Complainers in Death

Apparently if you don't like Eve Dallas doing her job, there's only one logical solution:

Go complain to Commander Whitney.

This week we're celebrating the long, glorious tradition of politicians, billionaires, dirty cops, diplomats, federal agents, grieving relatives, and professional whiners marching straight up the chain of command because Lieutenant Dallas dared to investigate them.

Spoiler alert:
It almost never works.

• Senator Gerald DeBlass kicking off the series by proving hypocrisy is an Olympic sport.
• The many, many people who discover that complaining about Eve usually just makes her investigate you harder.
• Officer Ellen Bowers weaponizing the complaint system (and why Conspiracy in Death remains one of our favorite books).
• Leo Fortney, Nile Renquist, Renee Oberman, Gina McEnroy, Quinn Sparrow, and an entire parade of people convinced they're more important than the investigation.
• Whitney's unbelievable patience while sitting through endless "I'd like to speak to your manager" meetings.
• The satisfying moments when complainers discover Eve was right all along.

• AJ and Tara repeatedly stop to remind everyone exactly which characters absolutely suck.
• Tara campaigns for the legal right to backhand rude suspects (purely hypothetically... mostly).
• Roarke continues being the husband everyone deserves by escorting obnoxious guests directly out the front door.
• We discover that chronic complainers are apparently just another recurring villain in the In Death universe.

Next Episode: Naked in Death.

Six years after our original review, we're returning to Book #1 with fresh eyes, new perspectives, and plenty of observations we completely missed the first time.

It should be a lot of fun.