In this episode we dive into a discussion on how Eve Dallas and her team from the “In Death” series would interact with various fictional detectives from popular TV shows. From Columbo to NCIS, we explore potential dynamics and humorous scenarios. Listener comments add depth to the conversation, with insights on Eve’s possible reactions to characters like Sherlock Holmes, Jessica Fletcher, and many more. We talk about which characters would drive Eve crazy and which ones she might...

In this episode of “Podcast in Death,” we review “Calculated in Death.” This is a book that is, according to Tara, a nice “palette cleanser” after the intensity of “Delusion in Death.” While Tara really enjoyed this book, AJ felt this one was kind of “meh,” where the case is concerned. But we all agree that there are so many really good moments in this book, including: The really dumb Candida and her white panther cub and her fancy water harvested from the snowmelt in the Andes Galahad...

This episode comes with a visual guide…kind of. To get the full enjoyment out of this episode, please see the following link: https://photos.app.goo.gl/rLy6K83r5YCqDCz57 Several weeks ago, AJ got bored and decided to use a character generator plug in for ChatGPT to see if she could generate AI generated images of the “In Death” characters. There have been other “In Death” fans have done images of “In Death” characters before, most notably Katt who, on Instagram is “zyeine_art” and he highly...

This week, we are reviewing the reviews of “Delusion in Death,” and there were so many bad reviews of this one, especially three 1-Star reviews all from men. The first one is especially bad when this man says: “One of THE MOST PAINFUL BOOKS in all of eternity…The story – depressing. The character – disgusting. The author – revolting.” The next 1-Star review says: “Everyone that exists in this book are smug pricks,” and the one after that says: “cannot survive outside the readership of a...

In this episode our good friend and Spreadsheet enthusiast, Dana joins us to talk about her “March Madness” game she created for our Facebook group. Essentially, she created a “bracket,” which is what they use for “March Madness” basketball. She took most of the books (she left out a few novellas) and had the books compete against each other until we finally found a “winner.” Some of the results were surprising and interesting. After that, we find out that DANA was our Mystery Rap Lyric...

Welcome to our 200th Episode! As with our 100th episode, we are giving you some highlights from the last 200 episodes! This includes highlights from all of our guests including Allison Brennan, Theresa Carle Sanders, Intentionally Bookish, Emily and Heidi from “Romancing the Shelf,” Adam from “Basic Snitches,” and of course, St. Susan of Ericksen, Patron Saint of Audiobooks! Then we give you some highlights from our “Podvella” episode including: Don’t Google “roarke pink panties” Eve and...

In this episode, we will be reviewing “Delusion in Death,” which is a book that all three of us haven’t read for years, probably because it’s such a hard read. But, it’s such a good book! First, we talk about theme. Deciding on the theme for this book was difficult, because it could be so many things, but we finally setting on the theme of “Choices.” So much of what happens in this book happen because of the choices that the characters have made. You can see this theme when Eve had her...

In today’s episode, we re-visit the “Fan Casting” topic and give you our fan casting choices for some of the Villians in the “in Death” series. Some of the villains we Fan Cast in this episode include: Gerald DeBlass Derrick Rockman Jake Casto Liam Calhoun Julianna Dunne Magdelana Purcell Renee Oberman William Garnett Isaac McQueen Willow Mackie Lorcan Cobbe In some cases, we were very conventional in our picks, in others…well…just hear us out. Make sure you listen to the Podcast Business...

Hey, Everyone! In this week’s episode, we look at the reviews of “Random in Death,” so, if you haven’t read that book yet, you may want to skip this episode. For the rest of you, hold on to your hats and glasses, because this is going to be a wild ride! As we have already said on our last episode, the common theme among all of these reviews is that people HATED all of the slang as in: “…the focus on teen slang is sooo boomer.” “It is distracting, a good mystery but silly with the slang.” “I...

In this episode, we talk about one of the things about this series that 1-Star reviewers most like to complain about: “In Death” Slang Words! Especially with the last book, “Random in Death,” where there were several teenaged victims and witnesses that use a lot of “Future Slang.” Most of the bad reviews for that book talk about this future slang and how it’s just silly. But then we take a look at the slang words that are being used by “GenZ” right now, and they are just as silly, so is it...

In this week’s episode, we discuss the latest J.D. Robb Title: “Random in Death.” So, if you haven’t read the book yet, you might want to skip this episode so you don’t get spoiled. We’ve decided that for this book, the theme is: Dreams! Not necessarily the dreams you have when you’re asleep, but your dreams and aspirations of what you truly want for yourself. This is a really hard book to read because the victims are all young and still have so many dreams for themselves and their future....

Hey Everyone! On this week’s episode, we have a really interesting conversation based on a suggestion by listener Michelle Kenyon about the Myers-Briggs personality type system. We first explain the background and purpose of Myers-Briggs for those who are unfamiliar. We had both previously taken the test for ourselves and discovered that: AJ is an INTP, while Tara’s type has changed from ISFJ to INFP. We discuss the characteristics of our respective types and how they relate to our own...

Here we are again with another “We Review the Reviews” episode! This time we review the reviews of “Celebrity in Death.” We’ve had a lot of one-star reviewers complaining about how cell phones in Eve’s world are now called “Links,” and people can’t seem to get over that. They also can’t get over Peabody calling Eve “Sir.” We have one reviewer giving us what we want in a review: several reasons why they gave the book a 1 Star, BUT… all the reasons are dumb and wrong. Other gems from this...

In this episode of the show, AJ and Tara discuss what we know so far about Roarke’s Mansion! There are a TON of rooms in this house, and how many and what kind of rooms can be a bit confusing. It’s a bit like the Winchester Mystery House. Is it going to be an endless construction project until the day Roarke dies? We may never know. Anyway… we chose to discuss a specific topic due to a recent conversation on our Facebook page. The discussion was about whether Roarke would build a Media Room...

On this episode of Podcast in Death, we review a really fun installment in this series: “Celebrity in Death”! This is a book about “wants” and the extreme measures people will take to get the things that they want. For this book, Eve and Peabody get to tour the set of “The Icove Agenda” and meet fake Eve (Marlo Durn) and fake Peabody (K.T. Harris). Marlo, even though she’s an Oscar winning actress, fangirls over Eve. Peabody has a slightly worse experience, because “Fake Peabody” is a garbage...

If you’ve ever wanted to hear us agree with the majority of the reviews of an “In Death” book… even the 1 star reviews, this is the episode to listen to! It’s no secret that none of us are crazy about “Chaos in Death,” but, even though we do agree with most of the reviews, there are still some reviewers who are pretentious assholes, so we do call those people out. Like the person who said: “This book feels like it was written by one of my elementary students.” That person is a pretentious...

In this episode of the show, we talk about both Nadine and Jake! We start out talking about Nadine and how important she is for the series and among Eve’s circle of friends. We also talk about some of our favorite early scenes with Nadine where she and Eve were just developing a friendship. We then pivot to Jake, Avenue A and Jake’s relationship with Nadine. When talking about what we know about Avenue A, we accidentally discover a YANNI! During our “Podcast Business” segment, we talk about...

Fun fact: We recorded this episode on Jen’s birthday! So what did we decide to record on her birthday? A review of her least favorite “In Death” book!! “Chaos in Death” was originally part of the “Unquiet” anthology, and we are sure was supposed to be just a fun little homage to the book “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.” But, for us, it didn’t quite land, because she decided to make “Dr. Chaos” turn into an actual monster, which isn’t something that we could get behind because it seems a bit...

In this episode, we start out discussing feedback from listener Cindy regarding Review the Reviews. We address concerns about our approach to negative reviews, and in doing so, we recognize the importance of respectful disagreement and the need to give people with different opinions more respect. But we also discuss the purpose of Review the Reviews and how it provides an opportunity to explore different perspectives on the books. We acknowledge that not everyone will enjoy our show and...

Because we didn't plan at all for episodes this Holiday Season, this week, you get an episode that was very hastily put together. BUT, it's still at least somewhat entertaining! This week we went through some Reddit threads about the "In Death" series, and we discuss them. It's kind of like a "We Review the Reviews" and kind of not. Still, Enjoy!

Hello, Everyone! Because this holiday season has been so weird for all of the hosts at "Podcast in Death," we didn't plan well when it comes to preparing episodes. So, when AJ realized there was no episode for this week, she and Tara got together VERY late at night and recorded this VERY entertaining episode where we figure out Feeney's Enneagram! Before we do that though, AJ has a bit of a rant about a pet peeve of her that involves not regularly updating author websites. After that, we...

Hello and Happy Holidays! For this episode, we took some of our Briefing Room Holiday-themed discussions and put them together to create this year's Holiday Episode! We talk about an "Am I the A*****e" about a Secret Santa exchange, Holiday Movies, Christmas trees, holiday travel problems, what our Christmases looked like in in 2022, and a bit about how AJ struggled with reading "Salvation in Death."

This week we discuss another pivotal book in the "In Death" series: "New York to Dallas." This is a case where Eve is confronted with her past in a few ways, and ends up putting a lot of those past ghosts away. We get to see Eve as a rookie, her first encounter with Feeney and her decision to become a homicide detective like Feeney. There is also a HUGE reveal in this book, in that one of the suspects in the case ends up being Eve's biological mother, and that really does a number on Eve...

This week we decided to make an official "Baby" episode. And when we say that, we mean that we are going to talk about Eve and Roarke as parents of a baby. We start out discussing Nora's post for Fall Into the Story, which is her official statement on Eve and Roarke as parents. After that, we go through some of the comments we have seen from readers of this series regarding babies in this series. These comments include: "Nora said they won't ever have kids," "I don't want them to have...