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anbananova's review against another edition
3.0
the victim reminded me of one of the previous books in the series - “Born In Death”. she was too an accountant. i liked the ending with the premiere and the op but the book itself with all those financial details bored me.
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“I want Turney. She’s got good instincts. There’s a little Peabody in there.”
“Yeah?” Peabody puffed up, then immediately pouted. “Is she—”
“Don’t even think about asking if she’s got a smaller ass, prettier face, tougher chops or whatever you’re thinking. Just get it done.”
“I wasn’t thinking about her ass,” Peabody muttered. “But now I am.”
“She had more in her own, smaller space at Central, Eve realized. Little things—the paperweight mostly to give her something to pick up, fiddle with; the sun catcher in her tiny window, just because she liked it there; the silly talking gun Peabody had given her, because it made her laugh.”
“Maybe I should go buy a gallon of that soup. No! I’ll e-mail my granny, and I’ll sweet-talk her into sending me some.”
“You have no shame, or guile.” Eve led the way out, still sipping soup. “You e-mail her and tell her you just had some soup that’s as good as hers—subtext, maybe better—and it made you think about her, blah blah. How good it was, on a cold, crappy day in New York, yadda, yadda. She’ll cook up a batch and ship it out to prove hers is better.”
Peabody slid into the car, stared at Eve. “Have you met my granny, because that’s exactly what she’d do. That’s brilliant.”
“That’s why I’m the LT, and you’re not.”
“You got that hot-shot outfit.”
“Don’t start on my clothes.”
“I can’t compliment your outfit? Strict.”
“You’re wearing pink cowboy boots. What do you know about fashion?”
“You gave me the boots,” Peabody reminded her, “and I get compliments on them all the time. So there.”
“Hey,” he called as she started out. “The wife says I have to rent a monkey suit for the premiere thing.”
“I don’t know, Feeney. Mira just told me she made her husband buy a new one.”
“What kind of crazy shit is this? Who needs to wear a monkey suit to watch a damn vid?”
“I’ve got to wear a dress, and stilts, and put crap all over my face. Don’t cry to me because you have to wear a tux.”
“Crazy shit,” he complained.
“Fucking A,” she agreed and went on her way.”
“He gave her comfort before she knew she needed it, and he gave her love when her life had been so empty of it for so long.
He’d come home to her, to bring her both before she’d thought to ask.
“I love you.” She turned her cheek to his. “For everything.”
“It wasn’t gruel, but . . .
“That’s a lot of vegetables.”
“It is, yes, and if you eat them like a good girl . . .” He lifted the silver lid on another plate, revealed a small pizza, with pepperoni arranged into a smiley face.
She tried to give him a stony stare, but the laugh won out. “You think you’re cute, don’t you, pal?”
“Adorable.”
“In this case, you can have adorable. Ow!” She managed the stony stare when he slapped her hand away from the pizza.
“Vegetables first.”
“I think I pulled something.” She sat, head down, rubbing at her calf.
“What?”
“It’s nothing. I just . . .” She let out a little hiss.
“Let me see.” He shut off the machine, came over to kneel beside her. “What did you pull?”
“Your strings,” she said, and yanked him down on top of her.
“Think you’re clever, don’t you?”
“He turned it around so on screen she saw herself, eye already going purple, smiling at Roarke as he smiled down at her, hand on her cheek, knuckles raw.
“Damn it. They took pictures? They’re taking pictures when we’re dragging a killer away?”
“I like it.”
She started to sneer, took another look. “You know what? You’re right. It’s us. Absolutely us, and I like it, too. I want a copy. I want to put it in a frame for my desk.”
“Do you now?”
“Home office,” she qualified. “But yeah. It’s us. It’s who we are, and I like who we are.”
chelsfoust's review against another edition
5.0
Another fantastic story in the world of Eve Dallas! I love this series. The last book talked about the movie that came from the book Nadine wrote staring Eve and Peabody. I loved reading about the movie and the actors, but this book talked so much about the premiere (along with the murders of course) that I seriously want to see the movie. I know I know it is a work of fiction and there is no movie I am aware of, but some on if you haven't read this series, do so! JD does such a fantastic job of weaving the world of Eve Dallas and Roarkes, that it makes me want to crawl into the books and live with them just for fun. I love the tech and the things that seem impossible that are done, plus Eve is hilarious, she makes the books! Obviously as she is the main character, but Peabody and Roarke and even Summerset are all so wonderful! I hope that this series goes on and on! I will never get sick of them!
hoffnungswolke's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
german and english review
spoilerfree
Nachdem mir im vorherigen Band total die Freundesgruppe und die Welt abseits von der Polizeiarbeit gefehlt hatte, habe ich diesmal wieder die perfekte Mischung bekommen. Ich liebe es einfach Mavis und Trina zu sehen. Und mehr von Nadine ist auch immer ein absolutes Highlight.
Die Freundschaft zwischen all den Frauen, die alle so unterschiedlich sind, ist einfach das Wichtigste in der Reihe für mich. Frauen, die füreinander da sind und sich den Rücken stärken.
Der Fall hat mich an manchen Stellen ein bisschen verwirrt, es waren einfach sehr viele Namen von vielen reichen Idioten lol aber um ehrlich zu sein, ich lese die Bücher auch nicht sonderlich wegen den Fällen. Es ist genauso wie all die Krimi Serien, die ich gucke, da geht es mir auch mehr um die Charaktere an sich als um die Fälle.
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While I missed the friendship group and the world outside of the police work in the last book, this one really came in with the perfect mixture. I just love Mavis and Trina. And more Nadine is always a highlight.
The friendship between all these, very different, women is just the most important thing for me in this series. Women who are there for each other and who have each others backs.
The case itself confused me a little bit in some parts, cause there were just so many damn names and so many rich idiots lol but let's be honest, I don't really read these books for the cases. It's like all the procedurals that I watch, I'm more interested in the characters than the actual cases.
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Nachdem mir im vorherigen Band total die Freundesgruppe und die Welt abseits von der Polizeiarbeit gefehlt hatte, habe ich diesmal wieder die perfekte Mischung bekommen. Ich liebe es einfach Mavis und Trina zu sehen. Und mehr von Nadine ist auch immer ein absolutes Highlight.
Die Freundschaft zwischen all den Frauen, die alle so unterschiedlich sind, ist einfach das Wichtigste in der Reihe für mich. Frauen, die füreinander da sind und sich den Rücken stärken.
Der Fall hat mich an manchen Stellen ein bisschen verwirrt, es waren einfach sehr viele Namen von vielen reichen Idioten lol aber um ehrlich zu sein, ich lese die Bücher auch nicht sonderlich wegen den Fällen. Es ist genauso wie all die Krimi Serien, die ich gucke, da geht es mir auch mehr um die Charaktere an sich als um die Fälle.
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While I missed the friendship group and the world outside of the police work in the last book, this one really came in with the perfect mixture. I just love Mavis and Trina. And more Nadine is always a highlight.
The friendship between all these, very different, women is just the most important thing for me in this series. Women who are there for each other and who have each others backs.
The case itself confused me a little bit in some parts, cause there were just so many damn names and so many rich idiots lol but let's be honest, I don't really read these books for the cases. It's like all the procedurals that I watch, I'm more interested in the characters than the actual cases.
veraann's review against another edition
5.0
This is one that I didn't figure out the killer until they said who it was. I loved the scenes with Roarke and Eve in this book. There were some parts I was laughing out loud. After this many books it is still an enjoyable read.
kathydavie's review against another edition
3.0
First read April 18, 2013 and again November 9, 2015.
Thirty-sixth in the In Death romantic suspense series revolving around Eve Dallas, a lieutenant on the NYPSD, and her hunky billionaire husband, Roarke.
My Take
I'm bummed again. There wasn't as much Roarke, almost no Summerset, very little of her coworkers, her friends are mostly a cameo, and the premiere was a bust. Yup, barely anything about The Icove Case premiere, and I was so looking forward to all the pre-premiere activity with Eve getting ambushed by her friends, more snark about her dress and the jewels and the...you know...what we've become accustomed to In Death.
Bits of fun with Dallas and Peabody's exchanges...although there didn't seem as many of those. It's pretty much the same 'ol, same 'ol with Roarke's help on the computers.
I did enjoy Roarke's comment, I mean, who knew Roarke could ever get this comfortable in a cop shop…:
The Story
It's a conundrum from the start with political considerations---having a judge for a relative always raises questions.
A greedy selfish man thinks nothing of having people killed because they'e become inconvenient---they may discover what he's up to.
The Characters
Lieutenant Eve Dallas is one of the best of New York City's police. A homicide cop married to one of the world's richest men...and the most gorgeous...Roarke. A very supportive and understanding husband who does what he can to protect her, as well as play with her friends. Galahad is their fat, fussy cat. Summerset is Roarke's factotum with his own private war with Eve.
Detective Delia Peabody is Dallas' partner and friend who gets a chance at some undercover work. McNab is a very colorful EDD cop and Peabody's significant other. Morris is the chief medical examiner requested specially. Captain Feeney heads up EDD and has a cameo. The detectives in Dallas's department include Baxter and Trueheart, Jenkinson and Reineke, and Carmichael and Sanchez. Yancey is still their sketch artist. Commander Jack Whitney is her superior. Officer Turney is first on-scene at the first murder.
Dickie "Dickhead" Berenski is the chief lab tech and very good at his job. When he can be bribed into doing it. Not a friend. Harpo is brilliant with fibers. Dr. Mira is a psychiatrist and another of Dallas' friends. And still force-feeding Dallas herbal teas! Dennis Mira is her sweetheart of a husband. Reo is a prosecutor who works with Eve frequently.
Nadine Furst is the top reporter for Channel 75 and the author of the book on the Icove case (see Origin in Death, 21) which will premiere in this story (at last!). Eve makes scant use of her. Mavis, Bella, and Leonardo are more of a cameo in this.
Bradley Whitestone is one of three partners in a financial group, The WIN Group. Jake Ingersol and Rob Newton are the other two. Jasper Milk owns the contracting firm where the first body was found. Sasha Kirby of City Style is the designer. Her partners include Angie Carabelli, Holly, Clare, and Latisha Vance.
Alva Moonie is a former society girl who has settled down. Cicily "Sissy" Morgan is her housekeeper...and saviour.
Marta Dickenson, an accountant specializing in audits, is married to a judge's brother, Denzel Dickenson. Judge Gennifer Yung is Denzel's sister. Doctor Daniel Yung is her husband. Sly Gibbons is Marta's boss. Jim Arnold and Chaz Parzarri are accountants who were in an accident in Vegas. Lorraine Wilkie is another accountant. Josie Oslo was Marta's assistant.
Candida Mobsley is a high society idiot whose trust fund Marta was auditing. Aston is the assistant trying to keep a rein on her mouth; Tony Greenblatt is her personal finance manager.
Stuart Brewer is a senior partner of Brewer, Kyle, and Martini, and he agrees with McNab. Tuva Gunnarsson is Young-Sachs' administrative assistant. Carter Young-Sachs has the title of chief financial officer. Ty Biden is the slightly sociopathic one. Sterling Alexander, a very self-officious blowhard, and the self-effacing Thomas Pope are half-brothers---although you wouldn't think it to look at them or listen to them---in the real estate business. Clinton Roscoe Frye does security work and played semi-pro football. Not a particularly bright man.
Brandy Dyson is Carter's ex, and man, can she dish the dirt! I like her. Chuckie's the one who became a momentary football. Mormon and Drumbowski were the ambulance attendants who got "replaced". Milo "the Mole" Easton is a famous hacker.
Marlo and Matthew from Celebrity in DeathJulian Cross and Mason Roundtree.
The Cover
The cover is a bright, metallic royal blue in the upper two-thirds brilliantly showcasing the author's name, J.D. Robb. The lower third is split between a gray-on-black diamond grid to showcase the title above a collage of events taking place in this story.
The title is a reference to the accounting, Calculated in Death.
Thirty-sixth in the In Death romantic suspense series revolving around Eve Dallas, a lieutenant on the NYPSD, and her hunky billionaire husband, Roarke.
My Take
I'm bummed again. There wasn't as much Roarke, almost no Summerset, very little of her coworkers, her friends are mostly a cameo, and the premiere was a bust. Yup, barely anything about The Icove Case premiere, and I was so looking forward to all the pre-premiere activity with Eve getting ambushed by her friends, more snark about her dress and the jewels and the...you know...what we've become accustomed to In Death.
Bits of fun with Dallas and Peabody's exchanges...although there didn't seem as many of those. It's pretty much the same 'ol, same 'ol with Roarke's help on the computers.
I did enjoy Roarke's comment, I mean, who knew Roarke could ever get this comfortable in a cop shop…:
"I'll be playing with my friends."That said, it was so sad with one man too selfish to consider how his actions affect others. The trauma and loss he inflicts. It is an amazing bit of detective work. I can never figure it out, and I'm always amazed by how she gets there.
The Story
It's a conundrum from the start with political considerations---having a judge for a relative always raises questions.
A greedy selfish man thinks nothing of having people killed because they'e become inconvenient---they may discover what he's up to.
The Characters
Lieutenant Eve Dallas is one of the best of New York City's police. A homicide cop married to one of the world's richest men...and the most gorgeous...Roarke. A very supportive and understanding husband who does what he can to protect her, as well as play with her friends. Galahad is their fat, fussy cat. Summerset is Roarke's factotum with his own private war with Eve.
Detective Delia Peabody is Dallas' partner and friend who gets a chance at some undercover work. McNab is a very colorful EDD cop and Peabody's significant other. Morris is the chief medical examiner requested specially. Captain Feeney heads up EDD and has a cameo. The detectives in Dallas's department include Baxter and Trueheart, Jenkinson and Reineke, and Carmichael and Sanchez. Yancey is still their sketch artist. Commander Jack Whitney is her superior. Officer Turney is first on-scene at the first murder.
Dickie "Dickhead" Berenski is the chief lab tech and very good at his job. When he can be bribed into doing it. Not a friend. Harpo is brilliant with fibers. Dr. Mira is a psychiatrist and another of Dallas' friends. And still force-feeding Dallas herbal teas! Dennis Mira is her sweetheart of a husband. Reo is a prosecutor who works with Eve frequently.
Nadine Furst is the top reporter for Channel 75 and the author of the book on the Icove case (see Origin in Death, 21) which will premiere in this story (at last!). Eve makes scant use of her. Mavis, Bella, and Leonardo are more of a cameo in this.
Bradley Whitestone is one of three partners in a financial group, The WIN Group. Jake Ingersol and Rob Newton are the other two. Jasper Milk owns the contracting firm where the first body was found. Sasha Kirby of City Style is the designer. Her partners include Angie Carabelli, Holly, Clare, and Latisha Vance.
Alva Moonie is a former society girl who has settled down. Cicily "Sissy" Morgan is her housekeeper...and saviour.
Marta Dickenson, an accountant specializing in audits, is married to a judge's brother, Denzel Dickenson. Judge Gennifer Yung is Denzel's sister. Doctor Daniel Yung is her husband. Sly Gibbons is Marta's boss. Jim Arnold and Chaz Parzarri are accountants who were in an accident in Vegas. Lorraine Wilkie is another accountant. Josie Oslo was Marta's assistant.
Candida Mobsley is a high society idiot whose trust fund Marta was auditing. Aston is the assistant trying to keep a rein on her mouth; Tony Greenblatt is her personal finance manager.
Stuart Brewer is a senior partner of Brewer, Kyle, and Martini, and he agrees with McNab. Tuva Gunnarsson is Young-Sachs' administrative assistant. Carter Young-Sachs has the title of chief financial officer. Ty Biden is the slightly sociopathic one. Sterling Alexander, a very self-officious blowhard, and the self-effacing Thomas Pope are half-brothers---although you wouldn't think it to look at them or listen to them---in the real estate business. Clinton Roscoe Frye does security work and played semi-pro football. Not a particularly bright man.
Brandy Dyson is Carter's ex, and man, can she dish the dirt! I like her. Chuckie's the one who became a momentary football. Mormon and Drumbowski were the ambulance attendants who got "replaced". Milo "the Mole" Easton is a famous hacker.
Marlo and Matthew from Celebrity in DeathJulian Cross and Mason Roundtree.
The Cover
The cover is a bright, metallic royal blue in the upper two-thirds brilliantly showcasing the author's name, J.D. Robb. The lower third is split between a gray-on-black diamond grid to showcase the title above a collage of events taking place in this story.
The title is a reference to the accounting, Calculated in Death.
rebelkiss's review against another edition
3.0
This one felt a little forced to me. I feel as if the series is drawing a close soon. Maybe gearing up to end with Eve pregnant or something.
bthompson80's review against another edition
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Murder and Violence
celtic_oracle's review against another edition
3.0
I don’t know if it’s because I’m reading these in a steady stream or if it’s because Robb does overuse the device, but I’m kinda getting tired of Eve-as-bait resolutions…
katyanaish's review against another edition
4.0
There were a lot of douchebag bro-types in this book that really needed a beatdown, and I'm sad they didn't get it. The one that called Eve "Roarke's get-out-of-jail-free card" really needed a kick in the junk... or, probably more satisfying, for Roarke to destroy that douche-bro's company. Like, leave it a financial ruin.
But it was, as always, a fun one. And we get to end with the big film premiere of The Icove Agenda, which was also a nice little callback to those characters.
But it was, as always, a fun one. And we get to end with the big film premiere of The Icove Agenda, which was also a nice little callback to those characters.