1. Premise 9
2. Prose 10
3.
Plot 9
4.
Characters 10
5.
Overall 10
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Nora
Roberts is one of the best popular authors out there – as long as she’s not
writing under the name of Nora Roberts.
As J. D. Robb, she writes some of the most compelling, entertaining
fiction I have found. This series
featuring Eve Dallas as an investigative cop in the not-so-distant future (50
years or so) has become one of my favorite reading experiences. Yes, these novels do contain the “steamy” sex
scenes you would expect in a cheap Romance Novel; but somehow, it doesn’t
detract as much as one might think.
Having read three of the “…in Death” novels now, I would rate each one a
10. Though part of me feels that a 10
rating should be reserved for a book that is more “important” in some way than
a crime novel about a serial killer focusing on prostitutes, sometimes sheer
entertainment value is the most
important factor. If it’s done well
enough, as it is here, you can’t really ask for more.
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