Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Well, that wasn’t what I expected

Naked in Death by JD Robb

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After scanning the list of books in Classic’s recent review of JD Robb’s (pen name for Nora Roberts) “In Death” series, I thought I would read the first book, Naked in Death. The book features detective Eve Dallas, a no-nonsense cop with golden eyes like a lion. Also very lithe. With tousled short hair. And firm breasts. This will come into play later. The story opens on the brutal murder of a high-class escort. Eve is a cop on the scene and soon is off […]

Tis the Season to be Bashing! Tra La La La La!

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Happy sigh. This is one of my favorite re-reads. I tend to read it around the Christmas season. But seriously. I needed a happy (as it can be) In Death book. It gets to be a bit of a grind to just read about rape and murder in every other book. Memory in Death (In Death #22) is a really good Eve Dallas and Roarke book. We get to spend about equal time with Roarke in this one. And I just sadly realized it’s been […]

One of my Favorite In Death Books

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Honestly there is not a lot to say here except that this is one of my favorite “In Death” books. There are a couple of scenes that I found too outrageous to be believed (the ending with Nixie), anyone allowing Dallas to take a kid to live with her and Roarke instead of having her in foster care, etc. But I found that there were some wonderful callbacks to earlier cases that Eve had worked. “Survivor in Death” opens up on a loving and happy […]

Great Twist Thrown In

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After reading the latest In Death books, I went back to my bookshelf this weekend and re-read some of my favorites. It was nice to see what drew me to this series and what I hope to see again one day. “Visions in Death” follows Eve and company as they try to track down a serial killer. I really do love this one because we get to see the friendship of Eve and Peabody come full circle. We have fan favorites like Louise and Charles […]

This Series Needs a Shakeup Fast

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Well I don’t know what to really say except that I found this whole book except for a couple places to be extremely disappointing. I really do think that it would be better if this series either ends soon or does a jump forward in time or we follow another person to take up the “In Death” mantle like Nikki Swisher from the “Survivor in Death” book which was# 24. That gets me on another topic can you believe it’s been a year since the […]

DC Sniper Case Comes to New York

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Well this is probably going to go down as one of my least favorite “In Death” books. I think the main reason is because after reading a lot of Jeffery Deaver and Michael Connelly the past two months, reading a JD Robb mystery/crime/romance novels is just not going to ring my bell. Usually I’m all for watching Eve, Rourke and their friends tracking down the bad guys. however, this book tells you who the perpetrators are at about the 24% point and then a major […]



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