Remember When

by Nora Roberts

2004

Status

Available

Publication

Berkley (2004), Edition: Reprint, 512 pages

Description

Fiction. Literature. Romance. Suspense. HTML:Featuring Lieutenant Eve Dallas, Remember When blends present-day romance and futuristic suspense in a thrilling two-part novel that combines the incomparable talents of two #1 New York Times bestselling authors: Nora Roberts and her alter ego J. D. Robb. Antiques dealer Laine Tavish is an ordinary woman living an ordinary life. At least, that's what everyone in the small town of Angel's Gap, Maryland, thinks. They have no idea that she used to be Elaine O'Hara, the daughter of a notorious con man... Laine's past catches up with her when one of Big Jack's associates turns up in her shop with a cryptic warning and is then run down in the street. Now the next target of a ruthless killer, Laine teams up with sexy PI Max Gannon to find out who's chasing her, and why. The answer lies in a hidden fortune that will change not only Laine's life, but also the lives of future generationsâ??including New York City detective Lieutenant Eve Dallas. In a future where crime meets cutting-edge technology, Eve is used to traveling in the shadowy corners outside the law. She will attempt to track down the treasure Laine and Max sought once and for allâ??and stop the danger and death that has surrounded it for deca… (more)

Media reviews

Using a clever and intriguing story of missing gems, REMEMBER WHEN has all the elements that make both Nora Roberts' and alter-ego J.D. Robb's books such nonstop fun.

User reviews

LibraryThing member kk15
Laine Tavish is an ordinary woman living an ordinary life in the small town of Angel's Gap, Maryland, as the proprietor of Remember When, an antique treasures and gift shop. At least, that's what everyone in Angel's Gap thinks. They have no idea that she used to be Elaine O'Hara, daughter of the
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notorious con man Big Jack O'Hara. Or that she grew up moving from place to place, one step ahead of the law . . .

Laine's past has just caught up with her, though—in a very dramatic way. Her long-lost uncle suddenly turned up in her shop, leaving only a cryptic warning before dying in the street, run down by a car. Soon afterward, her home is ransacked. Now it's up to Laine, and a sexy stranger named Max Gannon, to find out who's chasing her, and why.

The answer lies in a hidden fortune-a fortune that will change not only Laine's life but also the lives of future generations. And danger and death will surround that fortune for years to come. Until New York City detective Lieutenant Eve Dallas gets on the case.

A thrill-ride of a novel that blends present-day romance and futuristic suspense, Remember When is a tale of deceit and secrets, of strong women and fascinating men-a brilliant combination of the incomparable talents of the two sides of Nora Roberts.
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LibraryThing member crumpdeborah64
Nora Roberts as J.D.Robb is a hell of writer.If you like romance with suspense and a little of the future thrown in then you will love this book.Once you start reading you can't stop.
LibraryThing member SoapBoxinMyMind
This was my firts exposure to the In Death Series. I went back to read book one of the series and have read all the books to date. I love this series because of it's easy to read style. I really enjoy the crime and investigation parts of the book best. As for the development of the main characters,
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Roarke and Eve, I think Nora is pretty stuck until she introduces a kid into the picture, or some other life changing event. Afterall, there are only so many sex scenes and self revelations that can be made in every book in the series. Overall, great series when I need something mindless for a while.
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LibraryThing member Barb_H
Audiobook. This was actually 2 books in one. I loved getting to know the past story and then having it brought into the future to tie in with Eve and Rourke. Once again the narrator did a fantastic job with the voice acting. I love listening to this series. Will definitely continue.
LibraryThing member StefanieGeeks
This is one of my favorite J.D. Robb stories thus far. Mostly because I have a soft spot for antiques and quiet love. Highly recommended that you read the "In Death" series at least until this short story point, but don't skimp: read this full "Nora Roberts" story... it's a brain treat.
LibraryThing member hailelib
I was looking for something familiar but not too long and decided on the Eve Dallas half of Remember When. The first 222 pages or Part one is a short novel much like the romantic suspense Roberts wrote for Silhouette Intimate Moments. That section of the book starts in a small town in Maryland and
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concerns murder and a big diamond heist and is also a romance. Part Two is part of the In Death series. It's 2059 and the granddaughter of the hero and heroine of part one has written a book about the diamond robbery and how her grandparents recovered most of them. However one quarter of the gems, worth millions, never turned up and someone decides that Samantha Gannon knows more than she put in the book. He will stop at nothing to find them and murder ensues with Eve Dallas catching the first case. From there we have a typical J. D. Robb story with many of the recurring characters featured in these books. An interesting entry in the In Death series and stands up pretty well when reread.
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LibraryThing member ladypembroke
Excellent book! It was really fun to follow a story from present to future.
LibraryThing member Dawn772
Part one of this romantic suspense was set in current day and part two is fifty years later. The first story with the romance was pretty good but I got bored with the second half which was just continued crime solving without romance. Laine gets drawn into a theft that might involve her father and
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PI Max is investigating.
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LibraryThing member whybehave2002
A good story but I thought it could have been as good, if not better if it was not so long. Two books in one...I thought it could loose 100 pages and be just fine.
LibraryThing member rocalisa
Remember When by J. D. Robb (8/10)
Romantic Suspense/Futuristic Suspense. This was the start of some holiday reading, so I decided to take some of the J. D. Robb books and a romance series for nice, uncomplicated reading. This one had a modern first half and a second half with Eve and Roarke. It was
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a clever idea and an okay story, but it meant neither story got the full detail it deserved.
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LibraryThing member lhaines56
My first J.D. Robb. Exciting jewelry heist and then love story followed by sequel some years in the future with tough woman cop and book out on same heist. Vert good read.
LibraryThing member Felicity-Smith
I liked the first half of this but the second half dragged and felt a little slow. The descriptions were a bit heavy and it read more like a screenplay in parts rather than a novel. I did enjoy the premise but it probably could have been a very sharp short story or filled out with a little more
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going on.
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LibraryThing member mitabird
Remember When was pretty good. Part One was Roberts story and it dealt with Laine and Max. Laine's dad is a thief and was involved in a big diamond heist. Max is the investigator hired to recover the stolen diamonds. Laine and Max cross paths when a friend and partner of her dad's contacts her
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after the crime. I thought the mystery of this story was OK, but I really liked Laine and Max as characters. They were really good people and I was glad they were together. 3.5 stars

Part Two was Robb's story. Laine and Max's granddaughter wrote a book about how they met and their involvement with the diamonds. Not all of the diamonds were recovered and now, 50 years later, someone is killing in order to find them. Once again, the mystery was OK. However, I just love all of the characters in the In Death series. Their interactions keep me interested a lot more than suspenseful aspect of the story. 4 stars
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LibraryThing member Preston.Kringle
Remember When is two stories in one. The first takes place in present day. This story is interesting and keeping your full attention with wanting to know what happens next. It is full of mystery and heart.

The second half of the book takes place in the future with the granddaughter of the couple in
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the first half being involved. Although this section has an interesting storyline, it seems to drag on with some parts making it difficult to follow.
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LibraryThing member phyllis2779
Enjoyable book. Nice to have a look back to 13 years earlier in Roake and Eve's relationship. Roberts took a different tack in this book. First half was a beginning romance and mystery for one couple. The second half was Eve and Roake still in their first year of marriage and Eve's case was a
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continuation of the one from the first half of the book. The conceit worked.
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LibraryThing member kmartin802
This two-part novel begins with a romantic suspense title and ends with a futuristic mystery.

Laine Tavish is the owner of an antiques shop in rural Maine. She has a hidden life. Once she was the daughter of conman Jack O'Hara and taught by him how to do a wide variety of scams. However, after one
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too many broken promises, her mother divorced Big Jack and the two learned to live straight. But when an old colleague of her father's comes to see her and dies in a hit-and-run, Laine is pulled back into her father's world.

Max Gannon is a private investigator working for an insurance company and trying to track down a missing lot of diamonds worth several million dollars. Leads take him to Laine whom he suspects of working with her father and his colleagues to hide the diamonds.

However, Laine is innocent but has now become the target of one of the conspirators who believes that all of the diamonds should be his and that it is a good plan to kill his "partners" in order to accomplish his goal. He believes that Laine knows where the diamonds are and is willing, even eager, to kill her to find them.

Laine and Max fall in love while he's protecting her from the killer. The pair does manage to locate half the diamonds and, after capturing the villain, manage to find still another quarter of the haul. Leaving one-quarter in the wind.

Fast forward 50-some years to New York City in 2060 where granddaughter Samantha Gannon has written a best-selling novel about her grandparents and the diamond theft. When she returns home after a whirlwind author tour, she discovers the body of her friend and housesitter Andrea gruesomely murdered. Enter Homicide Detective Lieutenant Eve Dallas...

Apparently, someone has read the book and wants to find the lost quarter of the missing diamonds and thinks that Samantha either has them or knows where they are. Eve and her team including civilian consultant and husband Roarke are on the case and unravelling both the past and the present to bring the murderer to justice and maybe just find those last missing diamonds.

Both parts of the story were excellent. Roberts cut her teeth on writing romances and romantic suspense and all the parts work well. Laine and Max are great characters who just mesh. Neither was looking for love and both were hit upside the head with it. And the In Death portion of the story was also excellent. Eve and Roarke also have a timeless sort of love. And the mystery woven through both parts of the story was compelling too.

For me the strength of the writing is in the relationships between the characters which is full of respect and love. Strong people finding each other is at the heart of the romances. Add in brains and the story is complete.
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LibraryThing member Marcella1717
Great idea to combine Nora Roberts and JD Robb. I enjoyed both stories.
LibraryThing member kmartin802
This two-part novel begins with a romantic suspense title and ends with a futuristic mystery.

Laine Tavish is the owner of an antiques shop in rural Maine. She has a hidden life. Once she was the daughter of conman Jack O'Hara and taught by him how to do a wide variety of scams. However, after one
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too many broken promises, her mother divorced Big Jack and the two learned to live straight. But when an old colleague of her father's comes to see her and dies in a hit-and-run, Laine is pulled back into her father's world.

Max Gannon is a private investigator working for an insurance company and trying to track down a missing lot of diamonds worth several million dollars. Leads take him to Laine whom he suspects of working with her father and his colleagues to hide the diamonds.

However, Laine is innocent but has now become the target of one of the conspirators who believes that all of the diamonds should be his and that it is a good plan to kill his "partners" in order to accomplish his goal. He believes that Laine knows where the diamonds are and is willing, even eager, to kill her to find them.

Laine and Max fall in love while he's protecting her from the killer. The pair does manage to locate half the diamonds and, after capturing the villain, manage to find still another quarter of the haul. Leaving one-quarter in the wind.

Fast forward 50-some years to New York City in 2060 where granddaughter Samantha Gannon has written a best-selling novel about her grandparents and the diamond theft. When she returns home after a whirlwind author tour, she discovers the body of her friend and housesitter Andrea gruesomely murdered. Enter Homicide Detective Lieutenant Eve Dallas...

Apparently, someone has read the book and wants to find the lost quarter of the missing diamonds and thinks that Samantha either has them or knows where they are. Eve and her team including civilian consultant and husband Roarke are on the case and unravelling both the past and the present to bring the murderer to justice and maybe just find those last missing diamonds.

Both parts of the story were excellent. Roberts cut her teeth on writing romances and romantic suspense and all the parts work well. Laine and Max are great characters who just mesh. Neither was looking for love and both were hit upside the head with it. And the In Death portion of the story was also excellent. Eve and Roarke also have a timeless sort of love. And the mystery woven through both parts of the story was compelling too.

For me the strength of the writing is in the relationships between the characters which is full of respect and love. Strong people finding each other is at the heart of the romances. Add in brains and the story is complete.
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Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

2014-04-22

Physical description

512 p.; 4.25 inches

ISBN

0425195473 / 9780425195475

Barcode

1600572
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