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Conspiracy in Death (In Death #8)

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Streetwise cop Eve Dallas and her trusty sidekick Peabody face a methodical killer in this latest addition to the In Death series by J.D. Robb, better known as the bestselling author Nora Roberts.

In the late 21st century, on the streets of New York City, a street sleeper is found murdered, his diseased heart removed with surgical precision. His death would typically drop

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Published May 27th 2004 by Piatkus Books (first published 1999)

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May 08, 2013 Elvan rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: audiobooks, re-read

What can I say? For the longest time I listed Conspiracy as my favorite InDeath.net book. Louise Dimatto becomes entrenched in the series, all the angst I can handle with Eve losing her badge, and Mira weeping at the fashion show. Re-reading it for the fifth or sixth time it does seem to drag in parts. Still a great read and a terrific final scene.

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Jan 01, 2008 Tina rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: romance, mystery, favorites

This is the 8th in the In Death series.

It is early winter right after the New Year 2059 and Eve is called to the murder scene of a sidewalk sleeper. Wondering why "homicide lite" simply doesn't handle the case, Eve quickly learns the reason why. The old homeless man who was murdered had his heart neatly, surgically removed.

At the crime scene Eve bumps heads with a troublemaker cop who has been jealous of Eve since the academy days when Eve, even then, was a star on the fast track.

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Feb 01, 2013 Kjen rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: re-read, favorites

There were so many great things about this book, I can not even begin to mention them all. I've re-read it many times and each time find new nuances that strike me from familiar scenes. This time around I was struck by Feeney's feelings when Eve was stripped of her badge and some things he said after they had gone "rogue" and were continuing to investigate together. As always my favorite part of the book is when Roarke has to verbally kick at Eve to bring her out of her grief. Then later, after...more

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May 15, 2013 Ashley rated it 4 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Conspiracy in Death (In Death Book 8) Summary: With the precision of a surgeon, a serial killer preys on the most vulnerable souls of the world's city streets. The first victim: a sidewalk sleeper, found dead in New York City. No bruises, no sign of struggle. Just a laser-perfect, fist-sized hole where his heart had once been. Detective Eve Dallas is assigned to investigate. But in the heat of a cat-and-mouse game with the killer, Dallas's job is suddenly on the line. Now her hands are tied... b...more Conspiracy in Death (In Death Book 8) Summary: With the precision of a surgeon, a serial killer preys on the most vulnerable souls of the world's city streets. The first victim: a sidewalk sleeper, found dead in New York City. No bruises, no sign of struggle. Just a laser-perfect, fist-sized hole where his heart had once been. Detective Eve Dallas is assigned to investigate. But in the heat of a cat-and-mouse game with the killer, Dallas's job is suddenly on the line. Now her hands are tied... between a struggle for justice - and a fight for her career...

MY OPINION:

This books picks up about two weeks after the ending of the novella, Midnight in Death. It's just reaching mid-January when Dallas and Peabody are dragged out of bed at the ungodly hour of five a.m. because of a dead sidewalk sleeper. On the way to the scene, both suppose its probably just an overly excited rookie who thinks he's discovered a serial killer. That soon proves to be true, it is a serial killer, one who has removed the heart of the sidewalk sleeper he killed. On scene, Eve butts heads with the rookie's mentor, Officer Ellen Bowers. It appears that Bowers hates Eve, and its soon revealed why. Bowers was one year ahead of Eve at the Academy, and was jealous when Eve began and immediately stood out as one of the best students to walk through the doors of the police academy. That's when Bowers's obsession with Eve began. She began making logs, diaries, detailing that Eve was sleeping her way to the top of the class and, after graduation, to the top at the NYPSD. Eve is confused - she doesn't even KNOW Bowers, then or know. But Bowers is determined to paint Eve as a dirty cop. Meanwhile, Eve finds like crimes all over, a woman who had her kidneys removed in New York, a schmuck missing a liver in Paris, and another crime in Chicago. Everything points to a large ring of criminals involving great minds: surgeons, cops, even politicians in East Washington. But when Bowers is killed, procedure must be followed to investigate her death. Unfortunately, this procedure must mean that Eve is put on suspension and relieved of her badge and weapon. This shatters Eve, we've learned that her badge and weapon aren't just symbols of her job, they're what she is, what she made herself after her awful childhood where she was no one and nothing but a little girl with an abusive father who did horrible things to her. Eve is completely broken, and her friends wonder if she'll ever be put back together. How can Eve stop more deaths if her hands are tied because she herself is under suspicion of murder?
I love this book. It's refreshing to see how Eve's colleagues react when Bower's first begins to file complaints about Eve. Cops are like family, you mess with one and they all come down on you. But when Eve is relieved of duty, its quite obvious that none of her officers are happy - one even knocks another cop from a different department flat on his butt for talking trash. The way Eve's friends rally around her after her badge is taken is beautiful - and the mark of true friends. Even bitter Summerset does what little he can to help. So, too, does Nadine, the reporter from channel 75 who Eve has a reluctant friendship with - she interviews survivors and families from previous cases, who all sing their praises about Eve and the injustice being done to her. The strongest survivor pleas comes from Jamie Lingstrom, who's grandfather and sister were killed in book 5, Ceremony in Death. This book keeps you on the edge of your seat, breaks your heart, and makes you feel Eve's despair.

Now I'm onto Loyalty in Death, Book 9.

Quote: "As an alternate to that action, Lieutenant, I could call maintenance."

"Fine, you do that, and you tell them that at the very first opportunity, I'm coming down there and killing all of them. Mass murder. And after they're all dead, I'm going to kick the bodies around, dance on top of them, and sing a happy song. No jury will convict me.(less)

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May 12, 2013 Andree rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2013

And I continue with my trend of reading books in this series in one sitting.

It's not perfect. It's not the best writing in the world. But it works.

I did like the direction this one went in. (view spoiler)...more

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Apr 14, 2013 Zoe rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: sci-fi-romance

I'm loving these police procedurals and am racing through this series. What will I read when I'm done? I've even put off reading the latest Elemental Assassin (one of my faves) because I am absorbed in Eve and Roarke.

It was great to see the other side of Eve. Poor Eve. I was a bit angry at Roarke for not being very sympathetic for long but I guess he know what she needed.

The mind of the author is truly terrifying sometimes...and maybe I am for reading this two. The homicide cases seem to get mor...more

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Dec 24, 2012 Iza Moreau rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I picked this up in the library because of the character and the setting: Eve Dallas, a tough cop in post-apocalyptic New York City, 2059. Eve had been an abused child who ended up killing her rapist father before losing her memory and being given a new identity. Pretty heady stuff for a beginning. What it turned out to be, though, was more like a futuristic CSI--a show that is watched by millions of people, but which I dislike. In the hands of a better writer, such as Jennifer Pelland, this nov...more

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Aug 29, 2012 Ning rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: kindle, romance, suspense

เล่มนี้
ไม่ค่อยประทับใจในส่วนของฆาตกรรม
มีความรู้สึกว่ามันช้า ๆ ไปไม่ถึงไหนสักที

นางร้าย ร้ายแบบไร้มิติ ไม่เก็ตการกระทำเธอเท่าไหร่
พอตายก็ตายแบบทารุณมาก.. เกินไปหน่อย
อันนี้คนส่งไปฆ่ากะว่าจะป้ายสีนางเอก
แต่ไม่รู้ดิ เล่นไม่วางแผนอะไรเลย
แต่ตีจนตาย จบ.. แล้วจะป้ายสีนางเอกได้ไงอ่ะ งงมาก

สรุปเรื่องนี้ผู้ร้ายจั๊ดง่าวมาก .. ไม่ฉลาดเลย
อ่านแล้วหงุดหงิด รอดมาได้หลายปี เพราะเงิน กับดรอยด์ เท่านั้นเอง

แต่ประทับใจในส่วนของพระ-นาง
เล่มนี้ รักเอาใจใส่กันเต็มที่ดี

ผิดหวังกับความเปราะบางของนางเอกนิดหน่อย
ไม่คิดว่าแต่ตราตำ...more

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Aug 07, 2012 Nina rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: cops-and-robbers, epic-couples, fake-boyfriend-parade, futuristic, heartbreaker, murder-she-wrote, series, shoot-em-up, swoon, i-spy-a-mystery

This one kicked me right in the teeth. I am so invested in these characters, and this was the book that almost broke Eve, and the way that is written? Holy. Just holy mother of gut punchers. Every character comes to bat in this one for Eve and that alone had me squeezing the life out of the book. And then you have Roarke and you have his relationship with Eve and the combination of what he's thinking up against what he knows he has to do for her? This has to be one of the most interesting and de...more

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Jul 19, 2012 Sabine rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Es beginnt mit einem toten Obdachlosen zu dessen Leiche Eve Dallas im Morgengrauen zusammen mit Officer Peabody gerufen wird. Als sie der Polizistin vor Ort eine Rüge wegen nachlässiger Tatortabsicherung vorwirft, wird die Sache unschön. Officer Bowers reicht Beschwerde gegen sie ein, was Eve anfangs noch kalt lässt. Dem Opfer wurde sauber das Herz entfernt, eine Tat die auf einen Spezialisten hinweist und bald hat Eve das Drake Center und deren renommierte Ärzte auf dem Schirm. Eve setzt Feeney...more Es beginnt mit einem toten Obdachlosen zu dessen Leiche Eve Dallas im Morgengrauen zusammen mit Officer Peabody gerufen wird. Als sie der Polizistin vor Ort eine Rüge wegen nachlässiger Tatortabsicherung vorwirft, wird die Sache unschön. Officer Bowers reicht Beschwerde gegen sie ein, was Eve anfangs noch kalt lässt. Dem Opfer wurde sauber das Herz entfernt, eine Tat die auf einen Spezialisten hinweist und bald hat Eve das Drake Center und deren renommierte Ärzte auf dem Schirm. Eve setzt Feeney auf ähnliche Fälle an und findet ein weiteres Opfer in der Datenbank. Eine Prostituierte, der die Nieren entnommen wurden und deren Fall vom Ermittler zu den Akten gelegt wurde, was Eve verdächtig vorkommt. Bei einer Gala des Drake Centers kann Eve dank Rourke den Ärzten auf den Zahn fühlen und macht sich direkt unbeliebt, findet aber auch Hinweise die sie alle auf die Liste der Verdächtigen setzen lassen.

Als wieder ein Mord in der Obdachlosensiedlung passiert, findet Eve nicht nur wieder eine Leiche mit entnommenen Organen vor, sondern hat auch wieder einen Zusammenstoß mit Officer Bowers, die Eve hasserfüllt Rache schwört und nicht nur wieder Beschwerde einreicht sondern sich dieses Mal auch noch an die Medien wendet und eine Hetzkampagne auf Eve beginnt. Die versucht weiterhin gelassen zu bleiben, doch als kurz darauf Bowers ermordet aufgefunden wird und sie zur Hauptverdächtige wird, ahnt sie, dass sie den Tätern nicht nur zu nah gekommen ist, sondern der sie auch versucht auszuschalten. Denn das Protokoll schreibt vor, dass Eve suspendiert wird und sie ihre Marke und Waffe abgeben muss. Gebrochen geht sie nach Hause doch Roarke lässt nicht zu, dass sie aufgibt..

Organhandel mit beschädigten Organen von Menschen aus dem Armenmillieu. Eve hat in diesem Fall viel zu tun und nie stand für sie soviel auf dem Spiel wie dieses Mal. Denn der Täter trifft sie da wo es ihr am meisten weh tut - er sorgt dafür, dass ihr ihre Marke entzogen wird und sie zur Zivilperson gemacht wird. Für jemanden wie Eve, deren Leben ihr Dasein als Polizistin ist, ist das ein Tiefschlag und der Leser leidet mit ihr mit. Wieder einmal sieht man, zu was für einer Einheit Roarke und sie geworden sind, denn nur er schafft es, sie aus dem Tief herauszuholen und sie dazu zu bringen zu kämpfen. Für ihren Ruf und ihre Marke und alles wofür sie jahrelang gearbeitet hat.

Doch auch ihre Kollegen sind empört und bald ermittelt Eve einerseits privat mit Roarke zusammen und andererseits beziehen sie auch Feeney und Peabody sie weiterhin heimlich mit ein.

Auch der Fall selbst war interessant und spannend, denn man vermutete zwar frühzeitig, dass der Täter einer der vielen im Buch vorkommenden Ärzte ist, doch es dauert bis fast zum Schluss ehe aufgeklärt wird, wer wirklich hinter der Tat steht und was das wahre Motiv dafür ist. Man bekommt zwischendrin immer wieder mal kurz die Gedankengänge des Mörders mit und erkennt, dass es um ein krankes und eitles Hirn geht, das sich selbst als eine Art Gott sieht.

Fazit: Band 8 und kein Ende, denn ich habe längst nicht genug von Eve Dallas und ihren Freunden und Kollegen. Im Gegenteil, denn je mehr man über sie liest umso mehr möchte man über sie erfahren und wissen, wie es weitergeht. Eine tolle Krimireihe, die durch Entwicklung statt Stillstand und drögen Wiederholungen glänzt.(less)

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Apr 27, 2012 signorina Vei rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

pelaku pembunuhan kali ini ahli bedah kelas satu yang menganggap dirinya dewa. Eve harus bertarung melawan kecerdasan, ambisi, serta kekuasaan ahli bedah tersebut.

Kasus ini pasti dapat ditanggung dengan baik oleh letnan kita jika saja tidak ada gangguan dari pecundang sialan dalam wujud officer Bowers. Demi kesenangan, mari kita panggil dia jalang brengsek.

Iri hati officer jalang ini pada Eve sudah berlangsung lama, sejak di akademi kepolisian, saat Eve lulus dengan prestasi terbaik dan pujian....more

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Feb 01, 2012 Hazel G. ( I ♥ Mr. Grey) *Fifty Shades obsessed* . rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: in-death-series

Conspiracy in Death is the 8th book in the In Death series written by J.D. Robb (Nora Roberts). I wont be doing an in depth review of this book, as there are already so many out there that are more detailed and better then the one I could give here, but I will say that this is one of my favorite series and this book in particular is one of my favorite from the series. J.D. Robb just has an incredible way with slinging words together that are both creative and fascinating. She can pull you into a...more

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Jan 31, 2012 Kate Knight rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: crime, part-of-a-series

Eve is called to a scene, which has not been properly secured and buts head with Officer Bowers, who happens to have a grudge against her from the acadamy. The deceased is a street sleeper, not the top of anyone's top crimes, other than Eve's. With the help of her colleagues she finds other similar victims across the globe. The common MO, a major organ has been perfectly removed. So this points Eve in the direction of the local Clinic and a number of high level Medical Centres throughout the glo...more

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Oct 18, 2010 Jenn rated it 4 of 5 stars

I enjoyed this one quite well for the more personal details. I did have one irritant right in the beginning. So, Eve needs to find the top surgeons in the city. She gets a random name of a place from a coroner type who professes not to know much about the high end surgery stuff, but throws out some name she knows. Eve, runs with it like it's gospel. Of course, Roarke is on the board. As is Dr. Mira, who she needs to see anyway about this very case. Instead of seeing Dr. Mira and leaving Roarke o...more

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Sep 02, 2012 Rhea Rhodan rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery, reviewed, series, futuristic, romantic-suspense, romantic-element

This series is more character-, less plot-driven than many of its kind. This eighth book felt a bit more so, not that the pace isn't driving or the story is in any way dull. It was also less gory than its predecessor, Vengeance in Death, and some of the others (not that the others are unbearable, but I did appreciate the break). It's tougher, emotionally, as we see Eve's identity ripped away and she falls apart. Of course Roarke is there for her--more wonderful than ever--with a full complement...more

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Mar 27, 2012 OpenBookSociety.com rated it 2 of 5 stars

Review brought to you by OBS staff member Heidi

Contains spoilers

In the eighth installment of the futuristic In Death series, police Lieutenant Eve Dallas is called to the murder of a sidewalk sleeper that had his heart meticulously cut out of his chest, with the precision of a surgeon, and removed from the scene.

Dallas buts heads with the first officer on the scene, Bowers, once Eve sees that the scene was not secured properly. Eve gives Bowers a tongue-lashing and the officer becomes insubordin...more

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Jul 13, 2012 Lynsey (The Demon Librarian) rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: bad-ass-dude, book-boyfriend, boo-hoo-grab-a-tissue, cracking-mystery, futuristic, favourites, hero-i-love, heroine-i-love, girl-power, romantic-elements, romantic-suspense, sci-fi, rotflmao, there-s-been-a-murrrrrder, kick-ass-chicks

Another great instalment in the In Death series, this time with a healthy dose of personal drama.

There's a killer on the loose who seems to have more than a little medical expertise and is leaving his 'patients' all over Eve's New York. Not acceptable.

Eve Dallas is many things; brave, dedicated, tenacious, fierce, headstrong. Until this book I don't think I quite realised how much of that...spirit, comes from her job as a cop. Her status, the symbols of her position; her gun, her badge, and jus...more

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Nov 08, 2012 Lauren rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery-thriller, romance, re-read

I loved this installment in the Eve Dallas series. Not only was the plot engaging and original, Robb was able (as usual) to spice it up with good character development. It's no wonder I've been reading one right after the other. It did start out just a little slow for me, but that ended pretty quickly and when it picked up it really ran away with me.

I have one little nitpick which bugged the hell out of me near the end of the book, but it's a big spoiler, so don't click the spoiler link unless y...more

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Dec 27, 2008 Jess rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: jd-robb

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Jul 07, 2012 Freddy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, mystery, detective, serial, murders, women, detectives, and, stories, police, new, york, n-y, procedural, romantic, suspense, sleuths, large, type, books, state, policewomen, murderers, dallas, eve, fictitious, character

One of the best futuristic mystery series on the market today. (Without A Clue)

The pursuit of a serial killer leaves Eve Dallas's job on the line.

Amazon.com Review

Streetwise cop Eve Dallas and her trusty sidekick Peabody face a methodical killer in this latest addition to the In Death series by J.D. Robb, better known as the bestselling author Nora Roberts.

In the late 21st century, on the streets of New York City, a street sleeper is found murdered, his diseased heart removed with surgical

...more

One of the best futuristic mystery series on the market today. (Without A Clue)

The pursuit of a serial killer leaves Eve Dallas's job on the line.

Amazon.com Review

Streetwise cop Eve Dallas and her trusty sidekick Peabody face a methodical killer in this latest addition to the In Death series by J.D. Robb, better known as the bestselling author Nora Roberts.

In the late 21st century, on the streets of New York City, a street sleeper is found murdered, his diseased heart removed with surgical precision. His death would typically drop to the bottom of a list of senseless and inexplicable killings, but Lieutenant Dallas, who "would stand for the dead and the living," is not about to let that happen. When her research uncovers similar crimes in several cities that were dropped under mysterious circumstances, Dallas knows she's facing a killer cruel enough to prey on the weakest in society and powerful enough to conspire an extensive coverup.

To complicate matters further, Dallas faces an equally troubling threat to her career when she's linked to the death of a fellow cop. Now she must fight to restore her good name as well as track down the killer.

In Conspiracy in Death, Roberts creates a futuristic world of evil that Eve Dallas negotiates through tough talk and brute force. While Robb crafts the crimes with great care, she assumes a familiarity with the characters that new readers will lack. But fans of the In Death series and newcomers alike will enjoy the thrill of the chase as Eve Dallas sets out to get her man. --Nancy R.E. O'Brien

From Publishers Weekly

"For some, death wasn't the enemy. Life was a much less merciful opponent." So opens the eighth and latest installment (following Holiday in Death) in Robb's (a.k.a. Nora Roberts's) futuristic crime drama series. Moody, angst-ridden Lieutenant Eve Dallas investigates a series of "sidewalk sleeper" murders. The medically skilled killer is harvesting defective human organs from New York City's homeless population. When Eve gets too close to solving the crime, she becomes the prime suspect in the death of a fellow cop and loses her badge, which nearly destroys her emotionally. But this feisty heroine isn't down for long; she rallies and returns to form as the maverick cop readers know and love. Followers of the Death series will see a slight softening in Eve's character as she puzzles over a pregnant womanAa possible nod toward the end of this series (Loyalty in Death will follow this title). Until then, Robb has once again delivered an engrossing, first-rate read.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Sep 26, 2011 Amy A rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: in-death-series

Conspiracy in Death was the first In Death book that just didn't grab and hold my attention like the others in the series. I mean there were moments where I was interested in the mystery and what was going on, but then moments would come where it lost me. I would almost have more enjoyed the whole book to focus on Eve regaining her badge instead of that incident stemming from the case Eve was working on. I think there could have been a good story where Eve just butted heads with Bowers, Bowers w...more

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Dec 21, 2010 ~Megan~ rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: best-heroes-ever, jd-robb-in-death

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Jul 20, 2009 Heather rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery

Gosh, Eve Dallas is angry. Dallas, the main character in Robb/Roberts popular "In Death" series, has a lot to be angry about, I guess. She's still recovering from a genuinely awful, abusive childhood -- enough to make anyone cranky. The mysteries she solves are pretty standard police procedurals with a lot of sci-fi type language thrown in (she solves crimes in a futuristic New York). She has a cool assistant. And did I mention her husband? Multi-gajillionaire, gorgeous, super-thoughtful, and gr...more

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Jul 14, 2012 Karen rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: crime, thriller, romance

Even in 2059, New York has homeless. When Lieutenant Eve Dallas is called to the scene of the death of a sidewalk sleeper, she doesn't recognize Officer Bowers, but departmental problem child Bowers recognizes Dallas. The boulder sized chip on Bowers's shoulders is something Dallas could do without, and it sets a bad example for rookie trainee Trueheart. The victim, Snooks, is missing his heart. As Eve hunts for the killer, the vicious Bowers keeps getting in her way. And more disenfranchised sh...more

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Jan 18, 2011 Filipa rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: j-d-robb, own, english-books, romantic-suspense, 2011-reads

Este Conspiracy In Death surpreendeu-me do início ao fim. Foi um livro cheio de inspiração.

As personagens que já tão bem conhecemos - Eve, Roarke, Peabody, McNab e o Feeney - estiveram excepcionalmente bem.
Para não falar que o Feeney teve uma parte muito importante neste livro, na minha opinião.
E este caso, um dos mais intrigantes que li até agora - envolvia desta vez, muitos elementos importantes. Foi giro ver um caso que prejudicava ou metia muita gente ao barulho, por assim dizer, e não apena...more Este Conspiracy In Death surpreendeu-me do início ao fim. Foi um livro cheio de inspiração.

As personagens que já tão bem conhecemos - Eve, Roarke, Peabody, McNab e o Feeney - estiveram excepcionalmente bem.
Para não falar que o Feeney teve uma parte muito importante neste livro, na minha opinião.
E este caso, um dos mais intrigantes que li até agora - envolvia desta vez, muitos elementos importantes. Foi giro ver um caso que prejudicava ou metia muita gente ao barulho, por assim dizer, e não apenas o Roarke. Ou as actividades de negócios do Roarke, ou as ex-companheiras do Roarke.

Outros dos aspectos que mais gostei (mas não, não gosto de ver as pessoas sofrer) foi ver a Eve ser totalmente deixada abaixo e talvez pela primeira vez, conseguir compreender a extensão das pessoas que a apoiam. Não só a família mais chegada, mas os colegas, os antigos amantes, o Comandante, até o Summerset (lol).
E foi muito bom ver a Eve noutro registo. Num registo - não mais frágil, porque ela não tem nada de frágil - mas um registo em que ela é ela que precisa de protecção e não ela que a dá.
E claro que o Roarke está sempre presente, como não podia deixar de ser e é sempre um prazer.

Em relação ao desenvolvimento da série, 2 coisas que se vão desenrolar - já percebi. Uma até mais à frente da série do que a outra.

O assunto da mãe - começa aqui neste livro. Ela começa a indagar-se sobre que tipo de pessoa a pode ter gerado. Mas é um assunto que é apenas referido uma vez e depois é deixado assentar. Acredito que já esteja mais breve mais desenvolvimentos em relação à mãe dela.
Depois, ainda dentro disto temos o facto de ela ter tido mais recordações e ter desvendado mais um ponto que não estava lá muito bem assente na memória - ou não estava lá de todo.

Outro assunto que já percebi que se vai alongar é o ladrão dos doces. Ah, pois é! Já começaram a roubar os doces à Eve. E eu já fiquei super intrigada.

O crime deste livro é realmente paradoxal, a meu entender. É que eu posso perceber o motivo e o porquê de ter sido feito. Posso também perceber o egoísmo da ambição e de querer ter sucesso. Não posso perceber a loucura e sei que este é o acto mais cruel que um homem pode fazer a outro.
Mas no entanto percebo o seu propósito e percebo quem quis apoiar aquela causa, para os resultados que foram alcançados. Ia mudar um mundo que já de si é muito avançado e evoluído.
Mas ao longo do percurso em que vou estando dentro do assunto, sei que ao mesmo tempo que aquilo não era o caminho certo para alcançar aquele objectivo, já viram o que é que aquilo traria de vantagens para a sociedade? (less)

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Sep 17, 2011 Annie the Destroyer *Leather Lust* rated it 4 of 5 stars

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What is there to say that hasn’t been said countless times by JD Robb? She’s brilliant and Conspiracy in Death, the eight book in the In Death series is great!

Eve Dallas is simply the best at what she does. And others have started to take notice. When a fellow cop, Bowers the bitch starts hassling Eve on her turf, Eve has no choice but to defend herself. With a few heated words and early threats, things seem to be close to its boiling point rather than simmering down....more

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Aug 16, 2011 Traci Haley rated it 4 of 5 stars

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These books are truly popcorn for the mind... there's really no nutritional value in them, but they are super easy to read and I know I'm always guaranteed certain scenarios -- there will always be a good love scene between Eve and Rourke; there will always be some sort of twisty murder mystery that isn't *too* taxing on the brain to solve; there will always be witty comebacks between Eve and Peabody and Somerset and McNab and Feany (and the rest of the gang!). Each one always seems to be better...more

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Jul 15, 2011 Maria rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Wow! This one is hard to put down. Eve finds herself investigating the grisly and inexplicable murder of an old man living on the streets who wouldn't have lived many months more anyway. As she piles up like murders in New York and elsewhere, she trods on the toes of the medical profession, historically a very tight group who protect their own and supposedly police their own, but we all know how that works out much of the time. Eve doesn't back down, of course, and we get to watch her be dragged...more

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Jan 05, 2009 Kristin added it

A writer friend gave me J. D. Robb's (aka Nora Roberts's) Strangers in Death, which lands somewhere well along in the author's Lt. Eve Dallas series of "futuristic cop thriller with romantic suspense" books, before a plane trip across the country--it's perfect light plane reading, my colleague said, and you can pass it on instead of repacking it.

But I did end up bringing it back with me--as an editor, I saw a lot of merit in this book, good examples tips and techniques I imagined sharing with cl...more

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Jul 30, 2012 Aditya rated it 5 of 5 stars

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memang buku novel-novel detektif itu selalu meredam stress kok. selalu memaksa pikiran saya untuk fokus ke novel dan akhirny melupakan semuany.

cerita dalam novel ini cukup menarik. tidak kelihatan 1 lawan 1 seperti cerita-cerita detektif yang lain karena disini lebih main tim, baik yang polisi maupun penjahatny meskipun tetap mempunyai tokoh utama.

tidak ada trik membunuh yang rumit disini. yang ada hanya konspirasi, ya sesuai judulny.

novel ini juga menceritakan sedikit kisah kehidupan masa lalu...more

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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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“Fine, you do that, and you tell them that at the very first opportunity, I'm coming down there and killing all of them. Mass murder. And after they're all dead, I'm going to kick the bodies around, dance on top of them, and sing a happy song. No jury will convict me.” — 62 people liked it

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