AJ’s flying solo this week (Tara’s off doing theater heroics), but Listener Lisa Davis jumps in for a fun deep-dive that starts as transportation moments in the In Death series… and gleefully turns into a full-on fandom hangout.

We talk all the best cars/jet copters/elevators/glides scenes—the kind where characters are trapped together long enough for feelings, snark, and iconic dialogue to happen. Highlights include those quiet Eve/Roarke “soft moment in transit” scenes, plus elevator energy (because Eve + forced social interaction = comedy).

Then: the important stuff. Like In Death tech we want in real life, especially the legendary drying tube (wet towels? absolutely not). Also: Lisa’s fave books (Treachery in Death gets major love), fave non-Eve/Roarke character picks, and rapid-fire nonsense including Monopoly piece loyalty and the eternal question: is a hot dog a sandwich?

We’re also officially on the road to Episode 300, and AJ wants to do a Transportation Moments Part 2—so send your favorite scenes!

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AJ and Tara do something wildly on-brand: they review the reviews of Connections in Death… and discover the internet has exactly two settings: “ghostwriter conspiracy” and “I am personally offended that other people enjoyed a book.”

If you’ve ever read a one-star rant and thought, “This person needs to log off and drink some water,” congratulations—this episode is your support group.

In this episode:

• The Great “Nora Didn’t Write This” Debate, featuring: people saying it with their whole chest (and zero proof).

• Tara’s escalating rage at reviews that treat opinions like courtroom evidence.

• A first-time reader who jumps into a long-running series and then complains it feels like… a long-running series.

• The “made-up slang” meltdown (go zoner, flop, scratch, link… aka: welcome to the future, bestie).

• AJ pulls out ChatGPT-style analysis to compare writing voice and basically says, “Sit down, Brenda.”

• Geography & realism arguments about NYC that ignore the whole “future + post-war world” part. Minor detail!

• The Exclamation Point Apocalypse: one reviewer burns through a lifetime supply of !!!!!!!

• Extremely specific outrage over a single phrase: “banged Roarke like a hammer” (we are not okay).

• A brief detour into why criminals are… not masterminds (true crime brain rot included).

• Unexpected bonding over "The Cult of Nora": if you must join a cult, at least pick one with cozy bookstores and baked goods.

Vibe check: hilarious, ranty, and deeply cathartic—like reading Goodreads with your funniest friend who will absolutely fight strangers in the comments (respectfully…-ish).

🎧 Listen if you love: bookish chaos, character loyalty, hot takes, and AJ & Tara being your unfiltered inner monologue.

(And yes… AJ did write a review. Can you spot it?)

Episode 296 is our Connections in Death recap, aka: Eve Dallas vs. the legalized torture of socializing… in fancy shoes. We kick off with AJ plotting a future “pre-intro bullshit” montage for episode 300.

Highlights / chaos inventory:

• The cocktail party from hell: Eve is mentally drafting a war-crimes tribunal for whoever invented skinny heels, while Roarke is like, “Darling… breathe.” Also: Nadine’s Oscar = potential blunt-force weapon, and Eve is not wrong.

• The “NYPSD has a band???” revelation: Eve learns her coworkers have hobbies and talents like she’s discovering fire.

• Theme call: Family — the real kind, the found kind, and the “gang keeps insisting it’s family” kind.

• Eve’s rare murder-free day: beach run, dojo, target practice, and… extremely thorough married cardio. Good for her. (Suspiciously good for her.)

• Monday’s “body” that isn’t a body: broken neck + knife = nope, it’s an accident, and Eve solves it with… an apple.

• Roarke hires Rochelle for Anddiden, because he’s basically building a whole rehab empire while Eve’s trying not to stab a stiletto into her own soul.

• Then the book yanks the rug: Rochelle’s brother Lyle is staged to look like an OD… except Eve spots the pressure-syringe mark and it’s game on.

• Banger HQ / Underground grossness: everyone is terrible, the crime is messy, and the criminals remain aggressively stupid.

• Cohen & Eldena: disbarred-lawyer slimeball uses Eldena's name, charges her rent in the building she owns, and we all collectively wish for his downfall.

• Raid time: homemade boomerangs, chaos everywhere, Eve’s magic coat saves her life, Peabody gets dragged by a naked guy mid-sex (because of course), and Roarke regrets only punching one idiot once.

• Wrap: arrests stack like a Jenga tower, Lyle’s redemption matters, and the ending lands on An Dídean and a memorial that finally lifts Eve’s rage-sad a notch.

Also: AJ & Tara are collecting your favorite moments for episode 300 — you have multiple ways to message them, so no excuses.