It’s almost midnight, so Eve texts Peabody to let her know they are going to Brooklyn in the morning to interview the nephew before they put Debra back in Interview and she and Roarke go to bed. Eve lays out the rest of the evidence, and Eliza starts weeping, saying Bernstein killed Brant, and she lost her mind, went to confront her, where Bernstein told Lane she wanted her dead, to pay for Leah, and then poured something from the vial into her glass and drank it – she killed herself right in front of Lane. They agree that Lane loves Fitzhugh, although Eve points out that she’s put more than one person behind bars who loved the one they killed. Lane denies being in Bernstein’s room, Peabody tosses out her shoes, Eve shows her the vodka bottle, explaining how Debra had cheap vodka in her room, and the vial with traces of cyanide.

Over the course of the series, we've been introduced to and grown to love an entertaining cast of characters, all of whom liven up the story when things might begin to drag.There's a handful that I don't bother listening to again, as they're fairly predictable and not so entertaining. Eve tells Peabody good job on getting the confession, and they will resume in the morning while McNab looks closer at her electronics. Maeve took to reminding Lane that she was only there because Leah was in the morgue, and has had a few barbed things to say about the revival, how at least this time when she’s stepping into her shoes, Spindal is still wearing hers. Everyone had expected the party to be in the newspapers the next day but not because one of the hosts was murdered!

She then cried, begged, went on about how she dedicated her whole life to Rose, and he suggested she try living her own life for a while. She also takes the black sneakers Eliza wore to Debra’s, along with the black pants and tee in the hamper, the wig, and the purse that still has the cyanide container and vodka in it. Eve finds it suspicious that nobody had mentioned this relationship, so she has Roarke check finances for Novak and her husband, while she takes a close look at Rose Bernstein aka Leah Rose, whose file Feeney sent, and she and Peabody will interview Novak in the morning. Chief Tibble and Commander Whitney have accepted this donation to Homicide initially, and the whole of the NYPSD to follow, from Roarke Industries.Proctor was nineteen when he and Leah Rose were an item and says she was mercurial - a tough, talented girl with a soft middle.

Anyway, back to this book, ENCORE IN DEATH, book 56 – I hear you ask ‘how can you still be interested in a series, 56 books in? Whomever is in charge of adapting a book series, get your wallets out and commission the “IN DEATH” series…. Eve goes home, fills Roarke in on the murder, and sleeps for a few hours, planning to meet up with Peabody, McNab, Baxter, and Trueheart at the penthouse at 9 a. A famous actor raises a glass of champagne as a toast to his wife, takes a sip and crashes to the ground.

Eve and Peabody watch the security feed, seeing Bernstein enter the Lane-Fitzhugh apartment as a cleaner, carrying her big-ass bag that holds the cocktail dress and makeup and seeing her leave, now dressed up, before Brant took the drink to Lane. Eliza says she won’t serve a day, and Reo shows her the picture of Clara’s teapot holding the bottle of poison, saying seeing is believing, and the State of New York will ask for and get two consecutive terms of live, off-planet and another ten for the heinous risk to a three-year-old child. Nearly everyone is straight,cis, and white (there are the odd mentions of different skin tone but you wouldn't know if they had a different culture from how the characters are written or how they relate to the world).