- Jubilee offer: spend £10 or more on any product sold by Amazon.co.uk on or before June 6 and you can buy The Diamond Jubilee A Classical Celebration Album for just £2.50 Here's how (terms and conditions apply)
Innocent in Death: In Death Series: Book 24
and over one million other books are available for Amazon Kindle .
Learn more
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Trade In this Item for up to £0.25
Get an extra £5 when you trade in books worth £10 or more until June 30, 2012. Trade in Innocent In Death: The In Death Series: Book 24 for an Amazon.co.uk gift card of up to £0.25, which you can then spend on millions of items across the site. Trade-in values may vary (terms apply). Find more products eligible for trade-in.
|
Special Offers and Product Promotions
Frequently Bought Together
Product details
|
More About the Author
Product Description
Review
Nora Roberts is amazing! (Janet Evanovich )
This is sheer entertainment, a souped-up version of Agatha Christie for the new millenium. (THE GUARDIAN )
Much loved. (DAILY EXPRESS )
This is sheer entertainment, a souped-up version of Agatha Christie for the new millenium. (THE GUARDIAN )
Much loved. (DAILY EXPRESS )
Book Description
New York City, 2060: The victim in Eve Dallas's latest case isn't famous or rich or well-connected. But from all accounts, he was a good man. And Eve doesn't like to see innocent people die...
Inside This Book
(Learn More)
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
For me, the release of a new jd robb novel is as exciting as christmas - the anticipation & the joy of reading a new book by her. My husband thinks i'm mad - what does he know - if your a fan you'll know what i mean.
Innocent in death, i think is jd robb's best work yet!. From the very begining she has you guessing as to why a seemingly innocent teacher is murdered & by whom. The teacher is well liked & loved, he enjoys his job & loves his wife - so why was he murdered. There seems to be a variety of suspects, but the vital links just don't work for Dallas, she is stumped & finds that annoying. On her personal front, Dallas has competion with a stunning blonde who was once involved with her husband Roarke & all the signs show that this stunner still has some hold over him - Dallas is extremely worried!
There are two storie's in this novel & they are both linked together very well - while reading i was struck by how much of the writing ressembles some of jd's earlier work, the plot & charactors are really interesting & i was always stuck with who could be the killer - there's a great deal going on, the thought process is well set out. In some of her previous works it felt sloppy & dare i say it - a bit far fetched. occasionally you just got fed up with Dallas & Roarke battling it out in a fight with the "baddies", who always seem to get Dallas on her own - this book has none of that.
Dallas, is almost completely on her own in the book & that makes it more enjoyable, this is intelligent writing with a very good story & at times quite sad. I felt all of Dallas's pain when she thinks that she is losing Roarke, she has been through so much & Roarke is just perfect for her.
The killer , although not a shock in the end - is still very hard hitting & calculated, with consistently good writing that you can quite belive.
There are a few points to this book that are memorable:
the first being that summerset is nice to Dallas & vice versa - incredible i know, you have to read the book to find out why.
the second, is that Dallas punches Roarke in the face!!!!
your going to have to read the book to find out why - you won't be disappointed.
I rally do think this is the best yet & i hope that these book's surrounding Dallas, Roarke & the gang will continue for some time to come.
I would like to see more of Mcnab & Peabody & Baxter & trueheart.
Fabulous reading - Enjoy.
Innocent in death, i think is jd robb's best work yet!. From the very begining she has you guessing as to why a seemingly innocent teacher is murdered & by whom. The teacher is well liked & loved, he enjoys his job & loves his wife - so why was he murdered. There seems to be a variety of suspects, but the vital links just don't work for Dallas, she is stumped & finds that annoying. On her personal front, Dallas has competion with a stunning blonde who was once involved with her husband Roarke & all the signs show that this stunner still has some hold over him - Dallas is extremely worried!
There are two storie's in this novel & they are both linked together very well - while reading i was struck by how much of the writing ressembles some of jd's earlier work, the plot & charactors are really interesting & i was always stuck with who could be the killer - there's a great deal going on, the thought process is well set out. In some of her previous works it felt sloppy & dare i say it - a bit far fetched. occasionally you just got fed up with Dallas & Roarke battling it out in a fight with the "baddies", who always seem to get Dallas on her own - this book has none of that.
Dallas, is almost completely on her own in the book & that makes it more enjoyable, this is intelligent writing with a very good story & at times quite sad. I felt all of Dallas's pain when she thinks that she is losing Roarke, she has been through so much & Roarke is just perfect for her.
The killer , although not a shock in the end - is still very hard hitting & calculated, with consistently good writing that you can quite belive.
There are a few points to this book that are memorable:
the first being that summerset is nice to Dallas & vice versa - incredible i know, you have to read the book to find out why.
the second, is that Dallas punches Roarke in the face!!!!
your going to have to read the book to find out why - you won't be disappointed.
I rally do think this is the best yet & i hope that these book's surrounding Dallas, Roarke & the gang will continue for some time to come.
I would like to see more of Mcnab & Peabody & Baxter & trueheart.
Fabulous reading - Enjoy.
20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the latest of the long runnig sci-fi romance mystery series featuring New York cop Eve Dallas and her high powered global magnate husband Roarke. If you've never heard of these before don't start here go back and read Naked In Death. If you're already up to speed, well then you're in for a treat.
If you found Born's mystery lack-luster but enjoyed the characterisation; and if you found Memory's background tantalising but thought the mystery and the ensemble team were a little off then Innocent smooths out all of those gripes.
This time around Eve and her flippant sidekick Peabody are called to investigate the murder of a popular young teacher at a private school. Our top cops are stumped as to motive although there are plenty of people who were on scene and had the opportunity. When another teacher is found dead; their is plenty to motivate his killing but this further muddies the case. Eve's real problems begin though when an old flame of Roarke's called Magdalena blows into town intent on stirring up trouble.
This is easily the best of the recent In Deaths (although Origin rates pretty high on that score too) the appearances of secondary characters such as Dr Mira, Louise, Mavis and Leonardo are all noteworthy and add to the emotional content of the plot without feeling shoe-horned in. Poor Eve is overcome with fear that Roarke will compare her with the polished Magdalena and be disappointed in his ultimate choice.
Of course everybody who has read about this couple knows nothing could be further from the truth, but the tension and the heartbreak as Robb writes it makes it seem plausible. The scenes of a newly vulnerable Eve are heart-warming, and Robb has finally found a way to relate the childhood nightmares into Eve's present concerns without being reduced to retreading familiar ground.
The killer I had my suspicions about pretty early but it was written up in such a way that I found myself more intrigued. Stand out points on this one are: Eve and Roarke's reactions to Magdalena, the way the team rallies around a vulnerable Eve, particularly the conversation she has with Mira: it's funny and sweet and shows just how far Eve has come along in her personal life. Other highlights were Summerset sticking up for Eve, and the final end game to catch the killer.
If there are any low-points I would say that the dialogue isn't as smooth as in other books, and we're missing a little of the usual sensory descriptions of places. If I wanted to get really nitpicky I could say that Eve and Peabody's dialogue in particular doesn't zing with their usual humour but their relationship is very firmly on a new level, one which Peabody doesn't defer so often to her Lieutenant and they seem more like equals, which is no bad thing.
This is the first In Death since Origin where I had to stay up all night until I got to the last page. This is one you can buy in confidence knowing that nearly all of the key ingrediants are in place.
If you found Born's mystery lack-luster but enjoyed the characterisation; and if you found Memory's background tantalising but thought the mystery and the ensemble team were a little off then Innocent smooths out all of those gripes.
This time around Eve and her flippant sidekick Peabody are called to investigate the murder of a popular young teacher at a private school. Our top cops are stumped as to motive although there are plenty of people who were on scene and had the opportunity. When another teacher is found dead; their is plenty to motivate his killing but this further muddies the case. Eve's real problems begin though when an old flame of Roarke's called Magdalena blows into town intent on stirring up trouble.
This is easily the best of the recent In Deaths (although Origin rates pretty high on that score too) the appearances of secondary characters such as Dr Mira, Louise, Mavis and Leonardo are all noteworthy and add to the emotional content of the plot without feeling shoe-horned in. Poor Eve is overcome with fear that Roarke will compare her with the polished Magdalena and be disappointed in his ultimate choice.
Of course everybody who has read about this couple knows nothing could be further from the truth, but the tension and the heartbreak as Robb writes it makes it seem plausible. The scenes of a newly vulnerable Eve are heart-warming, and Robb has finally found a way to relate the childhood nightmares into Eve's present concerns without being reduced to retreading familiar ground.
The killer I had my suspicions about pretty early but it was written up in such a way that I found myself more intrigued. Stand out points on this one are: Eve and Roarke's reactions to Magdalena, the way the team rallies around a vulnerable Eve, particularly the conversation she has with Mira: it's funny and sweet and shows just how far Eve has come along in her personal life. Other highlights were Summerset sticking up for Eve, and the final end game to catch the killer.
If there are any low-points I would say that the dialogue isn't as smooth as in other books, and we're missing a little of the usual sensory descriptions of places. If I wanted to get really nitpicky I could say that Eve and Peabody's dialogue in particular doesn't zing with their usual humour but their relationship is very firmly on a new level, one which Peabody doesn't defer so often to her Lieutenant and they seem more like equals, which is no bad thing.
This is the first In Death since Origin where I had to stay up all night until I got to the last page. This is one you can buy in confidence knowing that nearly all of the key ingrediants are in place.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Sometimes I find that I may not fully appreciate a book just because I had something else on my mind. When I go back and re-read the story I often upgrade my original estimation of it. All of the "In Death" books are worth re-reading repeatedly. For those who didn't appreciate this edition's marital strife between Eve and Roarke, just know that the next book won't include that. Remember the tension between Eve and Roarke in "Divided in Death"? That helped define and strengthen this couple and so will their challenges in "Innocent in Death."
Sommerset and Eve's relationship continues to evolve. They get in a verbal slap or two, but he really puts Roarke on the spot as only he can.
When we consider all the story arcs for this series it's a mind-boggling thing to say the least. Roarke's family in Ireland, Eve's continuing struggle with nightmares over her lousy childhood, Eve's expanding circle of friends and her bewilderment at all that these relationships entail. And somehow Nora keeps this married couple's chemistry and conversations dynamic.
I had hoped the Commander's jackass behavior insinuating Roarke might use insider information revealed as he helped Eve in the investigation in the previous installment, "Born in Death," might be built upon in the next installment. It wasn't in this story, but there were so many other things going on that is quite understandable.
Nadine Furst had been getting left behind a bit. Her bugging Eve for exclusive interviews and the press conferences were at one time one of the great opportunities afforded for Dallas to slap down the nosy press. I'm a newspaper editor and I quite enjoy those parts.
Nadine's show "Now" premiers with Eve as her first guest. This had a nice moment for the Lt. and Roarke. As an aside, I'd like to see Nadine and Eve's co-worker Detective Baxter start dating.
Because Eve was rattled by her insecurity over her husband's former flame flitting back into his life, there weren't as many kick-ass moments with Eve interviewing/outwitting suspects or reporting to her Commander. Roarke's old flame has popped back into his life to try to tempt him away from wedded bliss.
I have to agree with a reviewer on Amazon.com (U.S.A. version :) who said she didn't think Roarke "suffered enough" for his part in hurting Eve's feelings and throwing her off balance in both their relationship and her job. Yes, he's allowed to be oblivious now and again, Roarke IS after all a man. But I didn't think his few hours of waiting at home for Eve to show up, wondering if she'd left him, were sufficient penance for the days on end that she worried about her marriage and nights she didn't sleep.
Magdalena the praying mantis didn't vow to love, honor and cherish the Lt., but our wild Irishman did. So I was quite delighted with how our long, tall detective took care of this situation. Be sure you're not drinking when you get to this or you might shoot coffee or tea out your nose as you burst out laughing.
As I finished "Innocent in Death" I thought that this series is like life: sometimes it has a lot of laughs, sometimes a few tears, scary moments, circumstances that make you angry, and other times you just hold on because you're not sure where exactly you're going. But you know with Eve and Roarke that's it's gonna be a satisfying ride.
Sommerset and Eve's relationship continues to evolve. They get in a verbal slap or two, but he really puts Roarke on the spot as only he can.
When we consider all the story arcs for this series it's a mind-boggling thing to say the least. Roarke's family in Ireland, Eve's continuing struggle with nightmares over her lousy childhood, Eve's expanding circle of friends and her bewilderment at all that these relationships entail. And somehow Nora keeps this married couple's chemistry and conversations dynamic.
I had hoped the Commander's jackass behavior insinuating Roarke might use insider information revealed as he helped Eve in the investigation in the previous installment, "Born in Death," might be built upon in the next installment. It wasn't in this story, but there were so many other things going on that is quite understandable.
Nadine Furst had been getting left behind a bit. Her bugging Eve for exclusive interviews and the press conferences were at one time one of the great opportunities afforded for Dallas to slap down the nosy press. I'm a newspaper editor and I quite enjoy those parts.
Nadine's show "Now" premiers with Eve as her first guest. This had a nice moment for the Lt. and Roarke. As an aside, I'd like to see Nadine and Eve's co-worker Detective Baxter start dating.
Because Eve was rattled by her insecurity over her husband's former flame flitting back into his life, there weren't as many kick-ass moments with Eve interviewing/outwitting suspects or reporting to her Commander. Roarke's old flame has popped back into his life to try to tempt him away from wedded bliss.
I have to agree with a reviewer on Amazon.com (U.S.A. version :) who said she didn't think Roarke "suffered enough" for his part in hurting Eve's feelings and throwing her off balance in both their relationship and her job. Yes, he's allowed to be oblivious now and again, Roarke IS after all a man. But I didn't think his few hours of waiting at home for Eve to show up, wondering if she'd left him, were sufficient penance for the days on end that she worried about her marriage and nights she didn't sleep.
Magdalena the praying mantis didn't vow to love, honor and cherish the Lt., but our wild Irishman did. So I was quite delighted with how our long, tall detective took care of this situation. Be sure you're not drinking when you get to this or you might shoot coffee or tea out your nose as you burst out laughing.
As I finished "Innocent in Death" I thought that this series is like life: sometimes it has a lot of laughs, sometimes a few tears, scary moments, circumstances that make you angry, and other times you just hold on because you're not sure where exactly you're going. But you know with Eve and Roarke that's it's gonna be a satisfying ride.
Would you like to see more reviews about this item?
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Innocent in death JD Robb
This is yet another great read in the "In Death" series. I just love the twists & turns & the dogged determination of detective Dallas
Published 20 days ago by Caz
I'd like to give it more than just 5
This has to be my favourite of the 'in death' novels, JD Robb (aka: Nora Roberts) really draws you in with this story of a murdered teacher who was Mr Popular. Read more
Published 15 months ago by J. Turner
Great book
As usual Nora delivers the perfect murder / romance novel, with a twist in the end. Eve Dallas is confronted with the murder of the professeur while having to deal with jealousy... Read more
Published on 22 Jun 2009 by Mrs B Elgie
Diagnosis murder meets Mulder & Scully
A futuristic suspense series set in 2060 about a cop, Eve Dallas solving the Latest crime mystery involving the death of a history teacher at an elite private school. Read more
Published on 17 July 2008 by S. Carr
opinion
Eve is searching for the ki11er of a much loved teacher at a posh private school. On top of that, for the first time, she's having some insecure feelings about her relationship... Read more
Published on 12 Jan 2008 by L Chow
My mistake...
"Innocent in death" wasn't one of my favourite books in J. D. Robb's "In death" series, and I strongly regret having bought the hardback edition. Read more
Published on 11 April 2007 by M. B. Alcat
Great !!
A seemingly harmless yet talented young teacher is murdered whilst at school and Eve and Peabody have their work cut out trying to find out why, who and how...... Read more
Published on 14 Mar 2007 by Penny Harvey
Another Fantastic Story
This is the latest in the series of the ' ... In Death' stories and I would fully agree with the previous reviewer who says - don't start reading these books with this one but at... Read more
Published on 7 Mar 2007 by RozziD
Splendid
I really enjoyed reading this book. The murder part ... keeps you guessing why and who until the end of the book, and when you finally find those answers you start seeing how all... Read more
Published on 7 Feb 2007 by Arancha
well worth waiting for
I have to admit that I didn't actually read the whole book, I only skimmed through to find the Eve/Roarke moments and I haven't been disappointed. Read more
Published on 20 Jan 2007 by M. Slander
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
|
