While working the shelves of Seattle Mystery Bookshop, several series caused me no end of dismay when trying to space them out, so they looked pretty for you all!
Agatha Christie often clogged the classics section with the sheer variety of sizes publishers used to reprint her mysteries. Earle Stanley Gardner also had his moments of causing classic section consternation due to the sheer volume of books he wrote - 82 in the Perry Mason series alone!
M.C. Beaton and Alexander McCall Smith (in the general mysteries) eventually got their own sections due to the ever-expanding series.
However, there's one writer who often lead me to tear my hair out - J.D. Robb.
Due to Robb's overwhelming popularity, we needed to keep the majority of the In Death Series on hand at all times. Meaning? When Robb released a new book or we received a batch of used mysteries...We often needed to move entire rows & sections of books around, so Eve and her cohorts didn't scrunch, encroach, or simply dominate the neighboring authors!
Now that Robb's hit book number 51 in her In Death series, I shudder to think how we'd struggle to fit her prodigious output on the shelves!
Speaking of book 51, Shadows in Death...Robb delivers yet another page-turning, read-late-into-the-night thriller you can devour in a single (long) sitting. One that will leave Eve & Roarke fans with a pleasant taste in their mouths; as we learn more about Roarke's past, watch Eve work with her team and visit Ireland!
Feeney had stars in his eyes.
Perhaps, just perhaps, the mystery's culmination teetered on the edge of sensationalism. But really, it only ever teetered, but Robb never actually jumped the shark, so we're still fine!
