Seduction in Death |  | Author: J. D. Robb
Creator: J.D. Robb
Publisher: Berkley Books
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Media: Mass Market Paperback
Edition: First Thus
Pages: 368
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Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 4.3 x 1
ISBN: 0425181464
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780425181461
ASIN: 0425181464
Publication Date: September 1, 2001
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Amazon.com Review
New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts, writing as J.D. Robb, continues her prolific string of hits with her latest installment in the In Death series of futuristic thrillers starring hard-boiled detective Eve Dallas and a quirky cast of characters, including Eve's husband, Roarke, who owns most of Manhattan and can be relied upon to bring all his considerable resources to bear to help his wife solve the case whether she wants him to or not, and Peabody, Eve's uptight assistant, who has an off-again, on-again thing going with the irreverent Officer McNab. This time Eve is on the trail of a serial killer--or maybe killers--who stalks young women looking for love in online poetry chat rooms. Once a romantic date has been arranged, the murderer sets the scene with roses, champagne, and candlelight, then serves his unsuspecting victims a lethal combination of date-rape drugs that takes them to the height of pleasure and too far beyond. But this killer is really clever, altering his look to become each victim's dream date. What a nightmare! Detective Dallas is on the case, chasing an anonymous psychopath with a twisted taste in romance. But Eve seems a little more fragile this time around, still plagued by the nightmare of childhood abuse. Is retirement from the business of crime solving in the near future for Detective Dallas? Robb has found a winning formula in the genre, so hopefully we'll see a lot more of peppery Eve Dallas. --Alison Trinkle
Product Description
Eve Dallas seeks a killer who uses a poetry chat room to lure victims drawn to his facade of the "perfect man."
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 Smooth transaction ! December 24, 2009
Kathleen Cooney
This book arrived earlier than expected and was in better condition than described. YIPEE for me ! thank you !
 Good enough story, utterly bland recording! November 28, 2009
Dr. Rene (Bluffton, OH)
One of the things I thoroughly enjoyed about the "In Death" series was the wonderful range of voices the narrator gave the characters, especially the sly and distinctive voice of Peabody. I don't know WHAT the director of this recording was thinking, but Peabody sounds like mini-Eve, Mavis barely sounds like herself, Treena barely has any umph -- even the male voices are hard to tell apart. Only Roarke still sounds like himself. My first time through the series, I was really upset because I didn't know that things were going to get better.
For those who are just going through the series the first time and who are as distressed as I was, it gets a little bit better with #14, "Reunion in Death," and things are back to normal with #15, "Purity in Death." Keep the faith, folks must have given lots of feedback because the voices we came to love do come back!
Aside from that, a solid story, just a really disappointing recording. Points off for that.
JD Robb Seduction in death October 23, 2009
Carolyn Phillips
JD Robb is an excellent writer. Once you start these series of books, you can't stop.
4.5 stars November 26, 2008
D. K. Stokes
Well, last time I read this, I gave it 5 stars, but I didn't write any notes about it, so I'm not really sure if I liked it more, or if it's just a case of ratings inflation that happens once in a while.
NYPSD homicide lieutenant Eve Dallas is up against a pair of killers this time, loosely based, I believe, on a real story from some years ago. It's two privileged young men (this isn't a spoiler--we know this from the beginning) who are playing a game, seducing and killing women they've selected through internet chat rooms.
Because we know whodunit from the beginning, it's not so much a mystery as it is horror. It's horrifying because it seems so real, and because you know there are people out there whose minds work the way these killers' minds do. Eve also twigs to the two-killer thing right away, so it's more like watching a chase than watching the slow unraveling of clues. It's an effective story, don't get me wrong--it's just different. Which is a good thing in a series as long-running as this one. Seduction in Death, by the way, is the 15th in the series, if you include the 2 novellas.
There are also interesting developments in the ongoing series story--Peabody and McNab in particular, and a somewhat startling new romantic attraction between Dr. Dimatto and LC Charles that was very thought-provoking.
Always Great! March 18, 2008
Darlice Goulding (Georgia, USA)
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As always Nora Roberts(J.D.Robb) delivers a great, fast moving mystery. You struggle right along with Eve through the whole book. It's always interesting to see the interaction between Eve and Roake. If the future's anything like this, it should be interesting!
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