Just in time for the Fourth of July, AJ and Tara celebrate America's favorite pastime: Fireworks but also explosions, namely, all the things that have exploded in the In Death series.

And wow... there have been a lot of explosions.

From car bombs and exploding robots to suicide vests, hotel bombings, military attacks, and enough boomers to make a bomb squad nervous, AJ and Tara dive into the surprisingly extensive history of things going very wrong in Eve Dallas's vicinity.

Along the way, they discover:

💥 Which In Death novel deserves the prestigious title of Boomiest Book in the Series

💥 How many jackets Eve has sacrificed to the explosion gods

💥 Why Madison Square Garden may actually be cursed

💥 Just how many bombs Roarke has personally disarmed over the years

💥 Whether Eve has experienced more explosions in three years than most people do in a lifetime

The conversation takes a trip through Vengeance in Death, Conspiracy in Death, Loyalty in Death, Leverage in Death, Bonded in Death, and several other books where Nora apparently decided that murder simply wasn't dramatic enough.

Meanwhile, AJ and Tara revisit memorable moments like:

• Peabody accidentally becoming responsible for a bomb in Rapture in Death
• The exploding robot that claimed one of Eve's jackets
• The heartbreaking losses in Loyalty in Death
• Roarke repeatedly proving he could probably run the Bomb Disposal Unit if he got bored being a billionaire
• The realization that explosions seem to follow Eve around with alarming dedication

Listener favorite Lisa Davis returns with another SpeakPipe message, leading AJ and Tara down a rabbit hole of strange birthday coincidences and ex-spouse astrology.

AJ also introduces her newest project: Canon of Nora, a community-built wiki dedicated to the entire Nora Roberts universe. With more than 300 Nora Roberts and J.D. Robb books to catalog, AJ has apparently decided that sleep is optional.

If you've ever wished there was one place to find information on every Nora book, character, family, and series, this may be the project for you.

So grab your sparklers, keep the bomb squad on speed dial, and join us for an episode that proves one thing:

In the In Death universe, fireworks don't just happen on the Fourth of July.

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