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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Killer goes after Rourke through his employees. Dallas joins with the FBI to hunt down the murderer. (  ) Tweellow | Jul 9, 2009 |  Good, quick read; as most of the series is. I enjoyed seeing more about Roarke's past and past relationships. While this series is darker than her normal 'romance' genre releases I still find that it sticks to a kind of 'Happily Ever After' design/layout that she is famous for under Nora Roberts. As in, the major characters, while injured and/or traumatized quite often always make it through, even if minor characters (or more often relatives of major characters) become murder victims. (  ) Aileene | Jun 1, 2009 | I just keep plugging away at this series...choo-choo! Fun brain candy that's not to be taken seriously, but by my saying that it's not meant to diminish the Eve Dallas series. It is what it is, and I'd recommend them to any mystery lover who needs a break from denser mysteries. ( ) quillmenow | May 18, 2009 | I liked the depiction of the killer in this one, he absolutely gave me chills, but the overall premise seemed a bit far-fetched and bizarre. Once I put aside the killer-for-hire just to distract someone thing to one side (hand-wave), my enjoyment improved dramatically. I can’t help but think that the idea of an assassin was of more importance in this one than the plot! ( ) ph8 | Dec 11, 2008 | This is #... what? 11th, I think, story in the series. And I've read it... 3 times? 4? I donno. So what's left to say about it? The last time I read it, I gave it 5 stars, but I didn't say why. There is a lot to love in Betrayal in Death. We've got a professional assassin, which is always fun, and we meet somebody new from Roarke's past, and there's a big ol' speedbump in the middle of the road to romantic bliss for Peabody and McNab, which made me (and Eve!) want to smack them both upside the head, but it was just so realistic, I could feel for both of them. And there's betrayal (you could probably guess that, given the title) and redemption. Very satisfying. What keeps it from being 5 stars, at least on this re-read, is that I just can't buy the motive. ( ) Darla | Nov 28, 2008 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0425178579, Mass Market Paperback)J.D. Robb fans are fanatical about New York City supercop Eve Dallas and her mysterious billionaire husband Roarke. Robb's futuristic (circa 2059) ...In Death series wages a two-front narrative war (the battle of good and evil and the battle of the sexes) and both author and readers come out winners.When Darlene French, a maid at the Roarke Palace Hotel, is brutally beaten, raped, and strangled with a silver wire, Eve is at a loss to explain the apparently professional nature of the murder. Who would hire a hit man to kill such an ordinary woman? As she and her team of detectives (with a little grudgingly accepted help from Roarke, whose money, name, and talents can dig up a wealth of information) investigate the evidence, they find themselves in pursuit of Sylvester Yost, a vicious hired gun who's made millions in his bloody pursuit of career excellence. But it isn't until more victims appear that Eve realizes Yost's real target is Roarke himself. To discover the driving force behind the murderous campaign, Eve and Roarke will have to delve into their own pasts, which holds secrets and terrors for them both. Robb is the nom de plume of romance writer Nora Roberts, and this series certainly delivers the same sexually charged tension and improbably gorgeous characters as Roberts's extremely popular romances. But even those readers, who generally try to steer clear of heaving bosoms and ripped bodices, will have little to fear and much to appreciate in Betrayal in Death. Eve and Roarke are impressive physical specimens, but they're also witty, gritty, and often antagonistic, irritably staking out their territories and reluctantly collaborating in the crimes that come their way (think Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd in Moonlighting, or Nick and Nora Charles on steroids and in a mood). Add in Robb's surprisingly light touch with humor, and the 13th installment in the series is a lucky find indeed. --Kelly Flynn (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:01 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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