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This sounds really suspenseful. I'm anxious to read it.
It sounds really good -- and I'm glad the Avenue A folks will be back.It's just a long time till January...the end of January seems to make it longer. Always good to have something to look forward to.
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This is coming out almost 10 days after my birthday and I've decided to get it when it comes out, which is something i never do!
Oh boy! I can’t wait!
I'm waiting not so patiently.
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Yea. I hope my luck with books follows me to 2024
Jonetta wrote: "We are doing a sweepstakes! More info to come in a few days."oh boy
Jonetta wrote: "We are doing a sweepstakes! More info to come in a few days."Sad news of us Aussies ;) But great news for you US folks!
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I can’t wait to read this! Thanks for the preview, left me salivating for more!
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I have mine - preordered on Audible.com.Can't wait to start it!
I'm crying and it's only the first chapter. Starts with a bang.
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Got my audible pre-order but sad to say I won't be listening to it for awhile. I'm still behind! Not too badly, though; I'm on #48, Connections.
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Just got my copy will start this weekend
Ours (in Australia) isn't published until 7th February.
I won the sweepstakes and just got my copy in the mail yippee Thank you Jonetta for the link
Susan wrote: "I won the sweepstakes and just got my copy in the mail yippee Thank you Jonetta for the link"Congrats!
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Really??? How does that happen…
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Yay!
Susan wrote: "I won the sweepstakes and just got my copy in the mail yippee Thank you Jonetta for the link"Wow! Congratulations Susan! Christmas all over again for you :)
Jonetta wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Ours (in Australia) isn't published until 7th February."Really??? How does that happen…"
I don't know Jonetta. Publication dates vary - sometimes our Australian published books aren't released in the US until some months later. But I'll be down at my local retailer on the 7th February :)
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No I didn't either until I checked with my bookshop. The Aussie publisher who publishes these has 7th on their information page.
I'm gonna have to wait until next week to pick up the book, I'm a little short on cash.
Man, it was hard from the excerpt in the Nora Newsletter! Just finished it at 3 am - the take down was in play before I headed to work which made it difficult to even go to work & so when I got home there was no way that I could put it down 😵Its like Lays potato chips to me @ that point 😅
Now, I await September 😒
Lol, Veda. Love your "Lays potato chips" comment!
Meg wrote: "Lol, Veda. Love your "Lays potato chips" comment!"🤗
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But aren't fans lucky we get 2 books a year?! With so many series and writers, you're lucky to get the next book in a series in 2 or more years.
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Sandra wrote: "Veda wrote: "Man, it was hard from the excerpt in the Nora Newsletter! Just finished it at 3 am - the take down was in play before I headed to work which made it difficult to even go to work & so w..."Yes, yet the waiting is -
MURDER 😫🙁😁
Well good news, my paycheck came in, I had a $10 Amazon Gift Card in the mix and as a result, this book is now mine for $4.99
I really have to get back to this series. The good thing is that I am so far behind that I don't have to wait on new books. I will try to go in order of what is available in library.
Maritza wrote: "I really have to get back to this series. The good thing is that I am so far behind that I don't have to wait on new books. I will try to go in order of what is available in library."Some of the in death books are on sale (if you like audio) in Audible. Early access starts today for members.
I don't really like audio I prefer book or my latest has been kindle. Thanks for info.
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Excellent!
Seeing as how the book has been out long enough, I think it should be okay to bring spoilers up.That being said, somebody brought this up on Reddit and while some of the arguments were valid, what made it lose some credibility for me was accusing Nora of using Ghost Writers again. But I'm gonna post the link and if any of you can't see it, I'll copy/paste what this person said in the next post.
https://www.reddit.com/r/jdrobb/comme...
The following text is from the Reddit poster that I'm posting in case no one was able to access the link I posted. I will delete it later in case the link did work: I started a series re-read last summer, and have pretty much had an audiobook playing every spare minute of the day since then. Otherwise, I don’t think I would have noticed this. In an earlier book, I remember Roarke being a bit embarrassed he was like 13 when he lost his virginity and in a later book he found out he was a year younger. Eve made the connection and asked if that meant he was 12 when he lost it. She also told him details about her sex life. Not positive on hers, but I feel like she said she was 17 and tried it because ending else was doing it.
[Semi-spoiler] In Random in Death, they have this (supposed to be) poignant scene where they tell each other about their first time and Roarke says he was 15 and Eve says she was in the Academy. And they BOTH acted like it was the first time they had had the conversation! Am I crazy or did anyone else notice that? That seems like a major character error for a writer to make.
I don’t know why that bothered me more than the unbelievability of the killer or the teen slang. Teens know how to talk seriously to adults when it’s important! But I can forgive an author for not understanding teens… it’s much worse to not know her own characters.
Again, these words are not mine, they came from someone else.
Jenna’s parents had finally given in, and there she was, at a New York club with her best friends, watching the legendary band Avenue A, carrying her demo in hopes of slipping it to the guitarist, Jake Kincade. Then, from the stage, Jake catches her eye, and smiles. It’s the best night of her life.
It’s the last night of her life.
Minutes later, Jake’s in the alley getting some fresh air, and the girl from the dance floor comes stumbling out, sick and confused and deathly pale. He tries to help, but it’s no use. He doesn’t know that someone in the crowd has jabbed her with a needle—and when his girlfriend Nadine arrives, she knows the only thing left to do for the girl is call her friend, Lieutenant Eve Dallas.
After everyone on the scene is interviewed, lab results show a toxic mix of substances in the victim’s body—and for an extra touch of viciousness, the needle was teeming with infectious agents. Dallas searches for a pattern: Had any boys been harassing Jenna? Was she engaging in risky behavior or caught up in something shady? But there are no obvious clues why this levelheaded sixteen-year-old, passionate about her music, would be targeted.
And that worries Dallas. Because if Jenna wasn’t targeted, if she was just the random, unlucky victim of a madman consumed by hatred, there are likely more deaths to come.
Random in Death Excerpt: https://fallintothestory.com/wp-conte...
Summer 2061
Settings
New York City, New York
Prologue
23 Chapters
Character List
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Recurring Characters
Eve Dallas: Lieutenant and homicide detective in the NYSPD. Married to Roarke.
Roarke: Billionaire, married to Eve.
Detective Delia Peabody: Eve's partner and Ian McNab's cohab.
Detective Ian McNab: EDD detective and Peabody's cohab.
Capt. Ryan Feeney: Head of EDD. Eve's former partner and trainer. Married to Sheila.
Commander Jack Whitney: Eve's boss. Married to Anna. Harrison Tibble: Police chief.
Detective David Baxter: On Eve's squad. He's Troy Trueheart's partner.
Detective Troy Trueheart: Baxter's partner.
Detective Sergeant Jenkinson: On Eve's squad. Wears awful ties and is Reineke’s partner. Recently promoted.
Detective Reineke: Detective in Eve's squad and Jenkinson’s partner.
Detective Santiago: On Eve's squad and Carmichael’s partner.
Detective Carmichael: On Eve’s squad and Santiago’s partner (female).
Detective Lilah Strong: Illegals division detective.
Officer Carmichael: Assigned to Eve's squad (male).
Officer Jan Shelby: Former beat patrol officer now assigned to Eve's squad. She's mentoring her.
Lieutenant Don Webster: IAB detective who has a history with Eve that pre-dates Roarke. He’s seeing Darcia.
Chief Darcia Angelo: Olympus Chief of Police. She’s seeing Webster.
Cher Reo: Assistant Prosecuting Attorney.
Kyung Beaverton: NYPSD media liaison.
Dr. Li Morris: New York City chief medical examiner.
Dr. Charlotte Mira: NYPSD psychologist and profiler. She's Eve's surrogate mother.
Dennis Mira: Dr. Mira’s husband, a college professor.
Callendar: E-detective in EDD under Feeney.
Marley: E-detective in EDD under Feeney.
Nadine Furst: Crime beat reporter for Channel 75 and host of the show NOW, Eve's friend. She’s in a relationship with Jake Kincade.
Jake Kincade: Rock Star with the band Avenue A. He’s in a serious relationship with Nadine.
Mavis Freestone: Music phenom, married to Leonardo and Eve's best friend. Mother of Bella.
Leonardo: Renowned fashion designer married to Mavis and father of their daughter Bella.
Belle (Bella): Mavis and Leonardo's daughter.
Louise Dimatto: MD and friend of Eve, married to Charles Monroe.
Charles Monroe: Former LC (licensed companion), now a sex therapist married to Louise and a good friend of Eve’s.
Garnet DeWinter: Forensic anthropologist.
Miranda DeWinter: Garnet’s daughter.
Yee: CSI investigator.
Dick (Dickie) Berenski: Head of the forensic lab.
Abdul Siler: Forensic technician.
Ursa Harvo: Forensic technician; good with hair and fibers.
Elsie Kendrick: Forensic sketch artist.
Michaela Junta: HazMat team leader.
Teasdale: FBI special agent.
Anthony Quirk: FBI special agent who went undercover at Natural Order and is now missing.
Conroy: FBI special agent.
Summerset: Roarke's majordomo, his surrogate father.
Caro: Roarke’s assistant.
Jamie Lingstrom: Feeney's godson and Roarke's protégé.
Bebe Hewitt: Nadine’s boss.
Wilson (Crack): Owner of the Down and Dirty sex club. He’s a good friend of Eve’s and is involved with Rochelle.
Rochelle Pickering: Psychologist specializing in children. She’s consulted at Dochas and Roarke hired her to work at An Didean.
Quilla: One of the teens who was at the youth center, The Sanctuary (Concealed in Death), now an intern for Nadine. Now working with Rochelle at An Didean.
Ivanna: Summerset’s companion.
August Fuller: Nanny Mavis and Leonardo hired.
Sinead Brody Lannigan: Roarke's aunt, twin sister to Siobhan Brody (Roarke’s mother).
Rob (Robbie) Lannigan: Sinead’s husband.
Siobhan Brody Roarke: Roarke's mother, married to and killed by Patrick Roarke.
Seamus Lannigan: Robbie and Sinead's oldest son.
Sean Lannigan: Seamus' son.
Brian Kelly: Roarke's friend who owns and runs a pub in Dublin.
Sebastian: Man who became a father figure to Mavis when she was on the streets.
Dorian Gregg: Mixed race 13-year old girl from New Jersey who was abducted by the Pleasure Academy. She’s now at Dochas.
Galahad: Eve and Roarke’s cat.
Non Recurring Characters
Harvard Greenbaum: Club Rock It owner, along with his wife, Glo.
Glo Reiser: Club Rock It owner, along with her husband, Harvard.
Jenna Harbough: Sixteen-year old who was murdered at Club Rock It. She aspires to be a songwriter.
Shane Harbough: Jenna’s father, married to Julia.
Julia Harbough: Jenna’s mother, married to Shane.
Reed Harbough: Jenna’s brother.
Chelsea Fine: One of Jenna’s best friends who was at the club with her.
Audrey Fine:Chelsea’s mother.
Leelee Spencer: One of Jenna’s best friends who was at the club with her.
Maddie Spencer: Leelee’s mother.
Arlie Dillon: Seventeen-year old who was murdered in the park.
Tisha Dillon: Arlie’s mother.
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