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Loading... Born in Death (2006)by J.D. Robb
None. ereader ebook   romsfuulynn | Apr 28, 2013 |  This is the first J.D. Robb book that I read, and I came away largely unimpressed. Set in a futuristic New York City, detective Eve Dallas starts off helping her friend Mavis as a birthing coach, even though she hates the thoughts of delivering a baby. Why she was there made no sense to me, since Mavis's partner was already there. Mavis has Eve investigate the disappearance of her friend, which coincidentally is connected to the murder case she's investigating. In fact, the level of coincidences in thsi book are down right absurd. There really was not much to like in this novel. The characters were neither compelling nor believable. The melodrama was high, the tension low. As far as the detective and mystery aspect of this book, it fell flat. In reading some of the reviews, apparently one of the drawing points to this series is in getting to know some of the characters, but these characters don't seem worth getting to know. The novel was unimpressive and unispiring. I don't see myself coming back for more. Carl Alves - author of Two For Eternity (  ) Carl_Alves | Sep 13, 2012 | This would basically make 3 of the Dalls books that Robb/Roberts has written that I've gotten my hands on and read. I'm reading the series way out of order, but they are still excellent. Dalls catches a murder case of a young accountant at a big NY firm with international clients. First she is found dead. Then, so is her future fiancee, both murdered in their apartments, same night, similar MO's. As her investgation goes long, her reguilar life is complicated and to Dallas, far more frightening. One of her best frineds, Mavis, is pregnant, and Dallas and Rouarke are her labor coaches. Children are bad enough for Dalls, but pregnant women seem to be even worse. They meet a friend of Mavis, Tiffany, who si pregnant was well, but doing it all on her own, having moved to NY from England. Dallas' investigation points towards a multinational foundation headed by a mother son team, who Dallas' murder victim seems to have found large sums of hidden cash being funneled and laundered into some of the employee's pockets at the firm. As Dallas closes in, Tiffany goes missing. Now with two crises on her hands, Dallas seems to be runnign out of time. Can she wrap up both investigations, while havng to deal with her friend's immenent birth-giving? (  ) dbhutch | Feb 18, 2012 | The first I have read of these since futuristic isn't usually of interest to me but its completely incidental to this story so I plan to try a few others. I liked the main characters of Eve and Roarke, the relationship rings true as does their relationships with the other characters. I particulary liked Eve's character - strong, smart, no bs but also cares about her friends and her job. She is easy to visualise.Each mystery was intriguing -the eventual dovetailing of the two was a bit dissapointing though. In all it was entertaining, well paced and I look forward to reading others in the series (  ) shelleyraec | May 9, 2011 | An Okay Read. I have enjoyed most of J.D.Robb's mysteries, but I was a bit disappointed in this novel. I did enjoy Mavis and the birth of her child. I thought the scene had a humorous touch which was refreshing. I thought the plot for the most part was weak. Some parts held my attention, but overall I thought it could have been developed better. I'll probably buy Nora's next novel with a view towards it being a better than "Born in Death". I hope so. ( ) kerrycarter76 | Mar 16, 2011 | no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0425215687, Mass Market Paperback)View our feature on J.D. Robb’s Eve Dallas series. Eve Dallas has a grisly double homicide to solve when two young lovers—both employees of the same prestigious accounting firm—are brutally killed on the same night. It doesn't leave Eve a lot of leftover time to put together a baby shower for her buddy Mavis, but that's supposedly what friends are for. Now Mavis needs another favor. Tandy Willowby, one of the moms-to-be in Mavis's birthing class, didn't show up for the shower. A recent emigrant from London, Tandy has few friends in New York, and no family—and she was really looking forward to the party. And when Eve enters Tandy's apartment and finds a gift for Mavis's shower wrapped and ready on the table—and a packed bag for the hospital still on the floor next to it—tingling runs up and down her spine. Normally, such a case would be turned over to Missing Persons. But Mavis wants no one else on the job but Eve—and Eve can't say no. She'll have to track Tandy down while simultaneously unearthing the deals and double-crosses hidden in the files of some of the city's richest and most secretive citizens, in a race against this particularly vicious killer. Luckily, her multimillionaire husband Roarke's expertise comes in handy with the number crunching. But as he mines the crucial data that will break the case wide open, Eve faces an all too real danger in the world of flesh and blood. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 04 Jan 2013 05:51:23 -0500) When a pair of young lovers, employees of a prestigious accounting firm, are brutally murdered, mid-twenty-first-century lieutenant Eve Dallas finds the case complicated by the suspicious disappearance of a pregnant woman. |
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