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

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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 . 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.

Rating:
Summary: Excellent as always
Review: This is a continuation of what I condisider a most brilliant series.. I would never have thought that reading 15 stories about the same people would have me hooked BUT I AM and after reading the last page.. I look forward to the next.. This time the story is of a topical subject.. Internet Chat Rooms and sexual crime.. date rape drugs.. Eve and Rourke together with many of the charactors in her previous books work together to solve the murders... This however, the feeling within are close to home... I love the way J.D.Robb aka Nora Roberts draws you into the dialogue..as she does with many of her books..I shall look forward to many more...

Rating:
Summary: Another great edition to the IN DEATH series
Review: This is a great book but I highly recommend starting at the first book in the series (Naked in Death) to fully appreciate this tale. It is another great addition to the Eve Dallas - Roarke saga, but definitely not the first book to start out reading this series with...

Although I was initially hooked by some of the romance and suspense, I have totally foregone the suspense and read it now for the romance and developing relationships between Eve & Roarke, Peabody & McNabb, Eve and her co-workers. This time, the Licensed Companion, Charles comes back and enjoys a hefty role, as well as other characters from her previous books.

This story is like reading a long letter from an old friend. You know and love the characters. You want to see them, visit with them and watch their live(s) change and grow. With this book, you see Roarke and Eve growing as a couple, strengthening their marriage, and resolving some of their past issues.

The mystery/suspense is good, not great in this story. For those of us who are Eve Dallas junkies, read the book. You laugh, you cry, you sigh, and you smile at the development of our "friends".

Rating:
Summary: More of the same, and it's all good.
Review: Tossing your dream date out the window after you've had your wicked way with her seems a bit extreme, but Lieutenant Eve Dallas of the NYPSD has seen it all and knows intimately the evil that human beings are capable of inflicting on each other. It's the scattered roses, the wine, and the romantic setting in the victim's apartment which makes Eve think that this particular jumper hardly had reason to jump. The beautiful young woman seemed to be having a good time just prior to fatal plunge, so what has happened to the other half of the romantic equation?

Considered too rich and too dicey even for the flourishing New York illegals scene are the drugs Rabbit, and Whore. Both are found in the system of the victim. Eve doesn't think this seduction was meant to end quite in the way that it did. There is a date rapist out there who has killed, perhaps for the first time. Will he continue in this fashion? Eve soon gets her answer.

As you progress your way through this series, the fact that the crime element is greatly reduced with each subsequent book hits you. Nora Roberts (writing as J.D. Robb) is just so darn good at drawing characters, racking out that punchy dialogue and hooking you into caring about her future world of the year 2059 that you just might not care about this too much. The focus of the series has moved away from police investigation, future style, and has become more about her growing stable of fictional stars.

This series would be recommended to any kind of reader as it is just so much fun. Consider it your crime reading sorbet, as it freshens you up to take another slug at something more dark and forensic. Nora Roberts could probably set her series any old place and time and you'd still like it as it is so cleverly done. "Seduction in Death" is book number lucky thirteen in the ridiculously successful "in Death" series, featuring the snarly and dedicated police Lieutenant Eve Dallas. This particular entry is typical of the series in that it blitzes along at a blinding pace, sucks you in, and won't let go.

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