About the Author Nora Roberts is the number-one New York Times-bestselling author of more than 150 novels, including High Noon, Angels Fall, Blue Smoke, and Northern Lights. She is also the author of the bestselling futuristic suspense series written under the pen name J. D. Robb. There are more than 280 million copies of her books in print.
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Eve has seen this crime scene before: the artfully arranged body of a young brunette, arms spread, palms up, body marked by the signs of prolonged and painful torture. Carved into her torso is the time it took her to die - in hours, minutes, and seconds. And on the third finger of her left hand has been placed a silver ring. Eve is catapulted back to a case nine years earlier, when a man whom the media tagged “The Groom” put the city on edge with a killing spree that took the lives of four women in fifteen days. Eve and her partner Feeney, her friend and mentor, couldn’t stop him before he disappeared, only to resurface in other parts of the world to kill and kill again. But now The Groom seems to have come back to where he started. When it turns out that The Groom’s most recent victim was employed by Eve’s billionaire husband, Roarke, she brings him onto the case. A move that proves fitting when it becomes chillingly clear that the killer has made it personal. The corpse was washed in products from a store Roarke owns and laid out on a sheet his company manufactures. With the Groom’s monstrous return, Eve is determined to finish him once and for all. Familiar with his methods, she knows that he has already grabbed his next victim. But his sights are set on the biggest challenge of his illustrious career - an abduction that will test his skills and that promises to give him satisfaction as he’s never known. Time is running out on another woman’s life…and for Eve.
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* It's 2060 and the serial killer Nicknamed "The Groom" is back in town after an absence of nine years, resuming his horrific run of kidnapping, torturing and killing young women. Eve, who served as a detective in the frustrating first investigation, assumes lead role in this one. This time, not only do the killer's chosen victims have ties to Eve's husband, Roarke, but Eve herself may be the killer's ultimate target, Swiftly paced, the story cuts frequently from investigation to the killer's progress with his victims. Eve works to outplan, outfight and outsmart the killer, to keep her handsome, rich husband happy:and to be ready for the next round after a good night's sleep.
*Whether she writes as J.D. Robb or under her own name, I love Nora Roberts. She is a woman who just doesn't know how to tell a bad story. Creation in Death is an authentic page turner, with Eve Dallas--tough as nails and still sexy as hell--pitted against one of the year's creepiest super villains. If you haven't read Robb, this is a great place to start.
-- Stephen King
* This one opens, Comm. Whitney, Calls Eve, in on a homicide found in East River Park, on her day off and not on call, assigns her as primary, morris the M.E. is already on scene when Eve arrives and morris approaches her, takes her to the body when Eve examines the body looks at morris and just says He's Back! he meaning "The Groom" after 9yrs ......Nine years earlier(2051) "The Groom" killed 4 women Capt. Feeney was primary and Eve just made Second grade Det. he Only killed 4 women and then just Disappear in to the wind. Till now.....
* Eve notifies Peabody on route to Scene on the communicator meets her at the crime scene....Peabody examines the body and recognizes what was done to the body as "The Groom's" work. together they go to question the sister and people who knew the Vic....
* Eve calls in Trueheart, Baxter,and Jenkinson. Dr. Mira and of Course Roarke as Expert consultant civilian and Capt. Feeney of the E.D.D. as her task force to Get this Very Twisted Sick individual !! he already has his Second vic and probably has his third vic picked out. And are Going to do Everything Possible Not to let him Go into the Wind Again!
* he's killed 23 women in 4 countries in 9yrs, Lt. Dallas is making it her first Priority to Get Guy this time! Make No mistake About it!!
* I am an Avid Reader/Listener of Nora Roberts/J.D.Robb I Love Both Styles of her Writing Roberts/Robb is a Very Gifted,Very Talented Writer! in my Opinion and Many others! I am So Totally Hooked on her Novels that she Writes in Both Names!! I Read Novels by like 8 or 9 different Authors But Roberts/Robb is in the Top 5 of my Favorites!!!! She's Not the #1 New York Times Bestselling Author! for nothing....
*"Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere."
~Albert Einstein~
* As For "Susan Ericksen the Narrator of her In Death Series & other Novels Is My Favorite By Far!! there are Other Readers/Narrators That I Also Enjoy Very Much! But Susan is just So Totally "Frosty"!!! lol
* I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THIS PART OF A REVIEW BELOW, BY R.B. Bernstein
Robb is remarkably skilled at creating a future world -- New York City in 2060, after the "Urban Wars" (which feature well in the plot). She also creates believable characters of all kinds -- heroes, villains, supporting players, and extras -- to inhabit this convincing setting. She never resorts to springing information on the reader without which he or she can't solve the case; everything is carefully and painstakingly set up with total fairness. Also, she never resorts to gimmickry to solve crimes or to save heroes from certain doom. These are first-rate mysteries, first-rate science-fiction novels, and the romantic suspense elements are neatly woven into the story.
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Fantastic book! Well up to the usual standards of J.D. Robb and Susan Erikson.