The phenomenal series set in a future New York City returns as NYPSD Lt. Eve Dallas hunts for the killer of a seemingly ordinary history teacher-an...
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Sep 13, 2011
Holly
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I decided to re-read this book after a discussion about it on Twitter. This was the last In Death book I really loved. Though I've enjoyed some of her other latest releases, none have touched me as much as this one.
I figured out early in who the killer was the first time I read it, but it was still chilling. While the case was interesting and the direction Robb took us for the killer unique, it was the relationship aspects that really grabbed me.
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I figured out early in who the killer was the first time I read it, but it was still chilling. While the case was interesting and the direction Robb took us for the killer unique, it was the relationship aspects that really grabbed me.
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May 05, 2008
Jennifer
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I've said before that the "...IN DEATH" series by J.D. Robb (aka Nora Roberts) is my all-time favorite series, and after 24 books, that still holds true.
With INNOCENT IN DEATH, I spent as much time crying over the emotional disturbance between my favorite couple, Eve Dallas and Roarke, as I did trying to find out who committed the crimes.
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With INNOCENT IN DEATH, I spent as much time crying over the emotional disturbance between my favorite couple, Eve Dallas and Roarke, as I did trying to find out who committed the crimes.
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Sep 17, 2007
Kimz
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This book in the series seemed especially good to me... maybe just from having to wait for it. I missed her style and rhythm and of course, the characters. Innocent is set in February of 2060 and although I didn't care for the futuristic setting in Naked (the first book in the series) I've really grown to appreciate it. I like the fact that Nora Roberts writing as J.D. Robb just mentions things in passing as if they are taken for granted like they probably would be, leaving much to the imagin
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Dec 04, 2008
Alexis
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If you've read any book in this series before, you know Lieutenant Eve Dallas is a homicide cop in New York City about fifty years in the future. This time around, Eve has caught a case that seems to have no motive and no suspect. Who would kill a much-loved grade school history teacher? But someone has killed him, and Eve will find out who and why. And while all this is going on, she's dealing with a woman from her husband, Roarke's, past - a woman who actually mattered.
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Dec 24, 2011
Kris (Reading on Planet Caddick)
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On a whim, I decided to check out a book for the Kindle from the library. I've tried checking out ebooks from the library before but had so much trouble with the whole PDF thing on my ereaders. I figured I'd give it one more shot. Choosing a book that is 24th in a series could have been disastrous, I know, but I think it turned out pretty good.
I really, really enjoyed this book. So much so that I literally stayed up until 4:30 in the morning reading it! Yes, I turned uber book geek f More...
I really, really enjoyed this book. So much so that I literally stayed up until 4:30 in the morning reading it! Yes, I turned uber book geek f More...
Sep 03, 2011
Maria
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Definitely a hard-to-put-down book. Eve catches a case and is put off her stride from the beginning by the reappearance in Roarke's life of an old flame, Magdalena. Hurting, while the reader hurts right along with her, Eve tries to concentrate on the case but finds it difficult to impossible. The solution to the case and the way Roarke deals with Magdalena are great moments, but Eve must feel like Cassandra, trying to get people to listen to her with no one paying attention. Once she does ge
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Apr 04, 2011
Jane Lee
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If there's one thing that most of the people I love know about me, it's the fact that I have some inane affinity for murder and escapism. With J.D. Robb's In Death series, I can accomplish both with a few extra glimpse in romance to boot.
Set in a future with technological advances greater than we could ever imagine, I have fun envisioning myself in any character's shoes, leaning between Peabody and Eve Dallas (as they are my top two favorite characters). If I want to forget my problems More...
Set in a future with technological advances greater than we could ever imagine, I have fun envisioning myself in any character's shoes, leaning between Peabody and Eve Dallas (as they are my top two favorite characters). If I want to forget my problems More...
Jul 05, 2010
Kim
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Innocent in Death
Nora Roberts writing as J.D.Robb
This is a crime solving murder series into which I seemed to have midway. But it didn’t matter. While there was obviously personal history between the cop, her partner and other colleagues and her husband not knowing didn’t ruin the story at all.
In this story a popular young teacher, Craig Foster, dies during break and is discovered by two school girls. He is found to have been poisoned and this time it’s not the wife More...
Nora Roberts writing as J.D.Robb
This is a crime solving murder series into which I seemed to have midway. But it didn’t matter. While there was obviously personal history between the cop, her partner and other colleagues and her husband not knowing didn’t ruin the story at all.
In this story a popular young teacher, Craig Foster, dies during break and is discovered by two school girls. He is found to have been poisoned and this time it’s not the wife More...
Mar 06, 2010
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Jan 31, 2010
Steve
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Well I just finished reading my first Nora Roberts novel, "Innocent In Death", and I'm thinking it quite probably will be my last. But wait, perhaps I am being unfair: this was not a Nora Roberts novel, it was a Nora Roberts writing as J. D. Robb novel. Maybe those written under her own name are better. Of course this book, I'm sure, would appeal to a number of people. If you like relatively unimaginative stories peopled by exceedingly attractive, infallibly intelligent, tough
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Aug 03, 2011
Michael
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I enjoy renting audioboooks from Cracker Barrel for long trips. I am really picky about the audiobooks I listen to, though, and won't listen to just anything. On this trip, however, I ran across J.D. Robb's "Innocent In Death." Knowing that these novels are set in the future, 2060-something, I was intrigued by what police procedures might exist a couple generations down the road. The books themselves are expensive, even in paperback, and I thought I could tolerate listening to the unab
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Jun 06, 2009
KindleKay
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OOOO, I loved this one!! I am ga-ga over Eve and Roarke and one of the things that I like best about them is how solid they are together. Most series will make couples seperate, fight, doubt each other and leave the gentle reader (me!) wondering if they will make it as a couple. Eve and Roarke? Well, they go through these things, too, but in my gut I always know that they will make it. I may be mad at one (or both!) of them from time to time for their behavior, but hey! Don't I feel that w
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Jul 20, 2010
Michael
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Being the good librarian that I am, I thought it would behoove me to read an author I'm constantly cataloging, Nora Roberts. I sort of copped out, though, since I chose her futuristic crime series over her straight romances. And you know what, this book was kind of fun to read, even if it is a formula police procedural.
I knock off a star for the seemingly arbitrary time setting of this series. There's really no look into the implications of living in 2060, other than adding some sl More...
I knock off a star for the seemingly arbitrary time setting of this series. There's really no look into the implications of living in 2060, other than adding some sl More...
Feb 29, 2008
Sabrina
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This is, to date, the best book of the series. Whereas Born in Death is sort of light-hearted, this book has challenging subject matter. It is a credit to Roberts' writing that her characters are so realistic to me that I cried through a good bit of the middle of the book. Skip some of the other books in the series, but this is one you just do not want to miss.
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Jan 23, 2012
Denise
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Although I'm an absolute fan of this series, I'll be the first to admit the majority of the "whodunnits" in the books are relatively easily to figure out before the halfway point. However, Innocent In Death was a nice change. There were so many possible suspects going in so many different directions I was never quite sure who could have killed the innocent Craig Foster. The fact that throughout the story Eve herself couldn't even pinpoint a motive only added to the mystery's mystery!!
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Dec 23, 2010
Smitha
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This is my first JD Robb book and I am happy to discover another engrossing thriller series. I am planning to read this series in order. The story was quite catching from page 1 - the sudden death of a history teacher who was young, well loved and respected by students and colleagues alike. The investigators had to struggle to find a motive. The story became quite chilling in the last few pages and the end was astounding; I could pinpoint the killer this time too, but only after finishing about
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Jul 09, 2010
Taryn
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Jun 26, 2009
Krissy
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I didn't like this book when I first started reading it. It's supposed to take place in the future, in year 2060 or something like that. It annoyed me a little, because I think it's a series and I've never read any of the other ones, and they kept referring to things differently. For example, they used the word "units" instead of money, and "fizzies" instead of soda, and "tube of Pepsi" instead of can or bottle of Pepsi. And I could not figure out why that was u
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Feb 21, 2010
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Roarke vs. Magdalena:"Listen carefully. I'd crush you like a bug for causing my wife one single moment of pain. Believe it. Fear it." ....
Any threat to Eve, whether it be emotional or physical, sure brings out Scary Roarke with a vengenance. Yeah, Roarke was a blind fool at first when it came to Magdalena, but he came to his senses and when he finally saw through Maggie's farce he didn't hold back one bit on his wrath.
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Any threat to Eve, whether it be emotional or physical, sure brings out Scary Roarke with a vengenance. Yeah, Roarke was a blind fool at first when it came to Magdalena, but he came to his senses and when he finally saw through Maggie's farce he didn't hold back one bit on his wrath.
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Apr 13, 2011
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May 08, 2010
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Jan 27, 2011
Vfields
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I try to sit back and enjoy all the books in a series as one but this one stood out as a favorite. A good, kind, honest, teacher is killed for no apparent reason and Eve is thrown off her stride by a woman in red from her husband’s past. Eve relies just how much she enjoys her new life and her self-doubts come to the surface with a vengeance. Peabody is her ever pleasant self and Summerset is Eve defender and Roarke’s fickle-finger-of-fate. For once I knew who the killer was long before they tol
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Oct 26, 2010
Photojim
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Sex and murder at the local school? Shocking. That would certainly upset any parent. But what has Eve Dallas upset is an old flame of Roarke's has come back to town to see about picking up where things left off.
I loved it. Better mystery than usual. Two books in a row with Eve and Summerset almost being nice to each other? Surely Hell has frozen over. When I read Naked in Death a few months ago I thought, 'Cool idea and neat characters. But holy crap there are roughly 30 or thes More...
I loved it. Better mystery than usual. Two books in a row with Eve and Summerset almost being nice to each other? Surely Hell has frozen over. When I read Naked in Death a few months ago I thought, 'Cool idea and neat characters. But holy crap there are roughly 30 or thes More...
Jul 26, 2011
Bonnie
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I really enjoyed the mystery in this one, chilling as it was. However, I didn't particularly enjoy the Eve/Roarke storyline. It's not that I mind them fighting, really. It's that they always seem to fight over something insanely stupid. Maybe it's just me, but my very least favorite trait in a couple is jealousy. You either love and trust your mate or you don't and being jealous of somebody else is untrusting. I hate it. I also am not a big fan of Eve and Roarke physically fighting. I do
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Aug 23, 2011
Well, I just finished a marathon "read over" of all of the In Death series so I would be primed for the new book coming out Sept 13th. From what I've been told by people in the know the next book is going to be a doozy! And, I can't wait.
This particular book for me was a 4.5. Good mystery, though like many others I knew who the killer was - just not "why".....
Eve's reaction to Marlena was very painful to read and go through with her. Roarke was late More...
This particular book for me was a 4.5. Good mystery, though like many others I knew who the killer was - just not "why".....
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Feb 10, 2010
Jenna
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I've read enough Nora Roberts to know I do not enjoy her books much at all. I am aware that many love the romance genre - I'm not a fan. Although I think her J.D. Robb efforts are better, I still find them incredibly shallow and unbelievable. Eve Dallas may be one of the most ridiculous characters I've ever come across. Her relation with Roarke is so unlikely it's hard to buy into their nauseating romance. I love my friends and family. They know I love a good suspense novel ... I just hope
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Aug 17, 2011
Samantha
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Innocent in Death begins with the death of a teacher for no apparent reason. Eve is called in to investigate and instantly suspects murder. But Eve is thrown a curveball when Roarke's ex shows up unexpectedly and enters their life. Is there going to be trouble in paradise???
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I love this series (which is old news)! What made this book great was the twist Robb put in this book with Roarke's ex popping up and trying to come into his life once again. W More...
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I love this series (which is old news)! What made this book great was the twist Robb put in this book with Roarke's ex popping up and trying to come into his life once again. W More...
Feb 07, 2012
~Megan~
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This book had so many disturbing elements in it, but it turned out to be one of my favorites in the series so far. First of all, the mystery plot in this one starts out as the same old thing, but takes a turn toward the end into something extremely horrifying. I don't think anyone was expecting who the killer was, nor the motives behind the murders.
On the emotional front, this book was a gut-wrencher. An old flame of Roarke's comes back to town and wreaks havoc with our couple. More...
On the emotional front, this book was a gut-wrencher. An old flame of Roarke's comes back to town and wreaks havoc with our couple. More...
Feb 15, 2010
Sharal
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I'm not sure if WOW sums up effectively the reactions and feelings this book brought out of me. This installment so far has to be the most shocking out of the entire series. Eve has seen her share of the evil in the world. She has lived through it and survived it and brought so many of the perpetrators of evil to justice. The identity of this villain comes as a major shock and surprise to everyone around Eve, but not Eve. Nothing shocks or surprises her when it comes to the evil in people. But s
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