Indulgence in Death (In Death Series)

Though I enjoy the mysteries, it's not the main reason I love the In Death series. What makes it special is the relationships Eve has with other characters and how that impacts her investigations. Though this mystery was not particularly inventive, it gave Eve reason to interact with a lot of

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characters with great results. There's a fair amount of humor in most of the series, but this one seemed to go to the next level. I quite literally laughed out loud many times throughout the story.

The book opens with Eve and Roarke in Ireland on a long overdue vacation. This part of the book was outright fantastic because we see their relationship evolving. The dialog clearly demonstrates how much they are coming to understand one another. However, other characters also get a boost. The last few books had Roarke taking such a large role in the mystery that others, like Peabody, were pushed into the background. Though this is good occasionally, I was glad to see Peabody come front and center again for this mystery. Even better, Peabody is starting to step out of Eve's shadow. She takes more initiative, and even provides some insight into the case that Eve missed! It was a welcome development - moving them more toward equal partners. The mystery itself was not very deep, and I figured it out even more quickly than normal, but all the character development more than made up for it. I simply could not put it down, and read straight through.

Overall, another very satisfying book from Robb that has me eagerly anticipating the next one. Highly recommended to series' fans.

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Eve gets involved in a murder investigation on her anniversary trip to Ireland with Roarke. Then, when she returns to New York, she gets called in for what seem to be random killings in semi-public places using odd weapons. Eve and her team quickly get involved in this complex case of rich guy,

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thrill kills. In fact, she is the ultimate target. I love the relationship between Eve and Roarke. It is a wonderful example of a romance growing and deepening as two characters really get to know each other.

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It was fun to read more of the world of eve and roke. the story was well written and Eve like always is a smart and good detective. like all the characters and seeing all the changes each book has. Its fun to see thier world and changes from ours. a few pages that of love scenes that I skipped.

This is by far one of my favorite series. And it has proved to be true with this book as well. I love how this book starts – in Ireland with Roarke’s family. We get to see the softer side of Eve by seeing her surprise Roarke with a children’s park she has build and dedicated to his mother.

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What a great way to start the book. We also find that murder seems to follow Eve everywhere as she helps a green officer in Ireland solve a murder while she is there. While it isn’t a tough case and is solved quickly she still helps him through the process.
After arriving back in New York City, she tags a murder almost immediately. It seems to be a most unusual case of a limo driver shot with a crossbow. Fairly quickly there is a second murder of one of the best escort is NYC and she is shot through the heart with a bayonet. Eve quickly realized that the murders are linked. I love that Eve always seems to be one step ahead when she working a case. As always there is a creative ending to the book that I did not see coming. You will have to read to find out.
As always my favorite part of the book was the banter between Roarke and Eve. I love that she had a constant fight with independence and Roarke constantly is fighting her on it. It seems after all 31 of these books that has not died but she is starting to become more aware of others and their feeling.
The one thing that bothered me about the book was that it just seemed long. There was a long period of time between when she knew who the murders were and the case was actually solved. Normally, I can’t put a J.D. Robb book down but in this case it took me several sittings to get through it.

All in all, I really enjoyed the book and would give it 4 stars.
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Kind of been-there and read-that feel to this story but it held to the end.

This is another one of Nora Roberts JD Robb books that grabs you when you read it. Surprisingly it starts off with Eve and Roarke on holiday. A very good read.

I absolutely love Eve and Roark (one of my favorite literary couples). They had a lot more scenes in this book than previous ones, which I was really excited about, and so many familiar faces showed up throughout (Mavis and her baby, Mira, Trueheart, Siobhan, ect). Many just had one small scene,

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but I still loved that they were there. The investigation went a little differently than usual, with Eve already knowing who the murderer was for a good part of the book. A lot of her investigation dealt with gaining enough evidence to arrest. I think this is the first time that an In Death book was written this way, but I can't be sure-this is the 31st book after all and I've read them all! It's impossible to remember every story. But either way, I enjoyed this change and it made all the cop work less monotonous to read about than it had in many of the past books. I definitely enjoyed this installment much more than I have the others that have been published in the last year or so.

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Consistently good read. Enjoying the relationship between Eve and her uber-wealthy husband, Roarke and the cases they end up working on together in NYC in 2060. This time people are being murdered with odd weapons (cross-bow, bull whip) around the city and everything points to it being some sort of

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sporting game.

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Once again Dallas detects weird, evil rich people, and once again puts herself in danger as bait. The usual fare, good for an escape.

I can't get over how little I like Nora Roberts' books when I adore her J.D. Robb "In Death" series. I have read more than thirty-one of these things, and I bet you I could happily read another thirty. Somehow, diminishing returns don't seem to apply here. The setting and the cast of characters

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never seem to get old, even when (like the previous book in the series) the plot doesn't quite work.

The same is true here, on both counts. It's funny, because it opens with a chapter or two that are a mini-mystery on their own, and would have been excellent as the basis for the occasional novellas. There's a freshness to it, and it covers almost everything we want out of an In Death story (relationships, mystery, Eve's brain, interesting setting), with the exception of seeing the New York cast of characters.

What a pity, then, that the rest of the plot almost seems recycled. Again, things are fairly quiet for Eve and her circle of friends. The plot quickly focuses on amassing the evidence rather than identifying the killers (the actual whodunit part is very brief), and unlike some times she's used this approach, the villains are two-dimensional and banal.

So - I enjoyed it mightily, but not as mightily as many of her others. Not a priority for a reread, but of course I wouldn't have missed it.

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It's probably not news that police lieutenant Eve Dallas can't help stumbling over dead bodies - even on vacation. But when a spree killer with an elitist attitude begins targeting exclusive service providers, Eve begins to suspect the she's once again caught up in a murderous game.

Not exactly edge

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of your seat stuff here, but there are some funny moments and the plot hangs together well. If you're looking for a who-dun-it, this isn't, but if you're fond of Eve, Rourke, Peabody and the rest of the cast of quirky characters that populate future New York, they're here in spades.

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I'm not happy when non-SF writers start writing with science fiction trappings, it usually disappoints, as this one did.

I'm slowly learning to adjust my expectations for these novels. While I'm still slightly disappointed in the lack of strife between Eve and Roarke, I'm coming to terms with the change in their relationship.

I enjoyed the case here. It's always interesting to me to watch Eve figure out who or why.

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The secondary characters were all at play here, though a large chunk of the book was focused solely on Eve and Roarke, which was nice.

Another good, if not great, entry in the series.

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Short version: I really liked it. I know others are a bit tired of the series or think that there hasn't been much growth in Eve & Roarke's relationship for a while but that's not my experience. I like these characters and enjoy coming back to them. I enjoy watching the growth in the other

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characters, how Peabody is becoming a more confident detective. I'm hoping for a new love for Morris one of these days as he's still so sad about losing Amaryllis - the whole community that Robb created just works for me. I liked this book, I enjoyed the police-y parts (this is one where you know who did it quite early on and it's mostly about how to catch him - or her or them, not giving anything away here!). While not riveting, it was a solid story and definitely engaging. The suspense aspects aren't really what I read the series for anyway. For me, it's about the relationship, mainly between Eve and Roarke, but the other secondary characters have become important too after all this time.

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Another great addition to the In Death series.

Another in the Eve Dallas series. On her first day back on the job after a vacation in Ireland Eve becomes the primary on the murder of a Limo driver. It soon becomes apparent that this murder was not random and there is a serial killer murdering service providers in NYC. Worse yet … it looks

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like it could be a game being played by some very wealthy New York elites. The kind with which Rourke, Eve’s husband is familiar.

I have enjoyed this series since the first book and YES they do follow a distinct pattern and YES they become a little predictable, but I enjoy them. They are my guilty pleasure and this one was a little better than some.

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Good book but I didn't like it as much as other In Death books I have read. Just seemed like a slow start. The whole book seemed slower. That may be because the criminals are identified fairly early in the book.

"Indulgence in Death" is the 31st book in J.D. Robb's terrific futuristic cop series and it starts out in Ireland with three of my favorite "In Death" scenarios: Eve and Roarke on vacation, Eve exposed to the countryside and all of the terrors it holds - cows! sheep! roosters! - and Eve doing

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something wonderfully loving and perfect for Roarke, which tends to get me a bit teary-eyed. The vacation is short-lived, though, and as soon as Eve is back in her comfort zone in NYC, a new case once again takes center stage. Odd murder weapons and victims that were at the top of their game are two aspects of a series of murders that send Eve and Peabody on a search for one of the scariest kinds of killer - one who kills solely for the thrill of it.

If you have never read this series, start with the first book "Naked In Death" and watch Eve and Roark fall in love and watch all the wonderful characters from this series grow and develop. That being said...I consider the "In Death" books to be an almost perfect mixture of intrigue, police procedural, romance, humor and heartwarming moments. Opening each book is, for me, a lot like stopping by to visit old friends - the kind of friends I really enjoy spending time with.

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A fun addition to the series. It started well, with Eve and Roarke visiting his family in Ireland. Upon her return, Eve is called to the scene of a homicide involving a crossbow. More murders occur, each with a unique weapon and framing an innocent employee of a large corporation. I especially

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liked Eve's interaction with Morris, who is still in mourning. He's a great character and I love the care Eve takes of him in this book. This was not the best of the series, but a good one. Three and a half stars.

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I remain hooked on the In Death series.

A driver, working for a leading limousine service, dies with a crossbow shot through his neck. The executive who’d booked the car had had his identity stolen.

A high-priced escort dies with a bayonet stuck in her heart. The CEO who’d arranged for her services had had his identity stolen.

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York Police and Security Department homicide detective Lieutenant Eve Dallas fears the criminal she seeks is a thrill killer with a taste for the more exclusive in both life and death. With no motive, Eve has no way to predict who will become the next victim or where the next murder will occur. Where will Eve’s search for the killer take her? And will the killer strike again before she can put an end to the heinous murders?

This, the thirty-first entry in the “In Death” canon, begins with a special trip to Ireland for Eve and Roarke where they visit with Roarke’s family and Eve has a surprise present for her husband. [Cue the happy tears.] And before they return to New York, Eve becomes peripherally involved in solving the murder of a young woman.

But the focus of this story is the murder spree in New York City after they return from their trip. Anchored in the world of the near-future by a strong sense of place, the unfolding narrative takes several twists and turns as Eve investigates, but, in this case, readers will identify the culprit early in the telling of the tale. Still, the intrigue is in watching Eve work the complex case with her cohorts.

As always, the relationships between the well-defined, nuanced characters lie at the heart of the story. As the narrative evolves, there’s plenty of camaraderie, humor, banter, repartee, and romance to accompany the determined police work.

Readers will find much to appreciate here and are likely to find it difficult to set this book aside before turning the final page.

Highly recommended.

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Indulgence in Death
4.5 Stars

Eve and her team investigate a series of murders in the which the victims are apparently chosen at random and killed using bizarre weapons à la the board game Clue.

This installment opens with Eve and Roarke visiting family in Ireland, and Eve literally stumbling into a

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murder investigation. While this sequence is entertaining (Eve's reactions to nature are priceless), it's contribution to the overall storyline is obscure. That said, the episode does add a great deal to Eve and Roarke's character development both as individuals and as a couple.

Although the explanations are similar to those in Seduction in Death, the New York case is, nevertheless, intense and exciting. The story had me turning pages late into the night as Eve figures out who is behind the crime, but struggles to find sufficient evidence to convict.

In sum, Robb delivers another excellent book in the In Death series, which must certainly be one of the longest in publication history.

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I've read quite a few books in this series but not necessarily in order. This is one of them that reading it out of order didn't really create too many issues with knowing something that will already happen etc. I do think that if you've read the series in order, you will better appreciate the

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relationship between Eve Dallas and Roarke and how it functions.

A trend I've noticed in the books from this series I've read recently is that Dallas focuses in on a suspect or suspects early on and then builds a case against them. (In earlier books, there was more focus on building the case and identifying the suspect from the evidence.)

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Where would I be without a dose of Dallas and Rourke? I enjoy the interplay between the characters and the relationships that have built up over the 31 books is what I return for. The mysteries tend to be a bonus.

I tried explaining to folks at Octocon why I like this series so much but it's hard to

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pin down. The characters have lives, they interact they change over the stories but they still stay themselves and none more such than Eve Dallas.

Eve has fame, a book written about a past case "The Icove Case" is being filmed and the book's popularity is making her recognised, being married to Rourke also keeps her in the public eye. The book, however, starts out of the public eye with a visit to some of his relatives in Clare, when a body is found she helps the investigation in a scene that's more Murder she Wrote than The Guard (though with the Urban Wars things are a little different worldwide when it comes to murder and living). This reads almost like a short story than a prelude and felt a little jarring, Almost like J D Robb needed to point out that murder happens even in the most average of places.

On her return to New York, Dallas is involved in a complicated series of murders that at first glance seem unrelated, but slowly but surely a pattern begins to emerge and Dallas has to race to ensure that the villains are found and stopped before they kill too many.

I like that like most of this series, Dallas knows who has done it relatively early in the story but has to work at building the evidence. Eve's gripes about women's clothes and shoes appear as they always do and I love J D Robb/Nora Roberts for the comments, they make me grin.

This isn't a deep series or a challenge, it's a fun ride with characters I've built a relationship with.

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