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'J.D. Robb's novels are can't-miss pleasures' --Harlan Coben
'J.D. Robb books are the epitome of great popular fiction' --Dennis Lehane
'Eve Dallas - tough as nails and still as sexy as hell' --Stephen King
'This is sheer entertainment, a souped-up version of Agatha Christie for the new milennium' --Guardian
'Long live Eve and Roarke!'
--Bella
'J.D. Robb's novels are can't-miss pleasures' --Harlan Coben
'J.D. Robb books are the epitome of great popular fiction' --Dennis Lehane
'Eve Dallas - tough as nails and still as sexy as hell' --Stephen King
'This is sheer entertainment, a souped-up version of Agatha Christie for the new milennium' --Guardian
'J.D. Robb's latest novel is as gripping and adrenalin-fuelled as fans have come to expect.' *****
--Star --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
'J.D. Robb books are the epitome of great popular fiction' --Dennis Lehane
'Eve Dallas - tough as nails and still as sexy as hell' --Stephen King
'This is sheer entertainment, a souped-up version of Agatha Christie for the new milennium' --Guardian
'Long live Eve and Roarke!'
--Bella
'J.D. Robb's novels are can't-miss pleasures' --Harlan Coben
'J.D. Robb books are the epitome of great popular fiction' --Dennis Lehane
'Eve Dallas - tough as nails and still as sexy as hell' --Stephen King
'This is sheer entertainment, a souped-up version of Agatha Christie for the new milennium' --Guardian
'J.D. Robb's latest novel is as gripping and adrenalin-fuelled as fans have come to expect.' *****
--Star --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
J.D. has done it again!This series featuring Eve & Roarke just gets better & better would recommend to anyone who enjoys an exciting, romantic and thrilling book I have kept the whole series and hav re- read from the first book (Naked in death )time and time again and now can not wait until February for the next release.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
As usual, a heart stopping, well written book with enough romance to remind a woman of over 70 that her hormones are still in working order!! Looking forward to the next 'In Death' book already.
22 of 24 people found the following review helpful
I LOVE Eve and Roarke, but this 38th outing felt a tad...stale? It's a take on a Beverly Barton novel.
21 Nov 2010
Format:Hardcover
This book was on offer at amazon for less than half the RRP, but I missed out on the offer by 24hrs, and was pretty bummed, but it was available without wait at my local library, and in the end, I am glad that I did not actually buy it, as it is not a Keeper.
It started off great, and I thought that I'd be in for the type of novel that I like - where we catch up with the previous characters that we've come to know and love, where we see personal relationships and interactions, but it wasn't quite enough (for me at least) of that. The book starts off with Eve and Roarke on vacation for 2 weeks, in Ireland with his family, and with them about to set off for Italy. Eve does something really thoughtful (especially so for her, not that she's not nice or thoughtful, but that work is her only obession other than Roarke) for Roarke, which actually brought a lump to my throat and which made it clear that she is now really accepting of herself as his wife, and all that that word entails. Then, in rural everyone-knows-everyone Ireland, a murder takes place and Eve is suddenly off of vacation, though only temporarily, so I was still ok with the tale at this point.
Next, she's back in New York and immediately a murder ensues, which again, I am fine with - after all, this is what the series is about. What I am not fine with is that by the end of the third chapter, we'd been introduced to several so obvious coincidences, so much cliche'd, predictable 'over-reacting' and 'over-acting' from some of the suspects that Eve checked out, that I sussed who the baddie/s were and where this novel was going. This hasn't ever happened to me so quickly in a JD Robb tale before. And yes, we get told straight away who Eve suspects, and then it was just a tale of tying events of the past in with what's happening in the present. Immediately what came to mind is the two-story-arc by Beverly Barton, in her Griffin Powell series (sorry, can't remember the titles, though one may be Murder Game, clue's in the title for IID too), so I totally knew where this book was going.
We get to see very, very fleetingly Peabody and McNab, Feeney, Charles and Louise and Dr Mira, there's a touch of dialogue with Mavis in a telephone call, mention of Bella crawling now, but no Leonardo. What I would have liked to have seen more of is those personal relationships that we have come to love with the characters that have paired off. It seemed as if P&M's relationship was exactly the same as in the other books i.e. no progress, and whilst we see Charles making breakfast for Louise whilst helping Eve with the case, it would have been nice to know more about how this seemingly-mismatched couple are living their HEA. I'd have loved a shot of Eve with Bella now that she's getting about - it would have been a laugh a minute to see Eve's panic.
Overall, I still quite liked it - because it's an Eve and Roarke novel, but I am glad that I did not buy it. I have, however, ordered the Christmas novella (in THE OTHER SIDE), due out on 30/11/10, as that's in an antho with several other good authors, and generally re-sells well. However for hardbacks, i.e. the annual Nov and Feb releases (2011 seems to be an exception to this rule, as what is classed as book 39 releases in Feb, book 40 in June and book 41 in Nov), I will rely on my library.
It started off great, and I thought that I'd be in for the type of novel that I like - where we catch up with the previous characters that we've come to know and love, where we see personal relationships and interactions, but it wasn't quite enough (for me at least) of that. The book starts off with Eve and Roarke on vacation for 2 weeks, in Ireland with his family, and with them about to set off for Italy. Eve does something really thoughtful (especially so for her, not that she's not nice or thoughtful, but that work is her only obession other than Roarke) for Roarke, which actually brought a lump to my throat and which made it clear that she is now really accepting of herself as his wife, and all that that word entails. Then, in rural everyone-knows-everyone Ireland, a murder takes place and Eve is suddenly off of vacation, though only temporarily, so I was still ok with the tale at this point.
Next, she's back in New York and immediately a murder ensues, which again, I am fine with - after all, this is what the series is about. What I am not fine with is that by the end of the third chapter, we'd been introduced to several so obvious coincidences, so much cliche'd, predictable 'over-reacting' and 'over-acting' from some of the suspects that Eve checked out, that I sussed who the baddie/s were and where this novel was going. This hasn't ever happened to me so quickly in a JD Robb tale before. And yes, we get told straight away who Eve suspects, and then it was just a tale of tying events of the past in with what's happening in the present. Immediately what came to mind is the two-story-arc by Beverly Barton, in her Griffin Powell series (sorry, can't remember the titles, though one may be Murder Game, clue's in the title for IID too), so I totally knew where this book was going.
We get to see very, very fleetingly Peabody and McNab, Feeney, Charles and Louise and Dr Mira, there's a touch of dialogue with Mavis in a telephone call, mention of Bella crawling now, but no Leonardo. What I would have liked to have seen more of is those personal relationships that we have come to love with the characters that have paired off. It seemed as if P&M's relationship was exactly the same as in the other books i.e. no progress, and whilst we see Charles making breakfast for Louise whilst helping Eve with the case, it would have been nice to know more about how this seemingly-mismatched couple are living their HEA. I'd have loved a shot of Eve with Bella now that she's getting about - it would have been a laugh a minute to see Eve's panic.
Overall, I still quite liked it - because it's an Eve and Roarke novel, but I am glad that I did not buy it. I have, however, ordered the Christmas novella (in THE OTHER SIDE), due out on 30/11/10, as that's in an antho with several other good authors, and generally re-sells well. However for hardbacks, i.e. the annual Nov and Feb releases (2011 seems to be an exception to this rule, as what is classed as book 39 releases in Feb, book 40 in June and book 41 in Nov), I will rely on my library.
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Indulgence in Death
As JD Robb has used us too, it's another very good suspense book, with all the ingredients that make a good thriller. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Lucia Machado
Another great from Eve & Roarke
Loved it - read all the books in sequence since Naked In Death and cannot wait for the new ones to come out - love the characters and the way the plot is set out, cannot wait to... Read more
Published 10 months ago by SFH
indulgence in death
not the greatest book in the series. Eve and Roarkes spark is definitely fizzling and the storyline seems a bit tired i usually cant put the books in this series down but have... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Rsandie
True Indulgence
Indulgence in Death is another superb highly entertaining offering. She manages to make each of her in Death series so completely different even though the characters mainly... Read more
Published 11 months ago by devoted fan
Praise for the Master
Just another winner from the pen of Ms. Robb, Once again a book that once started I was unable to put down until I had finished it, sadly I finished it all too quickly! Read more
Published 12 months ago by S. E. Smith
another great one
i have all the in death series and read them over n over. this is another good book which is different too how nora roberts usually writes but its good in its own way....
Published 13 months ago by Shortee69
A formula that results in a really good read - always fun
First Sentence: The road was a killer, hardly wider than a decent stream of spit and snaking like a cobra between giant bushes loaded with strange flowers that resembled drops of... Read more
Published 14 months ago by L. J. Roberts
great read
This is once again a great read from J D Robb.Im hooked on her Dallas books,I wish she could write them quicker,can't wait till the next one.
Published 15 months ago by Cathy
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I am a self confessed murder buff, these books by JD Robb are a constant delight to me, and I feel as if I know the characters personally, and they are friends. Read more
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