 "Great Read" | 2009-05-13 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2JDNEO5NT0CAM |
| Another great story from the usual characters. These books are so easy to read, interesting, fast paced and with enough wit to keep it light. |
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 "Conspiracies" | 2009-01-14 |
| - Reviewed By owling6683 |
It all begins with a harmless vagrant found one morning with his heart cut out--surgically, with great precision and skill. When Eve finds out the vagrant not only isn't the first victim, but is one of many, she picks up the pace and soon finds herself the target of a handful of attacks. A troubled policewoman with a grudge wants Eve's badge and will stop at nothing to have it. A powerful senator wants the case closed. A deadly military droid threatens Eve and her family. And when Eve loses her badge, her carefully held-together toughness threatens to crumble as she's dropped into the fragmented, brutal memories of her childhood.
The bad guys are smart, but there are a few things they didn't count on, however. Eve won't give up, badge or no badge, and Roarke's resources give her a lot to draw on. And her replacement, Feeney, is every bit as dogged an opponent as she is, particularly with Peabody and McNab racing to help him.
If you aren't as much into Eve's personal story as you are the detective side of things, this won't be your favorite book of the series. If you want to see more bits and pieces of her childhood brought out, however, this is definitely the right book for that. As usual it stretches belief to have Roarke always tied up in the financials and to have some part of the case or cases be personal to Eve (in this case the uniform with a long-time grudge), but hey, the formula works, so it's hard to complain. The idea of a bad guy with a god complex and a fatal flaw of arrogance is a little overused, but again, it suits Roberts's formula well and is used appropriately.
As usual, I should note that these books are for adults only (explicit and highly athletic sex included). |
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| "Conspiracy in Death" | 2008-12-13 |
| - Reviewed By User: ATZ4NHZ4YI1U2 |
| Another great book. I enjoy the character "Eve Dallas". The death series has kept my attentionand entertained me at the same time. I recommend it to anyone who likes a bit of the unusual. |
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| "one of the best of the series" | 2008-12-01 |
| - Reviewed By msmoby |
What can I say about this book that I haven't already said a million times before? I'm in the midst of re-reading the series, and I really didn't want to re-read this one. Not because it's bad, but because it's so emotionally intense. But I'm a bit anal, so skipping it wasn't an option. To blunt the impact, I started out reading a chapter at a time, then switching to another book for a while. That lasted until about 1/3 of the way through the book, then I couldn't put it down.
For those who haven't read the series, or who haven't re-read them often enough to be able to identify them from the titles, Conspiracy in Death has homicide lieutenant Eve Dallas investigating murders that involve the precise surgical removal of diseased organs. She collides with a disgruntled "problem child" cop who's intent on making Eve's life miserable. When that cop is brutally murdered, Eve's a suspect, and as such, has to turn in her badge.
Particularly on a re-read, I cringed at Eve's every interaction with Bowers, the disgruntled cop. Eve was her usual abrasive self, made moreso by both Bowers's complaints and the roadblocks being thrown up by the local medical community, who don't want to believe one of their own could be responsible. But while part of me is screaming at Eve to try to defuse the situation, another part is cheering, because her actions are utterly true to her character, and she couldn't behave any differently and still be the same character. She's since (in later books) grown and changed to the point where she'd have reacted differently, I think, but at this point in the series, it's who she was.
The loss of her badge, to someone whose entire identity has been wrapped up in it, is very well done, as are the effects of her slowly-widening circle of people she cares about and who care about her, and that's the core of the story--how she's broken down, and builds herself back up with a little help from her husband Roarke and her friends. For that, I forgive the idea that a cop at a murder scene can tell at a glance that a heart or liver is missing from a body.
Other memorable bits include the introductions of officer Troy Trueheart and Dr. Louise Dimatto, and Internal Affairs lieutenant Don Webster, and Eve's reaction to discovering that Roarke had opened bank accounts for her when they married.
Conspiracy in Death is the 9th story (8th full-length book--there was a novella just before this one) in the series, and while you could no doubt enjoy the mystery without having read the previous books, I strongly suggest reading the series in order, to get the full impact. Unlike some mystery series with static detectives, the characters in the In Death series grow and change throughout the series, and you'll miss that by skipping around. |
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 "Too long" | 2008-05-24 |
| - Reviewed By lszerlip2 |
| I rented this book on CD and thought, how could I go wrong with Nora Roberts. I found this book to be slow and I really did not care about the characters. The language bothered me and Eve Dallas just did not come across well in this book. I did not find this book interesting and for an 8 hour drive I fought to finish it. Nora is too good for this kind of writing. Read her Irish trilogy a much better choice. |
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| "Eve Dallas does it one more time" | 2007-12-01 |
| - Reviewed By crisco453 |
| Once again Eve tracks down the sadistic bad guy. Ms Robb has a superior talent. I am glad she decided to share this talent with the rest of the world. I hope she continues in this matter. |
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