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Summary: one of the best books in the Death series
Review: When she gets the pictures in the mail of her husband and best friend in bed together, security expert Reva Ewing goes over to the house where they are having their tryst to confront them. She breaks in and marches into the bedroom only to find them murdered. She is gassed by someone in the room and when she comes to she calls her mother who is Roarke's administrate assistant.Since he knows and likes both women, he asks his wife Lieutenant Eve Dallas of the NYPSD to take the primary lead on the case. When she arrives on the scene, she sees strange anomalies and thinks Reva was set up to take the fall. Although she has to arrest Reva based on the circumstantial evidence, Eve doesn't stop looking for the real killer. This case is one of Eve's toughest because she has to deal with Homeland Security, double agents and techno terrorists while trying to convince Roarke not to do something that could destroy their marriage. J.D. Robb, also known as Nora Roberts, has written one of her best books in the Death series. For the first time in their marriage Eve and Roarke have a problem that neither can compromise on and it distracts Eve in her investigation, which is difficult enough because she is dealing with Homeland Security. There is plenty of action, enough fresh twists to keep the storyline fresh, sizzling and a moral dilemma that must be resolved to keep readers enthralled with this extraordinary police procedural romance. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: J.D. Robb entertains us once again with murder and mayhem
Review: In her eighteenth (or is this nineteenth?) novel featuring the acerbic lieutenant Eve Dallas, J.D. Robb (or is that Nora Roberts?) entertains us once again with murder and mayhem in New York City, a New York City of the 2050s. Things have changed from the early part of the century, and technological gadgetry has advanced beyond our wildest dreams. It is obvious Robb has had fun imagining what the future could hold for all of us. NYPSD Lieutenant Eve Dallas is back, armed with an attitude and all sorts of cool weapons we haven't seen yet. She continues to spurn anything feminine, actually cringing when her famous friend Mavis comes at her with assorted gels, dyes and polishes. She is still referred to by her partner, the newly dubbed "Detective" Peabody, as "Sir." Yet she is head-over-heels, weak-in-the-knees gaga over her wealthy husband, megabusinessman Roarke. However, her latest case involves one of Roarke's most loyal employees. Technogeek Reva Ewing is found with blood on her hands at the scene of a double homicide involving her husband and a trusted friend, the two locked in a naked embrace, apparently killed in the very throes of passion. It certainly looks like the jealous wife did it. Unfortunately, those aren't the only bodies that turn up in Lt. Dallas's jurisdiction, and they all have connections to the dead husband. As Eve digs deeper into the case, she turns up some curious clues. What began after the terrorist attacks in 2001 as the Homeland Security Organization has morphed into a scary federal department run amok. Just what is their connection to this series of murders the Lieutenant is investigating? And why are all the computers on the scenes fried? While she works hard to solve these crimes, she learns some interesting truths about the horrific abuse she suffered as a child. The brutal memories of that time threaten to derail the investigation. Her nightmares return with a vengeance. And Roarke, fiercely in love with her and plagued by his own demons, can't look the other way. He sets his sights on revenge, thereby pitting his interests against Eve's. The odds seem insurmountable for husband and wife. Where once they were spooning between the sheets, they now sleep alone, assiduously avoiding contact with each other. The rift looks irreparable. This book is filled with action and technical inventions: scanners, blockers, stunners, what have you. As long as you don't take it all too seriously, you can have a great deal of fun reading DIVIDED IN DEATH. --- Reviewed by Kate Ayers
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Summary: HARDCOVER!!!!?????
Review: OK, I LOVE the "in Death" series and wait anxiously for each new publication, but I can't help but feel betrayed. This is the first of the series to be published in hardcover and I just don't think this is necessary. Sure, it'll probably bring in more money but, jeez, how much does one woman need?? How long are we going to have to wait for the paperback, Nora????
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Summary: We Can't See Eye To Eye On This -- love versus core beliefs
Review: Lieutenant Eve Dallas survived a horrificly abusive childhood, experiencing firsthand how the ponderous indifference of the system can strip the victim powerless. Eve is a homicide cop, standing up for murder victims by her courage, determination and compassion within the system. Roarke clawed his way out of his childhood of poverty and beatings by brilliance, boldness and sheer determination. He has amassed immense personal wealth and power coupled with an unwavering loyalty to those few he loves, and many who are linked to him by friendship or responsibility. Roarke balances the scales of justice by whatever means suits his purpose, utilizing or evading the law as he deems fit. Eve's painful past is being used against her by a covert Homeland Security governmental organization. Threats to make her private ordeal public have driven Eve and Roarke to opposing stands. Roarke burns to apply searing retribution to those who knew but ignored Eve's torture at the time, and their successors who kill and threaten with impunity in the present to further their rogue operations. Eve is equally driven to use the system to enact justice. For her, going outside the law would be to herself join the jackals and the victimizers, a betrayal of all she believes. Divided in Death opens the door a bit wider on the unfolding histories and relationship of Eve and Roarke and their passionate, intense, not always comfortable love and marriage. As always, the supporting cast of friends and peers are woven into the larger story, including an opportunity to clear up an apparent discrepancy from previous novels regarding Dr. Mira, the police psychologist and profiler. If this is your first taste of the In Death series, enjoy! You'll want to go back and get to know more levels of this complex, passionate pair as well.
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Summary: AN AWARD CALIBER VOICE PERFORMANCE
Review: Under the artful direction of Joyce Bean and with an award caliber voice performance by Susan Ericksen fast forward to the year 2059, the setting for Nora Roberts's latest thriller. Fear of Al Queda are as dry as ancient history some fifty years from now. But terrorism is still alive and threatening - this time in the form of a new breed of hackers or techno terrorists. "Divided In Death," the 18th in the reader pleasing series featuring tough detective Eve Dallas and handsome billionaire Roarke, owner of Roarke Enterprises, are faced with a computer virus that can not only destroy his company but spread like a pampas fire to infect other offices and then the country. Double murder is on the agenda for Eve when Reva Ewing, a former member of the Secret Service, is accused of murdering her husband and her best friend with whom her husband was having an affair. Plenty of motive there. But what triggers Eve's razor sharp mind is the fact that the late husband's commuter files were all deliberately corrupted. This means something more to Roarke: he and Reva were under government orders to develop a program that would protect against a new army of hackers, the Doomsday Group. These techno terrorists are well funded and will take no prisoners in order to achieve their goals. Nora Roberts, the author of 100 best selling novels, and accomplished reader Susan Ericksen raise the bar again with "Divided In Death" - Gail Cooke
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Summary: SLY, SEXY, AND SUSPENSEFUL
Review: Fears of Al Queda are as dry as ancient history some fifty years from now. But terrorism is still alive and threatening - this time in the form of a new breed of hackers or techno terrorists. "Divided In Death," the 18th in the reader pleasing series featuring tough detective Eve Dallas and handsome billionaire Roarke, owner of Roarke Enterprises, finds the duo faced with murder and a computer virus that can not only destroy his company but spread like a pampas fire to infect other offices and then the country. Double murder is on the agenda for Eve when Reva Ewing, a former member of the Secret Service, is accused of murdering her husband, well known artist Blair Bissel , and also slaying her best friend with whom her husband was having an affair. Plenty of motive there. It's said Reva went ballistic and committed these crimes in a jealous rage. This is far too pat for the experienced Eve - too cut and dried, the murderer too obvious. She does not believe Reva is guilty. What triggers Eve's razor sharp mind is the fact that Bissel's commuter files were deliberately corrupted. This means something more to Roarke: he and Reva were under government orders to develop a program that would protect against a new army of hackers, the Doomsday Group. These techno terrorists are well funded and will take no prisoners in order to achieve their goals. They're too clever, too quick to kill. Nora Roberts, the author of 100 best selling novels, delivers one more sly, sexy, and suspenseful read. - Gail Cooke
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Summary: "Portrait" and "Purity" tough Eve Dallas acts to follow
Review: We've read the entire 18-book "Robb" series and generally enjoy all the stories immensely. As usually happens with long-running characters, we've come to feel intimate with both the leading couple, NYPD Homicide Lt. Eve Dallas and her billionaire husband Roarke, as well as a fine supporting cast of cops Peabody, Feeney, and McNab (among others); quirky friend Mavis; and annoying "houseman"/valet Summerset. The writing and plot crafting skills of Nora Roberts (posing herein as JD Robb) created absolute powerhouses in her recent novels "Portrait" and "Purity in Death", leaving us emotionally stimulated and intellectually entertained. But our hope for more at that level was not to be fulfilled in "Divided". The plot centers around an artist who is caught cheating by his wife, Reva, a security specialist who works at one of Roarke's firms. Reva is found at the scene of her husband and his lover's murder, but it seems immediately to be a frame; and a subsequent murder or two confirms that suspicion. The cop team pretty much takes residence at the Roarke mansion, fearing that security is so sensitive an issue on this case that working out of Police HQ is ill advised. The investigation soon embroils the Homeland Security agency, which is an interesting ploy that allows Robb to comment from the setting of the book at future year 2059 on the "history" and practices of that government entity. A wrinkle about Eve's own troubled past with an abusive father surfaces during the investigation that causes a huge riff between herself and Roarke -- and the resolution of that strain on their relationship is a strong sub-plot to the mystery. In the end, the unscrambling of several dead computers as well as Eve's typical perceptive scrutiny of the clues, leads to identifying and capturing the real bad guys. What left us a little cold about the story was the dominance of the sub-plot. While the exacting nature of the relationship between our two principals is a more than recurring theme in the whole series (Robb admits its part of her reason for writing it), it seemed just a little too overdone and a little too predictable in its resolution -- and thus seemed to drag down the action of the middle book. Additionally, the seclusion of the team at the house left us little or no variety of character interactions and scene settings, and got a little boring ere it was all over. Overall, while we never fail to enjoy each new entry in the "In Death" set, and blessedly do not find the characters getting stale, this particular novel just didn't seem as well composed as many of the others. So Robb fans won't want to miss it, but casual readers might rather enjoy some of the better entries mentioned above.
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Summary: Robb is super
Review: Ouch! Wish they had kept this is regular paperback, but I guess Nora Roberts needs they money, eh? Roarke is still to die for. Eve maintaining her strong kick A** style. I Really enjoy each and every one of the Robbs. Just wish they would not soak us for the money.
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Summary: Eve and Roarke at their best
Review: As always, part of what I love with Robb is the development of Eve and Roarke. Parts of the book dragged (as most books sometimes do) but I still love how things are between Eve and Roarke. Favorite part of the book is when they resolve their differences.
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Summary: Distasteful
Review: I can not believe that Nora Robert cheapens herself by writing such drivel. This is the first and last J.D. Robb book I will chance reading. I only read it half way through. It was so unclear, seemingly written with the pretense of intelligence. I thought the constant empty dialogues were wasted breath. I have read seven books by Nora Roberts and I will have to wonder if she has a twin sister living insider her mind who must be writing the J.D. Robb stories. She seems to me to be wandering from realism in her Roberts books to total abstract in her Robb books. I think in her Robb stories she must be letting her hair down with all of the unnecessary swearing and attitude the female characters have. There is a lot of rage there. I will take Nora Roberts over Robb any day. Sorry Robb fans, I just think it is all to shallow to waste my time going there again. Just like paintings from abstract to real, different strokes for different folks.
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