Book 4 of this series. Eve and Roarke are now married. Roarke is still doing his own thing, but he helps Eve with her investigations more and more. He has much better equipment than the police department. In this story, various people are committing suicide, even though they did not appear to be at risk for it. The police department is fine with calling them suicides, but Eve is not. So, she starts looking into these unpredictable suicides herself, with Peabody's faithful assistance of course. She is especially affected when she tries to talk one of the victims off a ledge (being on the ledge too) and is not able to. The woman jumps to her death with a smile on her face. All of the victims have a smile on their faces.
Eve suspects that the people who committed suicide did so because of the virtual reality programs they were watching before they died. Of course Roarke owns the company that makes the virtual reality programs that are of concern, so he assures her that the programs cannot make someone do something they wouldn't ordinarily do. He introduces her to Reeanna and her husband, William. Reeanna not only works for Roarke in his virtual reality division, but she also counsels Eve in a different direction than Mira (Eve's regular therapist) as Eve battles her own childhood demons.
Mavis and Leonardo are still in love. The second story running through this book is Mavis' opportunity to become a star. Jess Burrow is in the music and entertainment industry and he tells Mavis that her demo disc is ready and that it's going to be a big hit. He wants to throw a big party and have her sing at it. Of course this big bash is hosted by Eve and Roarke, and there is a shocking twist at the party.
It takes everyone awhile to figure this one out, but they do in the end and everyone I mentioned above is involved in some way. ;)
Wendy's Rating: ****
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