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This sounds like two previous booksConspiracy: Paper flowers reminds me of the case where Eve was suspended. Didn't one of the sidewalk sleepers make paper flowers?
Concealed: Roarke's building is going to have a lot of Roarke and Eve time. He will take the crime personally.
Can't wait.
Sharon wrote: "This sounds like two previous booksConspiracy: Paper flowers reminds me of the case where Eve was suspended. Didn't one of the sidewalk sleepers make paper flowers?
Concealed: Roarke's building ..."
No the first one was Loyalty and that was where Eve lost a cop friend to Cassandra
Seth wrote: "No the first one was Loyalty and that was where Eve lost a cop friend to Cassandra.."No it is Conspiracy. "And Snooks he sells his paper flowers sometimes, and we get some brew or smoke and mind our own business."
I'm surprised you don't remember this one. I could have sworn you commented on Eve losing her badge in previous posts.
Sharon wrote: "Seth wrote: "No the first one was Loyalty and that was where Eve lost a cop friend to Cassandra.."No it is Conspiracy. "And Snooks he sells his paper flowers sometimes, and we get some brew or sm..."
More like I avoid both that book and Loyalty by choice, y'all may not agree with me, but 1999 was not a very good era for Nora Roberts.
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WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 1
1. So…maybe the vid is not so bad if it gets you the proper coffee order.
2. Roarke is a popular man in several departments.
3. We get an IHP update (and I’m not going to spell out the acronym)
THURSDAY, SEPT 2
1. He may now be legit, but Roarke can still admire talent on the other side.
2. Mamas do, indeed, have their GD ways.
3. Reinforcement that at least the Icove vid will bring out the good coffee. Plus it’s never going to end since the Red Horse Legacy is making the rounds.
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I have to buy the In Death books and audios. I need the ebook because I highlight and make notes throughout. I save two credits for Feb and Sept releases because I listen to this series over and over again.
I can't figure out IHP. My brain must have shut down this morning.
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I didn't think about that, but it is a good guess. Peabody is probably driving Eve crazy.
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I want to say Home/House Progress but I can't think what the "I" would stand for.
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Maybe it is Inside House Project since it is an inside remodel.
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I don't want to really be a downer on this, but Faithless was probably her best work on this series, I'm having this nagging feeling that this installment will be average at best.
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Keep guessing! lol
Could it have something to do with Mavis' baby in the oven. Or maybe Irish something to do with Roarke.
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I definitely stands for idiot in my case because I can't remember. I guess I didn't pick up on it. ...... Now I need to go reread it again. Oh darn... :)
They succeeded in sparking interest ( not that it is needed in this group). Now that I know it is Eve talking, idiot must be the first word.
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Yay! Happy reading or listening! I loved it.
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Will start tomorrow. Got ebook and audio
Just got mine, yet behind due to work, engagement & not enough hours in my day! Miss you guys & gals & mos def miss cozying up to some new In Death. Hopefully, I will have time by the 19th. LOL, I couldn't remember if I read Confessions & so I started re-reading it & time thing again!I will not 'Forget' to read it just gotta get to previous - after the
"Re-Read!" I miss books & reading soooo much 🤗😥
IHP solved. I'm not sure why I didn't figure it out. Only half-way through, and loving it. I had a migraine yesterday which but the brakes on reading.
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I had a migraine yesterday which but the brakes on reading."
I know, right?? Out of the mouth of Eve! LOL
I finished. I loved it as usual. I will get the audio and listen soon.
I just got my audio cy. I've always enjoyed the ID books and look forward to a "visit" with Eve & Roarke. And this book is even better than I expected. Am about a third of the way through and loving it. Enjoy!
Did anyone get the hc? Is the poster cool?
finished it earlier this morning, but I'm planning on doing a reread of it next week.
Finished and loved it.
Going to collect my paper copy from the shop tomorrow. We are in Lockdown (eleven weeks and counting) so I have ordered it online and can collect it from the door of the shop. The things we have to do when even the library is closed.
I was disappointed to be 18th in line for this book at my library, even when placing a hold before the release date. With a 21 day loan I would have been waiting a long time!! But, I was very excited when I looked on Scribd, not expecting to find Forgotten in Death and there it was! It took me a couple of books, but now I really enjoy the ID audibles, Susan Ericksen does a great job.
So good to have Roarke and Eve back. I've missed them.
Finished. I enjoyed it as much as usual - once I start I can never put her books down!
I just finished this and I have to say this was a great installment. One of the more enjoyable recent ones.-I loved that there were two very different cases.
-I loved that Eve managed to not only send the murderers to justice but also went a little extra mile for each of her victims and got them some additional vindication from wrongs done to them while they were alive.
-I loved the little seed JDR planted about (view spoiler). I have a feeling that seed is going to sprout down the line and we'll hear more about that.
Tina wrote: "I just finished this and I have to say this was a great installment. One of the more enjoyable recent ones.-I loved that there were two very different cases.
-I loved that Eve managed to not only..."
What an interesting idea....there are a few characters I wouldn't mind meeting again in another book. I loved the book.
Tina wrote: "I just finished this and I have to say this was a great installment. One of the more enjoyable recent ones.-I loved that there were two very different cases.
-I loved that Eve managed to not only..."
I loved all those things too. I was curious about the spoiler you posted. I wondered if that was a tease.
Just started it today I’m on the lookout for the abbreviation! If I know I’ll be excited!! So excited to crack it!
I still haven't figured out IHP -- any more tips.
Mdy wrote: "I still haven't figured out IHP -- any more tips."You will know it as soon as you read the sentence.
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We were really close with IHP!
Jonetta wrote: "Just finished and loved it, even though I figured out the mystery of the body in the wall early on. Interview was fun. We were really close with IHP!"
OK....for the rest of us....where are the clues to IHP????
Jonetta wrote: "Just finished and loved it, even though I figured out the mystery of the body in the wall early on. Interview was fun. We were really close with IHP!"
I loved it too. You were close with the IHP.
Then Eve is summoned away to a nearby building site to view more remains—in this case decades old, adorned with gold jewelry and fine clothing—unearthed by recent construction work. She isn’t happy when she realizes that the scene of the crime belongs to her husband, Roarke—not that it should surprise her, since the Irish billionaire owns a good chunk of New York. Now Eve must enter a complex world of real estate development, family history, shady deals, and shocking secrets to find justice for two women whose lives were thrown away…
May/June 2061
Settings
New York City, New York
Hudson Valley, New York
23 Chapters
Epilogue
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.
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 Jenkinson: On Eve's squad. Wears awful ties and is Reineke’s partner.
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.
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.
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.
Non Recurring Characters
Alva Quirk: aka Alva Elliot. Murder victim.
Bolton Kincade Singer: President and CEO of Singer Family Developers and the construction site where Alva’s body was found.
Lilith Singer: Bolton’s wife.
Harmony Singer: Bolton’s oldest daughter. She’s CFO of Singer Family Developers and married to Justin. They have a daughter, Marvi.
Marvinia Kincade Singer: Bolton’s mother. Founder of Open Hearts, a nonprofit.
J. Bolton (J. B.) Singer: Bolton’s father, Elinor’s son.
Elinor Bolton Singer: Bolton’s grandmother.
Sheridon Fitzwalter: Elinor’s head housekeeper.
Jim Mackie: Construction job boss for Roarke at the Hudson Valley project. .
Paul Gerardi: Demolition expert and project supervisor for Singer Family Developers, an urban development company.
Zelda Diller: Bolton’s secretary.
Chloe Enster: Landscape designer on the Singer project.
Deke Enster: Chloe’s brother. They’re partners.
Danika Isler: Head architect for Singer.
Carmine Delgato: Plumber for the Singer project.
Angelina Delgato: Carmine’s wife.
Yuri Bardov: Partnered with Singer Developers on the River View project. He’s head of Bardov Construction and a Russian mobster.
Marta Bardov: Yuri’s wife and Alexei’s aunt.
Alexei Tovinski: Works for Bardov as chief structural engineer. He’s also his wife’s nephew.
Jamal Dell: Along with his brother and cousins, landlord for the building where Delgato lived.
Koby Dell: Jamal’s brother.
Trent Elliot: Alva’s younger brother.
Chantal Elliot: Alva’s younger sister.
Allysa Gray: Woman who helped with Alva’s new identity.
Garrett Wicker: Alva’s ex-husband.
Dima Ilyin: Yuri Bardov’s personal lawyer.
Michael Breathed: Criminal defense attorney.
Indina Cross: Criminal defense attorney who works for Breathed.
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Spoiler Info
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The dead woman found in the bricked-in cellar was Johara Murr. She was Bolton’s first love when he was pursuing music. She got pregnant but left him to seek approval from her family. She sent him a letter saying she was staying away and would give the baby up for adoption. We later learned that Elinor had visited her parents and convinced them to talk her into giving up the baby, which they did. But Johara went to live with an aunt and the two of them changed her mind. She contacted Elinor in an effort to get her to accept her and the baby. Elinor had her come to New York and met at the site. She shot her and made J. B. wall her in. Bolton sold the property to Roarke without first consulting her.
Tovinski killed Alva because she saw him and Carmine stealing from the company. Carmine lost it when he saw Tovinski kill her so he later killed him. He was also embezzling from Yuri. He also had three mistresses and three children by them (one on the way). He took a deal to avoid retribution from Yuri. He got two life sentences, no chance for parole, with a new identity.
Alva was a battered wife and escaped, getting a new identity. She kept notebooks, some that documented all the years of abuse by her husband. Eve got him 10 years in jail. (hide spoiler)]