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In Death #7.5 & 12.5 omnibus
Midnight in Death / Interlude in Death
Midnight in Death: Nora Roberts, writing as J. D. Robb, propels you into the darkest night of Lieutenant Eve Dallas's life - when a killer comes to call...Eve's name has made a Christmas list, but it's not for being naughty or nice. It's for putting a serial killer behind bars. Now the escaped madman has her in his sights. With her husband, Roarke, at her side, Eve must stop the man from exacting his bloody vengeance - or die trying... Interlude in Death: In early spring of 2059, Lieutenant Eve Dallas is called off planet to face a grueling ordeal - giving a seminar at the largest police conference of the year, to be held in a swanky resort. Even though Eve can't quite see it that way, it's supposed to be at least partly a vacation. But work intrudes in the form of a bloody homicide, and Eve is off and running. The case is complicated by Eve's personal history with the victim - and by the killer's history with Roarke. Eve must find a way to stop the cycle of violence and revenge, and shove the past back where it belongs.
Compact disc, 6 audio discs (6 hr.)
Compact disc, 6 audio discs (6 hr.)
6 pages, Audio CD
First published March 25, 2007
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J.D. Robb
172 books35.1k followersJ.D. Robb is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling In Death series and the pseudonym for #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts. The futuristic suspense series stars Eve Dallas, a New York City police lieutenant with a dark past. Initially conceived as a trilogy, readers clamored for more of Eve and the mysterious Roarke. Forgotten in Death (St. Martin's Press, September 2021) is the 53rd entry in the series.
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March 24, 2023
Two short stories with my favourite characters!
Midnight In Death is set only a day after the events taking place in Holiday In Death and Eve has to take action hunting down an escaped prisoner who wants to punish all those put him in prison and amongst them are people Eve cares about!
Roarke and her team are helping her to capture him again before he takes another life!
Interlude In Death takes place in Roarke's resort Olympus with many policemen there because of a seminar and a former commander has an offer for Eve in order to settle a score from the past!
The question is...
An until now impeccable officer of the law can change so completely as to turn to unlawful methods to achieve his goal?
Is a person to take blame and pay for the past sins of his parent?
The case is personal to Eve and with the help of old and new friends and that of her husband's Roarke she tries to put an end before it's to late!
Midnight In Death is set only a day after the events taking place in Holiday In Death and Eve has to take action hunting down an escaped prisoner who wants to punish all those put him in prison and amongst them are people Eve cares about!
Roarke and her team are helping her to capture him again before he takes another life!
Interlude In Death takes place in Roarke's resort Olympus with many policemen there because of a seminar and a former commander has an offer for Eve in order to settle a score from the past!
The question is...
An until now impeccable officer of the law can change so completely as to turn to unlawful methods to achieve his goal?
Is a person to take blame and pay for the past sins of his parent?
The case is personal to Eve and with the help of old and new friends and that of her husband's Roarke she tries to put an end before it's to late!
February 12, 2019
This book contains two novellas in the In Death Series, Midnight in Death (book 7.5) and Interlude in Death (book 12.5).
Midnight in Death :
(Read: October 2018, Rating 4*)
Midnight in Death is a novella set almost immediately after the end of Holiday in Death. Eve has just solved one major case and now she's hoping to enjoy what's left of the holidays with Roarke. Unfortunately for them both a serial killer has just escaped from prison and the first targets on his list are the people who helped put him behind bars - which includes both Eve and Mira. Eve is going to have to work fast if she wants to save her friend and Roarke isn't going to leave his wife to face this danger alone. Not when she's still recovering from her last case.
This may be shorter than most of the stories in this series but J.D. Robb doesn't skimp on the amount of danger that Eve faces as she tries to bring a murderer to justice, in fact this case is even more personal than most when one of her very few friends, Mira, becomes a target. This serial killer is even more sadistic than most and likes to take his time torturing his victims but even though they know who they are looking for he always seems to be one step ahead meaning this won't be an easy capture.
As always I really enjoyed this story, it's always a treat to spend time with Eve and Roarke and characters like Peabody and McNab add plenty of humour to what could be quite a dark story thanks to the gruesome murders. There isn't much development in Eve's various relationships in this one since it's shorter than normal but there were a couple of stand out moments between her and Mira and also with Roarke that make this well worth reading before moving onto the next full length book in the series.
Interlude in Death :
(Read: February 2019, Rating 4*)
Interlude In Death is available either as an individual ebook, or, as a bind up in print or ebook, that also includes the novella Midnight in Death. I read it as part of the bind up but I've reviewed both stories separately as I read them months apart so I could read the whole In Death series in order.
In Interlude in Death we see Eve and Roarke travel off planet so that Eve can host a seminar at a police conference. It would already be her idea of hell just for the journey but add in public speaking and having to socialise and Eve really isn't happy about the whole deal. It's made even worse when a well respected Commander offers her a promotion, all she would have to do is help him convict her husband. Commander Skinner has seriously underestimated Eve though, nothing would convince her to betray Roarke and the minute it looks like someone is setting him up to take the fall for a murder Eve goes into full on Lieutenant mode. Nothing will stop her from solving this case, even if she does have to work against one of her own to do it.
Even with the shorter novellas in this series J.D. Robb manages to write stories that have me hooked from beginning to end. Eve and Roarke are such a fantastic team and there are some wonderfully heartfelt moments between them in this story where they are both forced to face some uncomfortable facts about their fathers. It was great that Feeney, Peabody and Mira were also attending the conference and that they all instantly had Eve and Roarke's back too. We all know Roarke has a chequered past but nobody believes he would risk Eve's career by committing cold blooded murder, not unless her life was in danger anyway! Another great story in this series that left me wanting more.
Midnight in Death :
(Read: October 2018, Rating 4*)
Midnight in Death is a novella set almost immediately after the end of Holiday in Death. Eve has just solved one major case and now she's hoping to enjoy what's left of the holidays with Roarke. Unfortunately for them both a serial killer has just escaped from prison and the first targets on his list are the people who helped put him behind bars - which includes both Eve and Mira. Eve is going to have to work fast if she wants to save her friend and Roarke isn't going to leave his wife to face this danger alone. Not when she's still recovering from her last case.
This may be shorter than most of the stories in this series but J.D. Robb doesn't skimp on the amount of danger that Eve faces as she tries to bring a murderer to justice, in fact this case is even more personal than most when one of her very few friends, Mira, becomes a target. This serial killer is even more sadistic than most and likes to take his time torturing his victims but even though they know who they are looking for he always seems to be one step ahead meaning this won't be an easy capture.
As always I really enjoyed this story, it's always a treat to spend time with Eve and Roarke and characters like Peabody and McNab add plenty of humour to what could be quite a dark story thanks to the gruesome murders. There isn't much development in Eve's various relationships in this one since it's shorter than normal but there were a couple of stand out moments between her and Mira and also with Roarke that make this well worth reading before moving onto the next full length book in the series.
Interlude in Death :
(Read: February 2019, Rating 4*)
Interlude In Death is available either as an individual ebook, or, as a bind up in print or ebook, that also includes the novella Midnight in Death. I read it as part of the bind up but I've reviewed both stories separately as I read them months apart so I could read the whole In Death series in order.
In Interlude in Death we see Eve and Roarke travel off planet so that Eve can host a seminar at a police conference. It would already be her idea of hell just for the journey but add in public speaking and having to socialise and Eve really isn't happy about the whole deal. It's made even worse when a well respected Commander offers her a promotion, all she would have to do is help him convict her husband. Commander Skinner has seriously underestimated Eve though, nothing would convince her to betray Roarke and the minute it looks like someone is setting him up to take the fall for a murder Eve goes into full on Lieutenant mode. Nothing will stop her from solving this case, even if she does have to work against one of her own to do it.
Even with the shorter novellas in this series J.D. Robb manages to write stories that have me hooked from beginning to end. Eve and Roarke are such a fantastic team and there are some wonderfully heartfelt moments between them in this story where they are both forced to face some uncomfortable facts about their fathers. It was great that Feeney, Peabody and Mira were also attending the conference and that they all instantly had Eve and Roarke's back too. We all know Roarke has a chequered past but nobody believes he would risk Eve's career by committing cold blooded murder, not unless her life was in danger anyway! Another great story in this series that left me wanting more.
May 28, 2017
Both Midnight & Interlude in death 4 stars
February 15, 2017
4,5*
2 novellas from In Death series.
Midnight in Death is #7,5 and related to a past case happened before the first book, so it gives some insight before Eve met Roarke.
Story is not bad, but a typical..
Interlude in Death is #12,5 and about a grudge to Roarke. I like this one more, and hence 4,5*. This story is more about Roarke than Eve and it also gives hint for future books.
In allmost all books I love how characters evolved, their relationships between them, the love, the lust, friendship, humour, puzzle etc.
This series is always an easy and joy read for me.
2 novellas from In Death series.
Midnight in Death is #7,5 and related to a past case happened before the first book, so it gives some insight before Eve met Roarke.
Story is not bad, but a typical..
Interlude in Death is #12,5 and about a grudge to Roarke. I like this one more, and hence 4,5*. This story is more about Roarke than Eve and it also gives hint for future books.
In allmost all books I love how characters evolved, their relationships between them, the love, the lust, friendship, humour, puzzle etc.
This series is always an easy and joy read for me.
September 26, 2018
Love both stories. Would like to read more of the book series.
January 20, 2020
Half only
January 28, 2020
Great to have a shorter version of JD Robb’s novels. Enjoyed both stories.
May 9, 2020
Two very different murderers both out for vengeance.
In Midnight a convicted serial killer escapes returns to New York and Eve Dallas.to get revenge on the people responsible for his arrest.and conviction. One of the most vicious, evil men Eve has ever dealt with is going through his list torturing and killing, leaving Eve for last, that is unless she can find him first. In Interlude, while at a seminar Eve and Roarke run into a Police legend, one of the most decorated officers with a perfect 50 year service record. He approaches Eve with an outrageous offer, Captains bars if she will help him to bring down Roarke. Obviously Eve rejects the offer and that's when the bodies start to appear. Somebody's trying to make it appear as if Roarke is killing people. Eve knows this.is not true but she only has a short amount of time to find the real.killer before the authorities arrive and take over.
In Midnight a convicted serial killer escapes returns to New York and Eve Dallas.to get revenge on the people responsible for his arrest.and conviction. One of the most vicious, evil men Eve has ever dealt with is going through his list torturing and killing, leaving Eve for last, that is unless she can find him first. In Interlude, while at a seminar Eve and Roarke run into a Police legend, one of the most decorated officers with a perfect 50 year service record. He approaches Eve with an outrageous offer, Captains bars if she will help him to bring down Roarke. Obviously Eve rejects the offer and that's when the bodies start to appear. Somebody's trying to make it appear as if Roarke is killing people. Eve knows this.is not true but she only has a short amount of time to find the real.killer before the authorities arrive and take over.
October 27, 2014
Just finished the second and final short story in this collection. This time the action takes place on Olympus, Roarke's off planet resort. The occasion a police convention. The key note speaker an old time cop who retired after 50 years but he has a secret. He hates Roarke and is determined to ruin him. His first misstep is to offer a bribe to Eve by telling her he would make her a Police Chief if she would help him take down Roarke. He has old fashioned views on women and the action starts here.
The action is compelling and a new character introduced. The Chief of Police on Olympus. Hope she features in future.
Will not say more or else I would give away the plot.
The action is compelling and a new character introduced. The Chief of Police on Olympus. Hope she features in future.
Will not say more or else I would give away the plot.
February 23, 2016
I give the overall series a 4. Some books are better than others, naturally. This is an omnibus version with five books. The series is best read in order, but it is not required.
April 25, 2015
The second novella I have read which was not as good as the first. Still a good insight to off-planetary travel and Rourke's ever expanding business dealings.
August 10, 2025
4.5⭐️
June 20, 2009
in Three in Death collection
August 17, 2013
Espetacularmente bom... já em marcha para ler o proximo!!! ADORO!!!
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