基本信息出版社：Piatkus Books
页码：336 页
出版日期：2003年09月
ISBN：0749934085
条形码：9780749934088
装帧：平装
正文语种：英语
内容简介 'She'd come to New York to be a cop, because she believed in order. Needed it to survive. She had taken control, had made herself into the person some anonymous social worker had named Eve Dallas'. But in a few weeks she won't just be Eve Dallas, lieutenant, homicide. She'll be Roarke's wife. But Eve's wedding plans may have to be put on hold as her private and professional lives collide...The victim in her latest murder investigation is one of the most sought-after women in the world. A top model who would stop at nothing to get what she wanted - even another woman's man. And Eve's chief suspect is the other woman in this fatal love triangle - her best friend Mavis. Putting her job on the line to head the investigation, Eve discovers that the world of high fashion thrives on an all-consuming passion for youth and fame. One that leads from the runway to the dark underworld of New York City where drugs can fulfil any desire - for a price ...
作者简介 Nora Roberts is the author of more than one hundred New York Times bestsellers, with more than 300 million copies of her books in print. Under the pen name J. D. Robb, she is author of the bestselling futuristic suspense series. Visit her website at www.noraroberts.com.
媒体推荐 'Roberts hasn't sold over 145 million books for nothing... a satisfying page turner... fast-paced fun.' PEOPLE
编辑推荐 From Publishers Weekly
The third, and arguably best, book in Robb's futuristic In Death series here receives its first unabridged audio treatment (the abridged version was offered in 2001 by Brilliance), and the result is a brisk listen that captures all the suspense of this murder mystery. Ericksen gives tough cop Eve Dallas a hard, no-nonsense tone and nails her fiancé Roarke's Irish lilt beautifully. She also deftly portrays Eve's softer side, which comes out when she's forced to arrest her friend Mavis for the murder of a supermodel named Pandora. Eve knows Mavis couldn't have killed Pandora, even though she stood in the way of Mavis and her boyfriend, fashion designer Leonardo. But the evidence—Mavis is found at the scene of the crime, sporting scratch marks from Pandora—seems unequivocal. In the course of Eve's investigation, listeners meet a number of intriguing characters, including a designer with a map tattooed onto his skull, a grumpy horticulturist and a slinky, lifelike drone (i.e., android). Although Ericksen's portrayal of some of these personas can be exaggerated, on the whole, she does an excellent job conveying the primary characters and matching the pace of this taut yarn. Based on the Berkley paperback. (Nov.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
From Library Journal
In the third novel of her acclaimed "Death" series, Robb (the pseudonym for Nora Roberts) once again sets her 21st-century police detective heroine on the trail of a murderer. Set against the background of the youth-obsessed, drug-using fashion industry, this suspenseful tale sweeps from the glitzy to the seamy with all the flair and panache one has come to expect from Robb. Although the romance is not so prominent here, the sexual tension still simmers. The author of over 100 romances (primarily as Nora Roberts), Robb has written futuristic romantic suspense stories that include Naked in Death (Berkley, 1995). She lives in Keedysville, Maryland.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.
Review
'Roberts hasn't sold over 145 million books for nothing... a satisfying page turner... fast-paced fun.' PEOPLE
It's 2058, yet peoples' lives are just as messy as they ever were and, even with the era's technical advances, New York traffic can still be a nightmare. A crazed junkie? A late-night stake-out? Lieutenant Eve Dallas would infinitely prefer dealing with either of those than contemplate her upcoming marriage to Roarke, but his dogged pursuit and devotion (and the fact that she loves him and they have great sex) have finally won her over and she must start concentrating on wedding preparations. At least she has the support and guidance of her best friend Mavis - until bitchy top-class model Pandora is murdered. All the evidence seems to point to Eve's friend and she has to arrest her. She starts her investigation with the certainty that Mavis is innocent, but convincing her colleagues may not be so easy. At the same time she has the violent death of one of her informers to solve; when a third homicide is discovered, a connection emerges between all the crimes. The link has something to do with the mysterious formula for a highly addictive and dangerous drug that is found in the room of one of the victims. Greed, ambition, beautiful wealthy people with exclusive lifestyles and fashion ranging from the elegant to the bizarre keep 'strong, valiant, troubled and dependable' Eve busy right up to her wedding night - it's just as well Roarke never expected her to be a conventional bride anyway. To complicate things further, as Eve digs deep, memories from her grim past surface to haunt her and threaten both her present and her future. This is another punchy combination of romance and murder in the latest of this series by J D Robb (better known as Nora Roberts); she's sure to win some new fans. (Kirkus UK)
Review
If ever there was a book for all tastes, this is the one. (Afffaire de Coeur) --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.