Naked in Death: In Death, Book 1

This is the first book in the In Death series by J.D. Robb. All books are stand-alone with no cliff hangers, but I recommend reading them in order. There are continuing characters throughout the series.One thing I love about the series is the progression of the characters. You see them grow, change, and develop. In this first book, Naked In Death, you meet the main character of the series Lieutenant Eve Dallas of the New York Homicide Division in the year 2058. She is investigating the murder of a Sentators granddaughter who makes her living as a licensed sex worker. A note is left with the body letting the police know that more murders are planned. During the investigation, she meets Billionaire Rourke, who at first is suspect in the case. During the course of the investigation, Eve and Rourke begin a relationship. Both Eve and Rourke come from troubled childhood backgrounds. At one point, Rourke explains they are two lost souls that found each other. They both made themselves over Eve, the cop who lives by rules, and Rourke, the reformed thief and smuggler, turned businessman who started life breaking rules.

All her books are good

I love Eve and Roarke. This is one of the best first books in a series ever. Mavis is a laugh a minute. Great storyline. Just perfect and the series gets even better as it continues.

So I am gonna start with the parts of this series that I liked and that made me keep reading even the times I wanted to smack the lead charecters or throw my reader in frustration or simply just went alright already we got it so please stop with these stupid repeating dreams.. THEY ARE BORING... or when another sex scene was there.. and wow I just made this series sound horrible... but it really isn’t.. it just have a lot of elements that are, in my opinion, really really stupid... but back to the good parts... I love the detective parts.. sure there are some plot overlaps in the books because okay how many different murders can you really imagine, but there are some that are truly spectactular. The Icove case being the most memorable.. but with that being said for crying out loud let Eve sleep at some point.. the amount of sleep jd wants us to think Eve survives by should make her brain not function nearly enough to be a good cop..Now onto the things i hate in this series.. I will admit to liking romances.. or rather books that have some element of romance in them.. without it I rarely find a book interesting.. don’t know why.. but the “romance” in this book? I simply have no words... I first heard about these book because of a “best couples in books” list and roarke and eve was at the top.. after having read the series I cannot understand why... you put eve with roarke and you get the transformation from a steelspined intelligent cop to pathetic spineless doormat.. she lets Roarke do whatever he wants and even when she gets mad he just have to yell a bit about all he does for her and she caves... and this is most apparent when it comes to other women... here are some facts.. the series are 40 something books plus novellas but only covers about 3-4 years.. and in every single one of them Eve has to deal with a beautiful clever acomplished woman that has slept with her husband.. that is over 40 women in about 4 years she gets thrown into her face, many of them telling her how they where together how he was the best sex of their life how they would steal him from her if possible etc. that is about one woman a month she gets a graphic reminder of her husbands past. and ALWAYS roarke’s reaction is oh it was just sex no biggie.. and it is often remarked how these women are only a small fraction of the ones he’s had sex with.. he also constantly comments on beautiful women.. incl the ones he’s slept with.. like Eve says about one of his exes that she prob. paid for her body and he is all but how well spend those money where... and all of this Eve just accept.. in book 4 she comes home to see before mentioned bought body kiss her husband... and he does nothing, in fact laughs at her when she gets a little bit jealoux... and these sort of situations constantly happens.. he works with many of the women and a LOT of them wants him back... but Eve just has to deal... and then there is THE ex.. the one he was actually in love with.. the one he keeps meeting alone and not telling Eve about even though she told him she didn’t want him to.. you know basically cheats on her with even if he didn’t sleep with her... and again Eve does nothing... and in fact later on feels like she can’t tell Roarke how she didn’t like a woman because she reminded her of THE ex, because oh no what if it hurts HIS feelings... and in all of this we are ever only told about ONE, I repeat ONE of Eves former lovers.. and what happens? Well he’s in love with Eve and decides to kiss her (something one of Roarkes exes did to him in front of Eve without Roarke doing anything) and Eve pretty much punches him for doing it.. and Roarkes reaction? He goes balistic and ends up FIGHTING this other man that Eve so very clearly is not interested in... in other words Roarks past is okay but Eve’s is not? She should be okay with him having slept with half the women in the world but really how could she not be a pristine little virgin when he decided he wanted her... I can’t decide if this is general societal view on genderroles or just a really screwed up relationship.. probably both...And while we are on relationships... Charles Monroe and Louise Dimatto... I refuse to believe if you love someone you are just going to be completely 100% okay with your significant other sleeping with other women, romancing them.. no matter how much you tell yourself it is only a job, it is not... as a man you can’t exactly fake being sexually aroused now can you.. you can’t go oh look at my super realistic strapon and no that is not my D hanging limp there it is a third ball... their relationship is not that of people who love each other.. it is one of two F buddies who think they love each other because they haven’t found one they actually do yet.. they’d know the difference...

When I started this series I didn't have this review blog and I just realized I have been selfishly keeping this series to myself. I just finished reading the 51st book, and was reflecting on how much these characters have grown since the first book. So I pulled out the paperback to read and found the print too small to read. So now I have a project, to get the rest of these books on my kindle because sometimes I just want to do a reread.In this book we meet not only the troubled NYPSD Lieutenant Eve Dallas but also the irresistible, charismatic, and gorgeous billionaire Roarke. All set in 2058, which at the time seemed like a long time into the future.Eve is haunted by her last case in which she had to terminate the perpetrator, not because of him but the circumstances around it. She is expecting to go through the mandatory testing in the morning but her commander assigns her a top priority all data sealed case overriding the testing.She is partnered with Captain Ryan Feeney, head of the electronics detective division, who was her mentor as she travailed the ranks. The victim Sharon DeBlass is Senator DeBlass' granddaughter and he thinks he can run things his way.The biggest clue in this is the weapon, a .38 caliper Smith and Wesson handgun at one time standard police issue, now banned and a collector's item. There aren't many out there and the list of owners isn't very long.One name that comes up as a possible owner of such gun and who's name also appears in the victim's address book is Roarke. Eve is confident she can get to talk to him although Feeney is skeptical.She's unsuccessful until the funeral, and Roarke is surprised to find out she's a cop. His cop radar didn't go off and he's certainly attracted to this feisty police lieutenant.Roarke invites Eve to see his collection and offer his weapon for testing. Now that was an interesting evening. I had forgotten how Summerset treated Eve in those first books.More bodies are showing up, and with the first one sealed it limits what can be said to the press in an effort to gain public support. We meet Nadine Furst, the persistent journalist as she tries for more than just the press conference drivel.We also meet Eve's best friend Mavis as she sings and dances at The Blue Squirrel an interesting venue, that also becomes her spot to meet with Nadine.Things with Roarke heat up as Eve eliminates him as a suspect and there's many twists and turns before the pieces come together in this page turning read.I will will be reading these in order all over again. It's fun to go back to the beginning and meet everyone.

Finally I had the chance to understand how the Eve storie’s begin. It was better than I thought, It holds your attention and It was unpredictable to discover who was the murderer. The author has the abilitty to create an futuristic world that you are capable to imagine yourself in it.

１０年以上読み続けているイブ＆ロークシリーズの原点の一冊なので、kindle英語版を購入しました。ロークは言語ではROARKなの？！MIRAって誰？って思ったらマイラ医師だったり。ちょっとした発見？が楽しくて、つたない英語力でも（何とか）最後まで一気に読み切れました。始まりの一冊に相応しい読み応えのある内容で、改めて作者の力量に脱帽しました。ヒロインが殺人課の警部補という設定上、残酷な描写が苦手な方には不向きかもしれませんが、超イケメン好き大人女子は勿論、細やかな心理描写と骨太のストーリーは、性別問わず楽しめると思います。本国では、2021年4月に63巻目が発売になるそうです。日本語版は現在５０巻。初めから原語で読める力量が欲しいです。一つ残念なのは、kindle版のクオリティがあまり良くありません。誤植が多くて何度か？？？となり、サスペンスのハラハラ感が削がれたので、星-１。是非改善をお願いします。

Adorei!!!Misterio e romance entrelaçados no meio de uma investigação de uma série de assassinatos.Eve, uma policial durona, fiel ao seu distintivo se vê atraída por um dos suspeitos. E agora? Em quem confiar, quando as informações vazam e você se vê cercada por muros e buracos nas investigações?Será que dá pra confiar no próprio coração?

Nunca imaginei que a primeira vez que eu pegasse uma série eu nunca iria parar. Meu vício sem fim essa série virou.

勝気な刑事イヴは、ある上院議員の孫娘の性犯罪にかかわることになる。第一容疑者として名前があがったのがルーク。犯行現場となったマンションの所有者でもあり、凶器となった拳銃のコレクターでもある。そして何より…被害者と2，3日前に食事に出かけていた…。ルークという人物は何たるや？そして心に傷を持つイヴ…これからの展開がとても楽しみです。