Naked in Death (In Death, #1) in Pick-a-Shelf

May 20, 2022 Sassafrass rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobooks, already-own, kindle, a-audible-owned, z-2022, z-2022-audio, added-in-2022, z-2022-challnege-books, z-a-muse-me, z-2023

What a great start to a series. Loved the early byplay between Eve and Roarke. It was weird not see Peabody but she's not been introduced yet. Neither had McNab. Really, Eve's life was so different. With Mavis being her only real friend. It's amazing to go back and read this book now to realize just how far the series and the characters have come.

The plot was intense and even though I read this before, I still experienced that shock when I realized how heinous the killer was to his victim and ot ...more

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Jan 02, 2010 Debbie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: romantic-suspense, sci-fi-romance

In 2058, one of the best officers that the New York Police and Securities Department had, Lieutenant Eve Dallas had already had a rough night when she got the call to a high profile death. The granddaughter of a Senator had been murdered by an antique collectors gun, she was a licensed companion and she was not close to her family but Eve would work out what part was important. A friend had asked him to talk to their daughter and now he was a murder suspect but Roarke took everything in about th ...more

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Nov 29, 2009 Rebekah rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery-thriller-horror, romance-contemporary, 2010, go-to-author-nora, 2013, reread-revisit-relove, 2018, 4-star-reads

In 2003 when I began working at Walden Books (which has since become a borders express) I never thought I would read a Nora Roberts book. I fought it hard, because I didn’t believe that she could write so quickly and still turn out quality books. Then the Circle trilogy came out. I bought them, read them, loved them, and I have not stopped reading her books since.

And still I resisted reading any of the JD Robb books- why I can’t even remember now. This book was amazing. Dallas and Roarke are su ...more

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May 07, 2019 Marie (UK) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2019-reading-challenge

A criminal mystery set in the mid 21st century. Technology has moved on with pace, detectives record their every move. A series of killings of licenced prostitute taxes the detective skills of Eve Dallas and all clues seem to lead to Rourke. Eve become personally involved with Rourke putting her career at risk as she tries to both solve the murders and exonerate rourke.

I had no idea it was quite so sexually explicit and on audio that seemed even more so but i Loved that robb is able to maintain ...more

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