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Naked in Death: 1 Mass Market Paperback – 1 January 2001

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THE FIRST NOVEL IN J. D. ROBB'S #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING IN DEATH SERIES

In the year 2058, technology completely rules the world. But for New York City Detective Eve Dallas, one irresistible impulse still rules the heart: passion...

Eve Dallas is a New York police lieutenant hunting for a ruthless killer. In over ten years on the force, she's seen it all--and knows her survival depends on her instincts. And she's going against every warning telling her not to get involved with Roarke, an Irish billionaire--and a suspect in Eve's murder investigation. But passion and seduction have rules of their own, and it's up to Eve to take a chance in the arms of a man she knows nothing about--except the addictive hunger of needing his touch.

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313 pages
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English
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Penguin Putnam Inc
Publication date

1 January 2001
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18 years and up
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10.64 x 2.08 x 17.15 cm
ISBN-10

0425148297
ISBN-13

978-0425148297
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Praise for Naked in Death

"Truly fine entertainment."--Publishers Weekly

"Fast-paced fun."--People

"Superstar Nora Roberts dons a new pseudonym and proves why she is one of the world's most remarkable storytellers in this ground-breaking novel of life and death in the 21st century...Superbly suspenseful and strikingly original."--RT Book Reviews

"Danger, romance...a masterpiece of fine writing."--Rendezvous

"Eve, Roarke and the rest of the cast will enchant you, and the murder plots will enthrall you."--The State (Columbia, S.C.)

More Praise for the In Death series

"Robb is a virtuoso."--Seattle Post-Intelligencer

"It's Law & Order: SVU--in the future."--Entertainment Weekly

"J. D. Robb's In Death novels are can't-miss pleasures."--#1 New York Times bestselling author Harlan Coben

"Anchored by terrific characters, sudden twists that spin the whole narrative on a dime, and a thrills-to-chills ration that will raise the neck hairs of even the most jaded reader, the J. D. Robb books are the epitome of great popular fiction."--New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane

About the Author

J. D. Robb is the pseudonym for a #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than 200 novels, including the bestselling In Death series. There are more than 500 million copies of her books in print.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Putnam Inc (1 January 2001)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 313 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0425148297
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0425148297
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 18 years and up
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10.64 x 2.08 x 17.15 cm

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J.D. ROBB is the pseudonym for #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts. She is the author of over 200 novels, including the futuristic suspense In Death series. There are more than 500 million copies of her books in print.

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suspense, crime, romance

Reviewed in Australia on 29 September 2021

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This book is well written and is set in 2058. However it was first published in 1995, so a lot of the future technology mentioned has been surpassed already, but great imagination for some stuff on the author's part, considering. Flying cars, going to places in space, laser weapons etc. Although, sorry J.D. Robb, guns are still around, so is coffee (so far) and sugar. This is a romance/suspense and unfortunately I put it down and picked it up quite a few times so it's taken me a few weeks to finish, as it didn't hold my attention as much as it should have. There are a lot of steamy romance scenes, though they are not described in minute detail, which fitted the genre, as this story is all about the investigations.

Not sure how I feel about the heroine Eve, who is a pretty focused, bad-ass detective. Her love interest - Roarke - is Irish, rich, charming, a businessman and I'm not sure what he sees in her as yet because it was pretty much insta love/lust. The back story is really interesting and grizzly re the murders and the crimes are well thought out. I have the next few books on my readers and on audio, so I'll see if this series draws me in or not after the next couple of books. I think it can only get better though as the characters develop. The books ends abruptly and the first few pages of the next book were in the back and it seems quite good. (I have the next book in the series ready to read). 4.5 stars.

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Fantastic read

Reviewed in Australia on 25 March 2021

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This is a stellar read. Hard to put down, and one that you’d find yourself thinking about throughout the day, waiting for the chance to get to close off the world and slip into the life of Eve Dallas.

Definitely a series I think I’ll read right through!

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J D ROBB is unbeatable

Reviewed in Australia on 20 May 2020

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Eve DALLAS & Rourke are wonderful characters upon which a great series of books is based. This book is a great introduction to the main characters and sets the basis for the books to come. Well thought out plots with each new character introduced and developed to become part of Eve and Rourkes ever expanding family of friends and colleagues.

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ALWAYS a pleasure to read

Reviewed in Australia on 5 November 2018

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A lifetime of reading this author, regardless of Robb, Roberts or other! Never a disappointment. I gladly buy her books in all mediums.

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DIZZIE LIZZIE

In the beginning

Reviewed in Australia on 6 June 2020

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It was good to finally go back and work out where these two met. The beginning of their relationship. Fabulous

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Parrotfan

Naked in Death : 1

Reviewed in Australia on 1 September 2016

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Fantastic, loved it, one of the best books I've read. Loved the
plot, the characters, the action, romance and the twists and turns. Will be reading this series for sure.

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Mrs. Patricia Dick

wonderful series, and it was good to actually read ...

Reviewed in Australia on 14 August 2014

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wonderful series, and it was good to actually read how they set eyes on each other.
quite enthralling and i loved the story and the beginning of their little family of friends,
pussy etc.

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Amazing mystery. Romance

Reviewed in Australia on 1 December 2015

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This book had quite a punch varying from mystery to romance. Lieutenant Eve and Roarke's relationship is well assessed and executed. I deeply enjoy the entire mystery of the book and the killer in the end.

Amazing book!

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Sarah (Feeling Fictional)

In Death book 1

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 March 2016

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I've been hearing great things about J.D. Robb's In Death series for years now - in fact I think it was about 4 years ago that I actually bought my copy of Naked in Death! - but no matter how many friends have recommended it to me I kept putting off starting it. Mainly because it's such an intimidating series, let's face it the series is going from strength to strength with book 43 publishing later this year and that number doesn't even take into account the novellas and short stories! So it wasn't so much that I was worried that I wouldn't like this book but that I was terrified that I would, I mean who really has time to commit to a series of that length? But mainly due to some persistent nagging (thanks for that Aly!) I FINALLY bit the bullet and dove head first into this world and boy I'm glad I did. I just had so much fun with these characters and I'm excited that I get to spend so much more time getting to know them.

I'm not really sure if it's even worth writing a review of this book since pretty much everyone I know seems to have already read it and there are certainly no shortage of other reviews out there but I feel like I probably should though just in case you're one of those people who, like me, have been feeling intimidated by the series and wondering if it's really worth all the fuss it gets. I want to say categorically, based just on the first book, that yes, YES it is worth grabbing a copy of Naked in Death and I hope you end up enjoying it as much as I did!

Even though this book was first published just over 20 years ago it doesn't feel dated thanks to the futuristic setting J.D. Robb has created, the series starts in 2058 so it's not so far into the future that it feels alien but it's just far enough that the author is able to include some interesting technology and make her own rules regarding current laws etc. The setting is well done and we were given enough information to catch my attention without it feeling overwhelming. The focus of this story is definitely the mystery and I though that side was very well handled, it kept me completely hooked and I enjoyed seeing how Eve worked the crime scenes and slowly pieced everything together.

Eve is a tough, no nonsense cop who loves her job and wants to help people, she doesn't remember much about her childhood thanks to repressed memories but readers get a hint of the things she has been through in the form of flashbacks that she suffers. I'm sure there is a lot more left to learn but seeing the vulnerable side of her was quite heartbreaking and it makes me sick to think of the things that she's been through. Eve doesn't want sympathy though, she just wants to focus on the future and doing her job to the best of her ability. It seems like she has a tendency to use her work as a shield against her emotions and she can come across as a little cold at times but that quickly starts to change when she meets Roarke and he starts to get under her skin.

Roarke is a character I've heard so much about so I was really excited to meet him. He's a billionaire businessman with a bit of a shady past and it's hard to tell whether he's 100% on the right side of the law even now. He obviously has a code of honour and there are lines that he won't cross but I suspect that all bets are off when the people he cares about are in trouble. When Eve crosses paths with him it's because he's a suspect in her murder investigation and she's left feeling very conflicted by the attraction she feels towards him, she can't decide if he's really innocent or whether her hormones are leading her astray but at least she is aware of the way her feelings could be affecting her decision making. Roarke is the kind of character who really should raise loads of red flags, he's very possessive and definitely shows more than a few stalker tendencies that I would find REALLY off putting in a real life situation but somehow J.D. Robb pulls it off and she had me falling head over heels for him in spite of the warning signs. So much about him is still a mystery and I can't wait to dig deeper into his past and find out what makes him tick.

As we get to know him it becomes clear that Roarke is just as messed up as Eve and they understand each other on a level that people who don't have their experiences would never quite be able to achieve. As a couple they just work so although things to progress between them very quickly it didn't feel unbelievable. I do wish the author had taken more time to get them to this point of their relationship, considering the length of the series I think we could have had that delicious will they / won't they pull between them for at least a couple of books, but even though things have moved quickly they still don't know each other that well and I'm sure we're going to enjoy seeing them open up and share more of their secrets. In fact, I'd rather have them become a couple in the first book than have to deal with yet another dreaded love triangle so I'm not going to complain about the romance even a little bit!

Naked in Death is a fantastic start to this series and it's definitely left me eager to spend more time with these characters. I think my bank balance will suffer when I rush out and buy the rest of the series but I'm looking forward to having so many books to binge on!

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Liz Mackie

Fantastic Start to the Series

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 December 2019

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JD Robb is the alias of Nora Roberts for her In Death series featuring Eve Dallas, a lieutenant with the police department set in a futuristic New York around the 2050s. Naked in Death was first released around 20 years when some of the gadgets Eve uses in her fight against crime would have seemed more Sci-fi than anything else but now with advances in technology now seem within reach. Personally I’d love a car that could get me out of traffic jams like hers can. Eve has close to no personal life, rather her entire existence revolves around being a cop and representing the victims as she finds justice for them. She only has two people in her life she would actually call friends – Mavis, a grifter she met early on in her career and Captain Ryan Feeney, her mentor on the force and probably the closest thing to a father she’s ever had. She has very little memory of her early childhood before she was found abused and abandoned in a Dallas alleyway. Indeed this is where her name comes from given to her by a social worker. When a senator’s prostitute daughter is found brutally murdered Eve must solve the crime while fighting not only her attraction to her main suspect Roarke, one of the wealthiest men in the world and a man with secrets of his own but demons from her past as her memories begin to resurface.

Naked in Death is a fast paced, gripping thriller full of mystery, suspense and crime with no holding back on the gory details and some twists in the tail so nothing is too predictable before it reaches a satisfying conclusion. The addition of just the right amount of romance adds to the story and the chemistry between Eve and Roarke was tangible. All in all this was a great start to the series and I’m looking forward to seeing how the characters develop as the series progresses.

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sue

More graphic than expected

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 July 2020

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I’m a huge fan of Nora Roberts but this is the first of her JD Robb series I’ve read. I was a bit put off at first because I didn’t understand a lot of the “jargon”. Then it dawned on me that it was set in the future (2058 not confirmed until much later on). Guns are now antiques and illegal, replaced by lasers. Space travel is everyday but political wheeling and dealing is still going on. I liked Eve and loved Roarke! Maybe I should’ve expected this in a police procedural but I struggled with the graphic descriptions of murder and abuse. It’s very well written and recommended if this is your genre. But I mostly read in bed and some of the scenes were too much for the middle of the night. No criticism of the author but I’ll probably give the rest of the series a miss.

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Thereisalwaystimeforbooks

Amazing!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 August 2020

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I have raced through this one! Naked in Death by J. D. Robb a.k.a Nora Roberts!
I am a big fan of books by Nora Roberts and I have known for a while she had this crime series out under J.D. Robb but I was hesitant to start it. I was worried it wouldn’t live up to my expectations and would be too different from the Nora books I love. Also it is a long series of 50 books and growing so quite a commitment to start!
Well, I can tell you, I shouldn’t have worried because it blew me away! I spent every second I had reading a page here and a page there until it was finished! I now regret not starting it sooner and books 2 and 3 (of 50 😯) have been ordered!

I love Eve Dallas the cop and her uncertain past and no nonsense attitude! I love Roarke and how mysterious the wealthy businessman is! Written 25 years ago but set in a futuristic time, this book captured me from the get go!

5/5 ⭐️
Recommend ✅

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Kid Ferrous 🔴🟡🟢

JD Robb’s first “...in Death” book is a statement of intent

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 March 2021

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This is the first ever title in JD Robb’s “...In Death” series. Robb has created a credible future world and it’s always interesting to what has “survived” from our current age. This story jumps into the first violent murder scene right from the first page and does not let up in intensity. You are drawn into this world with wonderful characters and do not wish to ever leave. I would recommend starting here and then moving on to the other books in this series (over 50!).

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