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Fantasy in Death (In Death Series) (Paperback)

by J.D. Robb (Author)
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  • Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Piatkus Books (21 Jan 2010)
  • ISBN-10: 0749940832
  • ISBN-13: 978-0749940836
  • Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 733,790 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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They were best friends, driven by one shared vision - to rule the world of virtual reality games. Cill, hard-edged and beautiful, Var and Benny, brains and business acumen, and Bart, the genius behind the idea. Their newest invention, developed to transport the player into a fantastical virtual world, is just about to be launched. Then, suddenly, Bart is found brutally killed, defeated by their own game. Their close-knit group is torn apart. Who could have engineered a virtual death with such devastating consequences? Even Eve Dallas, New York City's most cunning investigator, is hard-pressed for an answer. But as she digs deeper, peeling back layers of secrets, revenge and misplaced allegiances, she realises with growing dread the depth of the killer's master plan. And she knows his game is far from over...

About the Author

J.D. Robb is the pseudonym for Nora Roberts, the author of nearly two hundred New York Times bestsellers, with more than 300 million copies of her books in print. She lives in Maryland.

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best of the series, 25 Jan 2010
By LEP "LEP" (Halesowen, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fantasy in Death (In Death Series) (Hardcover)
Excellant story. Not as dark and grim as some of the others in the series, despite the fact that the poor victim is decapitated. I think that the product description above gives rather too much away.

Here you have 4 young friends and business partners. All owners of a fledgling e-game company. 3 of them, Bart the business and e-genius, Cill the organisational and e-expert and Benny, the research and e-genius, have all known each other since childhood. They meet and link up with Var, Marketing and e-genius at university. Roarke meets Bart at a conference and immediately wants to recruit him, but Bart and his friends want their own business, so Roarke gives them advice and helps them. Of the 4, Bart is the overall genius and front-guy of the team. Nice, easy going, well-liked by everyone. So who then would want to decapitate him and how was it done? That is the problem for Eve.

Bart's apartment has security inside and out tighter than Fort Knox. Both the doorman and security disks are adament that no-one went into the apartment with Bart, or arrived after him. So how did the killer get in and why was nice guy Bart killed? Here Eve is out of her depth. She is no e-geek. So she has to rely on Roarke, Feeney and McNab. However, all security systems indicate that Bart was the only one there and was the only person playing the new,in-development game. However, Bart's security system on his computer destroys the game disc when the police e-team try and remove it from the computer.

Then the killer goes after another of the partners.

I did actually have some vague idea after a few chapters who the killer might be and this grew as the book progress, as a few clues are dropped here and there. However, although I also had an idea of how the murder and attempt might have been done, I couldn't figure out how, as it seemed too Fantastical! Excellant read, which holds you well throughout.
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15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars An In Death novel., 15 Jan 2010
By Huntress Reviews (United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Fantasy in Death (Hardcover)
This latest book of the "In Death" series has Lt. Eve Dallas plunged into the competitive world of high tech gaming. Bart Minnock, founder of the highly successful U-Play, is found brutally murdered in his private--and highly secured--holo room. Computer logs prove that no one has entered or exited since Bart locked himself in for a play-through of the newest version of their top secret, cutting-edge game, Fantastical.

Hampered by her limited knowledge of gaming, Eve relies on Peabody, McNabb and her own `fantastical' husband, Roarke, to help her determine who killed Bart and why. No small task, given that no one even knows what killed Bart or how he or she managed it!

Set in 2060, every day life has changed drastically but believably from today's world. Electronic and computerized gadgets abound but don't seem to have done anything to help ease the pace of life. For as advanced as this world is from ours, murder is still an everyday occurrence for New York City's Homicide cops.

**** FOUR STARS! Fantasy in Death slam-dunks you into a brain twister of whodunits that will have you guessing right until the murderer(s) is/are fingered...but even then, the action isn't over. What comes after that will have you on the edge of your seat, mouth agape!! Talk about getting hit out of left field!! It leaves me wondering just how far computers and gaming can really go! ****

Reviewed by Tracey Naylor for Huntress Reviews.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic new book in the "In Death" - series that concentrates on friendship, 24 Jan 2010
This review is from: Fantasy in Death (In Death Series) (Hardcover)
When Bart Minnock, co-owner of a popular video game firm, is found brutally murdered Eve Dallas takes the case. And it's not an easy one for Eve.
Bart seemed to be a great, happy guy that nobody had trouble with. But finding a motive is not the only problem for Eve. Another is to find out how Bart was decapitated without anybody else in the room.
Eve must get past her own convictions about what is possible in the real world to close this case and find justice for Bart.

What I love about "Fantasy in Death" is that it concentrates on friendship. So there are lots of interactions between Eve and her colleagues, especially Peabody and Nadine. The scenes between Nadine and Eve are awesome and I like how the dynamics in their friendship are portrayed.
I was relieved that the new case is not so dark and hard to read like the ones in "Kindred in Death".
Another thing I love about "Fantasy in Death" is that this time Eve is the strong one in the relationship with Roarke. Roarke has some trouble to deal with the case because he knew the victim but Eve is there for him just like he is always there for her. It's awesome to see how she handles the fights with him and is understanding even when he hits her below the belt (for once Roarke is not 100% perfect!). But of course there are also some sexy and very sweet scenes between Eve and Roarke and whenever I read about them as a pair I'm just happy.
The mystery part of the story was very interesting and I didn't know who the bad guy was until it was revealed.

So, "Fantasy in Death" is another awesome book by J.D. Robb and I'm already excited to read "Indulgence in Death", coming in November 2010.
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