Encore in death

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In Death series volume 56
In death novel volume 56
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2023.
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English

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The homicide cop with a passion for justice returns in the captivating crime thriller series by the #1 New York Times bestselling author.It was a glittering event full of A-listers, hosted by Eliza Lane and Brant Fitzhugh, a celebrity couple who’d conquered both Hollywood and Broadway. And now Eve Dallas has made her entrance—but not as a guest. After raising a toast, Fitzhugh fell to the floor and died, with physical symptoms pointing to cyanide, and the police have crashed the party.From all accounts, he wasn’t the kind of star who made enemies. Everyone loved him—even his ex-wife. And since the champagne cocktail that killed him was originally intended for Eliza, it’s possible she was the real target, with a recently fired assistant, a bitter rival, and an obsessed fan in the picture. With so many attendees, staff, and servers, Eve has her work cut out determining who committed murder in the middle of the crowd—and what was their motivation. As one who’s not fond of the spotlight herself, she dreads the media circus surrounding a case like this. All she wants is to figure out who’s truly innocent, and who’s only acting that way…

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Ericksen, Susan Narrator
Robb, J. D. Author
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9781250284082
9781250878267
9798885786843

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Eve Dallas and Anita Blake are tough, resourceful and savvy -- as well as tortured and vulnerable. The paranormal aspects of the Anita Blake series and the futuristic aspects of the In Death books will appeal to many of the same readers. -- Katherine Johnson
These fast-paced and gritty police procedurals (In Death) and mysteries (Emily Hunter) star relentless female detectives who juggle the demands of their professional and personal lives, adding depth to the suspenseful storylines. -- Andrienne Cruz
These suspenseful police procedurals follow fearless women devoted to fighting crime in their cities. While In Death's Eve Dallas is concerned with New York City homicides, Phoenix-based Veranda Cruz works to take down a Southwest cartel. -- Basia Wilson
While Eve Dallas is a cop and Samantha Jellicoe a cat-burglar turned legit, both meet billionaires who will change their lives. The ongoing development of their romantic relationship is the through-line in both of these suspenseful, steamy, mystery series. -- Jane Jorgenson
Fast-paced plotlines and gripping suspense keep the pages turning throughout these series starring women investigators at the helm of their police departments. Both series have big city settings, taking place in Chicago (Detective Harriet) and New York (In Death). -- Basia Wilson
While In Death is set in a not-too-distant future New York City and Fatal in contemporary Washington D.C., both romantic suspense series feature determined women detectives who face powerful foes (criminal and political). -- Jane Jorgenson
These series have the theme "urban police"; the genre "police procedurals"; and the subjects "women detectives," "murder investigation," and "policewomen."
These series have the theme "urban police"; the genre "police procedurals"; and the subjects "women detectives," "policewomen," and "women murder victims."
These series have the theme "urban police"; the genres "police procedurals" and "romantic suspense"; and the subject "policewomen."

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Linda Howard might appeal to J. D. Robb readers for her solid mystery and gritty settings along with their spicy romance. Relationships (romantic, business, and family) among a group of people are meaningful, along with the essential element of suspense and the military or police-centered cast of characters. -- Katherine Johnson
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Particularly in Laurell K. Hamilton's Vampire Hunter stories and J. D. Robb's Eve Dallas series, readers will enjoy Anita's (Vampire) and Eve's (Dallas) tough, resourceful, and strong personalities paired with their tortured and vulnerable states. While Hamilton writes more in urban fantasy, Robb features a futuristic element in Eve's detective narratives. -- Krista Biggs
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Booklist Review

Who was the intended victim? That is the first question facing NYPSD Lieutenant Eve Dallas when she arrives at the palatial New York apartment of Eliza Lane and her husband, Brant Fitzhugh. While Brant is the one dead on the floor after sipping from a champagne cocktail laced with cyanide, the drink was originally intended for and on its way to Eliza. As Eve and her crew sort out the statements from the crowd invited to Eliza's party celebrating her return to Broadway, Eve must determine which of her suspects is playing the part of an innocent bystander, and who is really telling her the truth. With the fifty-sixth stellar entry in her long-running series, Robb (Desperation in Death, 2022) deftly delivers everything her fans crave, including a sleekly constructed plot that is laced with a dash of clever Christie-like clues and a glitz-and-glam setting complemented by a cast of supporting characters who would not be out of place in a revival of All About Eve.

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Publisher's Weekly Review

Early in bestseller Robb's entertaining 56th near-future novel featuring Lt. Eve Dallas, head of the New York City Police Security Department (after 2022's Desperation in Death), Eve and her crack homicide team are called to a crime scene: the Upper West Side penthouse of "golden god of stage and screen" Brant Fitzhugh and his Tony, Oscar, and Grammy winning wife, Eliza Lane. During a lavish party for around 200 of the couple's friends and colleagues earlier that evening, Brant collapsed after drinking a champagne cocktail intended for Eliza. Eve suspects cyanide poisoning. With a well-liked, much-admired movie star dead and his famous wife calling for action in finding his killer, Eve is under pressure from above to make a quick arrest. The suspect list grows long with ex-wives, theatrical rivals, and crazed groupies. Plenty of enticing details of life among the theater and movie set make up for a plot that will be familiar to any Agatha Christie reader. As ever, the main draw is Eve's relationship with Roarke, her swoon-worthy husband, who's not only handsome and mega wealthy but also sensitive and respectful of Eve's opinions and decisions. Series fans will be satisfied. Agent: Amy Berkower, Writers House. (Feb.)

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Library Journal Review

As a celebrity couple, Eliza Lane and Brant Fitzhugh seem to have it all. They're still in love after 10 years of marriage. He's about to head to New Zealand for six months to star in a new production. She has a dream role on Broadway, where she hopes for a Tony Award in the show that launched her career 25 years earlier. It all crashes when Brant salutes his wife with a cyanide cocktail and dies in front of 200 party guests. Now Lieutenant Eve Dallas and her team investigate while coping with the media, who focus on every element of their case. Brant was well-loved, but Eliza has a harder side. If the cocktail was meant for her, there are more suspects. It's going to take digging into the couple's past, including stories from 10 and 25 years earlier, to find a surprise, but not surprising, villain. VERDICT The latest in the Eve Dallas series (after Desperation in Death) includes Roarke and other beloved characters and won't disappoint its myriad of fans. The celebrity culture of fanaticism and stalkers is handled beautifully in this solid, skillfully written procedural.--Lesa Holstine

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Kirkus Book Review

In 2036, the poisoning of a beloved actor at a swanky party celebrating his actress wife has Lt. Eve Dallas and Det. Delia Peabody scouting around for those who might not have considered him quite so beloved. Minutes after giving her champagne cocktail to Brant Fitzhugh to hold while she joins her co-star in an impromptu duet, Eliza Lane--who's headlining a revival of Upstage, the play that launched her career 25 years ago when Leah Rose's fatal overdose made her understudy an overnight sensation--is cradling her husband's body in her lap. Was he the intended victim, or was she--or was the murderer someone like actress Vera Harrow, whom Brant had dropped 10 years ago to marry Eliza and who wouldn't much have cared which of them she killed? Eve's suspicions alight first on Ethan Crommell, a fan who became such a dedicated stalker of Eliza that he was confined to an institution from which he's recently been paroled. He's followed by Vera, then by Eliza's bestie, thrice divorced Sylvie Bowen, who has ample reason to be jealous of her old friend. But Eve isn't satisfied that any of them fills the bill, and when she unearths a startling link between the long-deceased Leah Rose and one of the 200 party guests, she's ready to forget all those other false leads. Fans of detective fiction set in the present day, however, will find Robb's major plot twist so familiar that they're more than likely to beat Eve to the solution this time. An episodic, anticlimactic case notable mainly for the future Broadway glitz. Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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Booklist Reviews

Who was the intended victim? That is the first question facing NYPSD Lieutenant Eve Dallas when she arrives at the palatial New York apartment of Eliza Lane and her husband, Brant Fitzhugh. While Brant is the one dead on the floor after sipping from a champagne cocktail laced with cyanide, the drink was originally intended for and on its way to Eliza. As Eve and her crew sort out the statements from the crowd invited to Eliza's party celebrating her return to Broadway, Eve must determine which of her suspects is playing the part of an innocent bystander, and who is really telling her the truth. With the fifty-sixth stellar entry in her long-running series, Robb (Desperation in Death, 2022) deftly delivers everything her fans crave, including a sleekly constructed plot that is laced with a dash of clever Christie-like clues and a glitz-and-glam setting complemented by a cast of supporting characters who would not be out of place in a revival of All About Eve. Copyright 2023 Booklist Reviews.

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Library Journal Reviews

In a futuristic New York, celebrity couple Eliza Lane and Brant Fitzhugh are hosting a sumptuous gala event when Brant falls dead after offering a toast, done in by cyanide. Enter Det. Eve Dallas, who's taking a close look at a laid-off assistant, an angry rival, and an obsessed fan, aware that Brant's glass of champagne was originally intended for Eliza. With a 75,000-copy first printing.

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Library Journal Reviews

As a celebrity couple, Eliza Lane and Brant Fitzhugh seem to have it all. They're still in love after 10 years of marriage. He's about to head to New Zealand for six months to star in a new production. She has a dream role on Broadway, where she hopes for a Tony Award in the show that launched her career 25 years earlier. It all crashes when Brant salutes his wife with a cyanide cocktail and dies in front of 200 party guests. Now Lieutenant Eve Dallas and her team investigate while coping with the media, who focus on every element of their case. Brant was well-loved, but Eliza has a harder side. If the cocktail was meant for her, there are more suspects. It's going to take digging into the couple's past, including stories from 10 and 25 years earlier, to find a surprise, but not surprising, villain. VERDICT The latest in the Eve Dallas series (after Desperation in Death) includes Roarke and other beloved characters and won't disappoint its myriad of fans. The celebrity culture of fanaticism and stalkers is handled beautifully in this solid, skillfully written procedural.—Lesa Holstine

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Publishers Weekly Reviews

Early in bestseller Robb's entertaining 56th near-future novel featuring Lt. Eve Dallas, head of the New York City Police Security Department (after 2022's Desperation in Death), Eve and her crack homicide team are called to a crime scene: the Upper West Side penthouse of "golden god of stage and screen" Brant Fitzhugh and his Tony, Oscar, and Grammy winning wife, Eliza Lane. During a lavish party for around 200 of the couple's friends and colleagues earlier that evening, Brant collapsed after drinking a champagne cocktail intended for Eliza. Eve suspects cyanide poisoning. With a well-liked, much-admired movie star dead and his famous wife calling for action in finding his killer, Eve is under pressure from above to make a quick arrest. The suspect list grows long with ex-wives, theatrical rivals, and crazed groupies. Plenty of enticing details of life among the theater and movie set make up for a plot that will be familiar to any Agatha Christie reader. As ever, the main draw is Eve's relationship with Roarke, her swoon-worthy husband, who's not only handsome and mega wealthy but also sensitive and respectful of Eve's opinions and decisions. Series fans will be satisfied. Agent: Amy Berkower, Writers House. (Feb.)

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