Seduction in Death (J.D. Robb, 13)

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Summary: A 13th good read!
Review: This was the most exciting book! Perhaps having daughters was responsible for chat rooms now giving me chills. Roarke still gets my vote, Eve get all the great lines with Peabody a close 2nd. Two good villians and watching their MO is creepy. Enjoyed this book immensely. Procedural is intense. Could barely put the book down. All my favorites are here, Charles, McNab, Feeney. Mavis and Trina turn up again to haunt Eve and there's a very touching little scene with Summerset and Eve. Great good time! Nora is amazing! Keep them coming!

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Summary: Same old stuff
Review: Hey, I'm a huge fan of J.D. Robb/Nora Roberts. I love this series and can't wait for the next book. However, I have to say I am getting a little annoyed because there has been no movement with Eve and Roarke. I want to see them have a baby or get some answers on her father or something. This was a great book and I'm glad I got it, but there are a lot of other plots that can and should be explored.

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Summary: Good, but not her best!
Review: I started reading the Death Serious years ago and, although I could always figure out 'who done it', I still missed the mystery that was absent in Seduction In Death. It seemed more emphasis was put on personal relationships than on the murder plot. I've read most of J.D. Robb's books one day, this one took two. It's not that it's a bad book, it just the style seemed to be more early Nora Roberts than J.D. Robb. But I still enjoyed the book, would recommend the book and, will definitely continue reading the series.

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Summary: What started out as a game
Review: In this installment of the In Death series, a killer whose romantic streak proves deadly and whose keen knowledge of drugs and technology is testament to his brilliance pursues a dangerous game. He seeks out and actively hunts women by catering to their romantic inclinations, their love of poetry, and by chemically ridding them of their inhibitions. But his rape and subsequent murder of two women brings Lieutenant Eve Dallas in as an unexpected opponent whose perceived inferiority only increases his arrogance and his determination to win the game he started. But as Dallas and her team closes in, the hunter realizes too late that he is the hunted. J.D. Robb has done a great job of weaving a splendid plot in her latest installment. Though there is no real mystery, the detailed illustration Robb has given the readers of the murderer is powerful and occasionally moving. The author's use of Eve's past in this case is obvious and we learn, as Dallas does, a little more than we wanted to about the man who was her father. Robb continuously draws parallels between the two cases. Dallas continues to "stand for the dead" and her dedication and determination almost threaten to exhaust her, which culminates in a very moving scene with her husband and his majordomo. Peabody and McNab learn to iron out their differences and to look at their relationship from a new angle while slowly discovering how to juggle their professional and personal lives together. And two other secondary characters return as civilian consultants on the case that also happen to find a growing interest in each other. Robb continues to shine in this series by approaching the case at every angle just as Eve does. In doing so, the story has more punch and all the characters, including the villains, are a little more understood. Do not miss this installment of the In Death series. It will leave you wanting more.

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Summary: She just keeps doing it
Review: I never can wait to get the next installment of the "...in Death" series....then I have to wait another 6 months! This newest story doesn't disappoint. The characters continue to grow and get developed more fully. I enjoyed this book as much as I have enjoyed the other 12 stories. My only regret is that I have to wait so long for the next installment.

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Summary: Down with supersitition! 13 is a winner!
Review: Seduction in Death is a homerun! Highly enjoyable characters and more character development of the series' protagonists, Roarke and Eve; witty dialogue which sparks gut deep belly laughs; new story lines involving characters introduced earlier -- Charles and Louise, simply fantastic! -- good, strong plot; and bad bad-guys. Nobody does it like Robb (Nora Roberts). She's simply the best.
After Amazon's Publishers' Weekly reviewer panned the novel, I had reservations about
quite what to expect. (I think Publishers' Weekly's review ought to read the whole series
and think about things a bit more.) However, J. D. Robb does not at all disappoint. In 354 pages of enjoyable, small print reading, readers familiar with the In Death series are witness to Dallas' further development as a character. Those who are familiar with all the books in
the series will realize the extent of Eve's growth. She has come a long way baby from the woman who could not respond with other than silence to Roarke's expressions of love. Robb gives Dallas a richer complexity, a maturity wrought by love in this novel. I'm not going to sell out the storyline, but the closing pages of this novel are surely a testament to the depth of Robb's creativity and to the richness with which she imbues her characters.
In many places, from the beginning onwards, the dialogue is rip roaringly funny. Some of the
exchanges between Dallas and Peabody, Dallas and Roarke, Dallas and other characters, the Peabody-McNabb situation are so hilarious that this novel ought not be read in public <g>. Robb has more than a touch of the blarney in her and a wonderful way with her pen. Read the novel to find out how simply wonderful is its dialogue--in fact, read it at home so people won't think you're crazy when you burst into a belly laugh!
So often readers pay $7.99 for a novel and wind up wishing that they'd kept their money in their pockets because the story line dragged, the dialogue was meaningless, and the characters were dull. No one can accuse Seduction in Death of any of this. This was a well spent $7.99, and I enjoyed every penny's worth. My only regret is that I forgot to order an autographed copy for my birthday as I had intended to.

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Summary: Another great Eve Dallas mystery...
Review: NYPSD Liutenant Eve Dallas, her billionaire husband Roarke, and her 'Scooby Doo' gang return again. Through a poetry chat, young women are being wined, dined, raped, and murdered. The women were all young, single, and in need of a modern-day 'Romeo'. But what makes this crime different is that there appears to be two killers, working together and taking turns keeping 'score'. Eve herself goes undercover as bait to 'seduce' the poet and catch the murderer. Through the book, Eve's usual gang appears and aids her on this new case. Peabody and McNab make up (in a wild way), while Mavis and Trina help *redecorate* Eve. Once again, Robb (aka Roberts) creates a delightful mix of romance, mystery, and suspense.

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Summary: one of my favorites!
Review: Nora Roberts as J.D. Robb has done it again! Starts out a little slow, but certainly picks up! We, (the reader) knows who the killer is from the beginning. It was fun waiting for Dallas to figure it out! When is Peabody going to tell McNab that she never slept with Charles? Can't wait for the next one!

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Summary: Eve Rocks big time
Review: Once again Eve Dallas takes the stage to stop an Internet dating game that has gone very, very wrong.
The deaths of young girls within the ages of 20-26, by a combination of drugs entered into their systems are shocking the city and disturbing Eve's task force.
In this novel Eve must go undercover to ferret out a game that is being played by players who think that they are safe from punishment or guilt because they disguise themselves as great poets and capture the hearts of their victims. Little do they know that McNab and Roarke are crack shot computer professionals who are tracking their movements.
Once again Eve and Roarke are a hit and I laughed more than once during this book as Eve's modesty and un-girly like procrastination's are downright hysterical. I like how things are going between Delia Peabody and Ian McNab, the tug-of-war they seem to be having is great. It goes to show that J.D. Robb does not just make couples get together and live happily ever after.
I finished this book in one night since I bought it from the bookstore and wish I could have drawn it out into a longer affair as leaving Eve and Roarke behind and waiting for the next book is too long a time to wait. I may have to read it more than once. I just can't get enough of Eve and Roarke and I have introduced the books to my friends so that they can enjoy and experience J.D. Robb for themselves.

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Summary: Ready to be Seduced?
Review: Let me start off by saying this, in my opinion, is the best Death book yet. The story is fast paced and best of all, all the secondary characters contribute to the story and many have storylines of their own.
The story opens with Roarke off at the funeral of his old friend Mick and Eve trying to survive the night without him. As she tries to sleep, she finds herself dreaming of her father. Only this time the dreams go further than it ever has leaving her shaken beyond belief. Then the call comes, another homicide, another body, and another death. The man of their dreams is wooing young, single, attractive women in a chat room where they discuss poetry, the arts, and the finer things in life. Each meets him for drinks at a swanky, romantic spot to be safe and then finds herself sexually enamored enough to take him back to her apartment. He turns the lights down low, puts on romantic music, and throws rose petals on the bed. He does everything in his power to make it the most romantic encounter of her life. You see it will be the last thing she will ever know.
I had wondered if Robb was going to let us down... Folks, I was not let down in the least. Yes, there is the usual blood and violence, the sex with Roarke, and we knew who was committing the murders fairly quickly'but what made this book for me was the use and revelations of the secondary characters. They played a prominent role in this book, which makes it worthwhile. Get ready to be seduced, not by murder, but the wonderful interactions that only Robb can produce.