Customer Reviews
Eve is my not-so-guilty pleasure - By: L. J. Roberts, 09 Jan 2009 
First Sentence: At the mass of the dead, the priest placed the wafer of unleavened bread & the cheap red wine on the linen corporal draping the alter.
Performing communion can be deadly. At least it was to the priest officiating at a funeral service. One sip of from the chalice & he is dead.
One other small problem; as Eve investigates, she discovers he's not really a priest either. Instead he is someone who appeared five years prior claiming to be, & having had facial surgery, a priest who now can't be found. Eve has to determine whether the missing priest or the impersonator was the target & who is the killer.
Robb/Roberts has not lost her touch all these books later. She still knows how to grab the reader from the very beginning & keep you going until the very end. She creates great characters & sharp, crisp, often funny dialogue that you can hearin your head & sometimes even want to read out loud.
Eve is one of my favorite female characters. She is tough, smart, somewhat socially awkward and, I'm happy to say, starting to recover from the abuse of her childhood. There are some rather graphic intimate scenes, which can be skimmed over, but also show the less tough, more vulnerable side of Eve. Her husband, Roark, Is involvedin this story, but less actively thanin the past.
Sense of time & place is very well done. The story is set just far enoughin the future to allow for imaginative technologyin electronic devices & transportation. Still, it doesn't ignore that some things continue onin time such as a woman baking bread from scratch as her grandmother once did.
The story is very well plotted. Dealing with the Catholic Church & religion could be uncomfortable or preachy, but Robb doesn't go down either of those paths. Instead it is used to demonstrate the questions of good & faith sometimes conflicting with the law, but also the desire for some to do what is right.
Lest you mistake a book written by Robb/Roberts as being light, be assured it is not. White there are moments of humor, the story is a solid police procedural with the objective always being to obtain justice for the dead.
For me, this is a great series. As long as Robb continues to write them, I'll continue to read them.
Couldn't read it fast enough !!! - By: C. smith, 01 Dec 2008 Eve is back ! If a fan of thein death series there is a certain expectation of what's to come. This book does not disappoint, had to finish itin one sitting!! Just when you think it's all sorted; wham a cracking twist to the tale starts the pulses going again.There's religon,trust ,family, lust,love & obsession all mixedin to make this an absorbing read.
Fantastic!!! - By: Keeley Smith, 17 Nov 2008 The In Death series are fantastic books. I pray they never end. Each one takes you through the rollercoaster ride with Eve & Roarke. Salvationin Death is the 27th bookin the series.The book starts with the death of a priest & Eve the brilliant homicide cop needs to find the killer. There are twists & turns like you wouldn't believe. For the ladies Roarke is the ultimate reason why you should read this book with his good looks & Irish charm you cant go wrong. It still had me guessing at the end! I could not put this book down & read itin a day. I am now excitedly waiting for the new book to come out.
For those of you who have not read any J.D Robb books yet you need to buy Nakedin Death. This will hook you from the start.
One of the best "In death" - books so far - a must read - By: norarobertsismyqueen, 08 Nov 2008 Warning - spoiler
"Salvationin Death" number 27in the In Death - series is one of the best so far. There are two cases (one especially seizing), Eve & Roarke at their top & a lot of Peabody, McNabb & co. - so there's all a good "In Death"- book needs.
"Salvationin Death" starts with the murder (through poison) of a catholic priest during mass. The priest, a highly appraised member of the community, seems to have no enemies & besides the church no real family. He cared especially about the youthsin his community & every member of the church looked up to him. But when the autopsy of his body brings some old scars & a covered tatoo to light, Eve starts to realize that the priest may have some dark secretsin his past. And when the tatoo points to a ruthless gang of youths that terrorized the peoplein the community years ago Eve is no longer convinced that the priest really was the one who he posed to be.
When another religious leader is killedin a similar way Eve & her team have to investigate if there is a serieal killer on the hunt or if this cases have nothing to do with each other.
Especially the first murder case is gripping & up until the end you don't really know the reasons for the murder. Case two is interesting as well & both show the reader that under the cover all can be different & that humans are expertsin being pretenders. The combination of the church & Eve is really interesting & Eve is at her best although she is unsure about how to handle the catholic rituals & all that is going onin a church. But with her approach to respect people for what they do & not for what they are Eve handles the situation without too many complications.
In this In Death Eve really seems to get a better grip about how to handle her past & I felt really happy when reading this. Roarke & she are hot as always & Roarke has some funny moments for which I adore him even more. He is there for her when certain aspects of the case trouble her but she is also there for him when he has to fight with some bad memories of his past. They just are a perfect team & I can't wait to read more of them & how they try to handle themselves & the relationships with their friends (especially Louise's & Charle's upcoming wedding) .
Allin all this is a "classic" In Death - book that enthrals the reader from the first moment right to the end.
So enjoy your copy of this fabulous book.
S.M.
