Seduction in Death

J.D. Robb
(aka Nora Roberts)

A young woman dies on the sidewalk outside her building. Unfortunately, she arrived there over the balcony of her own apartment. Lt. Eve Dallas is the primary office who responds to the call. As the investigation starts, she quickly learns Byrna Bankhead died before she left her own bedroom.

Bankhead had told a friend she was meeting a cyberdate in an open area. The online corresponder seemed like her dream man. She still was savvy enough not to meet him alone and had not planned on bringing him back to her apartment. She was going to take this slowly. What happened between the time she told her friend her plans and the violent end of the date.

Dallas pulls in Peabody, Feeny, McNabb, and starts looking for a cyber predator. Before she gets very far, another woman is killed. Expensive illegal drugs releasing inhibitions are found in the victims' systems. The deaths have many similarities, yet enough differences to add to the puzzle. Plus Dallas can identify with the victims. Her childhood gave her too many opportunities to know what happens to victims who have no choice.

Once again Robb has given us mystery that keeps moving. The antogonists are identified early, which bothered me. But this is not a murder aimed at Eve Dallas or her husband Roarke, so it is necessary to show the people behind the murders. This is not one where we would stumble across the perpetrators otherwise. I was more involved in Peabody's and McNabb's relationship by the end of the novel than the murder solution. I didn't put it down while reading it, yet won't care if I don't pick it up again.

Notice: Graphic violence, Strong indecent language, Strong sexual content

Naked in Death
Glory in Death
Immortal in Death
Rapture in Death
Ceremony in Death
Vengeance in Death
Holiday in Death
"Midnight in Death" Silent Night
Conspiracy in Death
Loyalty in Death
Witness in Death
Judgment in Death
Betrayal in Death
Seduction in Death
"Interlude in Death" Out of This World
Reunion in Death
Purity in Death
Portrait in Death
Imitation in Death
Remember When (written w/ Nora Roberts)
Divided in Death
Visions in Death
Survivor in Death
Origin in Death
Memory in Death
"Haunted in Death" in Bump in the Night
Born in Death
Innocent in Death
"Eternity in Death" in Dead of Night
Creation in Death
Strangers in Death
"Ritual in Death" in Suite 606
Salavation in Death
Promises in Death
Kindred in Death
"Missing in Death" in The Lost
Fantasy in Death
Indulgence in Death
"Possession in Death" in The Other Side
Treachery in Death
New York to Dallas
Celebrity in Death
Delusion in Death
Calculated in Death
Thankless in Death