Roarke is the Plan: We Review "Calculated in Death"

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 getting pissed at Eve because he smelled the white panther cub on her
• The suspect throwing a baby at Eve, and Eve making that really excellent catch
• Baxter telling Eve that Trueheart is ready for his Detective exam, and she agrees
• The mother they question who’s son is refusing to take a nap, and Eve tells him it’s either a nap or jail saying, “There’s no ice cream in jail, no toys in jail, no cartoons on screen in jail. There’s just jail.”
• Peabody’s undercover operation as “Dolly” who works as an exotic dancer at the “Kitty Kat.”

All these scenes and more make this book a really great read!