J.D. Robb discussion

Thanx Jonetta.
That w easy and painless.

Yay!

All you people and your smart devices.......... Someday I'm going to be one of you...... ;)

bugging me! Dallas is in a nasty mood. she and Peabody are at a scene and Peabody tries to make light of Dallas mood and tries to disperse the crowd and says something like " Nothing more to see here folks. Move along".

Anyone know what book that's in please???

Portrait in Death? Dead girl in recycler? Peabody doing crowd control... then she hauls Nadine in for questioning... ? Sound familiar?

Yes and no. I want to say she was miffed at Roarke at the time but I may be way off on that. I will look through Portrait though and see. Thanks Sara

oh and Peabody gives a grin to Dallas and says "I always wanted to say that." and Dallas doesn't respond.

I remember her saying that!! No idea if it was Portrait though. I was just throwing that out there. It would be near the beginning though... first death, I believe, is the one I was thinking of. She's so often miffed at Roarke though! It could be any book! :)

that was the first death in Portrait...that was the book where Summerset fell down the stairs and Eve was upset that he wasn't leaving for his vacation. Nadine called and told Eve to meet her at a specific location...Her mind was on Roarke she wasn't really mad at him more worried...When peabody arrived Eve told her to disperse of the crowd

Oh, right! That's what it was!

Thanks, Sheri!

great! thanks to all of you! Don't know how you remembered that.

i have read that book so many times that it just sticks with me lol...along with many of the other books

I read portrait again a month or two ago! It's one of my favorites!

I have all of the in death books and just love Nora Roberts but ther is the on scene that I have been trying to find and cant its driving me mad
it where eve is in a foot chase and the murder toss a kid at her and she catches him
what book is this scene in please help

Sappfire wrote: "I have all of the in death books and just love Nora Roberts but ther is the on scene that I have been trying to find and cant its driving me mad
it where eve is in a foot chase and the murder toss ..."

It's Calculated in Death. Kid's name is Chuckie.

That was AWESOME!

Okay, not sure if there's a thread for this book, but did anyone UNDERSTAND the whole concept of the audits and the multiple businesses in Calculated in Death? I had to reread a lot. I know that there were four guys in on it (not giving, names, for spoilers) but how they were connected I don't understand. How did Eve find some of the random firms that she went in to talk to, like Alexander and Pope, and the one made up of women who organize things? And I have basically NO understanding of what in audit is or does. I really liked the chasing the killer etc. scenes of this book (like I always do) but as for connecting the dots on the why etc I feel like I struggled a lot.

Still gave Calculated a 4 out of 5 though.

I'm an ex-accountant so it was crystal clear to me:) Unfortunately, it may have been confusing to others without this kind of background.

For those who have not read Calculated in Death, STOP!!!!!

(view spoiler)[One of the things that was extremely problematic for Eve in this story was tracing down the business entities and their possible connections. That's why she was interviewing so many of the principals of these companies to see where the ties may have been and who had something to cover up. This is where Roarke's expertise became invaluable because he knew how to trace beyond all those dummy corporations and finally get to the real names. They were sheltering income and Marta figured it out so she was killed and her files taken. That normally wouldn't have been enough but then they offed their own accountant, making it tougher to find out what Marta had uncovered.

In accounting, you follow the money...where it came from and what you spent it on and what you have to show to prove source and expenditures. In an audit, you're verifying all this stuff and if the company has lied about any of it, the auditor should be able to uncover it unless you've got people in the same company working together, as was the case here. Marta was just smart enough to have detected some odd patterns and figured it out. So, they killed the auditor. (hide spoiler)]

I don't know if any of this helps you but....I hope it's clearer than mud:)

Hi

Thanks

I am enjoying this thread. I thought I knew my Robb titles, but y'all are GOOD!

these last few posts about Calculated in Death make me feel better. I just read it for the third time and finally made sense of who was who. I think I will start her next book (out in Feb 2014!!!) with a notepad besides me.

Nice to meet other loyal "Robb"land.

Maureen wrote: "I am enjoying this thread. I thought I knew my Robb titles, but y'all are GOOD!

these last few posts about Calculated in Death make me feel better. I just read it for the third time and finally m..."

I belong to a site called Shelfari, which I similar to Goodreads, and they allow you to populate the character list with descriptions for every book. There was no way I could have kept track of this story without it.

Hey Guys, any one remember the book where Eve plans a romantic dinner for Roarke?

Yes! One of my most favorite scenes in Witness in Death.

Oh Thank you so much Jonetta! I had been searching for that scene all day. I thought it was in Holiday in Death. Searched the whole book thrice. I'll go read it right away :-)

Enjoy! I've lost count of how often I've re-read that scene.

Read and read and read...I think that is my favorite love scene.

Yes mine too! Can't get enough of Eve and Roarke <3

I had a hard time with Calculate too. Didn't like it the first time I read it; second read was better.

Hi again, I have one more question. There is this conversation between Eve and Summerset I remember the gist but can't recollect the dialogues or the book name. Eve is not feeling well or is hurt and refuses to take any medicine and fights with Roarke. Summerset comes and tells Roarke that he will give her medication and then tells her how it hurts Roarke when he sees her in pain. Kind of a lecture I would say. If only I could remember more... but I can't! Does anyone know which book it could be from?

Hi Nikki..i believe the scene is from Seduction in Death..where Eve is down with fever n flu bug..and being she usual unreasonable self when in comes to medication. Summerset asks for a few minutes alone with her..

'What he feels for you overwhelms him, Summerset began. There was never anyone else. The women who came and went before you were diversions, temporary interests. He might care,because despite everything that was done to him, he's a man with a large capacity for caring. And still, there was no one before you. Don't you see how he worries?'...

I loved that scene with summerset

Thank you, Azleen!

Thank you, Azleen! Just read the scene again. There are so many. Scenes that touch your heart and you would like to re-read again and again butits just so difficult to remember which part was in which book. Thank god I have you guys to answer all these questions. Otherwise I might go crazy trying to find it ;-)

Nikki, we have a group full of In Death savants. I don't know what we'd do without them:)

I have taken to putting notes on the inside cover with scenes I really like and the page it's on. Like Nikki, there are scenes I love to re-read, but with so many stories sometimes it hard to remember which book it's from.

Thats a good idea Maggie! Will try that one.

I need to re-listen to Calculated, too. I got lost in the jargon a lot, too... And I couldn't keep all the characters straight. I was like, "Who is that? HUH? WHAT??" *shrugs* I usually just listen to Treachery over and over... it's maybe my favorite...

If it is at all helpful, I created a character list for Calculated in Death on Shelfari. I could include it in the book discussion in this group or just the link to the Shelfari page, whichever you prefer.

It's one of the biggest casts I've seen for an In Death book and the most confusing.

That would be really helpful, Jonetta. I'd love to see something like that for every book!

I'm adding them to the book discussion pages for each book. I've set them up as spoilers so the list doesn't take up so much room and you can view or hide as needed (no spoiler info included, though).

I'll routinely start adding the lists over the next few days.

Wow...thank you!

You're welcome!

What would we ever do without our moderators? We all need to say thank you more often. Thank You!

That's an incredibly nice thing to say. Both Sandra and I marvel at the wonderful members comprising this group. You make our roles fun.

..3 cheers for the moderators!!

i love that i found this group..i too love rereading certain scenes but with the In Death series there's so many books that it gets frustrating when u cant recall which book its from...

like now..i'm remembering this scene i think it's pretty early in the series but after the marriage..where Eve just sorta burst out in i love you Roarke declaration..Roarke was completely staggered by it..it wasn't something Eve did unprompted at this point i think...i just love love love that scene!!!

but which book? helppp...

That would be Rapture in Death.

aaah..yes, that's right..thanks a lot Jonetta!!

OMG...I love that whole scene. I sometimes forget scenes until someone mentions it, or I re-read lol.