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Creation in Death (In Death) (In Death) | 
 enlarge | Author: J.d. Robb
Publisher: Piatkus Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 41838
Media: Paperback
Pages: 352
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Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 4.3 x 1
ISBN: 0749938714
EAN: 9780749938710
ASIN: 0749938714
Publication Date: April 3, 2008
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More of the same December 28, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
J D Robb has done a good job of keeping a series going over so many books - I think this is number 27 in the 'In Death' group. Even more surprising, the heroine, Eve Dallas, has stuck with the same man for the entire run; it's unusual for an author to try to portray a steady marriage in a novel as perhaps that's less interesting than the spikes and fireworks of unmarried characters or warring partners. In this particular book, however, the relationship between Eve and Roarke is less significant than the overall plot and, for me, that was an improvement over the more recent books in this series that I have read. Yes, Eve and Roarke still have a few scenes together, they still talk with the rather toe-curling phrases like "you centre me" and all that stuff, but a lot of that can be skim-read if it's a bit too gooey for you (as it is for me; let's face it, how many married people say that sort of thing to each other?)
The murder in this story is one that affects both Eve and Feeney very deeply. Of course in all the other books the murders affect Eve very deeply (for someone who appears quite cold and heartless towards living people she is surprisingly nice to dead ones) but this murder is perhaps more significant because it is the work of a serial killer who they weren't able to catch nine years ago. This killer, dubbed 'The Groom', killed four women in New York and then moved on to Europe, South America and elsewhere and so Eve and Feeney missed their chance. However when Eve's called to the site where a body is dumped and she sees the unique pattern of this killer's handiwork on the body, she knows it's all starting again and she knows that many more women will die.
This time, however, she's the Primary in the case and Feeney is helping her; also this time there seems to be a more personal element to it, with links between the dead woman and Roarke's world. Once again Roarke seems able to completely dump his entire workload (of apparently running half the businesses on the planet) to help Eve; I find this lack of realism annoying in J D Robb's writing. His ability to know all his staff, at least vaguely, is also vastly unrealistic. Anyway, they soon realise that it's not Roarke that The Groom is working towards but Eve. They couldn't catch him last time, he seemed to make no mistakes - can they get him this time?
Coincidence plays quite a part in this story; there are also a number of occasions where Eve makes a leap of logic that pays dividends (as always) and she doesn't seem to put a foot wrong. The story is fast-moving with the events taking place over just a couple of days and it was an interesting read but I did feel rather too much unreality was injected into the story in terms of solving the plot. Interestingly at the end Eve does something illegal (with Roarke's help) which involves her carrying out her own brand of justice; I wondered whether this is a new step in her character, someone who previously was completely moral is now setting herself up as some kind of judge to override someone's else's rights. Perhaps this will be explored further in future books as it's an interesting possibility although didn't add to her appeal to me at all - in fact, I don't find Eve a very appealing character at all. The usual subsidiary characters are in this book - Peabody, McNab, Mavis, Feeney, Trina, Baxter, Dr Mira etc, as well as Summerset (I enjoy the scenes with Summerset the most) but the focus of this story is much more on the murder and the desperate race to solve it than the characters and their lives. I found that an improvement although others might not. It was a good read but there is no novelty in this series any longer and I fear it's outlasted its natural life.
Originally published for Curled Up With A Good Book, Helen Hancox 2007
More of the same December 7, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
J D Robb has done a good job of keeping a series going over so many books - I think this is number 27 in the 'In Death' group. Even more surprising, the heroine, Eve Dallas, has stuck with the same man for the entire run; it's unusual for an author to try to portray a steady marriage in a novel as perhaps that's less interesting than the spikes and fireworks of unmarried characters or warring partners. In this particular book, however, the relationship between Eve and Roarke is less significant than the overall plot and, for me, that was an improvement over the more recent books in this series that I have read. Yes, Eve and Roarke still have a few scenes together, they still talk with the rather toe-curling phrases like "you centre me" and all that stuff, but a lot of that can be skim-read if it's a bit too gooey for you (as it is for me; let's face it, how many married people say that sort of thing to each other?)
The murder in this story is one that affects both Eve and Feeney very deeply. Of course in all the other books the murders affect Eve very deeply (for someone who appears quite cold and heartless towards living people she is surprisingly nice to dead ones) but this murder is perhaps more significant because it is the work of a serial killer who they weren't able to catch nine years ago. This killer, dubbed 'The Groom', killed four women in New York and then moved on to Europe, South America and elsewhere and so Eve and Feeney missed their chance. However when Eve's called to the site where a body is dumped and she sees the unique pattern of this killer's handiwork on the body, she knows it's all starting again and she knows that many more women will die.
This time, however, she's the Primary in the case and Feeney is helping her; also this time there seems to be a more personal element to it, with links between the dead woman and Roarke's world. Once again Roarke seems able to completely dump his entire workload (of apparently running half the businesses on the planet) to help Eve; I find this lack of realism annoying in J D Robb's writing. His ability to know all his staff, at least vaguely, is also vastly unrealistic. Anyway, they soon realise that it's not Roarke that The Groom is working towards but Eve. They couldn't catch him last time, he seemed to make no mistakes - can they get him this time?
Coincidence plays quite a part in this story; there are also a number of occasions where Eve makes a leap of logic that pays dividends (as always) and she doesn't seem to put a foot wrong. The story is fast-moving with the events taking place over just a couple of days and it was an interesting read but I did feel rather too much unreality was injected into the story in terms of solving the plot. Interestingly at the end Eve does something illegal (with Roarke's help) which involves her carrying out her own brand of justice; I wondered whether this is a new step in her character, someone who previously was completely moral is now setting herself up as some kind of judge to override someone's else's rights. Perhaps this will be explored further in future books as it's an interesting possibility although didn't add to her appeal to me at all - in fact, I don't find Eve a very appealing character at all. The usual subsidiary characters are in this book - Peabody, McNab, Mavis, Feeney, Trina, Baxter, Dr Mira etc, as well as Summerset (I enjoy the scenes with Summerset the most) but the focus of this story is much more on the murder and the desperate race to solve it than the characters and their lives. I found that an improvement although others might not. It was a good read but there is no novelty in this series any longer and I fear it's outlasted its natural life.
Originally published for Curled Up With A Good Book, Helen Hancox 2007
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