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Strangers in Death (In Death #26)

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The new novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series.

Technology may be different in 2060 New York, yet the city is still a place of many cultures and great divides. But as ever, some murders receive more attention than others-especially those in which the victim is a prominent businessman, found in his Park Avenue apartment, tied to the bed-and strangled- with cords...more

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Published February 19th 2008 by Berkley (first published January 1st 2008)

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Sep 29, 2008 Gina rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: futuristic, mystery, mystery-detective, own, romance, romantic-suspense, suspense, thriller

A Hitchcockian feel not everyone will like.

When Eve is called to a homicide on Park Avenue, she finds herself in the bedroom of Thomas Anders, sports fanatic and the head of Anders Worldwide. Sixty-one, he, like his father before him, ran a top enterprise of sporting-goods turned into more; several cities set up to help underprivileged children with sporting-goods to play sports. Unfortunately, Anders’s life was cut short. His body was found by his House Manager (housekeeper); each arm and leg t...more A Hitchcockian feel not everyone will like.

When Eve is called to a homicide on Park Avenue, she finds herself in the bedroom of Thomas Anders, sports fanatic and the head of Anders Worldwide. Sixty-one, he, like his father before him, ran a top enterprise of sporting-goods turned into more; several cities set up to help underprivileged children with sporting-goods to play sports. Unfortunately, Anders’s life was cut short. His body was found by his House Manager (housekeeper); each arm and leg tied to either the headboard or footboard with velvet cord, and a velvet cord around his neck. Upon first glance, looks like a lover’s tryst gone wrong. But that doesn’t sit well with Eve - and her gut instinct was correct. Everything was too clean, made too easy, and once confimed that he’d been drugged, Eve is on the hunt for a killer.

After meeting the characters involved in Anders’s life, Eve believes in her gut that the wife, Ava Anders, did the deed. But how could she? She was off in the tropics with her two best friends on an girls-only holiday. But something about Ava sets Eve off. Too pristine, in every way; from attire to manner to emotion. However, proving it is Eve’s challenge. And Eve enjoys a challenge.

Along the way, the more the facts fit together, the more and more they point away from Ava, but Eve refuses to let go. She knows Ava is in up to her pretty little head, and she’ll be damned if Ava gets away with it. Baxter, on the sidelines, asks Eve to take a look at a case a couple of months old that he and Trueheart have been working on. They can’t close it, the trail’s gone cold, and they’re hoping a fresh set of eyes can help in closing the case. But upon another glance, Eve catches something that wouldn’t have caught anyone’s eye: the wife of the victim in Baxter’s case is loosely connected to Ava, through Anders’s charity of sporting-goods. No all Eve needs is a confession to wrap it up.

I’ll admit, I am a huge fan of Nora Roberts (I have everything she’s ever written), but my ultimate fave is her J.D. Robb series. And while I’ve been a faithful fan since I stumbled upon this series back in 2003, I didn’t find this one as thrilling as the rest. Although different, I thought it was good just the same. Just not 5-star good.

Eve is called to the homicide of Thomas Anders. But something ring’s false to her - everything seems staged somehow. Meeting up with Morris, the ME, over Anders’s body, one thing stands out. Anders had been drugged. And even though he was strangled, it was still a slow death. Something’s wrong, and Eve plans on figuring out what it is. Question is: How? The wife was in the tropics, sharing a huge suite with her two friends. There are witnesses. The nephew has an airtight alibi. Was it murder for hire? Eve doesn’t think so, and after going through their financials, there is no evidence of a payoff.

The more Eve investigates, the more her gut points her toward the wife. But there’s nothing to support it. So Eve digs and digs and digs until she finds something, with the usual cast of characters: Roarke, Peabody, McNab, Feeney, Baxter and Trueheart.

Now, usually, there are several suspects and it takes the entire book to figure out who it is, if you can figure it out. But Eve is so sure that it was Ava, directly or indirectly, that the story pretty much stayed focused on Ava, the wife. It was different from the norm, and I can’t say I liked it overmuch. It was like putting a stereotype on the rich - something that Eve is intimate with as she is married to a billionaire. The greed key has been played so often that I was hoping for something more.

The way the case came together was different. A twist I wasn’t expecting. I figured for sure a hired hit. Far from it. The more I got into the story, the more it had a sort of Hitchcockian feeling to it. Now, anyone who’s watched a Hitchcock movie will understand when they read this book.

What was disturbing was how a woman can play a roll such as Ava did, to rise herself to the top, to get everything she wanted, all for the sake of “because I deserve it.” How she tested the waters with ‘potential candidates’ to help her with her crime, the questions, the manipulation, reduced to threatening kids - the kids and the mothers that she’s supposed to be helping, caring for.

Wasn’t any action in this one at all. More running around, thinking and tying things together than anything. It didn’t have the feel for what I’m used to, and I wasn’t thrilled. Yes, I liked how Eve played her hand, how she slipped Ava up, but it was from point A to point B that wasn’t thrilling.

I must, however, comment on the fight that Eve and Roarke had. I have yet to hear of a couple, married, common-law, or even roommates, not having argued about money. While most arguments are based on the money spent, over-spending, etc…, their argument was the opposite: Eve had spent the money from her paycheck but didn’t even thing to ask Roarke for some, even knowing that she had an account in her name that Roarke set up simply for her to use. But to her, it’s his money, and she didn’t marry him for his money. She can’t just take it, it doesn’t feel right to her. The money he has is because he earned it, legally or not. And while each of them has a hard time understanding why the other is being so pig-headed about it, they finally get it, and it becomes a compromize between two people who love each other, regardless of their financial situation. That was a part of the book I adored. Every time Eve and Roarke get into a personal argument, they seem more and more like real life people than characters in a book, like a truly happily married couple, going through what just about every married couple goes through. I can give top marks for that!(less)

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Feb 27, 2008 The Listmaker rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Another solid entry in the series. There seems to be two approaches with this series. A) Reveal the guilty party or parties early (about one third of the way through the book) and the remainder is how Dallas captures them and proves them guilty. B) A slower build up to the reveal (about two thirds of the way through the book) with a few red herrings thrown in, allowing the reader to figure out whodunit for themselves.

This book takes the first approach. While that is fine, I'd rather be challenge...more

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Mar 14, 2008 Kimz Zahour rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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This twenty sixth book in the "In Death" series (or thirty first... if you count the novellas and Remember When, where the story of a crime begins in our time by Nora Roberts and the mystery is solved in the future during the second half of the book written as J.D. Robb) was just as easy to gobble up as all of the rest.
It's set three days before spring, in late March of 2060 but it's still very cold in futuristic New York City... reminds me of the winter we are having this year near Chicago.
The...more

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Jan 27, 2009 Felicia rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery

Maybe it's because I've read about 22 of these in a row, but the "spark" is starting to die a bit. GASP! I mean, I still LOVE these books, but I feel like the last few haven't had enough at stake emotionally for the main characters. The conflict in their relationship really drove the first dozen or so. I'm hankering for some head-butting between the two leads so they can "make up" after, hehe. :)

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Feb 27, 2008 Kirsten rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: fans of Nick and Nora

I really love this series. However, the last couple of books haven't been up to her high standards. Although, I do have to say, this one had one of the better mysteries. Normally, the mystery is secondary for me. The relationship between Roarke and Eve is wonderful. One of the other bright spots is how she develops all the surrounding characters as well. Peabody, McNab, Mira, Feeney, and so on.

However, I have been hoping they would do a little more the main couples to progress them. Maybe that'...more

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Dec 10, 2012 StrangeBedfellows rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Strangers in Death is the latest in a long line of Eve Dallas books. I was fanatically devoted to this series until a few years ago; as a matter of fact, even when I lost all enthusiasm for Nora Roberts' formulaic trilogies and re-issued oldies, I still had the In Death books on my autobuy list. Then Roberts aka Robb dropped the ball entirely and staleness crept in. Instead of "autobuy" it became "when I can't find anything else to read." I mean, really, after 26 full-length novels and a handful...more Strangers in Death is the latest in a long line of Eve Dallas books. I was fanatically devoted to this series until a few years ago; as a matter of fact, even when I lost all enthusiasm for Nora Roberts' formulaic trilogies and re-issued oldies, I still had the In Death books on my autobuy list. Then Roberts aka Robb dropped the ball entirely and staleness crept in. Instead of "autobuy" it became "when I can't find anything else to read." I mean, really, after 26 full-length novels and a handful of novellas something's gotta give . . . especially considering the series has only covered, what? Two or three years? Worst of all, this series really shouldn't have declined. Roberts is an extremely talented writer (cookie-cutter trilogies, about Irish sisters who've been separated at birth but reunited in their adulthood by their latent magical powers, aside) and Eve and Roarke are exceptional characters. These books should be golden, each and every one. So what went wrong?

In my opinion, Roberts got lazy and complacent. Eve continued to do her thing, Roarke popped in every other chapter. Meanwhile, all other characters -- like Peabody, Feeney, and the rest -- went largely neglected, developing dull coatings of blah. I.e. I got bored. Therefore, I'm happy to report that, of late, Roberts/Robb has refocused her game and started paying more attention to the development of those other than Eve or Roarke: Peabody becomes a detective, Nadine gets her own show, Mavis and Leonardo have a baby, Charles and Louis get some significant airtime, Feeney and Mira have homelives, Baxter and Trueheart have actual roles in the plot. Thank mighty Odin, right? I mean, why create all these characters if she's not going to use 'em?

Strangers was a good read, bringing new interest and freshness to the series. For the first time in years, I'm looking forward to the next book. I'm no longer willing to pay full-price for the hardcovers, nor will I return to Roberts' other books, but I'll continue to keep my eye on Eve.(less)

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Dec 10, 2011 Lynda Tatad rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I'm a big fan of JD Robb's In Death series! Each murder mystery may be resolved in each story, but the characters have evolved from book to book, so this is definitel a series to be read in chronological order. I also love that it takes place about 50 years in the future!

Lt. Eve Dallas's latest homicide case involves a prominent businessman, found in his Park Avenue bedroom, tied up and strangled in his bed by black velvet ropes. As she invesigates and learns about the victim, she discovers the...more

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Apr 05, 2009 Christy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Lt. Eve Dallas of the New York Police and Security Department is called to the scene of a murder where it appears philanthropist Thomas Anders died during a kinky sexual encounter. Evidence suggests the victim was sedated at the time of his demise and a lapse in the security system’s recordings signifies this was not an accidental death. Eve quickly hones in on a suspect but can find nothing to connect the killer to Anders at the time he died. But this doesn’t stop the lieutenant, who uses every...more

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Feb 25, 2013 Lizabeth S. Tucker rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery-adventure, romance, science-fiction

The latest in the Eve Dallas futuristic crime series written under Nora Roberts' mystery pen name. This was another great entry. I'm always surprised that she manages to keep my interest from book to book, but she does. In this one, Eve is trying to find the murderer of an extremely wealthy man who died in a shocking manner. Or did he? The deeper she gets into the investigation, the more Eve begins to question the tableau of the murder scene. She is also trying to assist two fellow officers in t...more

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Jan 08, 2009 Wyndy rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Strangers in Death is a futuristic police mystery. Set in 2060 in New York. Eve Dallas is a Lieutenant in the homicide division. I gathered from the references throughout the book that this book was part of a series although I haven't read any of the previous ones. Sometimes the references were a smidgen confusing but the book can definitely stand on it's own. A wealthy man has been murdered in a secure penthouse with no one in the apartment and no signs of breakin, however, the security CD's ha...more Strangers in Death is a futuristic police mystery. Set in 2060 in New York. Eve Dallas is a Lieutenant in the homicide division. I gathered from the references throughout the book that this book was part of a series although I haven't read any of the previous ones. Sometimes the references were a smidgen confusing but the book can definitely stand on it's own. A wealthy man has been murdered in a secure penthouse with no one in the apartment and no signs of breakin, however, the security CD's have been removed. The two main inheritors, his wife and nephew have alibies. His wife is in the Caribbean and his nephew was on a date who stayed over night. Thomas Anders is generally known as a kind and generous man so the murder scene doesn't make sense to Eve. Having married a rich technocrat Eve has extra choices of avenues of inquiry not usually available to police lieutenants. As a subplot another homicide team in Eve's department has a case that is going cold that also makes no sense. Can Eve see any parallels, can they be connected or are they totally different. Who is trying to manipulate Eve, the wife or the nephew? Eve's gut tells her who did it but, can she prove it legally? Much of the book is actually about Eve's relationship with her husband Roarke, her way of putting work before everything else, involving him in her background searches, her different view of their/his money, her acknowledgement that she loves him and married him for love rather than for social standing and money. The book follows Eve's thought processes of solving the murder from a woman's point of view.

The book moves along quickly, it took only an evening to read. It was however, not super suspenseful. There were no "nail biting" chapters, no real "I wonder who did it" suspense. I found it an average book. I was more interested in her portrayal of New York in 2060 and rather sad that it was virtually the same as today. Which I suppose is probably correct but sad all the same.

I give this story 3 stars.
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Mar 19, 2012 Aisha Oaktree rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2012, 2012-reviews, borrowed-from-the-library

It's another day in Eve's world and another murder has taken place, this time to a prominent business man, one well liked by the business community. there are almost no leads, but Eve has her instincts and they tell her who the killer is from the get go. This time I both agreed with her logic but needed her to prove it & boy did she prove it.

I have my issues with Eve (i'll share those another time) but I do love her world. Her secondary characters truly help to make the book, i personally wi...more

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Mar 13, 2013 Roberta rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites

Beh, anche stavolta il libro mi è piaciuto molto molto, nonostante l'assassino sia già evidente dopo un tot. di capitoli, e nonostante fosse chiaro che il caso per cui Baxter richiede aiuto/consigli ad Eve non fosse stato messo lì gratuitamente dalla Roberts...
Strangers in death vs. Strangers on a train... un vecchio film di Hitchcock, che non appena viene nominato da Roarke spiega chiaramente al lettore il disegno criminale sottostante. E da lì la difficoltà per la squadra di Eve sta tutta nel...more

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Nov 17, 2012 Mary Taitt rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: anyone who likes crime fiction

Shelves: mystery-crime-fiction, mystery-crime

I liked it very much. It wasn't perfect, but quite good, that is, for the kind of book it is, it fills the bill very well. Interesting, engaging, fast-paced, believable. Eve is a bit "hard-assed" and bitchy, but she gets the job done. Don't go to her for sympathy or understanding, though. I like that she's intelligent, doesn't care about fashion or money. The plot is slightly convoluted, but in a good way. I want my characters to be as successful as Eve Dallas, but not as mean.

Thomas Anders, ric...more

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Feb 08, 2013 Leya rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: library-book

Very few authors have the ability to suck me right in. I sat down with the book and I completely forget about the time. I started reading it in the evening and think it must have been around two in the morning when J came into the living room and told me to go to bed. He took the book away from me...yep, took it away. I had to go to sleep. Anyway, I finished it the this morning.

Like any series, there are books that are really good and other that just don't do it for me. And this one fits in the...more

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Jul 15, 2012 Karen rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: crime, romance

In the New York of 2060, Lieutenant Eve Dallas and Detective Baxter have both caught cases which have no apparent leads. Dallas knows in her guts who murdered Thomas Anders, but her suspect has an iron clad alibi. Friends and colleagues of Anders describe him as a good-natured, generous, and conservative fellow. The kind of man anyone wants as a friend, and golf-partner. Anders' personality seems totally at odds with the scandalous and risque tableau in which his corpse was discovered. After a r...more

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Apr 05, 2011 Jane Lee rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: murder-mystery

I read the In Death series randomly and not through the series itself. Nevertheless, I judge the In Death series from how it entertained me, how the murder was done and who the killer is.

The Strangers In Death ran the same course as that of the movie Strangers on the Train, a twist which surprised me and made the novel so much more enjoyable.

The characters were their usual self, endearing and charming in their own way. The thing I love the most about this novel is its shock value, which are pers...more

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Jan 27, 2011 Vfields needs to be happy! rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Dec 09, 2009 Meer rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: in-death-series

Since I resumed reading the In Death series, I've not strictly adhered to the order, instead randomly selecting.

Likes: Charles and Louise's appearance and the Eve/Roarke "discussion" about money, otherwise the case was mildly interesting.

Dislikes: Too numerous to mention. Get Roarke out of Eve's work life and put him back in his own element.

Wish: Please kill off a major character(s)! How about a 2 book case? Stop with the hardcover editions.

The description for the upcoming, Fantasy in Death bo...more

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May 23, 2011 mlady_rebecca rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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I run out of things to say about this series. It's not the mysteries so much as the characters that bring me back again and again. I just love Eve and Roarke and the magical chemistry they have with each other. I love a couple that can do that verbal banter thing. *g*

Roarke points out that Eve takes the current case a little differently. Instead of being consumed with the case, she's fired up because she knows who did it, and she just has to prove it.

On the personal front, wedding bells will rin...more

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May 04, 2012 Amy rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

As usual I really love these books. The characters are realistic and the crimes are inventive. My only beef is that the titles have been giving away the mysteries lately. The book title two books ago gave it away. I figured out the killer on this right away because of the title. It was amusing that the movie referenced in the book was how I deduced the plot. It was still interesting to see how Eve makes her case because she too knew who the killer was from the beginning. The supporting character...more

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Feb 15, 2011 Lisa-marie rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Terrible. Had to read it for book club but struggled through it. Horribly written. For some bizarre and completely unnecessary reason it is set in the future - only it is a future that is more technologically backwards than the world we live in today. It's like the future imagined by some IQ challenged 50 year-old in the 1980's. I guess supposed to be a mystery but not a single twist, run or unexpected event. Just slogging though a not terribly interesting investigation with some completely grat...more

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Feb 15, 2013 Laine rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2013, j-d-robb-nora-roberts, mystery-suspense

Does every murder tell the story of how they died? Does the murder even tell you the story of the person? In this case is sort of does and it sort of doesn't.

A well known business is found dead in his house...tied to his bed....strangled...with cords of black velvet and plenty other strange things.

But something is not adding up. And Dallas is the only one that sees it. Everyone...including the Chief of Police's Wife is telling Dallas her gut is wrong. Will Dallas listen? Or there is a connectio...more

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Mar 18, 2012 Brenda rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery, romance

It was a nice surprise when my mother brought me this book from a yard sale. I have read it before but its a good one. Im a big fan on this particular series but there a few things that might have someone unfamilar go " Who's that?" I like this one because alot of my favorite secondary characters get a cameo or at the very least mentioned. The mystery was a good one. Dallas, the hero, suspects who the killer is but she has to find proof.

Rereading this book makes me want to go read the rest of t...more

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May 14, 2013 Kristen rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, favourite-series, strong-female-characters

Love this series - never gets old!

In this book, Eve is after the killer of a seemingly kind and generous elderly philanthropist. Seemingly, because the method of his death appears to suggest that he had kinky sexual tendancies, and that something just went wrong during an encounter.

As Eve investigates, however, she can't find any proof of this and becomes suspicious that something else is going on.

This book was pretty much a straight-up investigation of the murder, with less of the character dev...more

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Dec 19, 2012 Kara Jorges rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Doing a 180 after the last lackluster Eve Dallas mystery, Robb takes us back to New York 2060 when Eve tags a new case. Thomas A. Anders, the sportswear king, is found dead in his bed, naked and apparently in the throes of something pretty kinky when he died. Something about the scene is off, however. Anders was drugged up to his eyeballs and passed out cold when he choked to death, and the security disks show that his killer left the scene well before he died. Eve’s investigation doesn’t turn u...more Doing a 180 after the last lackluster Eve Dallas mystery, Robb takes us back to New York 2060 when Eve tags a new case. Thomas A. Anders, the sportswear king, is found dead in his bed, naked and apparently in the throes of something pretty kinky when he died. Something about the scene is off, however. Anders was drugged up to his eyeballs and passed out cold when he choked to death, and the security disks show that his killer left the scene well before he died. Eve’s investigation doesn’t turn up any motive to murder Thomas Anders…except money.

Anders left two beneficiaries, a widow and a nephew he raised as a son. Benedict Forest stands to gain control of his uncle’s company, but his affection for the dead man seems sincere and Eve bumps him off the suspect list rather quickly. The widow, Ava Anders, catches Eve’s eye right off the bat, appearing just a little too polished and put together for someone who should be devastated by shock and grief. When Eve finally gets some people to admit they don’t like the widow Anders, and actually find her to be quite self-centered and cold, Eve starts doing some serious digging, determined to get to the bottom of things and put her away. What she uncovers is a carefully masterminded plot that took years to execute, but she has to be careful how she investigates because her top suspect is chummy with the wife of the chief of police, and the media is all over the case because of the lurid sex angle.

This book brought back several popular elements of this much-loved series, giving the side characters a few more scenes and lines. And, as Eve’s suspect was a client of her high-class prostitute friend Charles Monroe, Charles and his love interest Louise had a decent chunk of the story. The only thing missing in this book was restraint. There were a few aspects to the killer that went over the top when the story would have seemed more believable had not absolutely every opportunity for an evil deed been exploited. Some things should have been left to chance, leading an opportunist to make a fatal decision at a fork in the road, thus bringing about subsequent events and actions, rather than a rotten apple seamlessly ingratiating itself with decent people and scheming and plotting for over a decade. It rang false the way it played when just a little restraint would have made the story more believable and interesting. I’m tired of Eve chasing serial killers, and unraveling the progression of a character from simply selfish to manipulative and downright murderous in order to get what they want would be a refreshing change from Eve’s typical sick, heartless monster.

Though this book opened Eve and Roarke’s lives again, Eve and Roarke could stand a few hobbies. Whereas in the past, Roarke would occasionally take Eve on a vacation or the two of them would go out to dinner or attend social functions, of late they seem to have abandoned all pursuits but Eve’s work, save an occasional romp in the pool. I make these complaints because I hold this series to the highest of standards, and since there have been over 30 stories between the books and short stories, the everyday lives of the characters are important. Their lives have all progressed since the first novel, so it is disappointing when the main characters seem to regress.

In all, this was a satisfying mystery for anyone, and a return to what we love for longtime JD Robb fans. The series is still going strong, and the author has the talent to keep it fresh and fun, so I expect it will stay that way, despite an occasional complaint.
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Jun 20, 2011 Filipa rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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

About Strangers in Death, I've got nothing special to say.
It wasn't a great book. In fact it wasn't easy to cruise the pages of this book.
Nonetheless there were some things I did enjoy. Particularly:

Charles and Louise. It was nice to see the two figure things out. It was an emotional scene and also an inspiring one. Charle's attitude was honourable and the fact that he took the time to change his life for Louise shows a great character and an even greater personality.

Eve and Roarke. I will al...more

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Apr 28, 2009 Angela rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: romance, mystery, in-death

In case you were wondering, yep, Strangers in Death is still upholding the ongoing formula of the In Death series. Fortunately, as I have observed before, it continues to be an entertaining and well-executed formula, which goes a long way to keeping me coming back and reading each new installment.

This time around we have Dallas and Peabody investigating a murder that has no apparent perpetrator--for which all signs indicate that the most likely culprit must surely have been a stranger, because n...more

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Apr 18, 2008 Dana rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Strangers in Death is the latest in J. D. Robb's popular series. The book opens with Lieutenant Eve Dallas, a homicide detective, at the murder scene of Thomas Anders, a prominent sporting goods businessman. It looks like a kinky sex game gone wrong. The scandal and sensationalism will surely set tongues a-wagging.

Eve slowly untangles the scene as it just doesn't add up. Security tapes are missing and how did the murderer get in and strangle Anders with no struggle? Ava, his wife, is in the Cari...more

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Mar 11, 2008 LJ rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: female_author, mystery, police_procedural, new_york_city, future

STRANGERS IN DEATH (Police Proc-Eve Dallas-NYC-2060) – VG
Robb, J.D. (aka Nora Roberts) – 26th in series
G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2008, US Hardcover – ISBN: 9780399154706

First Sentence: Murder harbored no bigotry, no bias.

When a wealthy man is found murdered in his apartment, Lt. Eve Dallas first looks to the wife as a suspect. The wife, however, was out of the country with friends and has an air-tight alibi. Dallas has a feeling, however, and a determination to find justice for the victim.

I have long...more

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Mar 01, 2008 Meredith rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Number: 10
ISBN: 9780399154706
Rating: B

Summary www.bn.com

Technology may be different in 2060 New York, yet the city is still a place of many cultures and great divides. And as ever, some murders receive more attention than others - especially those in which the victim is a prominent businessman, found in his Park Avenue apartment, tied to the bed - and strangled - with cords of black velvet.

It doesn't surprise Lieutenant Eve Dallas that Thomas Anders's scandalous death is a source of titillation...more Number: 10
ISBN: 9780399154706
Rating: B

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Technology may be different in 2060 New York, yet the city is still a place of many cultures and great divides. And as ever, some murders receive more attention than others - especially those in which the victim is a prominent businessman, found in his Park Avenue apartment, tied to the bed - and strangled - with cords of black velvet.

It doesn't surprise Lieutenant Eve Dallas that Thomas Anders's scandalous death is a source of titillation and speculation for the public - and humiliation for his family. While everyone else in the city is talking about it, those close to Anders aren't so anxious to do so. Fortunately, because Dallas's billionaire husband, Roarke, happens to own the prime real estate where Anders's sporting-goods firm was headquartered, she has some help with access. Before long, she's knocking on doors - or barging through them - to look for the answers she needs.

But the facts don't add up. Physical evidence suggests that the victim didn't struggle. The security breach in the highly fortified apartment indicates that the killer was someone close to Anders, but everyone's alibi checks out, from the wife who was off in the tropics to the loving nephew who stands to inherit millions. Was this a crime of passion - or a carefully planned execution?

It's up to Dallas to solve a sensational case where all involved guard secrets from one another - and strangers may be connected in unexpected, and deadly, ways.

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When I think of the "in death" books I am always prepared for a edge of my seat mystery/thriller however Strangers in Death lacked that immediacy. That did not truly impact the telling of this story. It was very psychologically based which is a different type of mystery than I am used to reading from Robb. I didn't feel like anything was missing, but it was just told in a different way. Robb has a way of being able to write her stories based on the pace she would like to influence. Since this crime was more thought provoking Robb changed the pace of the story and made the reader think. Robb is one of the few authors who has been able to take me to that type of place when they write.

If you haven't read this series of books it is a must read, start with Naked in Death. You won't ever look back.(less)

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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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“Why doesn't it bother her? Seriously, it doesn't. She's not putting on a front. She's in a serious relationship with a guy who has sex with other women for a living, and it doesn't matter to her."

"I married a cop." Roarke smiled at her. "We all have our levels of acceptance. He was an LC when they met, just as she was a doctor, and one who often works in dangerous areas of the city."

She shot him the same easy smile. "So...if I'd been an LC when we met, you wouldn't have any problem with me banging other guys. Professionally."

"None at all, as I'd kick your ass and murder all of them. But that's my level of acceptance.” — 7 people liked it

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