Born In Death: 23 (In Death, #23)

by J D Robb

Eve Dallas has a grisly double homicide to solve when two young lovers - both employees of the same prestigious accounting firm - are brutally killed on the same night. It doesn't leave Eve a lot of leftover time to put together a baby shower for her best-friend Mavis, but that's supposedly what friends are for. Now Mavis needs another favour. Tandy Willowby, one of the mothers-to-be in Mavis's birthing class, didn't show up for the shower. Having only recently arrived from London, Tandy has few friends in New York, and no family - and she was really looking forward to the party. And when Eve enters Tandy's apartment and finds a gift for Mavis wrapped and ready on the table - and a packed bag for the hospital still on the floor next to it she realises something is wrong. Normally, such a case would be turned over to Missing Persons. But Mavis asks for Eve's - and she can't say no. She'll have to track Tandy down while simultaneously investigating the deals and double-crosses hidden in the files of some of the city's richest and most secretive citizens, in a race against this particularly vicious killer.

• ISBN10: 0749907959
• ISBN13: 9780749907952
• Publish Date: 26 October 2006
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 2 June 2009
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
• Imprint: Piatkus Books
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 304
• Language: English

Reviews

[FranJessca @ A Book Lovin' Mama's Blog]

Born in Death is the twenty-third book in J.D. Robb’s In Death series. The In Death series is one of my favorites to read when I’m in the mood for a Romantic Suspense. I’m so glad I’m still reading this series for the #InDeathReadALong challenge.

Storyline/My Thoughts: This book put me through so many emotions; if it wasn’t the case that Eve and her team were investigating, it was how pregnant Mavis scared Eve and Roarke. Yes, Eve and Roarke were petrified of Mavis and her emotions and also her going into labor. It didn’t help either when Mavis needed Eve’s help finding her pregnant friend. Mavis needed Eve to find her friend and keep her in the loop.

At first, Eve and her team are investI enjoyed the storyline of this book because it left me guessing who was behind the murders of the couple and who was behind Mavis’s pregnant friend going missing. I had a hard time figuring out who was behind it all this time around, so I was shocked at the ending once Eve and her team figured it out. J.D. Robb did a fantastic job with this book when it came to the suspense of the storyline. It did have a weird villain(s), though, in it, and I won’t spoil it for anyone.igating two homicides of a couple who worked at the same company. Eve has a funny feeling that the couple who were killed were onto something at their company. It’s up to Eve and her team to find out the truth.

Overall, this book gets 4.5 stars from me, and I look forward to diving into the next book in the series. I’ll never forget the moments between Roarke, Eve, and Mavis in this book. I don’t think Eve and Roarke are ready to have children yet.

Standalone or Part of Series: It’s part of the In Death series, and I would recommend reading in order.

Would I recommend this book? Yes. I recommend this book and the rest of the series books. I can’t wait until I finally catch up on this series. I feel like the characters are family now, and I want to know what happens next in their lives.

[nitzan_schwarz]

I'm doing something I thought I'd never do... I'm reading out of order! But... but... I got this one as a kindle deal, and these are episodic mysteries so that's okay, right? right???

I really liked this one, even though it tugged at my heart strings. I hate it when good people are murdered, especially when it's a couple. I don't even know why.

Sometimes, it's frustrating to be a reader because you know a character isn't being introduced this late in the game, in this specific book, for no reason. So you're trying to figure out the connection to the case the entire time, and then you get it but you beloved detectives don't because they are not living this book as readers and I just want to poke my head into the book and guide them in the right direction :

Also, it was so fun to see Roarke as uncomfortable as Eve for one!

[Berls]

Things got a but complex in this one with two cases! Just loved all the baby developments! Eve and Rourke with babies is hilarious

[ibeforem]

There’s not much I can say about this series that hasn’t already been said. I thought this was another winner. I liked the way the cases wrapped up, and Eve’s discomfort with Mavis’s pregnancy is just icing on the cake.