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It is 2059, and New York City homicide lieutenant Eve Dallas's husband, Roarke, is producing a revival of Agatha Christie's thriller Witness for the Prosecution. On opening night, when the villainous character Leonard Vole gets his just deserts, someone substitutes a kitchen knife for the prop knife, and the actor, Richard Draco, is stabbed through the heart. Trouble is, in time-tested British mystery fashion, everyone in the cast had good reason to despise Richard, a misogynist who seduced and discarded beautiful young women, including one whom he knew to be his daughter. It's up to Eve to solve the case, an emotionally difficult task as she is no stranger to incest herself: she was beaten and raped by her father before she managed to escape him. As Eve fights to keep her head above water, she tries to bond at a deeper level with Roarke, so that her future will heal the pain of her past. Robb (aka Nora Roberts) serves up a welcome mix of edgy, sexy lovers,newfangled gadgets, classic whodunit and noir. (Mar.)
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"The romance between Roarke and Eve is so sizzling."
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J.D. Robb is the pseudonym for a number-one New York Times-bestselling author of more than 170 novels, including the futuristic suspense In Death series. There are more than 300 million copies of her books in print.
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on March 15, 2000
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It's a pity so many romance novelists shy away from revisiting the lives of their characters in subsequent books. When a writer creates a compelling hero and heroine, brings the reader into the world of those characters and makes us care about them...why not bring them back? Thankfully, Nora Roberts (as JD Robb) continues to do just this with NYPSD homicide detective Eve Dallas and her gabillionaire husband, Roarke. Over the course of the In Death series, we have watched their fascinating relationship begin, bloom and grow. As a married couple they are even more exciting than they were in the beginning. Surrounded by a strong supporting cast, Eve and Roarke are two of the most fully realized characters in all of fiction. In WITNESS IN DEATH, a murder takes place on stage during a live theatre performance in front of an audience of thousands. Following Eve's relentless pursuit of the truth, while continuing to battle her personal demons, is fascinating as always. Roberts continues to flesh out Peabody and MacNab while keeping the focus on Eve and Roarke. Romantic suspense, heck, fiction doesn't get much better than this.
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45 of 46 people found the following review helpful
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How does a romance author keep a relationship interesting after all the initial conflicts are resolved? Read J.D. Robb and find out. She's been keeping us in thrall of Eve and Roarke's story for eleven books.
In this latest installment of the "In Death" series, it is obvious that Ms. Robb is paying homage to Dame Agatha Christie. She does a wonderful job at it, and the story is a balance of suspense and emotional exploration.
As Roarke and Eve attend a play on one of her rare days off, one of the actors is stabbed onstage--and is really dead. Who did it? As Eve investigates, it turns out that everyone had a reason to hate the victim, who was a most despicable character. But don't think this is just a murder mystery; we also get a healthy dose of romance and emotional issues as Eve and Roarke continue to grapple with intimacy, an unfamiliar place for both of these strong self-reliant individuals.
For those of you who have read the previous books in the series, I will add that we see more development in the love/hate relationship between Peabody and McNab, and a return of Officer Trueheart (see Conspiracy in Death). I think we haven't seen the last of him.
For those of you for whom this will be a first endeavor, I strongly recommend that you read all the previous books in the series. You will appreciate the continuity of secondary characters, and get a much richer sense of where the actions/reactions in this book are coming from. From a literary perspective, it is admirable (as well as unparalleled) how Ms. Robb has kept Eve and Roarke's story so engrossing.
See you in October, with "Judgment in Death".
In this latest installment of the "In Death" series, it is obvious that Ms. Robb is paying homage to Dame Agatha Christie. She does a wonderful job at it, and the story is a balance of suspense and emotional exploration.
As Roarke and Eve attend a play on one of her rare days off, one of the actors is stabbed onstage--and is really dead. Who did it? As Eve investigates, it turns out that everyone had a reason to hate the victim, who was a most despicable character. But don't think this is just a murder mystery; we also get a healthy dose of romance and emotional issues as Eve and Roarke continue to grapple with intimacy, an unfamiliar place for both of these strong self-reliant individuals.
For those of you who have read the previous books in the series, I will add that we see more development in the love/hate relationship between Peabody and McNab, and a return of Officer Trueheart (see Conspiracy in Death). I think we haven't seen the last of him.
For those of you for whom this will be a first endeavor, I strongly recommend that you read all the previous books in the series. You will appreciate the continuity of secondary characters, and get a much richer sense of where the actions/reactions in this book are coming from. From a literary perspective, it is admirable (as well as unparalleled) how Ms. Robb has kept Eve and Roarke's story so engrossing.
See you in October, with "Judgment in Death".
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30 of 30 people found the following review helpful
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I'm just blown away by this entire series. It's amazing the way J.D. Robb (aka Nora Roberts) puts out a new novel in the series every six months and they remain consistently well written. It is a fantastic combination of sci fi, mystery and romance. They get better, and better, and started out great with the first book. Each section really builds the characters, and this book I would say so far has the most emotion between Peabody and Eve. Eve reveals a little bit of a side you knew was there but she doesn't show very often!
This section in the series, "Witness in Death" starts with Eve and Roarke attending opening night at the New Globe Theater (which Roarke does own) and witnessing a real murder right on the stage. This one brings a bit of Eve's past back to her and she shows a sensitive side. Another one of Eve's friends is a suspect and Eve goes out of her way to spare her. You really get to know Peabody better and she carries her own and is such a fantastic character.
I love this series and it sure gets addicting. I can't put a book down and J D. Robb does a great job with the "Who done it " I never know who it is until the very end. If you haven't already, start with the first book in the series....Naked In Death! I recommend this book and the entire series...You'll love them!
This section in the series, "Witness in Death" starts with Eve and Roarke attending opening night at the New Globe Theater (which Roarke does own) and witnessing a real murder right on the stage. This one brings a bit of Eve's past back to her and she shows a sensitive side. Another one of Eve's friends is a suspect and Eve goes out of her way to spare her. You really get to know Peabody better and she carries her own and is such a fantastic character.
I love this series and it sure gets addicting. I can't put a book down and J D. Robb does a great job with the "Who done it " I never know who it is until the very end. If you haven't already, start with the first book in the series....Naked In Death! I recommend this book and the entire series...You'll love them!
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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
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If you're a newcomer to this series, welcome to Nick and Nora in the Third Millenium. JDR has slicked up the old Thin Man concept and brought it into the future, where the world is one of excess and hyperbole in all forms. Beef and coffee are delicacies, prostitution is legalized and rigidly controlled, new drugs - legitimate and otherwise - are readily available, but the seven deadly sins are unchanged. Cars travel in all spacial dimensions and planets are for sale, but cops still like donuts...Soft-boiled Eve Dallas and her handsome, mysterious, omnipresent husband Roarke, sleuth together in a plot that regulars to the series will recognize as more psychologically oriented than its predecessors. Eve and Roarke witness a real murder onstage during the opening night of a 20th century crime drama staged as a retro-performance - one of Roarke's weaknesses is for 20th century black and white / film noire, and of course, it's his playhouse...All the players are related to one another in some way through the victim, and Eve has to look closely at the nature of love and hate in personal relationships as she struggles to figure out whodunnit right under her nose. All of the books in this series develop subplots, the strongest of which is the evolving relationship between Eve and Roarke, two abused children who have grown up to excel at what they do, but who bear the scars of their youth in grim silence - until they find each other. This story brings us regulars along a little further in their lives. Eve finally starts to conquer her ambivalence about their bond, although she clearly has a way to go. Roarke remains somewhat maddeningly cool - it'd be interesting to see him lose control once in a awhile.Read more ›
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