Born in Death: In Death, Book 23
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Pregnancy Phobia, Laughter and Death
I read this first as a borrowed library book. It's So well written and funny that I decided rather than checking it out again I would buy it.I really like the "In Death" series. They tend to fall into two distinct patterns books that feature the " all cop" side of Lt. Eve Dallas or the ones that while are still a detective store feature more of the " Eve and Roarke" side but either way after a while the " In Death" books seem to all be variations of previous books. Not this one! I love this book. So much of Eve's dismay about pregnancy , childbearing, birth ,and child rearing are all things we can relate too. Many of us have felt or have had friends that felt the same way as Eve and Roarke. I laughed out load so much through this book. I highly recommend this one.
First Rate IN DEATH Mystery, Hilarious Pregnancy Comedy
::4-3/4 stars:: When an engaged couple of accountants are brutally murdered, NYPSD Lieutenant Eve Dallas leaps into action - mostly to keep her mind off of what's REALLY terrifying her, her pregnant best friend Mavis's impending delivery! Quickly ascertaining that the homicides are likely the result of something both uncovered at work, Eve gets (with difficulty) warrants for both their confidential accounting work, intending to call on her multibillionaire Numbers Whiz husband Roarke to help her make sense of it - only to be slapped in the face with the threat of legal action should it be suspected Roarke used that information for his own profit! It's never a happy day when somebody comes between Eve and Roarke, let alone insults her and her spouse's integrity - especially not for a firm of bean-counters who spent an entire day blocking her search warrants when there's a killer to bring to justice.... How Roarke chooses to get around this insult to himself and Eve, and the number of seemingly-unrelated tangents that ultimately coalesce into an incredible, but completely believable conspiracy, put this near the top of the mystery pile for the long-running IN DEATH series. But what really puts it over the top isn't the case, but what's going on besides that - like Mavis's Baby Shower, which Eve not only has to plan but personally run; Childbirth Coaching Classes, which both Eve and Roarke find hilariously traumatizing (anyone who's found Roarke to be Too Perfect and Unflappable in a Crisis will get a laugh out of how he becomes completely unglued when faced with the prospect, or reality, of childbirth!); and Eve's partner Det. Delia :) Peabody's gleeful throwing herself into Baby Shower Planning and Helping Out with the Deliveries. (Read the book, and you'll understand what I mean by that.) After this? I completely believe Eve won't be getting pregnant for a LONG time....
What a fantastic book!!!
Not one but two babies on the same night. Mavis and Tandy! Eve starts with two murders but then a new friend goes missing and she due to give birth in less than a week. Mavis begs Dallas to find her. Could these things be connected? Will any one else die? Will they find Tandy in time to save her and the baby? Who is the father of Tandy's baby? Will Eve and Roarke make it through Mavis giving birth with them as part of her labor team? Find the answers to all these questions in this excellent book. Highly recommended.
An absolute blast!
This has got to be one of my favorites in the series. Eve & Roark take on 2 different cases at the same time, spreading their resources thin. An accountant and her fiance, both brutally murdered, and simultaneously, at the request of Mavis, Eve takes on the case of a pregnant woman, a friend of Mavis', who's gone missing. There's a tight timeline that brings out the drama, and with the added backdrop of Mavis' baby shower and the impending birth of her baby, the action is nonstop. You'll be sitting on the edge of your seat the whole time (or if you're like me, reading late at night until you fall asleep and your phone falls from your fingers and bonks you on the head, lol).
Mavis and Leonardo bring their love child Bella Eve into the world
J.D.Robb, such an insightful author has not one but 3 murder investigations going at the same time,when her best friend Mavis contacts her scared to near hysterics because her new also very pregnant friend is missing. Already chasing down a killer Eve takes on the added task of figuring out what happened to Tandy. As the two seemingly different cases emerge. Both Mavis and Tandy go into labor. Tandy has a bouncy baby boy and Mavis delivers her Belle. Great writing and suspense as always.
Another great read
I love these books. Eve & Roarke are hysterical when dealing with the birthing class for Mavis and Mavis’s baby shower. I get such a kick out of the two of them freaking out over these things.
Solid story
Eve manages to get wrap ped into two cases when Mavis's new friend has a problem. The whole crew is involved to solve them quickly.
Great read!
Loved the plot line. Kept my interest right to the end. A great ending and beginning. Emotional, realistic, intriguing and nail biting.
fabulous series.. best characters
The story and it’s visually written with clarity, excitement and reality.. Hard to put it down. It’s done before I want to “let it be finished”!
Mavis has her baby. . . and Eve survives!!! LOL!
So, it's a given that this series is total brain candy. And like candy, I limit myself on how many I read in a row. But this one is probably the best of the series so far. Mavis, Eve's best friend, is pregnant. She and her Honey Bear, Leonardo the fashion designer, have bribed, begged and guilted Eve and Roarke into being birthing coaches. This requires them to attend a birthing class. "Eve let the images blur. She’d rather study a crime scene recording—mass murder, mutilation, severed limbs—than look up some laboring woman’s crotch and watch a head pop out. Roarke had horror vids in his collection that were less gruesome." With the horror of the birthing class behind her, Eve thinks she can take a deep breath. Then Peabody informs Eve, who is hosting the baby shower, that she can't just call a caterer and forget it - she has to decorate and set a theme and shop for baby presents!!! "Eve imagined the process of shopping in a baby boutique, and had to fight off a shudder. “I’ll give you a hundred dollars to go on your own.” "That’s hitting below the belt,” Peabody replied. “But I’m too strong to be bribed. You have to do the thing, Dallas. It’s Mavis.” “Coaching classes, baby showers, now shopping. Is there no end to the price of friendship?” All this, while investigating a double murder. Eve definitely prefers murder. And the murder/mystery is actually a good one, involving a baby-selling ring, money laundering and more murders. Back to the baby - Roarke is every bit as squeamish as Eve, maybe even more. Eve engages in some pillow-talk: "Bought the baby shower present thing today.” Good.” She had a little smirk of her own in the dark. “If Mavis goes into labor during the deal here, you have to drive her to the birth center.” There was utter silence for a solid ten seconds. “You’re trying to give me nightmares. Very small of you.” Roarke absolutely refuses to attend the baby shower and in fact, he, Leonardo and McNabb have other plans, which Eve thinks is unfair: "But it stinks, if you ask me, really stinks, that you get to go out somewhere drinking beer while I’m stuck at Baby Central. Just because you have a penis.” "We’ll think fondly of you over beer, me and my penis.” And yet, Eve has come so far in being able to express her feelings. "She came around the desk, and they held onto each other. She could stand on her own—God knows she’d proven it. But it was an amazing gift to have a man you could lean on without either of you thinking you were weak." By the time we get to the end, we have not one, but two very pregnant ladies. Tandy, who had become friendly with Mavis, had been abducted by the baby-selling ring and Eve and her team rescued her. Everyone is at Eve and Roarke's house when both ladies go into labor. During the last two chapters, which continues through the birth of both babies, AND a wedding between Mavis and Leonardo in the birthing room, I laughed out loud for PAGES. Then, I cried. And finally, I was laughing and crying at the same time. It was pure awesomeness, or as Mavis would say, it was totally mag, absolutely the ult, squared.
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