L'éternité du crime

In Death #25.5

by J.D. Robb

Riche et obsédée par la jeunesse éternelle, Tiara Kent est retrouvée vidée de son sang, arborant d’étranges morsures au cou. Ni une ni deux, le lieutenant Dallas est appelé pour résoudre l’affaire ! Les blessures sur le cadavre orientent rapidement ses soupçons vers l’amant de la défunte, qui ferait apparemment partie d’un sinistre club, dont les adhérents nourrissent une étrange fascination pour les vampires. Plongée au cœur des souterrains de la ville, Eve tente de débusquer le meurtrier avant qu’il ne fasse une autre victime…

Genres: Mystery, Romance, Crime, Romantic Suspense, Futuristic, Audiobook, Fiction

139 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 26, 2007

About the author

J.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. Stolen in Death (St. Martin's Press, February 2026) will be the 62nd entry in the series.

Reviews

[Phrynne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Eternity in Death is one of Robb's shorter novellas in the series - only 93 pages -but those pages were action packed and full of the usual In Death goodness.

There is a bit of the supernatural in this story although Eve soon dispels any of that with her usual pragmatism. Peabody on the other hand provides lots of humour with her requests for garlic, silver crosses and wooden stakes. And of course Roarke is there backing Eve all the way even when she puts herself in danger which of course he hates.

I am not normally a fan of novellas but J.D. Robb knows how to bring them home! Short but sweet - I really enjoyed it!

[Karla · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.75 stars**

For a novella it was really good! Peabody had me laughing actually the whole crew did! crazy though, because, this story was kinda of spooky. Perfect for in between books in this series. ❤️

[Kat · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a great IN DEATH novella. Detective Eve Dallas is investigating a killer who drains his victims of blood through puncture wounds in the neck and runs a seedy club in the underground of New York that sensationalizes vampires. This one was especially creepy.

[Ann Lou · Rating 4 out of 5]

For Eve Dallas is all protect and serve even if in this novella the victims are exsanguinated through a two pronged wound through the carotid artery. A vampire bite. Very interesting.

[Anita · Rating 4 out of 5]

Part of the collection of In Death short stories Time of Death. Eternity in Death is a short story about a party girl, Tiara, who wanted eternal beauty and life and thought she had found a way to achieve it. When she is found dead in her apartment is appears that she was done in by a vampire attack. Eve is having nothing to do with that and sets about finding the nutjob who killed her and drained her blood. The path leads to a deep underground club, Bloodbath, and a man who presents himself as the Dark Prince. A Dark Prince who takes a fancy to Eve.

This short story was a great way to pass a spring afternoon. Eve has to deal with the feelings about her father that Dorian brings to the surface. The same evil malevolence Eve knew her father had, is present in Dorian. Roarke, bless him, has to bide his time and let Eve play this one out.

[Canan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Vampir sevdası, ölümsüz olma hayali her çağda aynı sanırım 🙈

[Antonella · Rating 4 out of 5]

these novellas are excellent addition to the series

[Shawna · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars - Romantic Suspense/Futuristic/Mystery/Crime/Romantic Thriller

This was a great novella!

"Eve Dallas, Vampire Slayer. One for the books."

Light killed shadows, and it created them. But what loved the dark would always scuttle back from the light. Her badge had given her the light, Eve knew. Then Roarke had simply, irreversibly, blasted that light straight through her.

[Mara · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a really good example of an In Death novella done well-- we get a fair amount of the series' signature character work alongside a nicely focused little mystery with just enough bumps in the road to keep things interesting

[Wendy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really enjoyed this novella (#25.5) in J.D. Robb's "In Death" series!

[Allison Brennan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was one of those novellas that could have been a full-length book. It had a compelling villain and a lot of potential to be meatier. But for a short, it was great.

[Robin · Rating 4 out of 5]

A socialite is found...dead from exsanguination. Lt. Eve Dallas and Detective Delia Peabody are called to the scene. Tiara Kent looked peaceful if it wasn't for the two holes in her neck. Is there a vampire on the lose? Eve and company infiltrate an underground club called "Bloodbath" to look for clues.

This is a short story in the In Death series. My rating: 4 Stars.

[Sandra Hoover · Rating 4 out of 5]

Eve Dallas & a vampire?! Got to love it! A good, fast novella!

[Lyndi W. · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think this is the first book in this series that hasn't mentioned the busy streets of New York and the smell of grilling soy dogs.

[Christa · Rating 4 out of 5]

This short In Death novella, was original, with its vampire related theme. I enjoyed seeing Eve and her team solve a case in this quick book.

[paige (ptsungirl) · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Monsters didn't want to watch, to be told, they wanted to do. They wanted the smell of the blood."

[Lady Gabriella of Awesomeness (SLOW) · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 Peabody, are you wearing a cross ? Stars



Hilarious,thrilling & Fun, Eternity in death is everything you love about the In death series wrapped into a small thrilling book. You have all your favorite characters making a comeback together on this one ,all to catch a life sucking,blood,sucking Vampire...Yes,Vampire

“I know I say people suck, but I didn't mean it literally.

& Of course you also have lots of tasty bits of enjoying Roarke & Eve through out the book..Which also happened to be My favorite parts of the book & made me majorly faceplam myself at all the awesomeness I was missing bty skipping these little gems novella.

Oh well...Of I go to the next one !

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Eternity In Death is a novella available either as an individual ebook, or, as a bind up in print or ebook, that also includes the novella Haunted in Death. I read it as part of the bind up but I'm reviewing both stories separately as I'm reading the whole In Death series in order and read these stories weeks apart.

This novella sees Eve investigating the murder of a wealthy socialite who died after spending time at an underground nightclub called Bloodbath. The fact that she died of exsanguination with two puncture wounds to her neck has everyone joking about vampires but the charismatic and creepy club owner just adds to the weird vibe around the case.

I love these extra In Death stories, it's always funny to see how the ever logical Eve acts to cases with potential supernatural elements, especially when those around her seem much more willing to believe in the impossible. The murderer here is very skilled at creating a spectacle but Eve knows exactly what she's got to do to catch him in the act.

1st read - August 2019
2nd read - November 2021
3rd read - February 2023

[Aly · Rating 5 out of 5]

What's the price of eternal youth ?

The body of a young woman is found with two bites and drained from its blood. The vampire j0kes doesn't take long to come to mind for Eve Dallas' coworkers because the lieutenant is far too practical to believe in these nonsense. It's still a weird case with circumstances like they've never seen before but even with all that Eve already experienced in her work, the villain still gave her the chills and she'll take a big risk to trap the murderer.

I'm a fan of the In Death series and I read more than the some forty books but it's only recently that I began to read the novellas and I must say I didn't expect to appreciate them as much as the regular books but I'm so glad I was wrong. Eternity in Death was particularly good because of the playing between reality and fiction and it showed a different side of Eve that we doesn't see often. It's always fascinating to see how she think and how she'll trap the culprit.

[Lena · Rating 3 out of 5]

When Baxter handed Eve a pointed stake before the take down, you knew how shit was going to go down.

[J. Kenner · Rating 5 out of 5]

Should have waited until Halloween to re-read this one! Would have loved it to be longer, but Eve and Roark and vampires…???? I’ll take whatever I can get!

[Aly is so frigging bored · Rating 4 out of 5]

1st read 16 September 2013

2nd read 18-19 January 2016
The dude was very || with reality

[Carolyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Creepy!

[Mo · Rating 3 out of 5]

A short book - one of the '.5' novella books in the series - not even sure how many of them there are. I listened to the audible - JD/Nora is very lucky that she has Susan Eriksen as a narrator - she is excellent.

A little bit far-fetched, maybe, with a 'vampire' theme ... not really my thing.


Roarke and Eve - seriously, what's not to love about them?

“You haven’t read the marriage handbook, footnotes. It’s another woman who does that sort of thing. I believe I’m allowed to be more blunt, then ask if you’d like a quick shag.”

“Shag yourself,” she said and made him laugh. “But thanks anyway.”

“Offer’s always on the table.”

“Yeah, yeah, and the floor, in the closet, or on the front stairs. Time to work, ace, not to play.”

[Lauren · Rating 5 out of 5]

Eternity in Death
5 Stars

It is very rare for me to give such a high rating to a novella, but Eternity in Death is more than worthy.

The dark and disturbing nature of the underground club scene creates a spine tingling atmosphere, which is only strengthened by a villain so evil and twisted that he makes one's skin crawl.

The intensity of the final scenes is literally breathtaking, and there are moments that one truly fears for Eve, not physically as it is clear that she survives, but mentally as she is forced to face her deepest fears once again.

Roarke is, as always, a rock that Eve can rely on, and their relationship is constantly growing and strengthening. Looking forward to the next full length installment.

[Kris (My Novelesque Life) · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 STARS

"When club-hopping bad girl Tiara Kent is found dead in her plush Manhattan apartment, the killing has all the earmarks of a vampire attack. The ever-practical Lieutenant Eve Dallas has to deal with superstitious cops carrying garlic and stakes, as well as the ever-hysterical press. None of the wealthy young victim’s friends seem to know much about the Dark Prince she has been secretly seeing. The chase to stop him before he kills again will lead Eve and her team into areas of the city that not even the most intrepid cop wants to visit, and into the very heart of darkness." (From Amazon)

I did not care for the vampire thing and kind of brought the novella down for me.

[Connie N. · Rating 4 out of 5]

#24.5 in the In Death series

Another winner in this wonderful series. This is a brief episode following the death of a rich young woman who seemingly died from a vampire bite. When they delve into the underground club called Bloodbath, they discover a whole different world of people who believe in this strange cult. Dorion is a charismatic leader who reminds Eve of her father. Appearances by all of our favorite members of the team.

[Jamie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of the shorter novellas I've read. It was still pretty good. Obviously (well to me it was), we know who did it right off the bat. I love Peabody's reaction to all this stuff. She always makes me laugh. Roarke was involved right from the start as well. I mean who am I kidding. I love all these characters. The fact that I'm still into this series, floors me some days, but I can't get enough of this crew. Eve and Roarke are my go-to couple.

[Paraphrodite · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars.

July 2025 - re-listened.
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Oct 2022 - re-listened (in preparation for the latest Podcast in Death episode). Eve Dallas - Vampire Slayer!
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April 2020 - re-listened during self-isolation.
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Re-listened in Dec 2019

[Venus Blancia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Imagine Dallas, a pragmatist, to combat club catacomb bloodbath for some vampires slash chemi-head illusionists.