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EVE DALLAS series by J.D. Robb, Rating: A I'm kicking myself for not starting this series before now. I've had the books for quite sometime, but was hesitant because I'm not a big futuristic fan. Or at least I'm picky. J.D. Robb has set the books forward enough that she can embellish on technological advancements without getting too out there to where we're in the world of Star Trek. This is good -- for me at least. I love Lieutenant Eve Dallas. I can't say enough about this character. She's strong, honorable, loyal yet weak, unwilling to accept that others actually care for her. Abused-physically and sexually-by her father until she was 8, her time before being found in a Dallas alleyway is all but forgotten to Eve, locked away in the recesses of her mind. As the books move forward, more and more information comes to her (and to us the reader), making it even more amazing that Eve has turned out as well-rounded and honorbound as she has. She believes in right and wrong, there isn't too much gray for Eve, though having met and taken up with Roarke (just Roarke) has made the lines blur some. Roarke is an interesting man and overall I like him. There are times I really don't like him, though. He's fallible, but the fact that he repeats these behaviors, i.e., drugs Eve so that she'll get some sleep, forces himself along on her official police business when he's not a cop that make me a little angry. In the first book, he even overrode the security system of her apartment and broke in to see her, because he owned the building. He's richer than Midas, so I suppose his behaviors could be chalked up to quirks of the rich and shameless. He does have Eve's best interests at heart, I believe that, so I'm willing overall to overlook his odd behavior at times. Like Eve, he had virtually no one and pulled himself up by the boot straps, making a fortune not always by walking the straight and narrow. J.D. Robb has assembled quite an ensemble to go with Eve and Roarke's adventures. There's Feeney, the cop body Eve goes to whenever she needs computer assistance. Peabody is a cop Eve's taken under her wing, hoping to bring her onto the detective squad. Mavis is Eve's singer friend who she busted years ago doing grifts. Leonardo is Mavis' designer boyfriend. And there's the butler that Roarke keeps because he was the only man who was ever good to Roarke as a boy, and they have a past together, who seems to look upon Eve with distain. But underneath it all, he seems to care about her, and respect her a good deal. I've finished the 17th book, PURITY IN DEATH, now and have to say the more I read the more fascinated I am with not just the world that Robb has created but by Eve herself. She's such a complex character, emotionally stunted but still receptive to emotional entanglements - as much as she might claim to hate them. I'm not normally a crier, but I find myself tearing up while reading these books because Robb does such a good job of bringing us into the story, the scene, so that we feel the emotion, the rage, the terror. NAKED IN DEATH (7/1995) "I can't compromise a murder investigation because I'm physically attracted to a suspect...." In a time and place where technology rules the world, one irresistible impulse still rules the heart: passion.... Eve Dallas is a New York police lieutenant hunting for a ruthless killer. In over ten years on the force, she's seen it all -- and knows that her survival depends on her instincts. And she's going against every warning telling her not to get involved with Roarke, an Irish billionaire -- and a suspect in Eve's murder investigation. But passion and seduction have rules of their own, and it's up to Eve to take a chance in the arms of a man she knows nothing about -- except the addictive hunger of needing his touch.
In a world of danger and deception, she walks the line -- between seductive passion and scandalous murder....
From Nora Roberts writing as J.D. Robb comes the second novel in the bestselling series starring New York Lieutenant Eve Dallas. It is 2058, New York City. In a world where technology can reveal the darkest of secrets, there's only one place to hide a crime of passion -- in the heart.
Even in the mid-twenty-first century, during a time when genetic testing usually weeds out any violent hereditary traits before they can take over, murder still happens. The first victim is found lying on a sidewalk in the rain. The second is murdered in her own apartment building. Police Lieutenant Eve Dallas has no problem finding connections between the two crimes. Both victims were beautiful and highly successful women. Their glamorous lives and loves were the talk of the city. And their intimate relations with men of great power and wealth provide Eve with a long list of suspects -- including her own lover, Roarke.
Lt. Eve Dallas tackles her biggest challenge yet -- proving the innocence of her best friend, the prime suspect in the murder of a famous model. "BEAUTY AND YOUTH ARE DESPERATE MATTERS FOR SOME...." In a time when technology can create beauty and youth, passion and greed can destroy them... She was one of the most sought-after women in the world. A top model who would stop at nothing to get what she wanted -- even another woman's man. And now she was dead, the victim of a brutal murder.
Police lieutenant Eve Dallas put her professional life on the line to take the case when suspicion fell on her best friend, the other woman in the fatal love triangle. Beneath the facade of glamour, Eve found that the world of high fashion thrived on an all-consuming passion for youth and fame. One that led from the runway to the dark underworld of New York City where drugs could fulfill any desire -- for a price....
Police Lt. Eve Dallas must track down a killer with the uncanny technology to make his victims embrace death -- to die smiling -- before she and Roarke become his latest victims. "DIE AND EXPERIENCE THE PLEASURE...." In a time when technology can manipulate moods and emotions, death holds the ultimate promise of ultimate ecstasy.... They died with smiles on their faces. Three apparent suicides: a brilliant engineer, an infamous lawyer, and a controversial politician. Three strangers with nothing in common -- and no obvious reason for killing themselves. Police lieutenant Eve Dallas found the deaths suspicious. And her instincts paid off when she found small burns on the brains of the victims. Was it genetic abnormality, or a high-tech method of murder? Eve's investigation turned to the provocative world of virtual reality games -- where the same techniques used to create joy and desire could also prompt the mind to become the weapon of its own destruction....
A shocking new world of crime -- where even the latest technology is no match for the passions of the heart....
ven in an age of cutting-edge technology, old beliefs die hard...
Conducting a top-secret investigation into the death of a fellow police officer has Lieutenant Eve Dallas treading on dangerous ground. She must put professional ethics before personal loyalties. But when a dead body is placed outside her home, Eve takes the warning personally. With her husband, Roarke, watching her every move, Eve is drawn into the most dangerous case of her career. Every step she takes makes her question her own beliefs of right and wrong -- and brings her closer to a confrontation with humanity's most seductive form of evil....
In a time when technology links the law and the lawless, predators and prey can be one and the same.... He is an expert with the latest technology... a madman with the mind of a genius and the heart of a killer. He quietly stalks his prey. Then he haunts the police with cryptic riddles about the crimes he is about to commit -- always solved moments too late to save his victims' lives.
Police lieutenant Eve Dallas found the first victim butchered in his own home. The second lost his life in a vacant luxury apartment. The two men had little in common. Both suffered unspeakable torture before their deaths. And both had ties to an ugly secret of ten years past -- a secret shared by none other than Eve's new husband, Roarke.
When computer technology brings lovers together, dating can be a deadly game.
No one likes to be alone during the holidays. And for New York's posh dating service, Personally Yours, it is the season to bring lonely hearts together. But Lieutenant Eve Dallas, on the tail of a ritualistic serial killer, has discovered that all the victims have been traced to Personally Yours. As the murders continue, Eve enters an elite world of people searching for their one true love -- and a killer searching for his next victim.
Lieutenant Eve Dallas must postpone her first Christmas with her new husband, Roarke, to hunt for an escaped serial killer -- but she and Roarke still manage to find ways to celebrate....
A serial killer is stalking the homeless in the city of New York. The first victim is found dead here, with the only signs of death being a fist-sized hole where his heart once was. There is no sign of struggle. Lt. Eve Dallas is given the case. But suddenly, her job is on the line in a game of cat-and-mouse.
Her hands are tied... a fight for her career and the struggle for justice.
New York cop Eve Dallas returns to face her most ingenious foe -- a "secret admirer" who taunts her with letters... and kills without mercy. LOYALTY IN DEATH
An unknown bomber is stalking New York City. He is sending Eve Dallas taunting letters promising to wreak mass terror and destruction among the "corrupt masses." And when his cruel web of deceit and destruction threatens those she cares for most, Eve fights back. It's her city... it's her job... and it's hitting too close to home. Now, in a race against a ticking clock, Eve must make the pieces fit -- before the city falls.
When a celebrity is killed right before her eyes, New York detective Eve Dallas takes a new place in crime -- as both officer and witness to murder.... WITNESS IN DEATH
Opening night at New York's Globe Theater turns from stage scene to crime scene when the leading man is stabbed to death center stage. Now Eve Dallas has a high-profile, celebrity homicide on her hands. Not only is she lead detective, she's also a witness -- and when the press discovers that her husband owns the theater, there's more media spotlight than either can handle. The only way out is to move fast. Question everyone and everything... and in the meantime, try to tell the difference between the truth -- and really good acting....
When a cop killer cuts loose in a club called Purgatory, Eve Dallas descends into an underground criminal hell...
In an uptown strip joint, a cop is found bludgeoned to death. The weapon's a baseball bat. The motive's a mystery. It's a case of serious overkill that pushes Eve Dallas straight into overdrive. Her investigation uncovers a private club that's more than a hot spot. Purgatory's a last chance for atonement where everyone is judged. Where your ultimate fate depends on your most intimate sins. And where one cop's hidden secrets are about to plunge innocent souls into vice-ridden damnation...
Detective Eve Dallas investigates a homicide on familiar grounds -- her husband's hotel -- and finds herself up against a murderer with a passion for the finer things in life... and death... BETRAYAL IN DEATH
At the luxurious Roarke Palace Hotel, a maid walks into suite 4602 for the nightly turndown -- and steps into her worst nightmare. A killer leaves her dead, strangled by a thin, silver wire. He's Sly Yost, a virtuoso of music and murder. A hit man for the elite. Lieutenant Eve Dallas knows him well. But in this twisted case knowing the killer doesn't help solve the crime. Because there's someone else involved. Someone with a more personal motive. And Eve must face a terrifying possibility -- the real target may, in fact, be her husband, Roarke....
At a police conference off-planet, Lieutenant Eve Dallas is forced to forsake duty to take down a rogue ex-cop -- and save the man she loves....
Dante had been courting his victim in cyberspace for weeks before meeting her in person. A few sips of wine and a few hours later, she was dead. The murder weapon: a rare, usually undetectable date-rape drug with a street value of a quarter million dollars.
Detective Eve Dallas is playing and replaying the clues in her mind. The candlelight, the music, the rose petals strewn across the bed -- a seduction meant for his benefit, not hers. He hadn't intended to kill her. But now that he had, he is left with only two choices: to either hole up in fear and guilt. Or start hunting again....
A birthday bash sets the scene for a frightening reunion with a killer from Eve Dallas's past... At exactly 7:30 p.m., Walter Pettibone arrived home to find more than a hundred friends and family shouting, "Surprise!" It was his birthday. Although he had known about the planned event for weeks, the real surprise was yet to come. At 8:45 p.m., a woman with emerald eyes and red hair handed him a glass of champagne. One sip of birthday bubbly, and he was dead.
The woman's name is Julie Dockport. No one at the party knew who she was. But Detective Eve Dallas remembers her all too well. Eve was personally responsible for Julie's incarceration nearly ten years ago. And now, let out on good behavior, she still has nothing but bad intentions. It appears she wants to meet Dallas again -- in a reunion neither will forget....
A frightening new computer virus is spreading and it knows no boundaries... Louie Cogburn had spent three days holed up in his apartment, staring at his computer screen. His pounding headache was unbearable -- like spikes drilling into his brain. And it was getting worse. Finally, when someone knocked at his door, Louie picked up a baseball bat, opened the door, and started swinging.... The first cop on the scene fired his stunner twice and Louie died instantly. Detective Eve Dallas has taken over the investigation, but there's nothing to explain the man's sudden rage or death. The only clue is a bizarre message left on his computer screen: Absolute Purity Achieved.
And when a second man dies under nearly identical circumstances, Dallas starts racking her brain for answers and for courage to face the impossible... that this might be a computer virus able to spread from machine to man....
Lieutenant Eve Dallas faces a serial killer who offers his victims eternal youth by taking their life.... After a tip from a reporter, Eve Dallas finds the body of a young woman in a Delancey street dumpster. Just hours before, the news station had mysteriously received a portfolio of professional portraits of the woman. The photos seemed to be nothing out of the ordinary for any pretty young woman starting a modeling career. Except that she wasn't a model. And that these photos were taken after she had been murdered.
Now Dallas is on the trail of a killer who's a perfectionist and an artist. He carefully observes and records his victim's every move. And he has a mission: to own every beautiful young woman's innocence, to capture her youth and vitality -- in one fateful shot....
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