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Summary: An Excellent Futuristic Mystery - Wonderful Characters
Review: "Glory In Death" is the second book in J.D. Robb's futuristic mystery series. Set in New York City, 2058 CE, robotic drones and voice activated machines do menial work; there is a total ban on guns, (the police use lasers); major advances have been made in medicine, technology, and genetics; airbuses are the preferred vehicle for public transportation; tele-links replace telephones; and people travel to other planets, (Venus, Mars), for vacation and business. It's not quite a brave new world, but there are significant changes midway into the 21st century. The overpopulated world has more limited resources - real coffee is rare and way too expensive, as is beef and other fresh meat. Robb has not written a sci-fi series, however. Far enough into the future to make the storyline more interesting, today's world is still easily recognizable.
Lieutenant Eve Dallas of the NYPSD is a tough cop who made Lieutenant before the age of 30. She, is also very vulnerable emotionally. Eve doesn't remember the early years of her life, but knows that she was sexually, physically and emotionally abused by her father, abandoned at age eight and left to the mercies of Children's Services. She met handsome businessman Roarke in book one, and the couple has become seriously involved. Roarke is a charismatic Irish billionaire, who wields considerable power worldwide, and has fallen hard for the first time in his life - for Eve.
Prosecuting Attorney Cicely Towers, a powerful, talented professional, is found dead, throat slashed, in a sleazy part of town. Eve is called in as primary to work the case. Then a second victim turns up. A beautiful, up-and-coming TV actress is found murdered, throat cut, on the rear patio of her apartment building. Eve is again called in -same MO, most probably the same killer. Unfortunately, both victims were involved with Roarke in the past. Obviously this development causes friction in their growing relationship - a relationship which is also stressed by Eve's discomfort with Roark's world of wealth, power and the "beautiful people." Then there's the additional pressure of knowing that another murder will probably take place unless the case is solved ASAP.
Again, J.D. Robb has come up with a winner. "Glory in Death" is a fast paced police thriller with top notch characters and an excellent plot. Although the murder mystery is primary, Roarks's and Eve's developing romance does add a lot and allows for a better insight into the complex characters of the two. The author's knowledge of police procedurals make the storyline more believable. The only problem I had with the book is that Roarke was a murder suspect in the first novel, "Naked In Death" also. This just seems too contrived to me. He is a man with an amazing number of business and personal connections. He knows half the world. It is a bit much to have a stable and respected figure like him suspected twice in a row.
Overall, I recommend the mystery and intend to read more of the series. Great stuff!
JANA
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Summary: Read it in 1 day!
Review: After Naked in Death, I had to run out and buy this one to see where the romance of Eve and Roarke lands. I'm baffled that Robb manages to keep the romance interesting through 2 novels, as I expect she will through the rest of the series (we'll see).Definately a good read! Love the mix of mystery and romance as I tend to get bored with romance novels alone. I highly recommend, but start it on a day when you can sleep in the next morning, as I found myself up late unable to put it down!
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Summary: One of Eve & Roarke's best scenes inside!
Review: As far as mysteries go, the killer in this book can be easily figured out so there's not much suspense there. But for those in love with Eve and Roarke, this is an important part of their relationship.
This book contains my favourite scene in the whole series when Eve finally admits with great reluctance that she loves Roarke. That section is beautifully written, and J.D. Robb does not compromise their strong willed characters when she writes that part.
It's much easier to write how protaganists fall in each other's arms and let down all barriers to declare their love. What is more difficult is when they admit their love and their characterizations remain true even when they are in the most vulnerable of circumstances. So make sure you read Glory in Love, don't give it a miss just because the suspense element is not there.
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Summary: 4.5 Stars for the 2nd in the series
Review: Book #2 in the Death Series by JD Robb and it continues to draw me further into the series. I want to devour the whole series as soon as possible as I want to find out what happens next. I also like the touch of the future in the story as well as the clues that you are to figure out as the story continues. JDR also develops the characters well so there are certain ones that you instant ly like as well as ones that you hate. I like how the clues for the story are intertwined with the base case. I also like the human touches that Roarke and Eve have while trying to mesh their lives. And the butler is a giant hoot! I recommend this story!
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Summary: Eve Dallas is back
Review: Eve Dallas is back on the case and this time she is ont he case of a woman who was murdered, but this isn't any woman it is a high powered woman and Eve can't figure out who would want her dead and why they would do it like they did. As Eve works on the case she has to deal with another murder of another high powered woman and this murder is like the first. As Eve works on the case she keeps coming up accross dead ends and not being able to figure out who killed these woman. She works the case from all angles and trys to keep ahead of what the killer might do next. Eve's realenship with Roarke is steaming up and Eve isn't quite ready for that yet, but Roarke won't take no for an answer and trys to show Eve how much he cares of her. Overall this was another great book in the series, I love Eve and her friends and love the romance between her and Roarke.
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Summary: A great addition!!
Review: Eve Dallas once again has a murderer to catch. This time, the victims are all successful females that have families that mourn them. Once again the link between the victims is Eve's lover, they mysterious Roarke. However, this time she is doing all she can to clear him from her list of suspects. Roberts hooks the reader with the suspense as well as the ongoing romance between Roarke and Eve. Never having a family or very many friends, Eve is struggling with her relationship with Roarke. A part of her wants to keep a part of her life seperate if he ever leaves her, but a part of her wants to grab him with both hands and never let go. You will be hooked and shocked by the suspense part of the story. I was very surprised when the murderer was revealed, but once again, Even saves the day in a blaze of Glory.
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Summary: great series
Review: In this book, someone's slashing the throats of prominent and successful women. Since the suspects include family friends of Lieutenant Eve Dallas' commander and Eve's lover, Roarke, this becomes a very difficult case for her. If you haven't read the first book, Naked in Death, I would suggest that you do that first, although this early in the series it's not as important. Just as a warning for those who have never read one of the In Death books, the mystery is not really the most important part in the book. I've heard regular mystery readers complain that they were able to figure out who committed the murders long before anyone in the books did. That wasn't the case for me - I enjoyed the mystery element in this book - but the relationships are the reason why I keep reading the series and why I reread all the books. In this book, Eve has to deal with her problems with commitment in her relationship with Roarke. The way Eve and Roarke interact is wonderful, and Eve's gradual attempts at making herself more than just a cop are interesting reading. I definitely recommend this book and series to anyone who likes well done and well paced romance with mystery and murder mixed in.
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Summary: great series
Review: In this book, someone's slashing the throats of prominent and successful women. Since the suspects include family friends of Lieutenant Eve Dallas' commander and Eve's lover, Roarke, this becomes a very difficult case for her. If you haven't read the first book, Naked in Death, I would suggest that you do that first, although this early in the series it's not as important. Just as a warning for those who have never read one of the In Death books, the mystery is not really the most important part in the book. I've heard regular mystery readers complain that they were able to figure out who committed the murders long before anyone in the books did. That wasn't the case for me - I enjoyed the mystery element in this book - but the relationships are the reason why I keep reading the series and why I reread all the books. In this book, Eve has to deal with her problems with commitment in her relationship with Roarke. The way Eve and Roarke interact is wonderful, and Eve's gradual attempts at making herself more than just a cop are interesting reading. I definitely recommend this book and series to anyone who likes well done and well paced romance with mystery and murder mixed in.
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Summary: Should be a TV Series
Review: This is the first J. D. Robb title I've read, and yes it's the second in the "In Death" series. Didn't matter -- it's a gripping, absorbing, riveting read even when you jump into the middle of the series. I'm sure I'd still enjoy reading the prequel. But that fact alone - that the mystery and character relationships "work" whether you've read the previous book or not - makes this series eligible to become a TV series like Murder She Wrote. And there's more. Nora Roberts has sketched her world as being in 2058 and beyond, and has said without showing that interstellar travel exists, interstellar business exists. Presumably nonhuman civilizations must exist too because there's no way we could invent an interstellar drive and create major businesses out there in a mere 55 years. But Roberts has downplayed that background -- at least in this early part of the series. With such a very light hand on the futurology, she has left room for the Studios to decide how big a budget this TV series would need -- and how much solid sf futurology they want to show, and how much they want to leave fuzzy so they can use cheap sets and makeup. In fact, in this novel, the sf part of the background would seem to any sf reader/writer to be non-existent. Some people might complain about that, but I thought it to be a very astute commercial move. It has made me want to read more of these novels in hopes that this background will appear. I would like to see Eve Dallas travel with Roarke to an interstellar setting and solve crimes there -- like Isaac Asimov's Caves of Steel. I did note the tribute to Ayn Rand in naming Roarke, and some oblique tributes to Faye Kellerman's Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus series in the family issues approached from a totally different direction -- and I found echoes of Laurel K. Hamilton's Anita Blake series that I don't think anyone else would see in Eve Dallas's spunk and obvious emotional problems from early childhood. And even beyond that I see a Relationship developing between Eve Dallas and Roarke that is rare and glorious -- a sexual relationship between two people who love each other because each sees the other as admirable. In real life it is rare to see a man admire a woman and love her too though women often love those they admire. This could become a model relationship among equals, mixing romance, mystery, and sociological-sf. There's only one bit of backgrounding missing in this second book that's annoying me. There is no explanation of how it could be that a cop (or in this case several cops) are left to handle a case where they have a personal interest. A conflict of interests like that would be more than sufficient cause to block Eve from working the case she's on. There's got to be some hidden backgrounding there, major changes in the law, major changes in oversight and checks-and-balances due to the use of computers and databases, and maybe due to the influence of non-humans from the galactic civilization that's lurking beyond the edges of perception here. I will want to read the rest of this series as I can lay my hands on them, and I'm already recommending it to readers of my own novels.
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Summary: This series is worth your time!
Review: This is the second book in the Eve Dallas series. In this futuristic world cars fly, only rich people can drink real coffee, guns are prohibited and the death penalty has been banned since 2012. Robb's imagination for putting all this together is admirable! The mystery plot is also very good, with a killer taking out powerful women and several people popping up as likely suspects. The final added touch is the personal relationship between Eve and billionaire Roarke. Both characters carry an emotional baggage from their childhood which is revealed little by little through the book (and will likely continue to be revealed in next installments). With an interesting plot and full of colorful characters this book (and this series) is a must read!
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