creation in death, the newest J.D. Robb
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The latest in the ongoing adventures of Eve and Roarke follows a slightly different form from that of the others that came before. Without any build-up, it plunges directly into the pursuit of the serial killer with all the drive and energy that Eve and her crew are known for. The perp himself appears slow and relaxed in his despicable activities, a sharp contrast to the ongoing investigation that should cause increased tension in the story line, but occasionally seems to drag on it instead. Nevertheless, if you are a Robb junky, you will want to add this to your collection.
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J.D. Robb never fails to delight me with her Eve Dallas series.  I can't wait for the next one.  This one gave me a peek at how important Eve's friends are to her dismay.
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I have enjoyed the In Death Series by J.D. Robb from the very first book.  I get sucked into the crimes and the lives of Roarke and Eve and all of the others and don't want to leave their unique future with all of its fun gadgets and sometimes luxuries.  New York to Dallas meet and exceeded all of my expectations.

First, a bit about the story itself.  This story brings Eve back to her first big case with the NYPD.  Isaac McQueen has been in jail for years but kills an officer and escapes.  He immediately breaks into his old apartment and get word to Eve that he is out and he is after revenge for being put in jail.  Not only this but he is going to get Eve back to Dallas, the town that gave her the name Dallas and made her what she is today, but this means that Eve will be forced to face her worst nightmares.  McQueen takes captive the only of his victims who faced him in jail and it is up to Eve and this girl's sister who was a previous victim as well to save her life.  Eve is faced with things in this book that I never saw coming.  I am not going to share what but you must read this book to find out what startling discovery she makes in the middle of trying to save this young woman.  It makes the nightmare even harder for Eve to face. As always, J.D. Robb provides a solid story, well thought out plot and an excellent ending.

The relationships are always interesting from book to book in this series.  As always there is a love/hate relationship with Summerset, which always makes me chuckle.  The same is true for Eve and Roarke, I really enjoy watching their relationship grow and change.  It is a pleasure to see them as a couple.  The most strikingly different relationship for me in New York to Dallas is that of Peabody and Dallas.  It seems that Dallas has realized that Peabody is growing up in her career and that it might be time to let her go out on her own.  The interactions between them have changes and I found it very interesting and  I have to wonder where it is going next.

This is one series that I never get tired of there is always something new and interesting.  I am always look forward to the next book and this is no exception.  I have a feeling that more change is in the air, but I just don't know what it might be.  Maybe it has to do with the fact that this is the first book in this series that does not include "In Death" in the title.  I don't know what it might be but something leads me in this direction.  I guess I will just have to wait and see but waiting is really hard.
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As always with JD's books, this one was too short, to easy to read and to damn far away from the next one. The "in Death" series is one of the few I now buy in hardcopy and I have to admit to "swiping" a page or two but the feelmof a book abnd reading the words on paper have a way of getting the emotion actoss that electronic media doesn't. The story itself as always is brilliantly written and entagled, I have to say I was worried there wouldn't be a dream sequence,  which usually brings the whole story into clear focus and has often set Eve on the right track. When it did come it didn't actually pertain much to the plot but did bring the villains character in to focus a bit better. Thrillingly enough for me I guessed the final hiding place before reading it, that was a first. The new office is certaintly going to add to the visuals in future books and the way Eve took to it was delightful. Bella as she should has everyones heart and her empathy is made even sweeter by her age. That's another fine crime you've written and solved Ms. J. D. Robb. Can't wait for the next one.
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Devoted in Death is the 41st book in this futuristic series by JD Robb, aka Nora Roberts. It takes place in the beginning of 2061, which is only 2 years or so from the first book, Naked in Death, which was published in 1995. If you're a fan of the In Death series, Devoted in Death is pretty much the same like every other book prior. A horrible homicide, or homicides have happened, and its up to Lieutenant Eve Dallas to speak for the dead, and find the people responsible for ending innocent lives.

Whats a little different here, is right from the start we know who the killers are. Its a sick couple, Ella-Loo and Darryl on a crime spree across the US, landing in NYC (I wonder if they're loosely based on the main couple from the movie, Natural Born Killers). Ella-Loo and Darryl are low class trash who are very dedicated to one another. After killing someone, which is an accident, they hide the body. They get off on the killing and are hot and horny, so much so that they become blood thirsty and want to kill (moving to torture) more people because they find it to be great foreplay for them.

Eve is back on the job after a long vacation at someplace warm with Roarke. Her first day back, shes called to investigate a body of man who was tortured, with the initials E&D carved in his body. After investigating further, Eve finds out that this isn't an isolated case, and there are more bodies, over 20 of various men and women who died the same way. And when a woman is snatched off the street, Eve and her crew are on a race against the clock to stop the serial killer couple from killing again.

Devoted in Death is very easy reading with the emphasis on the case, more so than the personal lives of Eve and Roarke, although we do get snippets of their personal time. Eve and Roarke are still in the honeymoon phase, so they make love whenever they can, which is plenty here to please readers. The good old candy thief strikes again, and many secondary characters, such as Peabody, McNabb, and others round out the story. The way the case evolves is fascinating. I was hooked by how Eve was able to figure out who Ella-Lo and Darryl are, and why they're addicted killing. Roarke is more of a tag along here for Eve, but because hes so amazing (I have a bad Roarke crush), hes very noticeable throughout the story. Eves snark is more toned down, but shes more lovey-dovey with Roarke, proving that these two are so in sync with one another.

Devoted in Death is a solid read and pretty good police procedural (many mentions of auto chefs has me dying for one of my own!). Again, In Death fans will eat this latest up.

Katiebabs
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I have read all 40 of J.D. Robb's books and been hopelessly addicted from the first. I've never written a review of one of her books before but, decided there's no time like the present to start. Roarke and Eve have been my favorite couple of all time from the first and, I don't believe that will ever change because you just fall deeper into their love with every book. This book is about a person who starts murdering people that have been mean to, insulted or hurt Eve. The murderer leaves messages at the crime scenes specifically for Eve, explaining why she murdered each person. Eve and her crew and friends all pull together to try to figure out who this person is before anyone else dies. As usual, it's an uphill battle where time is fast running out. This book is, as all the In Death books are, a fast-paced, action-packed book that you absolutely hate to put down until the end. I have yet to be disappointed in any of J.D. Robb's books so, I'll be impatiently waiting for the next one.
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JD Robb never disappoints.  Her latest Dark in Death follows Dallas as she chases a murderers straight from a best selling series.  Those of us who get lost in books can easily understand the allure.  Read this book.  You will not want to rewrite the ending.
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It is only fitting that while I write this review of CALCULATED IN DEATH, I am listening to a CD by a band called We Were Promised Jetpacks. I was raised in a time when it seemed all but certain that, as of this date, we'd all be zipping from Point A to Point B and beyond using individual jet propulsion units strapped to our backs. Speculating as to what the future will hold can be dicey, indeed. I think that is one reason why J.D. Robb's In Death series, though set in the future, keeps the guessing on the high-tech wizardry to a minimum.

For Robb, 2060 is close enough to seem within grasp (for some readers, anyway), yet far enough away to seem exotic. Police Lieutenant Eve Dallas has a few tools at her disposal that the current-day NYPD doesn't have --- I would bet that Dallas's computers run a lot faster --- but for the most part she relies on good, solid investigation. You could draw a line from Sherlock Holmes through Steve Carella to Eve Dallas with nary a break; separated by centuries, they are united by tenaciousness and making the best possible use of the investigative tools at hand.

CALCULATED IN DEATH is about money. Given that Dallas is married to the enigmatic Roarke, who is not only winning hands down the game of Monopoly that you happen to be playing but also the one going on next door, this is fitting. The opening gambit is the discovery of the body of Marta Dickenson, a well-liked accountant. Within a few pages, Robb manages to convince us that such a person might exist. At first blush, the woman's death appears to be the result of a mugging taken one step farther than it should have been. However, it quickly becomes evident to Dallas and Peabody, her partner in law enforcement, that the murder was staged to look that way by a killer who is very good at what he does yet is not necessarily the sharpest knife in the drawer.

The building where Dickenson's body is discovered is owned by WIN, a financial consultant firm; as it happens and might be expected, some of their clients utilize the services of Dickenson's accounting firm. Dallas follows that rather tenuous lead and seems to be heading in the right direction, particularly after someone steals several files from Dickenson's office, adding a secondary mystery of the "locked room" variant to the puzzle. Roarke, of course, is along to devote his considerable resources and even greater intellect to the investigation as well. But the killer is still out there, and when he makes his presence known again, it becomes even more necessary that he be apprehended with all due and deliberate speed.

As long-time and faithful readers of this venerable series know and expect, CALCULATED IN DEATH is not all violence and mystery. Roarke doesn't truly enter the book until almost a third of it has passed, but thrusts his way into the narrative in his own inimitable style and remains a presence both on the pages and hovering just off of them throughout the remainder of the narrative. Meanwhile, the premiere of the video based upon Dallas slowly but surely nears, an event that she approaches with reluctance while those around her view it with eager anticipation.

Still, the focus of CALCULATED IN DEATH is the investigation into Dickenson's murder. While the plot is complex, it is not overly so, making it on balance one of Robb's best entries in the series to date.

Reviewed by Joe Hartlaub
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J. D. Robb has done it again.  I can not get enough of Eva and Roark!  Man, what movies these books could produce!
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J. D. Robb's newest release, "Concealed in Death," is realistic, and frighteningly so. Focusing on the discovery of twelve bodies reduced to bones, all of young girls, in a building that Roarke is renovating, Dallas seeks to find the monster that killed them, years ago.  The story is well crafted, and the reader is kept guessing, as there are several suspects who could be the killer.
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I never put spoilers in my reviews.
Penguin still hasn't hired decent proofreaders but it's getting better.
J D Robb (Nora Roberts) is one of the few authors I reread. Everything about the "in Death" novels is quality writing and defies genre labeling.
From the relationship between Dallas and Rourke, the mystery/thriller storyline, an extremely strong female role model, the secondary characters, the setting, well, everything, you just can't wait for the next one. Robb shows that a woman can be strong and capable despite soul crippling events in her life. I have a mantra, "just step over it and move on." Eve Dallas personifies this. It doesn't mean you never think of it or that you forget but life goes on.
Dallas "stands for the dead," they are hers, no matter who or what they were in life and grieves for their lost futures. To her it's almost a sacred trust and she is uncompromising in her pursuit of justice for those in her care.
I think even most men would like these books, if for no reason than to see how women would like to be treated.
Read, enjoy, repeat.
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I LIKE ANYTHING THAT NORA ROBERTS OR JD ROBB WRITES...I WILL  BUY ANY OF THE IN DEATH SERIES...I WANT GOOD TO WIN IN ALL TS FORMS AND STRUGGLES.
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"Murder was rarely a tidy business. Whether it was craftily calculated or wildly impulsive, it tended to leave a mess for others to clean up". Eve's job is to do exactly that. As a Lieutenant of the NYPD, she stands for the dead, and seeks justice for them.

In "Judgment in death", the 12th book in J. D. Robb's futuristic "In Death" series, the victim is another cop, Taj Kohli. He was killed while working undercover in an exclusive nightclub, that casually belongs to no other than Eve's husband, Roarke. Matters complicate further when it appears than a shady and powerful character, Max Ricker, is somehow involved in detective Kohli's death. Ricker is a former associate of Roarke that nurses a grudge against him, and wants to make Roarke pay for deciding to go solo a long time ago. As if that weren't enough, Eve's investigation uncovers police corruption, and she has to decide who is to be trusted.

I think you are likely to appreciate the fact that recurring characters of the series appear in "Judgment in death" too. I strongly advise you read these books in order, so that you will have the opportunity of getting to know the characters slowly, and of watching them grow. Of course, my favourite interactions are those between Eve and Roarke, but there are plenty of other interesting characters, like Peabody, McNab, Captain Feeney and Doctor Mira. We even have a cop from Internal Affairs with a very big crush on Eve, something that Roarke will not take well  :)

All in all, I really liked this book. The reasons for that are many: it has lots of action, a good plot and plenty of interesting characters. Due to all that, I recommend "Judgment in death" to you. Beware, though: the "In death" series is addictive!!

Belen Alcat
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I have been fan of J.D Robb for.some time.  Have been reading the Death Series in order and these books do not disappoint.  Salvation In Death is another book that.is suspenseful and follows Eve, Roark, Peabody and the.whole gang with their daily lives taking place in the future.  Love the mystery and the series continues on.
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A beautiful serial killer who is all set to redefine the very notion of evil and a cynical cop struggling with his own personal demons are pitched against each other in this first installment of the Detective Dan Riley series. It's a great book and I would definitely recommend it if you enjoy reading J.D. Robb's Eve Dallas series. Rebecca's character is well written and you almost feel sorry for her...almost. I will be looking forward to hearing more from Dan Riley! Thanks to NetGalley and Bookouture for sending me this book to read.
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I don't think J.D. Robb wrote this. It is CLOSE...yet, if u read her...all Death series books follow a pattern. I LOVE the depth of her character driven stories. Some are about the sheer ugliness within..and the loyalty Dallas inspires by her courage attention to detail.. And she is a "COPS" cop.the extra layer of that is missing. It is a clean quick read. I usually wait as long as possible from purchasing in September to reading because i must wait til FEBRUARY for another...i think this book is a ringer. Someone said they could write one of these and this is the result. Its a clone a hybrid. J.D. Robb created an amazing world I've visited many times. This wasn't HER creative effort. This is a pale imitation; and NOT the sincerest form of flattery it is insulting. And yup I'll buy the next one infinitum!
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I am reading everything's on my Kindle keyboard before I start using my Paperwhite. Came across a whole bunch of books by J D Robb and I have been binging on them this week.

J D Robb, as you probably know, also writes romance as Norah Roberts. Writing as J D Robb, however, her style is darker and grittier.

This is a series of mysteries set in the not too far distant future when the earth has colonized a lot of planets, societal norms have changed in some ways, yet law and order remains law and order and the police are there to protect and serve.

This series chronicles the cases of Eve Dallas as she investigates murders and believes it is her vocation to stand for the dead, to see that they get justice.

In my opinion, a person is going to love these books or hate them, I happen to love them.

Well written, strongly developed characters, detailed plots. Someone is doing research and I appreciate that. Of course, there are some love stories woven in because that is part of life, after all, it can't be all grim.