Eve Dallas #12. This installment begins with the murder of a young hotel maid. It's apparent that the murderer chose her because she happened to be there. She was not a specific target. Wrong place at the wrong time. The next two murders are more targeted. They are all tied to Roarke in some way. A couple of other things are happening at this same time. Roarke is involved in a significant auction at one of his hotels (the same one the maid was murdered in) and an old friend of Roarke's from Ireland arrives in New York. This friend, Mick, was like a brother to Roarke back in the day when they were both deep in illegal activity. Mick has a difficult time believing that Roarke has gone completely legit. Eve doesn't necessarily trust Mick, but Roarke, being Roarke, invites Mick to stay with them. Since the name of this book is "Betrayal", my mind naturally went to Mick betraying Roarke since people are not "betrayed" by casual acquaintances but by close friends/family.
A sideline story is Peabody and McNab. McNab is so jealous of Charles he can hardly stand it. He has no idea that Peabody and Charles don't have a sexual relationship because Peabody is so stubborn she refuses to tell him. Meanwhile, Peabody is bothered that McNab is "flaunting" his many dates with other women. (I'm not convinced that McNab is actually dating other women though. It seems like he might just be trying to make Peabody jealous.) What I thought was interesting is that Eve seemed to side with McNab instead of Peabody. Peabody is simply being annoying about it all!
This is the first book where Eve had to take care of Roarke instead of the other way around. Roarke was highly stressed since the murders seemed to be connected to him in some way, which obviously didn't sit well with him. He was feeling guilty, although he had no control over the situation.
Wendy's Rating: ****
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