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Eve doesn’t have much patience for snooty rich women, that’s for sure.  And when one such woman’s husband winds up murdered, she takes an almost instant dislike to said snooty rich woman.

It’s very clever how Robb tied Eve’s case ever so neatly to one of Baxter and Trueheart’s long-outstanding cases.  (And Trueheart… isn’t he just adorable?)  That one, of course, gets solved, too.

There’s not much new happening in the lives of our main characters…  well, Feeney comes down with the mother of all colds and Mavis gets mental with baby coo talk to Bella, but other than that…

Oh wait!  Charles has decided to retire from the rank of licensed companions and asked Louise to marry him.  I guess it’s about time.  I started expecting this to happen a couple of books back.

While not the strongest of Robb’s In Death series, it was still entertaining and has kept me on the lookout for more.

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Oh, yeah… more Eve Dallas!  This one is a collection of three novellas.

Interlude in Death has Eve attending a police conference off-planet.  Naturally, it’s someplace Roarke owns.  It’s a sad tale of what happens when a good cop goes more than a little nuts and starts using the system for his own purposes.  Justice… and Dallas… prevails in the end.

Midnight in Death is all about another encounter with a psycho serial killer.  There sure are a lot of those in New York, aren’t there?  No way I’m going to be living anywhere near there in 2059.  This psycho serial killer escaped from an off-world prison facility.  You’d think that wouldn’t be possible.  Still, Eve gets the bad guy, saving Dr. Mira in the process.

Haunted in Death is about a haunted building that (show some shocked surprise here) Roarke does not own.  Once again, we have a killer who is mentally unstable… and out to get justice for a crime committed 85 years in the past.  Eve steadfastly maintains that there’s no such thing as ghosts.  Hmmm… maybe not.

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Back in the day when Dallas was still a newbie and Feeney was training her to be the righteous cop she is today, they caught a case they weren’t able to solve… another psycho serial killer.  Well, boys and girls, the psycho is back in New York plying his trade once again.

This is the story of a very bad person doing very bad things, and the team that finally brings him to justice.

Well, duh!  OF COURSE, they catch him!  It’s what Dallas does, right?  This time around, Roarke plays a much larger role in the cop side of things.  Rather than his usual gathering of data from his totally excellent home office (I SO want his computer system!), he joins the team down at Cop Central… leaving Summerset to run through data files at home.  Still, it’s good old-fashioned police work that saves the day.

Sadly, Bookcrossing only as one more novel and a collection of novellas available.  I’ll have to read something else.  Gasp.

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All sorts of fun things are happening in this one! Once again, I’ve gone backwards to a book earlier in the series… prior to Peabody’s rise to detective. In fact, this is the book where Dallas recommends that Peabody take the detectives exam.

And Summerset is off on a three-week vacation! Oops, wait… no he isn’t. Galahad, the trusty household cat, trips him on the stairs on the morning of his departure. A broken leg and wrenched shoulder later, Summerset is ensconced in his quarters with an unbearably perky nurse. Some hilarity ensues when Mavis and Trina show up for a “spa session.” Makes you feel sorry for poor Summerset, even if you don’t like him. (I generally do, but as we all know, Eve does not.)

And a shocking revelation rocks Roarke’s world… it turns out he has family left in Ireland. Not only family, but a large family. And most puzzling to Roarke, they don’t want anything from him. So now he has aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents. And a large portion of them come by for a visit in a later book.

What? Oh, the bad guy! Right. Definitely a head case, who will probably wind up in a mental facility rather than a cage.

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I get them two at a time from Booksfree… so you get two in a row.  Sadly, there are only a few more left in my list.

There’s a wonderful Klingon saying: “Revenge is a dish best served cold.”  The evildoers in this story really take that maxim to heart.

This is another tear-jerker.  In addition, there was the usual pleasant and sarcastic bantering.  One amazing thing to note: Eve and Summerset actually work together without killing one another.  Well, I should say, they work together without Eve ripping Summerset’s head off.

The funniest part of the book was when Roake said he’d like to have children with Eve.  If you’ve read even one of these books, you’d know Eve would prefer to be faced with an alley full of chemiheads than even think about children.  (So Mavis’ expanding pregnancy is creeping her right out.)

And the main supporting character this time around is a nine-year-old girl.  Let’s just say Dallas is not a mother figure.

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Yes, another Eve Dallas story.  Why?  Because I can’t seem to get enough of them, I guess.

In a previous book (Origin in Death, I think), Robb casually mentions an incident where Peabody had been injured in the line of duty.  This is the book that tells you the whys and wherefores of Peabody’s meet up with violence.

We’ve also got another deranged serial killer on the loose in New York City.  I’m telling you, come 2059, there’s no way I’ll be living anywhere near NYC.  Oh wait… I expect to be into my next lifetime by then.  I sure hope I remember I don’t want to live in NYC.
 

 

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Oh, this is a good one!  It took a little longer than usual to figure the murderer… ah, but once you do!  Completely creepy!

And there’s a bit of marital drama for Eve and Roarke.  Yeah, ok, whatever.  I do like that Eve and Summerset actually have a conversation, rather than the usual insults traded.  I get that it’s just the game they play… and sometimes the game is fun… but it’s starting to get a little boring.  For me.  Obviously not for Robb, Eve or Summerset.

If you’ve read even one of these, you’ll know Eve doesn’t really understand all that “girly” stuff.  Weirds her right out, in fact.  And that’s gotta be one of the things I just love most about her… because I don’t get it either.  LOL
 
 

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And we’re skipping backwards in time again.  While I dearly love Booksfree, they don’t always send me the books in the order I have them in my book list. This annoys me just a little.

Most of the Eve Dallas books get me to tear up just a teensy bit, but this one had me actually grabbing for the tissues more than once.  I’m not sure if that’s a sign that this book is more of a tear-jerker than others… or if I’m just getting way too involved with these characters. In either case… once again, an excellent read!
 
 
 

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One of the keywords used by a recent visitor was “Eve Dallas series sequence.” And how many times have I Googled that as I read the series? So for the edification of the entire Internet, I present the books of the In Death series (starring Eve Dallas) in their proper order:

Naked in Death (1995)
Glory in Death (1995)
Immortal in Death (1996)
Rapture in Death (1996)
Ceremony in Death (1997)
Vengeance in Death (1997)
Holiday in Death (1998)
Conspiracy in Death (1999)
Loyalty in Death (1999)
Witness in Death (2000)
Judgment in Death (2000)
Betrayal in Death (2001)
Seduction in Death (2001)
Reunion in Death (2002)
Purity in Death (2002)
Portrait in Death (2003)
Imitation in Death (2003)
Divided in Death (2004)
Visions in Death (2004)
Survivor in Death (2005)
Origin in Death (2005)
Memory in Death (2006)
Born in Death (2006)
Innocent in Death (2007)
Creation in Death (2007)
Strangers in Death (2008)
Salvation in Death (2008)
Ritual in Death (2008)
Promises in Death (2009)

You’re welcome!

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I’ve probably said this before, and I’ll probably say it again… I really like Robb’s character of Eve Dallas. She’s a tough, gutsy, smart New York City cop. The best part about this series is that it combines my two favorite genre… science fiction and mystery. Didn’t I mention before that these stories are set about 50 years from now? Hmmm.

Now, since Robb is actually Nora Roberts, there has to be a bit of romance, and that’s fine. It doesn’t take away from the story, and it isn’t too distracting. I’ve got each and every one of these books on my Booksfree list, and eagerly await the next books. The biggest problem is setting them aside when I should be reading for class. If you like mysteries… start reading these already!

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