Helpful Score: 11
I love this series and particularly enjoyed this book. For some reason, the last one (Salvation in Death) just didn't grab me. There wasn't much interaction with the other supporting characters like Mavis, etc., and I missed it. The whole thing just seemed so dry. For the first time ever, I couldn't get into an "In Death" book and I ended up skimming through much of the second half. I have to admit, I was a bit worried about the series and where it was going. Thank goodness, it was unfounded. Promises in Death more than made up for what I thought was lacking in SID.
This book revolves around the murder of a fellow police officer and newfound love of Li Morris (the medical examiner/coroner), and how the entire crew comes out of the woodwork to rally around him for support and resolution of the crime. There's also a separate storyline running in the background related to the upcoming bridal shower and bachelor party for Louise and Charles (she's a doctor, he's an ex LC - now a sex therapist). All in all, we get to see just about every one of Eve and Roarke's friends/acquaintances - even Webster (the IAB guy that Eve had an affair with (pre-Roarke) and that Roarke pounded on early on in the series) and Crack (the six and a half foot tall guy that works in a sex club and lost a sister to murder - one that Eve solved). What's more, we get to see Eve's continually evolving personal side as Morris leans on her for support. As always, Roarke is there, lending a hand to any and all who need it, but especially to his Eve.
I loved this book because it was so much more than the usual who-done-it. It was personal, with an almost "family" feel to it, and a real pleasure to see how far Eve's come in that department. Also, in the past we've gotten snippets of various supporting characters here and there but were always left wondering about this or that character that wasn't mentioned at all. The thing is, you can't expect them to be covered in every book, but you do wonder what's going on with them when you haven't heard anything for several books. This book was practically a family reunion of sorts and as far as I'm concerned, had it all - heat (how can you not with Roarke around!), humor, sorrow, bad guys, a bit of danger, and nicely solved mystery. What's not to like!
This book revolves around the murder of a fellow police officer and newfound love of Li Morris (the medical examiner/coroner), and how the entire crew comes out of the woodwork to rally around him for support and resolution of the crime. There's also a separate storyline running in the background related to the upcoming bridal shower and bachelor party for Louise and Charles (she's a doctor, he's an ex LC - now a sex therapist). All in all, we get to see just about every one of Eve and Roarke's friends/acquaintances - even Webster (the IAB guy that Eve had an affair with (pre-Roarke) and that Roarke pounded on early on in the series) and Crack (the six and a half foot tall guy that works in a sex club and lost a sister to murder - one that Eve solved). What's more, we get to see Eve's continually evolving personal side as Morris leans on her for support. As always, Roarke is there, lending a hand to any and all who need it, but especially to his Eve.
I loved this book because it was so much more than the usual who-done-it. It was personal, with an almost "family" feel to it, and a real pleasure to see how far Eve's come in that department. Also, in the past we've gotten snippets of various supporting characters here and there but were always left wondering about this or that character that wasn't mentioned at all. The thing is, you can't expect them to be covered in every book, but you do wonder what's going on with them when you haven't heard anything for several books. This book was practically a family reunion of sorts and as far as I'm concerned, had it all - heat (how can you not with Roarke around!), humor, sorrow, bad guys, a bit of danger, and nicely solved mystery. What's not to like!
Helpful Score: 3
I love this series and nearly always buy the titles new in hardbook. This one is at once sadder and happier than the others. The death of a cop who was Morris' lover affects the squad and "makes it personal". On the other hand the relationship between Dallas and Rourke is smoother. This book lacks the angst about their pasts and the usual shouting matches are absent. They are coming to grips with their pasts and the toll their occupations sometimes take on their marriage.
Side note: Wish I had gotten an invite the bridal shower for Louise! It was totally mag!
Jan AKA Batgirl
Side note: Wish I had gotten an invite the bridal shower for Louise! It was totally mag!
Jan AKA Batgirl
Helpful Score: 2
The biggest problem with a series that has 28 books and growing is finding new adjectives to accurately describe how much I love this series without sounding boring and repetitive.
Once again, I am treated to a first class ticket into the lives of Eve Dallas and Roark while she investigates the murder of a fellow officer, who happens to be in an intimate relationship with Eves friend, Morris, the Chief Medical Examiner. It doesnt take long for Dallas to uncover a connection in the dead cops past to her and Roarks not so distant past. I love how Eve meticulously discovers each clue and peels the layers back to reveal more. Her instincts are amazing and I am impressed how diligent she is in her approach to finding the truth, no matter how painful.
Eve is determined to find the killer and bring them to justice. She makes a promise to herself, the victim and to Morris and Eve always keeps her promises.
As if the crime plot in the story werent enough, I also was highly entertained with the subplot of Louises bridal shower that Eve has been forcing from her mind for quite a while. Unfortunately, she cant hide from it and not thinking about it doesnt make it go away. While Roark and the guys take Charles to Vegas for his bachelor party, Eve is left at home with the women to do girly things. I thoroughly enjoyed watching her panicked state when she realizes what this will entail and found myself laughing out loud several times at Eves attempts to hide in the house and when that doesnt work, to try to convince Roark to let her come with him to Vegas.
This series has it all and it packs one hell of a punch. Featuring mystery, suspense, intense action, romance and comedy, I wish all of my reading was this entertaining.
Once again, I am treated to a first class ticket into the lives of Eve Dallas and Roark while she investigates the murder of a fellow officer, who happens to be in an intimate relationship with Eves friend, Morris, the Chief Medical Examiner. It doesnt take long for Dallas to uncover a connection in the dead cops past to her and Roarks not so distant past. I love how Eve meticulously discovers each clue and peels the layers back to reveal more. Her instincts are amazing and I am impressed how diligent she is in her approach to finding the truth, no matter how painful.
Eve is determined to find the killer and bring them to justice. She makes a promise to herself, the victim and to Morris and Eve always keeps her promises.
As if the crime plot in the story werent enough, I also was highly entertained with the subplot of Louises bridal shower that Eve has been forcing from her mind for quite a while. Unfortunately, she cant hide from it and not thinking about it doesnt make it go away. While Roark and the guys take Charles to Vegas for his bachelor party, Eve is left at home with the women to do girly things. I thoroughly enjoyed watching her panicked state when she realizes what this will entail and found myself laughing out loud several times at Eves attempts to hide in the house and when that doesnt work, to try to convince Roark to let her come with him to Vegas.
This series has it all and it packs one hell of a punch. Featuring mystery, suspense, intense action, romance and comedy, I wish all of my reading was this entertaining.
Helpful Score: 2
I enjoyed this installment in the lives of Eve and Roarke much more than I have the last few. Finally we have some real reason for angst in Eve's little family. We get a good look at the lives and relationships that she's fallen into in the last years. Everyone makes an appearance. There is less of Eve's focus on herself and where she's come from and more focus on the people around her now.
Helpful Score: 2
This book is great - and JD Robb didn't do quite as much of the history rehash on Dallas's background, which was a nice change. I just wish Robb could completely move past that whole history rehash, we choose our lives, blah blah stuff and stick with the story. Still, a great read with some really interesting twists.
Helpful Score: 1
Promises in Death, is always with J.D. Robb, exciting and filled with suspense. Intrigue and who done it. Robb includes a sense of humor, romance and thrills. I find this to be another great read that you don't want to put down until it is finished.I give this one 4 stars easily.
Helpful Score: 1
Excellent !! J.D.Robb has done it again!!
Another great Eve Dallas story, Eve must find closure for a friend, even if that means looking at her fellow police officers to do it. Coupled with a bachelorette party she's hosting adds tons of hilarity.
Another great Eve Dallas story, Eve must find closure for a friend, even if that means looking at her fellow police officers to do it. Coupled with a bachelorette party she's hosting adds tons of hilarity.
Helpful Score: 1
I love powerful Eve Dallas and how the complex New York crimes are solved. If you don't wanna bite her husband, don't read these books! Nora Robert's best writing is as JD Robb in this "In Death" series of some 30 stories to date. I collect all of the JD Robb books, but skip the Roberts, whose stories are not as tight as those about Lt. Eve Dallas - ass kicker! If the future of New York is like this, I fear these killers who are sneaky and complex.
Helpful Score: 1
SPECTACULAR as usual. J.D. Robb absolutely rocks!
Eve Dallas is on the trail of a cop killer. Amaryllis Coltraine recently transferred from Atlanta PD to New York (not Eve's squad but local). Amaryllis and ME Morris (Dallas's friend) hookup and it's serious. When she is murdered, Dallas catches the case. Dallas is a victim's advocate (so to speak) and Amaryllis is no different though Eve's connection to Morris makes it personal. Eve is stunningly brilliant as usual and locks this up tight in between a bridal shower and a bachelor party.
I particularly like the comic relief elements between Roarke and Eve. Here's my favorite from this one:
On the eve of the bachelor party and the bridal shower at their house, Eve's absolutely freaking out over the girlie stuff and this is the conversation between them.
Eve: Let me come with you (to the bachelor party)
Roarke: Let me see your penis.
Eve: Oh God. Can't I use yours?
Roarke: At any other time. Now pull yourself together.
I laughed out loud. Too funny and a typical exchange between these two.
Eve Dallas is on the trail of a cop killer. Amaryllis Coltraine recently transferred from Atlanta PD to New York (not Eve's squad but local). Amaryllis and ME Morris (Dallas's friend) hookup and it's serious. When she is murdered, Dallas catches the case. Dallas is a victim's advocate (so to speak) and Amaryllis is no different though Eve's connection to Morris makes it personal. Eve is stunningly brilliant as usual and locks this up tight in between a bridal shower and a bachelor party.
I particularly like the comic relief elements between Roarke and Eve. Here's my favorite from this one:
On the eve of the bachelor party and the bridal shower at their house, Eve's absolutely freaking out over the girlie stuff and this is the conversation between them.
Eve: Let me come with you (to the bachelor party)
Roarke: Let me see your penis.
Eve: Oh God. Can't I use yours?
Roarke: At any other time. Now pull yourself together.
I laughed out loud. Too funny and a typical exchange between these two.
Helpful Score: 1
More mystery, less Rourke. Dallas, Peabody and "The Smart Girls" solve this one during a wedding shower/sleep over that fills the mansion with squeals & giggles, with the pj-clad gals squeezing into Eve's private office to help her nail a cop killer. Meanwhile, Rourke takes the guys to Las Vegas for a night of gambling & debauchery. Not the same-old, same-old. This is a good one.
Helpful Score: 1
I always enjoy reading the In Death series. Robb's strength is her ability to connect us to the characters and I was moved and saddened by Morris' loss and can totally relate how you will go above and beyond for the people you care about.
One of the best stories I read of the series. Love the way Dallas has grown and the twist of the story. A great read.
If you like the J.D. Robb series you will like this
This series just keeps getting better and better.
Another fantastic Eve Dallas story, and easily one of (if not THE) best, Eve is called to investigate a homicide and discovers to her horror that the victim is a cop, and the lover of her friend, medical examiner Morris. From the first painful moment of her identification of the victim, and her distress at having to bring the terrible news to him, to her fierce and dogged investigation while dealing with Morris's grief, the emotions in this book do not let up. We get an occasional light-hearted reprieve when Eve has to suffer through the bridal shower for her friend Louise, but Robb keeps the tension high to the very end, which is done in the spectacular and satisfying way that her fans have come to expect.
this was a slow book to start.. too much cop talk.. a bit boring.. but soon got rolling and i enjoyed reading it.. last 40 pages went fast.. with the culmination of the bust
Very good book! When Dallas has to tell her friend Li Morris that the woman who has put stars in his eyes has been murdered, she is devastated. And then when the woman's guns, badge and ID are mailed to Dallas with a note implying that she would be the next to die, she is enraged. Needless to say, she unravels the mystery and solves the case although it has layers of misleading information.
This is again a very good story of Dallas, Lt Eve. She is a very down to earth person, and endears herself to female readers. I enjoy her greatly.
Police Lt. Eve Dallas is called out to investigate the murder of one of their own. Officer Amaryllis Coltraine was killed with her own weapon. Her body was left in the basement of her apartment building. This death hits Eve hard. Coltraine is the girlfriend of Medical Examiner Li Morris, a colleague, and a friend. Eve must notify Morris of his lover's death while vowing to catch the person who killed Coltraine.
After 28 books, this series is still going strong. Friends of Morris rally around to support him in his hour of need. With the approval of Commander Whitney, Eve puts together a team to search for a killer. There were several viable suspects in this story, along with a few twists and turns. I highly recommend. My rating: 4.5 Stars.
After 28 books, this series is still going strong. Friends of Morris rally around to support him in his hour of need. With the approval of Commander Whitney, Eve puts together a team to search for a killer. There were several viable suspects in this story, along with a few twists and turns. I highly recommend. My rating: 4.5 Stars.
Like all the ones before it I loved it. This series is one of my all time favorites. Just can't get enough of them.
another good one
Amaryllis Coltraine may have recently transferred to the New York Police and Security Department from Atlanta, but she had been a cop long enough to know how to defend herself. When Coltraine was taken down by an assailant and killed with her own weapon just steps away from her apartment, for Eve Dallas the victim wasn't simply "one of us." Dallas's friend Chief Medical Examiner Morris was in a serious relationship with Coltraine, and from all accounts, the two of them were headed toward a happy future together - until someone put an abrupt end to all of that.
The truth will need to be uncovered one layer at a time, starting with the box that arrives at Cop Central addressed to Eve, containing Coltraine's guns, her badge and ID, and a note from her killer. "You can have them back. Maybe someday soon, I'll be sending yours to somebody else." Eve Dallas, a New York City cop in 2060, doesn't take kindly to threats; she is going to break this case, whatever it takes. And that's a promise.
One of Robb's best efforts to date, great story, great characters, a roller coaster of a read.
The truth will need to be uncovered one layer at a time, starting with the box that arrives at Cop Central addressed to Eve, containing Coltraine's guns, her badge and ID, and a note from her killer. "You can have them back. Maybe someday soon, I'll be sending yours to somebody else." Eve Dallas, a New York City cop in 2060, doesn't take kindly to threats; she is going to break this case, whatever it takes. And that's a promise.
One of Robb's best efforts to date, great story, great characters, a roller coaster of a read.
Another wonderful Lieutenant Eve Dallas and Roarke saga.
