Stef
asked:
Does this series need to be read in the order they were published? Are the Characters connected to the next book in the series. . . just wondering if I need to get them from library in the order they are written. Thanks a bunch :-) Have not read any of J.D. Robbs books yet. . . have read a lot of good reviews for the suspense, romance, mystery books.
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Barbara Rogers
I would definitely suggest reading them in order. I read one of the later ones first -- and it does read okay as a stand-alone -- but there were so many interpersonal relationships that you just don't understand unless you read them in order. I went from the one I started on -- somewhere in the 20's of the series -- back to the very first one and read from the first one forward -- to the one I had read out of order -- and then I re-read that one. It made a big difference to me in those character relationships.
Chrome
Each book can be read as a standalone (1 mystery/case/crime per book) but I highly recommend reading them in order, or at least read books 1-3 to get basic characters and their relationships then you can skip a book if you aren't interested in that particular case/crime in that book. You might miss the characters developments, pasts revealed, etc though if you skip a bunch of books.
Lydia Sadler
Each of these books can stand alone, in my opinion. The joy of this series is the character development and the evolving and personal growth of the lead character, Eve Dallas and her hot damn georgeous, richer than Midas uber geek husband, Roarke
Stef
Thank you for the answers to my questions. I have read a few of the books in this series. They have been interesting.
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Rosie Walker
Yes somewhere online, you can request the list be in order. I think it was on Amazon don't qoute me.
Tonya
Although each can be read as a standalone, there is some benefit to reading them in order because of all the characters and character development that occurs on the way.
Laura Steinert
People who read random books from this series usually write less than glowing reviews. They are a bit like the British characters Beaton writes about who breeze into Lochdubh and try to set the village "right." If you haven't raged at the narrator in books 2-5 for being unkind to Hamish and being ignorant of his actual nature, you'll be like the reviewers who complain that Beaton is racist against Highlanders. If you havn't followed Hamish's love affair with Priscilla, you might actually believe he is over her.
Nancy Brady
thanks for asking this question, Stef. I wondered the same thing.
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