'Waiting on Wednesday' is an event where I feature an upcoming book that I am extra excited about. I used to do this in the past and am making it a priority to do again. Seriously, who among us doesn't have a book or two or twenty that we are excited about reading? Plus, it lets us 'spread the word' about authors and series that we personally enjoy.
This week I am highlighting a new book in one of my favorite series ever. And it's #62 in that series. Amazing, right? This is the Eve/Roarke 'In Death' series written by J.D. Robb, who is actually Nora Roberts. I have read all the books about Eve Dallas and her husband, Roarke, and I'm always delighted to visit with them and all the many familiar characters that populate the books. See what you think:
Stolen In Death
by J.D. Robb
Publication Date: February 3rd
A violent death and a vault of stolen treasures has Eve Dallas struggling to solve crimes old and new in the latest thriller in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series.
A blow to the head with a block of amethyst has left multibillionaire Nathan Barrister dead―while nearby, a vault, its door ajar, sits filled with priceless paintings, jewelry, and other treasures. Lieutenant Eve Dallas’s husband, Roarke―who misspent his youth in Ireland as a scrappy thief―recognizes at least two stolen pieces among the hoard. The crime scene suggests a burglar caught in the act. But only one item seems to be missing.
Then it’s revealed that the vault had actually belonged to the victim’s late father―and no one in the household knew it was there until a recent remodeling project exposed it. To protect the family name and business, they explain to Eve, they’d been looking for a way to return the ill-gotten gains anonymously and avoid the police. But now the police are all over their elegant house, and have a bigger, bloodier mystery to solve.
By all accounts, Nathan Barrister was a good man, a generous employer, a devoted husband and father. As for his father―he clearly had secrets. Now it’s up to Eve and her team to find out if those secrets got Nathan killed―and if it was a crime of passion or revenge.
I meant to put the first book in this list on my TBR for the year but I forgot! Hopefully I can sneak it in. It sounds like such a good series.
ReplyDeleteI like it a lot. It is a little spicy - but, Nora Roberts after all. Ha!
Delete62?? Wow, she is prolific!
ReplyDeleteShe is indeed. And I've really enjoyed how she has developed the characters and broadened their friends and colleagues list over time.
DeletePeople rave about this series but I haven't stuck my toe in yet. I've read several of her stand alone suspense though and enjoy her storytelling.
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Mary, it would be a big task to start at the beginning and read them all. I will say that they are narrated very well on audio and the same narrator has done all of them. I also have enjoyed a bunch of Nora Roberts 'regular' books.
DeleteI did not know Nora Roberts was J.D. Robb. She is an old favorite. I knew of this series just that time thing. Need to add to the list!
ReplyDeleteSee, you learn something every day - ha! Yes, JD Robb is Nora Roberts and I think she has written it very well.
DeleteBook #62? That is amazing!
ReplyDeleteIsn't it though? With each book I wonder whether the 'end' is coming. Probably, but I'll keep reading them until that time. ;-)
DeleteThat's an astonishing number of books in a series! Wow!
ReplyDeleteIt is, right?
DeleteGoodness, I can't believe there are 62 books in this series. I can only imagine how many shelves they occupy at Barnes & Noble. I do remember shelving them and thinking there were a lot. That was almost 8 years ago, too. Yikes!
ReplyDeleteI know! I was in B&N in my area a few weeks ago, but I didn't look and see how much space her books took up. A bunch, I'm sure.
Delete#62? Holy smokes, that's crazy. Nora Roberts has written all those under JD Robb? I never knew.
ReplyDeleteYes, she's written the series for a really, really long time.
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