3.5 ( )

3.5.....pretty good read. I'm intrigued with Roarke! ( )

Hey its really good!

I really didn't like this one when I first started it. Took me over 18 months to finish. ( )

I had avoided this series because it takes place in the future and I am not a sci-fi girl. Read it today and loved it. Now I probably will have to plow through this like I have the other series I get hooked on so easily! ( )

Fieldnotes:
New York City, 2058

1 Hard-nosed Police Lieutenant
1 Charming But Dangerous Reclusive Billionaire
4 Licensed Companions
Real Coffee

1 Serial Killer
6 Planned Victims
3 "Antique" Weapons
Disturbing Communications from the Culprit
1 Leaky Investigation

1 Overly Involved Senator (& Staff)
Morality Bills
Family Secrets (Ugly Variety)

The FUTURE

The Not-So-Very-Short Version
Eve Dallas is the best detective in her department - driven, discreet and with a sense for investigation. So when the granddaughter of a sitting senator turns up dead - murdered by one of the clients she took as a "licensed companion", Dallas is the one called in to solve the case before the killer can make good on the threat inherent in a note left with the body promising she is "One of Six".

Juggling the investigation with only a computer tech Feeney to help track down leads, Dallas doesn't have time to play politics with the Senator hounding her about her methods and determined to use the tragedy to further his morality bill, nor does she really have time to explore her connection with the enigmatic, reclusive billionaire Roarke who keeps coming up in the investigation...but one of these is worth making time for...

This is a re-read for me - I'd read it many years ago and always meant to carry on with the series, but was likely scared off by the sheer number of books (which has, of course, only grown with time).

One of the things that appealed to me last read - and again this time - is the depiction of NYC in the future which reminds me of nothing so much as the beginning of The Fifth Element and Corbin Dallas's (no relation) apartment - including the flying food trucks (although the fashion seems to be more sedate).

It was a bit of a tough read due to the subject matter and Eve's traumatic backstory, but I enjoyed following along in Dallas' investigation - and especially her less-than-above-board help from Roarke. These two make a great team and I am hoping to spend more time with them in the near future (see what I did there?). ( )