My Eve and Roarke Fix....

Apparently I needed to take a break on new books and head back to an oldie but goodie.
Book Info: Naked in Death by J.D. Robb. Originally published by Berkley in 1995

The ongoing storyline of Lieutenant Eve Dallas and International playboy ga-zillionaire Roarke has been one of my favorites for over a decade now. Naked In Death is the first in that series. The plot is fully explained by wikipedia here. I am putting it in as a link as I try not to give too many plot lines away.
For a brief plot... the book is a futuristic crime novel. Eve is a cop with the New York Police and Security Department Homicide Division in the year 2058. She is assigned to a politically sensitive case which brings her into contact with Roarke. Roarke is intrigued by Eve as she is an anomaly in his life. A cop he can respect. While Eve works the case her relationship with Roarke progresses, which threatens both her career and her peace of mind. This is one of my favorite novel of the entire series (which now has over 30 titles). I could easily rank it as onto of the top three. Since I have read it more times than I can count, I am also able to skim past what many would consider gruesome. This is not a book for the faint of heart. The murders are gory and Robb gives us explicit details. Some of those details could make a reader a little uncomfortable.

As for the author, J.D. Robb is the alter ego of Nora Roberts. In an effort to avoid flooding the market with the name Nora Roberts, J.D. Robb was created to funnel a new line genre of Roberts' writing. Unlike her trilogies and series under her own name, these novels are more gritty and gory, a true cop drama.
The future world that is created is one in which homicide detectives are still needed because humans still kill one another. As Dr. Mira says, "With all our technology, with the amazing advancements that have been made in genetics, we are still unable to control human virtues and flaws....It's unfortunate that some passions twist. Sex and violence. For some it's still a natural marriage."(pg 136) It is interesting to note the advancements that the author seems to consider for her future world. The banning of guns, the licensing of prostitutes (to make sure the now legal profession is safe), the auto-chef, and food made of soy substitutes. I would have to read more of the novels again before I feel comfortable commenting on this world, yet one can see the world that Robb has decided to make. It causes one to wonder if the authors personal political views are included or if they are just for characterization.

I am not sure what book I will read tonight... I might go back to Daniel MacGregor's story or I might go onto the second book in the Eve and Roarke world... or I have an interesting book on the Eiffel Tower waiting on m shelf... who knows.