Encore in Death: An Eve Dallas Novel: 56

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Eve and Roarke, Roarke and Eve – who is my favourite - hard to say – I want to be Eve and I want to be married to Roarke … This book is the straw that breaks my personal value for money equation - the reason I stop reading JD Robb, 20 years after I started, with "Seduction in death" in 2002. Although her first name is Delia, she is referred to by her surname 'Peabody' throughout the books, as is standard for other police officers. Peabody has a very close relationship with Eve. Peabody comes from a family of "Free-Agers", which is a fictional extension of the New Age movement from the 1980s. Her family is peaceful and pacifistic, but Delia prefers exercising justice the police way. She is a responsible officer, but as the books continue, she becomes more confident in her cases and in teasing Eve, particularly about her sex life with McNab and her sexual fantasies. Naked in Death centered on an NYPD Lieutenant by the name Eve Dallas. The story of this book takes place in the year 2058—not too distant a future—in NYC.

Vera added that she just read a script for a rom-com that she’s interested in, and they started negotiations – it’s with Brant’s production company, although her agent was smart enough to send her the script without that information so she’d give it a chance. J. D. Robb (pseudonym for Nora Roberts) infuses murder, suspense, and drama in Encore in Death, a well-written futuristic police procedural set in New York City featuring Lieutenant Eve Dallas with the NYC police department and set around 2061. The night Leah Rose died, the night of the final dress rehearsal, he saw Bernstein go at it with Lane, slapping her. Lane said it was the usual argument, and when he went to confront Leah about having her mother banned, she was already drinking and the pills were out so they parted ways for the last time. He told her he'd had enough and she told him "Bye."It hardly matters if it is Nora Roberts you are reading or if it is J.D. Robb. You will be delighted. You will enjoy your romantic suspense married with crime and mystery regardless. The In Death book series takes you into the near future and stimulates all your emotions with aplomb like only J.D. Robb can. Harry Bosch and the Lincoln Lawyer team up to exonerate a woman who’s already served five years for killing her ex-husband. Peabody also got great information from the cleaning service – their new employee, "Debra Rose," was pleasant and dignified, but not overly chatty, and at the end of the day suddenly remembered she’d left her bag behind on the third floor, so the rest of the crew left without her. At the morgue, Morris confirms cyanide poisoning and also that the vodka in Bernstein’s stomach was not the brand she was drinking earlier and conveniently left in the room – that one has additives and the brand ingested with cyanide was top-shelf. Roarke tells Eve that Furrier wrote the lyrics to a song they danced to at their wedding, Only One, so they reminisce, leading to them making love to the song playing.

I was late to the game in reading the “In Death” series … was always putting it off: not even sure why – well, I was sort of sure why. Roarke is Irish I am always wary of all things “Irish” in books … I find the Irish characters are parodied a bit in literature and it annoys me. Started "Naked in Death" in 2012 (it was first published in 1995) so 17 years after it’s first publication. Another factor that put me off a bit was the fact that it was set in the ‘future’, the mid-21st century. BUT, after reading book one, I was hooked. The quality of the writing is still great, still very visual; but the characters have stopped resonating... I suppose its fair to say that this series and this author isn't relatable anymore. Roberts, Nora (18 April 2014). "Eve And Roarke With No Body". Fall Into The Story . Retrieved 7 December 2017. So, no babies, not now. No charming orphans of any age. No pregnancy scares, no miscarriages, no foundlings, no street-wise kid who needs a good home. Did I leave anything out? If so, fill it in, then answer no.... I'm sorry some readers are disappointed I'm not taking the series and the characters in this direction, but I'm not. Repeat: I. Am. Not. The readers who insist on telling me why this could/should work are wasting their time. I don't agree, and I write the books.

Eve and Peabody interview Brant’s personal assistant, Lin Jacoby, who thinks the world of Brant and also can’t think of anybody who wanted either actor dead. Eve thinks, “Brant Fitzhugh might’ve been a solid, stand-up guy, but he was still very dead.” St. Martin’s Press and J.D. Robb provided a digital ARC of this novel via NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own and are not biased in any way. Publication date was February 7, 2023. This review was originally posted at Mystery and Suspense Magazine. Eve tells Roarke she gave Peabody two minutes to talk about the Great House Project on the way to Queens [3], but it was really on the way across town to Vera's penthouse from the café where they met Samantha. [4]

Up in the master bedroom, Lane finishes dressing for the big party. Her husband, Brant Fitzhugh, walks in and tells her how beautiful she is. He too is a famed actor and about to head off to New Zealand for 6 months to both star in and produce a new movie. Because Naked in Death was somewhat popular, seven other books of the In Death series were spawned. The story of Eve Dallas was well worth the read—and worth telling across various other books. Not only does Eve Dallas have a fierce, fierce heart, she also has strength and the utmost integrity. Her increasingly mushrooming relationship with Roarke, a man of mystifying fellow, is also a big talking point. Jenkinson points at the motto posted over the break room door, "NO MATTER YOUR RACE, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, OR POLITICAL AFFILIATION, WE PROTECT AND SERVE,* BECAUSE YOU COULD GET DEAD. *EVEN IF YOU WERE AN ASSHOLE." He tells Roarke not everybody gets that, but it means something when somebody not only gets it but gives a rat’s ass, and thanks him for getting it, for not being a stupid son of a bitch, and giving a lot more than a rat’s ass. He then distributes the armor to the bullpen, with each of those present thanking Roarke.

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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.m. for more searching. she studied the pond and the purity of the floating white lilies. Tangled roots down there, she bet; you just had to look under the surface. Lane figures out that Spindal is the one who funded Debra’s lawyer and bail because she has “a real soft spot for Debra and a serious hard-on for” Lane, and resents the revival. Lin tells Eve Lane is restarting the rehearsals the following day. On the way home Eve calls Maeve to ask how she talked Greene out of retirement – they used to be lovers.