago, listener Annamarie suggested we do an episode about Opening Lines and Closing Lines. We thought that was a great idea, so here you go! One thing that became clear as we did this episode is how often, with her Closing Lines, [...]

This week we Review the Reviews of “Fantasy in Death,” and these reviews are so judgy, they make us a bit angry. So, you’re going to get a lot of rants from us in this episode. In the first review, we have someone who is upset about Roarke being so [...]

This week on the podcast, we talk with Spencer, who is “Intentionally Bookish” on Instagram and Youtube. About a year ago, she did a video about the “In Death” series, and when we saw that video, we knew we had to have her on the podcast! In this episode, we [...]

“Fantasy in Death” is one of the more odd cases in the series, with some really sketchy tech. But at least the sketchy tech gives Eve and Roarke a new setting to have sex in! This book is clearly about friendship, but it’s also about gaming and winning the game. [...]

It’s out 3rd Year Anniversary! And what better way to celebrate than to have our favorite guest of all time on the show for the third time: The Amazing Susan Ericksen! Susan is an absolutely wonderful person, and so fun to talk to. She answers several of our listener’s questions, [...]

This episode is kind of all over the place. We were using this one as a kind of rehearsal for our Susan Ericksen episode next week, so we didn’t want to have a super-heavy topic. So we talk about some of the things we’ve been talking about on Facebook recently, [...]

In this version of “We Review the Reviews,” we are talking about “Missing in Death,” which was a novella and part of an anthology. The problem with this is that it was never a stand alone book. BUT…there was a stand alone audio recording. This concept was apparently REALLY difficult [...]

This week we are giving you Part II of our deep dive into the TVTropes.org website! So many of these tropes are tropes about Eve, a fair amount are about Roarke, but we’re surprised that more of these tropes that fit Rayleen Straffo don’t mention Rayleen Straffo. We get a [...]

This week AJ and Tara review “Missing in Death,” the novella that was originally part of the “The Lost” anthology. Both AJ and Tara, for whatever reason, liked this story a lot more this time around. Since most of the novellas up to this point have had some sort of [...]

This week we review the reviews of “Kindred in Death.” As we know it was hard for us to read, so you can only imagine how hard it was for people who write bad reviews. The number of times we say that people are just dumb is off the charts [...]

Hey, Everyone! We came up with a really interesting topic for you this week! You know how occasionally, Nora talks about movies or tv shows (vids) or stage productions from Eve and Roarke’s time and they know what those things are (well, maybe Eve doesn’t), but those of us reading [...]

Hi, Everyone! In this episode, we are reviewing “Kindred in Death,” which, to be honest, is pretty graphic in comparison to a lot of the other books in this series. The first murder is a very brutal rape/murder and Nora added a lot of detail, so it’s really hard to [...]

According to the website TVTropes.org, the definition of a trope is: A trope is a storytelling device or convention, a shortcut for describing situations the storyteller can reasonably assume the audience will recognize. Tropes are the means by which a story is told by anyone who has a story to tell. We [...]

So many angry men this time around! Not sure why that is, but here we are. We have a man complaining about: “…unbelievable characters, or over-sentimentalized emoting and self-congratulating by the main characters. And the futuristic stuff is just plain silly “You can tell who wrote the book when You [...]

In this episode, we go over some of the medical stuff that happens in the series that drives Jen crazy. So, we first go over how Jen is super frustrated by when Louise is there for every kind of medical condition or procedure. Then we discuss how concussions actually happen [...]

This is a very emotional book, because it starts with the murder of Li Morris’ girlfriend, Amaryllis Coltraine. When Peabody and Eve are called to the scene and realize who the victim is, they’re heartbroken on Morris’ behalf. We just know that we’re going to get at least one “Eve [...]

On Episode #39 (March 11, 2021) AJ and Tara welcomed a special guest: AJ’s daughter, Caitlin Arend. Even though AJ has been in the “In Death” fandom since the year 2000, her daughter Caitlin has never read an “In Death” book and knows very little about the series. So we [...]

In this episode, we talk to Listener Melanie. Several weeks ago, Melanie sent us an email…complete with a spreadsheet…outlining the ways she felt we may have mischaracterized Summerset as a Dick. It was a really interesting conversation, and Melanie made several really good points about both Summerset and Eve’s behavior [...]

In this episode, we take a look at the contentious relationship with her vehicles. In discussing this topic, we’ve decided our new head canon is that Roarke keeps a mechanic on site, in an apartment in his garage. I mean…why not? Eve’s main problem is that she is one of [...]

Hey, Everyone! This episode was a mess! We recorded about an hour at first without realizing we weren’t recording!!! So, what you will hear this week is a “Take Two.” As with our episode where we reviewed “Encore in Death,” with this one, if you haven’t read that book yet, [...]

In this episode we talk about our (and your) favorite iconic Eve and Roarke scenes. These are those scenes that really encapsulate what Eve and Roarke are all about as a couple. We asked this question on Facebook and Instagram, and among the very iconic Eve and Roarke scenes mentioned [...]

In this episode, we review the latest “In Death” installment, “Encore in Death.” So, if you haven’t read this one yet, you may want to skip this episode. Our overall impressions of this book are that it’s good, but not one of the best of the series. We liked it, [...]

In this episode, AJ and Tara discuss the various members of Eve’s Bullpen that have been mentioned in the books so far. In going through the list from our Wiki, we realize how many people have been mentioned only once but never mentioned again. But also, how many names have [...]