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New York to Dallas (In Death #33)

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#1 "New York Times" bestselling author J.D. Robb presents an intense and terrifying new case for New York homicide cop Eve Dallas: one that will take her all the way to the city that named her-and plunge her into the nightmares of her childhood.

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Published September 13th 2011 by Putnam Adult

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Jul 07, 2011 Angela James rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2011, arc, futuristic, romantic-suspense, my-faves

I'm still mulling over my thoughts about this book. I enjoyed it, as I often enjoy these books, but one thought that I can't shake, now that I'm done, is the idea that this series is going to have to draw to a conclusion now. A lot of the large, overarching story threads that have been interwoven are being given answers, and I feel that, as far as the interpersonal/relationship conflicts go, not just with Eve and Roarke, but the secondary characters as well, that these have all been pretty well...more

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Jun 23, 2011 Katie(babs) rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. New York to Dallas is the 33rd book in J.D. Robb’s immensely popular futuristic series that shows what happens after the HEA ends with the main couple who end up married. Eve Dallas and Roarke is one of my all favorite romantic couples. Roarke is my favorite hero hands down, regardless of him being way too perfect for words. After so many books with these two, I feel as if they’re old friends I can turn to for comfort. Also I love how the series takes place in New York City and forty years in a...more New York to Dallas is the 33rd book in J.D. Robb’s immensely popular futuristic series that shows what happens after the HEA ends with the main couple who end up married. Eve Dallas and Roarke is one of my all favorite romantic couples. Roarke is my favorite hero hands down, regardless of him being way too perfect for words. After so many books with these two, I feel as if they’re old friends I can turn to for comfort. Also I love how the series takes place in New York City and forty years in a future I can see coming to pass. I can’t wait for the day when I can have my own flying car and auto chef.

New York to Dallas should be a milestone in this series. I knew something big was going to go down when for the first time, the title didn’t have the two words- In Death. I had an inkling what this shocking reveal might be that happens in this story, and I was correct. Unfortunately the way this was divulged was less than satisfactory. It was very lacking and just thrown in there, as if Robb knew what her readers wanted and she had to give them something to make them happy. Lately, I’ve become fatigued with this series. After 33 books, what more can you do? I love seeing the tender side of Roarke and Eve and how they’re still trying to figure each other out. These two are such opposites, and for all purposes, shouldn’t be able to sustain a relationship together. But they do, and even though the toughest of times, they work out their issues and always go to bed together, waking up the next morning in each other’s arms. Most of the time Eve is a snarling cranky wench the next day, while Roarke just sits there placating her with his swarmy sexiness.

New York to Dallas is set up like most of the past books. A horrible crime has been committed and Eve must solve it, always with Roarke lending more than a helping hand. But this latest case hits close to home for Eve. A pedophile killer has broken out of jail, which coincidentally is the first case Eve ever solved. The pedophile, Issac McQueen was the first criminal Eve brought down when she was still green and just starting out as a police officer. Now that Issac is on the loose, he’s up to his old tricks and has targeted Eve. Also, Issac may be hiding out in Dallas, Texas. Eve once lived there as a child and was left by her mother who in turn was horribly abuse by her father, who she killed in self-defense as he tried to rape her again. Eve has to confront her past again, while remaining strong as she tries to figure out where Issac is, who’s helping him and stop him from kidnapping, raping and killing young girls.

The McQueen case hits Eve hard because she once was a victim just like the girls McQueen targets. Whenever young girls are involved and brutalized by some monster, Eve takes it personally because she was once in their shoes. But the McQueen case takes on a whole new meaning because someone working with McQueen may have ties to Eve’s past and her parents.

I was so hoping New York to Dallas would hit one out of the park for me. It didn’t. I did find the case and the non-stop action from Eve and her crew to be on the edge of your seat material, but it feels as if it has that been there, done that feeling to it already. The way Eve and Roarke interact has become routine, even down to the minimal love scenes they share together. At a certain point I felt as if these two were tired about everything and they need to get away to regroup.

The big twist that should shock failed for me. The way it was revealed was poorly executed and comes out of the blue, more like a throwaway. It didn’t really fit, and even when Eve has that light bulb moment, I had to re-read because it was confusing. I felt as if I missed something, as if Robb left out a few important pieces that should have been introduced earlier on. This spoiler really closes up so many loose ends for Eve and her past, and I wonder if perhaps Robb perhaps is decided to finally end this series. There’s not much more she can do with the characters. They can’t really grow anymore and they have become static. Even if a new uber type villain is introduced to shake things up, it really wouldn’t breathe life back into this series.

All parties have to end and with the In Death books and the case of Eve and Roarke, I really think it’s time to say goodbye and say thanks for the good times. New York to Dallas was more ho hum reading with a few zingers here and there, but not enough to keep me reading this series indefinitely.

I was hoping for so much more with this book, but in the end it just didn’t deliver.(less)

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Sep 19, 2011 Ana rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: z-read-in-2011, suspense

The number-one New York Times-bestselling author J. D. Robb presents an intense and terrifying new case for New York homicide cop Eve Dallas, one that will take her all the way to the city that gave her her name-and plunge her into the nightmares of her childhood.

When a monster named Isaac McQueen-taken down by Eve back in her uniform days-escapes from Rikers, he has two things in mind. One is to pick up where he left off, abducting young victims and leaving them scarred in both mind and body.

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Sep 02, 2011 Once Upon rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The 41st Novel of the series In Death (including anthologies), the only one that doesn’t have those words in the title, is as expected great. An escapee pedophile and murderer that 12 years ago, rookie officer Dallas of the NYPD had brought him in, is now going after revenge against her. The similarities with her abusive past and this case is bringing out feelings and memories that had been buried all this time and that she has been fighting to overcome. All through the previous books she learns...more The 41st Novel of the series In Death (including anthologies), the only one that doesn’t have those words in the title, is as expected great. An escapee pedophile and murderer that 12 years ago, rookie officer Dallas of the NYPD had brought him in, is now going after revenge against her. The similarities with her abusive past and this case is bringing out feelings and memories that had been buried all this time and that she has been fighting to overcome. All through the previous books she learns little by little pieces of memory from the terrifying and abusive past of when she was a little child of 8 years and was found traumatized, broken, hungry and covered in blood after killing the monster who was her Dad. The unconditional love of her husband Roarke and the motherly love and understanding of Mira, the department psychiatrist and profiler, has been the catalyst to open like flower petals those new memories and given her a way of adjusting and the tools for learning to overcome that past.

Isaac, the pedophile is using some of the knowledge he obtain in prison about her past to complete his new mission of revenge and keep going where he left off. Using one of the victims from the past, he is able to demand that Eve return to the city where she was found as a child, Dallas, Texas, and where she had been raped, abused physically and mentally and used as a mark by her Dad. During the developing of the story her wounds are reopen and her feelings become raw, while trying to keep her sanity and strength to be able to do her job and save the victims that are hers now. To top all, the partner that is helping this guy is someone very close from her past and has played a big part in her nightmares. Out of her comfort zone, it is important for her to grasp at anything that reminds her of who she is now and all that keeps her grounded, even away she uses her own people to help her along.

This book brings out raw emotions, the power of true love and great detective work all at once in these chapters. For those that follow the series you get a glance at the power that drives this detective to make her the best homicide detective of NYPD and get a deeper understanding of Eve Dallas the person. A very adsorbing and intense book, that pulls at the strings of your heart core and keeps you in constant expectancy of the outcome, all the way to the finish. In my opinion, this is one of the best installment, if not her best of the series, makes me wonder what J.D. Robb will bring next.

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Apr 15, 2012 Kat rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: futuristic, review, kindle-wishlist, mystery-and-suspense, favorites, read-2011

Blue Ribbon Rating: 5 out of 5
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In the mid-twenty-first century, NYPSD Lieutenant Eve Dallas is facing possibly her worst nemesis yet: paperwork. Just as Eve finds herself wishing for a murder that would spring her from paperwork hell, something worse comes along.

Isaac McQueen – a violent pedophile Eve took down not long after she became a police officer – has escaped prison. McQueen seems more than eager to get back to raping and torturing young girls, but he’s added an additi...more Blue Ribbon Rating: 5 out of 5
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In the mid-twenty-first century, NYPSD Lieutenant Eve Dallas is facing possibly her worst nemesis yet: paperwork. Just as Eve finds herself wishing for a murder that would spring her from paperwork hell, something worse comes along.

Isaac McQueen – a violent pedophile Eve took down not long after she became a police officer – has escaped prison. McQueen seems more than eager to get back to raping and torturing young girls, but he’s added an additional target to his list: Eve. McQueen’s sick cat-and-mouse game will take Eve and her husband Roarke from New York to Dallas, where the demons of Eve’s past will collide with the terrifying danger that taking down McQueen presents.

Enter the explosively exciting world of Eve and Roarke in NEW YORK TO DALLAS. Author J.D. Robb brings the full gamut of emotions to the table in NEW YORK TO DALLAS and readers are sure to experience every one. I laughed, I cried, I sighed, I smiled, I relaxed and curled up with the book, then I tensed and sat up straight as I eagerly turned the pages.

As one might expect from the lack of “In Death” in the title, J.D. Robb shakes things up in NEW YORK TO DALLAS. Taking Eve out of New York doesn’t just equal a location change. She’s in unfamiliar territory, doesn’t have her partner, her squad, her commander or the familiar resources she’s used to. It was interesting, for me, to see Eve in such a situation. What’s more, Dallas isn’t just any location. As fans of the series know, Dallas is where Eve’s life was irrevocably changed. I won’t provide any spoilers, but it should come as no surprise that the ghosts of Eve’s past – a past she’s thought she’d mostly come to terms with – are added to the strain of trying to capture McQueen. I loved the character growth this aspect of the story brought to Eve, even as it broke my heart. And it wasn’t only my heart breaking. Roarke, Eve’s husband, is with her every step of the way. Not only do we see more of his character development come about – and I won’t say why or how – but the progression their marriage makes in NEW YORK TO DALLAS is simply beautiful to watch. In many ways, Eve and Roarke make a unique couple. But one of the things I love most about them as husband and wife is the fact that they have the “everyday” little problems couples have, not just big ones; they have to cope with both in this book.

A host of new characters are seamlessly introduced in NEW YORK TO DALLAS. I grew to love them almost as much as I do Eve and Roarke’s friends. Two of McQueen’s victims, in particular, grabbed my attention – and Eve’s – and it’s not just their courage which captivated me, but what they show about Eve that makes me hope I’ll see them again.

There’s a reason Ms. Robb’s dynamic IN DEATH series is still wildly popular more than forty books and novellas in. The books may be set in the future, but the themes of love, friendship, loss, pain, survival, courage, hope, despair, good and evil are universal. Too, the strengths, flaws and quirks of Eve, Roarke and their friends makes the characters not only loveable, but relatable.

NEW YORK TO DALLAS is the thirty-third full-length novel in the IN DEATH series, but Ms. Robb weaves in enough background for readers new to the world of Eve and Roarke to follow along. Fans of the series will, however, be in for a special treat, as there are so many moments in NEW YORK TO DALLAS that show just how far Eve and Roarke have come.

Ms. Robb brings her A-game to NEW YORK TO DALLAS. Love, intelligence, hard work and twisted-as-hell evil are a brilliant combination in the hands of someone like Ms. Robb. She has the ability to make even a predictable surprise plot twist feel like a sucker punch to the gut. That ability to bring forth such strong emotions is why I’ve been a fan of J.D. Robb/Nora Roberts for more than half my lifetime and why I continue to look forward to each new book of hers. NEW YORK TO DALLAS is captivating from beginning to end, and I finished it eager to see where Ms. Robb takes Eve and Roarke next!

Note: My review was written for Romance Junkies and is cross-posted here courtesy of Romance Junkies.(less)

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Sep 08, 2011 Allison (The Allure of Books) rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mysteries-thrillers-crime-horror, series_in-death, 2011, own-it

Well folks, another installment (the 33rd!) of the In Death series, New York to Dallas, by J.D. Robb is going to be released next week. If you’ve followed my blog for any decent amount of time, you know I am an obsessive fan of the series. This one is no exception! It definitely takes things a little bit off the beaten path…

Eve, Roarke and the posse all start out in the futuristic NYC as usual…then an old case – Eve’s first case – comes back to haunt her in a big way. Dude breaks out of jail and...more Well folks, another installment (the 33rd!) of the In Death series, New York to Dallas, by J.D. Robb is going to be released next week. If you’ve followed my blog for any decent amount of time, you know I am an obsessive fan of the series. This one is no exception! It definitely takes things a little bit off the beaten path…

Eve, Roarke and the posse all start out in the futuristic NYC as usual…then an old case – Eve’s first case – comes back to haunt her in a big way. Dude breaks out of jail and all hell breaks loose. Y’all, this guy is one evil SOB. One of the best things about the series (to me) is that the murders (Eve is a homicide detective) are grisly and realistic. In this case, we have a pedophile whose victim count reaches the double digits. This time around, he is more interested in making Eve crazy than anything else. He has an elaborate plan that eventually has Eve and Roarke chasing him to Dallas (also known as Eve’s worst nightmare).

So, I won’t get into too many spoilers for those of you that haven’t read the series, but for those of you that have: lots of Eve’s past is revealed in Dallas. So much, in fact, that the coincidences mount up quick enough that you’ll have to suspend disbelief a little bit to take it all in. Pretty intense stuff too.

Also, Eve has cops in Dallas working with her for the most part, so not as much with Peabody, Feeney or any of the rest this time around. I kinda miss having them around! Although, I am happy to say that you do get to witness Whitney giving somebody hell for their incompetence (I never feel like the book is complete without getting to see him chewing somebody out) and there are a couple of awww scenes where Feeney acts all fatherly towards Eve. So all is not lost.

Definitely another strong addition to the series! Not my favorite, but I think long-time readers are going to appreciate the insight into Eve’s past. Definitely nice to have that development. I’m very curious now to see what happens in the next book when things shift back to NYC!(less)

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Nov 18, 2012 Darcy rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2011, audio-book, mystery, futuristic, 2012

This book was a difficult one to read because it revisited the horrors of Eve's past in more than one way as it hit so very close to what happened to her as a child and her first big case which was also similar to what happened to her.

What I really liked about this book was the impact that Eve had on people. First there were the girls she rescued on her first case, you could see it when she met them now. Both woman used their experiences as kids and what they saw with Eve to emulate her in their...more

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Jan 07, 2012 Paraphrodite rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

A big secret is revealed about Eve in this book that rated a departure from the normal "In Death" titles. And it's all revealed in Dallas, back where it all began. The regular crowd stays back in New York and Eve has to work with the Dallas Police force instead. I must admit I missed those guys.
I think this was another worthy addition to the series, and just when you think that Eve and Roarke are beginning to settle down to some nice and quiet, this shows how vulnerable they still are to their p...more

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Dec 02, 2011 Saly rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: cops-law-enforcement-security

I am not going to go into the story but just say a few things about the series, it has become really predictable not that, that is bad but I would like to see Eve evolve.

Things there in all books:
Eve getting so into a case, that she doesn't eat, sleep and acts like a boor and has dreams about her past mixed up with the victims, as usual Roarke is there, feeding her and forcing her to look after herself, even siccing Mira on her when needed. We have the customary fight for no reason when Even tri...more

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Nov 10, 2011 Jay Connor rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Hated it.

J.D. Robb is the demented alter ego of Nora Roberts, a romance novelist with over 209 books to her "credit." Her friends and family are the ones in the neck braces due to the whiplash represented by an author careening between these two psyches.

How I picked this one out and actually stayed with it to conclusion is actually the more interesting story than the soulless bloodlust which substitutes for dramatic propulsion in this un-redeeming effort from a series called "in death."

I arriv...more

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Feb 16, 2013 Jaime rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: m-f, thriller

I'm pretty much incapable of giving any Eve Dallas book less than five stars, but if I could, I would add another half star to this one. I loved the idea of moving Eve out of her comfort zone - both geographically and emotionally - and it felt like just the right time to resolve some of her feelings about her past. The emotional bits were spot on, and frequently had me choked up, like all of the best scenes that deal with Eve and Roarke and their histories.

The only thing I would possibly quibble...more

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Sep 18, 2011 Allison Kraft rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I'm a big fan of Robb's In Death series, so I was anxious to read this one. I had a feeling, given the change in title format, that it would be different than the rest, and probably an important step in Eve's story. I wasn't wrong.

Like others, I missed the other New York characters, but I understood why they had to take a backseat to Eve and Roarke. This one was all about Eve. Even the crime wasn't as much of a mystery as they usually are. You knew from the start who the bad guy was and what he...more I'm a big fan of Robb's In Death series, so I was anxious to read this one. I had a feeling, given the change in title format, that it would be different than the rest, and probably an important step in Eve's story. I wasn't wrong.

Like others, I missed the other New York characters, but I understood why they had to take a backseat to Eve and Roarke. This one was all about Eve. Even the crime wasn't as much of a mystery as they usually are. You knew from the start who the bad guy was and what he was up to, and so did Eve. But it was still an interesting case with a creepy killer.

I only have a few little issues with the book. The first was that the twist about Eve's mom was too obvious. For one, it was the last part of her childhood left to be tied up, and with this book so obviously being about her and the place of her childhood trauma, it made sense that her mother would come into play somehow. But even without that, the moment Eve looked at Sylvia's photo and felt sick, I knew that was going to be the twist. My problem with it, besides the obviousness, is the sheer coincidence of her mother being the partner of the killer that's targeting her. I would have accepted it more if McQueen, in his extensive research on Eve, had actually discovered Sylvia's true identity and recruited her as a means to further torment his cop nemesis. It being just a happy (or not-so-happy) coincidence didn't work for me.

My other problem was Robb's use of "anal" as cop-speak for analysis. Why, after 30-plus books, did she suddenly decide to start using it? It may be what cops really say (or not - I have no idea), but in print it doesn't work. Every time I came upon it, it jarred me from the story for the second or two it took me to readjust my mental pronunciation. Shouldn't an editor have caught this?

One last gripe is the end. I have a hard time believing that a cop as smart as Eve, and a man as experienced and overprotective as Roarke, didn't consider that McQueen would have tracked Eve to her hotel and might look for her there. Especially when, in his last call to her, he said he would come for her.

Despite those nitpicks, I did very much enjoy the book. I love this series, and I'm glad that this wasn't the last, even though it could have been. Between Eve's backstory being wrapped up and the full circle feeling the end of the book gave (with Galahad saving her again, just as he had in the first book), it could have been the close to the series. And for most, by book 33, it would be time to stop, but I'm not ready to leave Eve and Roarke and the NYPSD crew, so I'm glad it won't just yet.(less)

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Jan 18, 2012 Shelley aka Gizmo's Reviews rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2011-releases, mystery-romance, borrowed-library

*Rating* 3.5
*Genre* Mystery/Romance

*Review*

Full review and thoughts later. Real world and personal issues take first priority. Sucks to be me.

1. Unrealistic to me: Eve going to Dallas and taking over the investigation from the Dallas PD and the FBI just because 12 years ago she, as a rookie cop right out of the academy, took down the bad guy on a chance encounter. Really? Where exactly does that happen in real life? Are you really going to sit there and tell me that the FBI would just go quietly...more

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Aug 25, 2012 Caro rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: in-death

This was a great book too. It was also a psychological turning point. I loved the E&R unity and understanding. The family feelings and the true blessings that were pointed out (or acknowledged) and how they were brilliantly written. I would never be able to write feelings well. The fear and confusion of what's real was a great addition to E&R's relationship. Roarke has perfect timing, as usual, but still cutting it close. Plenty of suspense, more of an emotional book in this series and n...more

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Dec 17, 2011 Books Mom rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: science-fiction-romance, futuristic-romance, mystery-suspense

Originally posted at http://its-raining-books.blogspot.com...

The reading world was thrown into a dither when J. D. Robb announced this book -- and it wasn't titled "... In Death". I admit, I was puzzled, too, but this book's title difference made more sense once I'd read the book.

The fact is, this book is less about the mystery and more about Eve facing her past. Yes, she's done a lot of facing her past in the previous books, but this book was a real turning point. For me, it made the book both...more

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Mar 01, 2013 Bitchie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2013-reads, law-enforcement, mystery-suspense

It was nice to finally get back into this world, it's been a while for me. This remains one of my favorite series, with some of my favorite characters ever.

The mystery was as solid and gritty as ever. My only real complaint with the mystery was all the coincidences. The one girl who visited him in prison was the last girl he took, and she just so happened to move with her family to Dallas, which just so happens to be the last name of the cop who caught him. Then he just so happens to hook up wi...more

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Feb 24, 2013 Lizabeth S. Tucker rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: science-fiction, romance, mystery-adventure

My review is of the ebook edition.

With this latest installment in the Eve Dallas series, Nora Roberts (aka J. D. Robb) abandons her "In Death" titles. I can understand why, but I hate to see them go as it was always easy to pick the series out of a general listing of Roberts' books.

A nightmare from Eve Dallas' early days as a patrol officer returns. Isaac McQueen had been Eve's first big arrest, a man who kidnapped, raped, brutalized and kept captive young girls. Now he's escaped and wants payba...more

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Feb 01, 2013 Michelle rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

New York to Dallas is a gripping read, with a real edge of your seat climax near the end of the book. I couldn’t put it down, well I had to put it down to deal with my day to day life but I never actually wanted to! And I’m sitting here at midnight writing this because I was too close to the end not to finish it.

The book was exciting and it grabbed your attention but it’s not for the squeamish. Yes, I know it’s a thriller so you expect there to be murder and corpses and cop chases etc and this b...more

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Oct 05, 2012 Fionacrowe rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

just finished the lastest instalment in the eve dallas story- i felt i had to read it to keep up with the eve/ roarke story, but if really honest its all starting to drag on a bit- im not sure where the author can go with the character development- a baby maybe?? Sommerset the new nanny:)

overall i liked the story- interesting villian/ villians, gives further insight into dallas life. bit frustrating at times how they kept missing Iassac (eg. him overhearing kids talking in the grocery shop) enjo...more

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Jul 31, 2012 Patricia Eddy rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is by far the grittiest, most graphic In Death book. It deals with many aspects of Eve's past, and in many ways, ties all of the various threads of her past together. It serves as a vehicle to really explain why Eve is the way she is, in many ways. We see more vulnerability from her, and from Roarke, and I think many of the interactions between the two, and between them and Dr. Mira were very emotional and necessary.

I missed Peabody in this book though. In fact, it's one of the things I mi...more

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Jul 09, 2012 Dolores rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

When I read the last "In Death" book they kept referring to events that took place in this book. That was when I realized I had missed this one. I debated about going back and reading it, but I when I heard the audio version had won an Audie, I decided to listen to it. As far as audio books go, this was a pretty good one. The reader did a nice job. However. What I enjoy about this series are two things. First of all--the world. I love the descriptions of futuristic New York. The descriptions of...more

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Jul 06, 2012 Rooks rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Ok, so like I've mentioned elsewhere, I decided awhile back to read - and in some instances reread - every novel and novella in the "In Death" series in order, because I was convinced that they'd gotten markedly worse. My reasoning behind that was simple; I'd left the series for ages, needed something to read when an unexpected layover at an airport bordered on the interminable and I'd finished all my other carry-on books, and picked up the latest In Death at the nearest Hudson Booksellers. This...more Ok, so like I've mentioned elsewhere, I decided awhile back to read - and in some instances reread - every novel and novella in the "In Death" series in order, because I was convinced that they'd gotten markedly worse. My reasoning behind that was simple; I'd left the series for ages, needed something to read when an unexpected layover at an airport bordered on the interminable and I'd finished all my other carry-on books, and picked up the latest In Death at the nearest Hudson Booksellers. This induced a hearty case of "qu'est-ce que fuck?! Why did I used to read these all the time?!" As I've said elsewhere on GoodReads, it's likely because "In Death" is the crack of the book world - at some point, you really stop caring if it's good (or good for you).

I tell y'all this so you can understand my prejudices when I discuss this book. It's a giant, steaming caveat, ok? OK.

That being said, then, Robb/Roberts really writes two kinds of mysteries - let's call them "who" mysteries and "how" mysteries. The former are books where we as readers ostensibly don't know whodunit, while in the latter we know more or less exactly whodunit, but we have no idea either how they did it or how Eve and the Scooby Gang are going to go about catching them. (I'd assert the best of the "whos" is probably Innocent in Death, while the best of the "hows" is . . . umm . . . maybe Treachery in Death? They start to blend together when you're about to start book 42 in a series in under 7 months of total reading time.) Occasionally a book will manage to be both a who and a how, and clearly the best of these (and of all of them) is the first one, Naked in Death.

Regardless, New York to Dallas is definitively a "how" book. Eve's first big arrest escapes - the author's disdain for the efficacy of the penal system is pretty evident throughout the series, second only to her disdain regarding defense attorneys. (Caveat #2, I'm completely down with defense attorneys - some of my best friends are such, quite literally - so this annoys me on the reg, but I'm a sucker for crime procedurals. It's a conflicted life, but someone has to live it.) Naturally dude's totally obsessed with her, and so rather than do the smart thing and get the hell out of Dodge while the getting's good, he's gotta make her pay. Even more naturally his crimes are going to dredge up some of her extremely problematic childhood in very real ways, ways that are much closer to home, as it were, than in any previous cases. (Except for maybe in Divided in Death. God bless Wikipedia.)

This book is extremely light on Scooby Gang - Whitney, Peabody, McNabb and Feeney make brief appearances (and maybe Webster? I don't recall, but Morris I think not at all), while only Mira is more extensively involved in the written action. The sexytimes continue their trademark devolution towards just being a series of feelings squishing into each other with nary a concrete noun in sight. The twist, such as it is, didn't catch me off guard, but it's possible that it might for others, so I'm not going to say it was about as twisty as a ruler. We got a lot of Roarke time, but no one was in their element (that being a central theme to the book), so the quality of that time depends on what it is you fancy, in particular, about Roarke. All in all, a hearty meh. I really wish 2.5 stars could be an available rating. Like, a lot.

On the upside, just one book and one novella left!(less)

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May 18, 2012 Netha rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: urban-fantasy

Nih buku wajib dibaca....benar2 harus baca bagi yang ingin tau ttg ibunda Eve.

Dibuku ini Eve harus berhadapan dengan luka & masa lalunya. Harus sekali lagi merasakan menjadi nobody yg ga penting buat ke 2 orang tuanya.

Roarke pun harus ikut merasakan sakitnya. Roarke paling ga bisa melihat Eve sakit & terluka. & Duka yg Eve rasakan sepanjang buku ini juga turut dirasakan Roarke tanpa dia tau harus berbicara atau berbuat apa.

mari mulai bercerita.

12 tahun yang lalu Eve berhasil meringku...more

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Apr 13, 2012 Jane Lee rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: murder-mystery, thrilling-and-suspenseful

I was out in the library with my sister when I was compelled to check the New Arrivals corner. Lo and behold, my eyes laid upon the title and I knew I just had to borrow it.

I have been reading this series even when I was in college. So much in fact that they have become friends, a comforting presence when I needed something familiar, something I could easily grasp for rejuvenation of low spirits and downtrodden hearts. It feels so long since I have read an In Death series and I feel a wash of no...more

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Apr 10, 2012 Riccarla Roman rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Solving crimes with Eve Dallas and the amazingly scrumptious Roarke is one of my favorite ways to spend time. I want to visit them and meet Summerset and hang out at the police station with Peabody, McNab, Feeney, Baxter, and Trueheart. I love getting the new book whenever it comes out. This one is tricky because it's not an "In Death" book. However, this is an important book in the canon.

We all know about Eve's terrible childhood (Roarke's wasn't much better). This book gives us a look at one o...more

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Mar 08, 2012 Maria rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: nora-roberts-re-reads, romance-mystery-scifi-thriller

As usual, Ms. Robb keeps you on the edge of your seat and reading frantically to the end. Although there are some humorous exchanges, most of the book is deadly serious as Eve comes face to face with her past and has to deal with it while Roarke does his level best to keep her secure and physically well. There are a host of new characters and many from the New York end are brought in by link or transpo to keep the reader in touch with our favorites, but one can't help but miss the give and take...more

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Feb 13, 2012 Marleen rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Eve’s first ever arrest as a rookie cop in New York was an accident. During a house-to-house investigation she stumbled across a depraved paedophile who was collecting young girls in his apartment for his enjoyment. This arrest kick-started Eve’s career in homicide and brought back the first memories of her own, horrific, childhood.
Now, twelve years later that sick criminal, Isaac McQueen, has escaped from prison with two goals in mind.
He wants to get back to his depraved habits and he wants his...more Eve’s first ever arrest as a rookie cop in New York was an accident. During a house-to-house investigation she stumbled across a depraved paedophile who was collecting young girls in his apartment for his enjoyment. This arrest kick-started Eve’s career in homicide and brought back the first memories of her own, horrific, childhood.
Now, twelve years later that sick criminal, Isaac McQueen, has escaped from prison with two goals in mind.
He wants to get back to his depraved habits and he wants his revenge on Eve.
When McQueen escapes to Dallas and abducts a young woman who was one of the girls rescued by Eve, she feels she has no choice but to follow him there, find him and re-arrest him.
But Dallas is where Eve’s past lies and is still very much alive for her. With Roarke by her side Eve thinks that she’s able to keep her own feelings and memories under control while hunting down McQueen. She couldn’t have known that her past still holds surprises for her and that she’s not only putting her life in danger but also her sanity.

As expected, this was a fast, thrilling and exciting story. J.D. Robb rarely disappoints me with one of her Eve and Roarke adventures.
Robb’s characters are strong, recognizable, clever, and fun. Conversations sparkle, the action is descriptive and exciting while the intimate scenes are hot. What’s not to like?
The ingredients are familiar; horrible crimes, a deprived but clever criminal, Eve’s dark humour, Roarke’s technical wizardry and an explosive finale. And yet, even though I know exactly what to expect before I pick up the book, these stories never fail to completely grab a hold of me and keep me hooked until the very last page, leaving me wanting more as soon as I close the book.
You would expect such predictability to lessen my reading enjoyment, but it doesn’t. If anything, the experience is quite the opposite. I look at these books as a sort of homecoming, a safe read when I need something to lift my spirits.
I can only hope that Robb will continue with this series for as long as I’m able to read.
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Feb 06, 2012 Srisurang rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery

เล่มนี้เข้มข้นมาก ทั้งเรื่องคดี เพื่อนร่วมงาน และความสัมพันธ์ นักโทษข่มขืนที่จับเด็กไปขังไว้ ซึ่งอีฟเคยจับได้เมื่อสมัยเริ่มเป็นตำรวจใหม่ๆ หลุดออกมาจากคุก จับตัวหญิงสาวซึ่งเคยเป็นหนึ่งในเหยื่อของเขาสมัยนั้นไว้แล้วบังคับให้อีฟตามไปดัลลัส อีฟก็เลยต้องข้ามเมืองไปร่วมมือทำงานกับทีมตำรวจที่ดัลลัส
เรื่องนี้ก็ประสบความสำเร็จในการเปลี่ยนบรรยากาศการทำงาน ทั้งผู้ร่วมงานทั้งทีม เมืองที่เปลี่ยนไป นิสัยผู้คนก็เปลี่ยนไปด้วย สนุกดีค่ะ แน่นอนว่าผู้ช่วยส่วนตัวของอีฟคือพระเอกของเราก็ต้องตามไปด้วย เพราะความเป็นห่วง...more เล่มนี้เข้มข้นมาก ทั้งเรื่องคดี เพื่อนร่วมงาน และความสัมพันธ์ นักโทษข่มขืนที่จับเด็กไปขังไว้ ซึ่งอีฟเคยจับได้เมื่อสมัยเริ่มเป็นตำรวจใหม่ๆ หลุดออกมาจากคุก จับตัวหญิงสาวซึ่งเคยเป็นหนึ่งในเหยื่อของเขาสมัยนั้นไว้แล้วบังคับให้อีฟตามไปดัลลัส อีฟก็เลยต้องข้ามเมืองไปร่วมมือทำงานกับทีมตำรวจที่ดัลลัส
เรื่องนี้ก็ประสบความสำเร็จในการเปลี่ยนบรรยากาศการทำงาน ทั้งผู้ร่วมงานทั้งทีม เมืองที่เปลี่ยนไป นิสัยผู้คนก็เปลี่ยนไปด้วย สนุกดีค่ะ แน่นอนว่าผู้ช่วยส่วนตัวของอีฟคือพระเอกของเราก็ต้องตามไปด้วย เพราะความเป็นห่วงอีฟที่ต้องกลับไปยังเมืองแห่งความหลังที่มีแต่ความทรงจำร้ายๆ อีฟต้องรับเรื่องหลายด้านเลย ทั้งที่เกี่ยวกับคดี ต้องปรับตัวในการทำงาน ซึ่งเธอก็ทำได้ดี และต้องรับมือกับอดีต แค่คดีกับคนร้ายก็ทำให้เธอนึกถึงเรื่องฝังใจในวัยเด็ก แล้วยังในเมืองดัลลัสอีก ที่จริงเล่มนี้เราชอบมากๆๆๆๆ สุดๆ เพราะรู้สึกเรื่องราวอัดแน่นทั้งเรื่องงานเรื่องความรัก สนุกมาก แต่มีบางอย่างเกี่ยวกับคดีที่ไม่ชอบเป็นส่วนตัว
โดยรวม เรื่องคดีกับการจับคนร้าย เลยให้ 4 ดาว แต่เรื่องความสัมพันธ์ในเล่มนี้ ให้ 6 ดาวไปเลยค่ะ อาจเป็นเพราอีฟถูกกดดันหลายทาง ความโหดร้าย บีบคั้นจิตใจเลยทำให้ทั้งสองคนได้แสดงความรักผูกพัน ห่วงใยกันมากยิ่งขึ้นไปอีก ฉากหวานๆ ซึ้งใจ หรืออิ่มอุ่นในใจมากมาย และที่น่าชมคือมุขตลกก็เยอะด้วย เรียกว่าครบทุกอารมณ์เลยค่ะ ขนาดรักพระเอกคนนี้แล้ว ยังมาตกหลุมรักซ้ำอีกในเล่มนี้หมดหัวใจเลยล่ะ ซีรี่ส์นี้เป็นหนังสือชุดเดียว(ที่เรานึกออก)ที่เขียนเรื่องความรักของตัวเอกหลังจากแต่งงานกันแล้ว (ตั้งแต่เล่มสาม) ได้มาจนถึงสามสิบกว่าเล่ม เป็นเรื่องดีจริงๆ ที่เล่าถึงว่ามีอะไรหลังจากแฮปปี้เอนดิ้งแล้ว คนสองคนยังต้องเรียนรู้กันและกัน เปลี่ยนไปและพัฒนาไปได้ไม่มีวันจบ มีขัดใจไม่เข้าใจกัน ปรับความเข้าใจ จัดการกับสถานการณ์เดิมๆ ได้ต่างออกไปและดีขึ้น รู้ว่าตอนนี้เขาต้องโกรธแล้วละ แล้วทำยังไงให้ราบรื่น เข้าใจกันเร็วขึ้น โกรธกันหรือหงุดหงิดใส่กันสั้นลง เห็นความสำคัญของความรัก และการกระทำเล็กๆ น้อยๆ คำพูดแต่ละคำที่มีให้กัน โอ๊ย เรื่องระหว่างสองคนนี้ยกให้โร้คเป็นที่หนึ่งในพระเอกนิยายไปเลยล่ะ
ตอนท้ายๆ เกี่ยวกับคดี ขมวดเรื่องได้ขัดใจเรานิดๆ นะ เราว่ามันตั้งใจจัดฉากไปหน่อย แต่ก็นะ เห็นความพยายามของนักเขียน และเรื่องที่ได้คุณภาพระดับนี้ก็สมควรกับห้าดาว แม้จะไม่ถูกใจไปซะทุกเรื่องก็ตาม มีบทส่งท้ายนิดนึงด้วย แต่ก็ยังอยากอ่านต่ออีกง่ะ(less)

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Dec 22, 2011 Candice Hern rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I recently finished reading the entire In Death series from beginning to end. Whew! Love the entire series, love all the characters. After reading all 40+ novels and novellas in a row, I feel like they're family. After reading this last book, I am sort of bereft not to have another one to dive in to.

I enjoyed NEW YORK TO DALLAS as much as any other JD Robb title, whihc means I loved it. Not my favorite. Not her best. But still very very good. I do like how she was able to inject moments of humor...more

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Dec 19, 2011 Angie rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: adult-fiction, mystery

Robb does a good job on building suspense and writing a good mystery and this one is a good mystery. Pulling Dallas and Roarke out of New York and all that is familiar to them was interesting and a nice twist on the usual story. One of the crutches Robb has used in the past with the In Death series has been Dallas's abusive past and her nightmares about it. Most of the books in the series have had some plot points that have dealt with her past (often to the detriment of the storyline); in this b...more

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aka Nora Roberts

Eleanor Marie Robertson was born on October 10, 1950 in Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S.A. She was the youngest of the five children, also the only girl, of a marriage with Irish ancestors. Her family were avid readers, so books were always important in her life. She attended a Catholic school and credits the nuns with instilling in her a sense of discipline. During her sophomore year...more aka Nora Roberts

Eleanor Marie Robertson was born on October 10, 1950 in Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S.A. She was the youngest of the five children, also the only girl, of a marriage with Irish ancestors. Her family were avid readers, so books were always important in her life. She attended a Catholic school and credits the nuns with instilling in her a sense of discipline. During her sophomore year in high school, she transferred to a local public school, where she met Ronald Aufdem-Brinke, her future first husband.

In Augusy 17, 1968, as soon as she had graduated from High School, Eleanor married, against her parents' wishes. The marriage settled in Keedysville, Maryland. Her husband worked at his father's sheet-metal business before joining her parents in their lighting company. While, she worked briefly as a legal secretary. "I could type fast but couldn't spell, I was the worst legal secretary ever," she says now. After their sons, Dan and Jason, were born she stayed home. Calling this her "Earth Mother" years, she spent much of her time doing crafts, including ceramics and sewing her children's clothes. The marriage ended separating, and they obtained the divorce in January 1985.

In February 1979, a blizzard in forced her hand to try another creative outlet. She was snowed in with a three and six year old with no kindergarten respite in sight and a dwindling supply of chocolate. During the now famous blizzard, she pulled out a pencil and notebook and began to write down one of those stories. It was there that a career was born. Several manuscripts and rejections later, her first book, Irish Thoroughbred, was published by Silhouette in 1981 as Nora Roberts, a shortened form of her birth name Eleanor Marie Robertson, because she assumed that all authors had pen names.

Eleanor wrote under the pseudonym Jill March a story for a magazine titled "Melodies of Love".

Eleanor met her second husband, Bruce Wilder, when she hired him to build bookshelves. They were married in July 1985. Her husband owns and operates a bookstore in Boonsboro, Maryland called "Turn the Page Books". Since that time, they've expanded their home, traveled the world.

In 1992, she decided adopted other pseudonym so to publish a futuristic-suspense novels, she first decided to use the pseudonym D.J. MacGregor, but she discovered that this pseudonym was used by another author. In 1995, her first "In Death" serial novel was published under the pseudonym J.D. Robb, the initials "J.D." were taken from her sons, Jason and Dan, while "Robb" is a shortened form of Roberts.

Eleanor has also been known as Sara Hardesty, because when the "Born In" series was released in U.K. it carried that name instead of Nora Roberts. She has since changed publishers.

Eleanor has been plagiarized by another best-selling romance writer, Janet Dailey. The practice came to light after a reader read Nora Roberts' "Sweet Revenge" and Janet Dailey's "Notorious" back-to-back; she noticed several similarities and posted the comparable passages on the Internet. Calling the plagiarism "mind rape," Eleanor sued Janet Daily. In 1997, Janet, admitted to repeatedly plagiarizing from Nora Roberts' work, and that both "Aspen Gold" and "Notorious" lifted heavily from Nora Roberts's work. Both of those novels were pulled from print after Janet's admission. She acknowledged the plagiarism and blamed it on a psychological disorder. In a settlement, Janet paid Eleanor an undisclosed sum, which Eleanor donated to the Literacy Volunteers of America.

A founding member of the Romance Writers of America (R.W.A.), she was the first inductee in the organization's Hall of Fame. She also is a member of several writers groups and has won countless awards from her colleagues and the publishing industry. (less)

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