Rating: Summary: Eve Versus the Feds Review: Tough homicide cop Eve Dallas finds herself at odds with the futuristic version of the CIA in this fun and fast adventure about high-tech terrorism in the 2050s.
What starts as a particularly violent double homicide quickly morphs into a full-scale investigation of the anti-terrorist organization charged with protecting the United States. But the agency seems to be harboring a rogue who is out of control--and will not stop until he thinks his tracks are covered. And his "tracks" include not only Eve herself, but Roarke Industries, and that means her hunky husband Roarke.
That's bad enough, but Eve and Roarke are in a bad marital patch for the first time in their relationship. If Eve allows herself to feel the fear about THAT, she won't be able to concentrate on the case that could bring them both down and destroy her career.
It makes for an interesting and fun read. My only problem was with the intricacies of the federal organizations. I often found myself confused as to who was who--but maybe that's just me! I definitely found this a worthy addition to the "In Death" series, although not, in my opinion, one of the best.
Rating: 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
Rating: Summary: Eve,Roarke and Co Review: Well, what else can be said about this series of great books, not much as everyone has said it all.
But as usual J D Robb/Nora Roberts has done it again, excellent book. I loved the plot of the book, but loved and thought the interaction this time between Eve and Roarke was so neat as it showed their more sensitive sides especially Eve's which was nice to see. It showed how much she has grown within herself since the first book in the series and I have read every book in the series so far.
Look forward to Vision's in Death when it comes out.
Thanks Nora Roberts what a wonderful mind and imagination you have.
Rating: 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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