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Mar 19, 2013 Silver James rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: auto-buy-series, audio-books, suspense, keeper, romance, 2017-books-read, 2013-books-read, 2014-books-read, reread, 2015-books-read

Naked in Death (In Death, #1) by J.D. Robb

I skipped a year but new book coming out soon so I'm relistening to several favorites in anticipation. NAKED IN DEATH ALWAYS leads the way.

2020: If I was stranded somewhere and could only have one book, it would be this one.

2019: I can't read the newest release in this series without going back to the very beginning of Eve and Roark. Definitely my chicken soup book!

2018 listen: I've lost count of the number of times I've reread or listened to this book since I originally discovered NAKE

I skipped a year but new book coming out soon so I'm relistening to several favorites in anticipation. NAKED IN DEATH ALWAYS leads the way.

2020: If I was stranded somewhere and could only have one book, it would be this one.

2019: I can't read the newest release in this series without going back to the very beginning of Eve and Roark. Definitely my chicken soup book!

2018 listen: I've lost count of the number of times I've reread or listened to this book since I originally discovered NAKED IN DEATH and the In Death series sometime around 2002. In fact, I revisit the book so often I don't always make note of that fact. Why? Because this is book I open when no other book holds my attention. And that was the case for this re-listen. Susan Ericksen is always a favorite narrator and when I listen to this first book, then compare it to the latest (DARK IN DEATH #45), I'm amazed that she's retained the voice characterizations through-out and additionally, the voices has grown and matured with the characters.

[2016 read] 8+ times on this book. This time, the audio version. Yes, this is my Chicken Soup book. What can I say?

The "review" below is from my 2013 reread. Things haven't changed. I've "officially" reread this book 7 times since joining Goodreads. I read it at least five times before that time. If I went back to college to get my MFA, this book would be the subject of my Masters dissertation. And even having read it so many times, I STILL find something new to wonder over, enjoy, and make note of.

NAKED IN DEATHis my "chicken soup" book. This is the book I pick up to read whenever the world crowds in too close, whenever there's not another book out there that will do. This recently happened when I finished CALCULATED IN DEATH. I searched the books waiting on my Kindle Fire. Nothing enticed me. I stood in front of my TBR shelves waiting for a book to topple off. Nada. I even dusted those books hoping something would catch my eye. My inner reader just wasn't satisfied and I knew it was time for a reread of NAKED IN DEATH. Each time I read this book, it's like I'm reading it for the first time. This series is not for everyone. Even though love is at it's core, it's not a traditional romance. It's a crime novel. A thriller. A suspense with romance. It is, in my opinion, just about perfect. And of course, now I'm having to reread all of the books at the beginning...It's such a sacrifice! *wink*

(2014 reread - Review from 2013 reread)
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Sep 09, 2023 Crazy for Books (Stephanie) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: series-sequels, romance, audiobook, mystery-thriller

This is the thing I always forget about veteran writers like Nora Roberts aka J.D. Robb. They don't make those intentional mistakes in storytelling like the newer authors. When you are reading and asking yourself, why didn't they just do "this" or "that", which would either make the story flow better or the conflict not happen.

In this story, you get the back story and the current story of why what is happening is hard for Eve Dallas to connect with. In her way, she's blocking certain things due ...more

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Sep 05, 2011 Julie rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery, thriller, fiction, crime, suspense, futuristic, series, e-book

I know I'm only one of a few that didn't like this book, but I really didn't like or connect with the characters. I'm glad I tried this series, but will most likely not read any of the others. I hate it when I don't like a book that is by an author I usually enjoy. Oh well, we all like different things....this was just not a style I like. ...more

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