I do enjoy Nora Roberts!

I expect to see complaints from some nitwits about her politics, but I really appreciated the bits that were included. Guns are illegal in America and have to be smuggled in. We're getting more information about the Urban Wars (taking place roughly now in real world timeline).

"Things began going to shit in Europe in about 2016." (p35)
Poison canister dated from 2024.
Hmm... wonder what's dreadful from both of these years in particular.
And the Twelve "were fighting to restore rights for all."
And the bad guy was a police officer in our current time.

We have allusion to a prior novella (which I had forgotten about), Missing in Death.
No problems following this story having forgotten that one, but I am tempted to go back and reread it.

I especially adore seeing the characters grow.
I love seeing the HEA between Eve and Roarke. I love seeing how effective communication works in a successful relationship. We see it also between Eve and Peabody and Nadine.

Talking about love and relationships, 
"But I know I'm not easy, and I don't want to screw it up."
"You will. You'll both screw up, then you'll both deal with it, figure it out."
Sure sounds real to my experience!

I plan to keep reading the In Death series as long as she keeps writing them.
60 books into a series, and I'm still enjoying them!