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Title: Remember When by Nora Roberts, J. D. Robb ISBN: 0-425-19547-3 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: April, 2004 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.48 (42 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Co-authors out-do "themselves" -- romantic thriller & cops
Comment: The idea for this book was sensationally clever, and the best part is that the story does nothing to diminish the sparkling entertainment for which we had hoped! Roberts give us a romantic thriller in Part I -- featuring small town antique store owner Laine Tavish. Daughter of con man and thief Jack O'Hara, she makes a straight life for herself after nearly following in dad's footsteps. When insurance investigator Max Gannon visits her shop hunting for stolen diamonds, he finds not only clues but instant love with the lovely Ms. Tavish. Together they stave off the bad guys, mostly one Alex Crew, and recover most of the gems in a suspenseful plot.
JD Robb, author of the "In Death" series featuring NYPD homicide Lt. Eve Dallas, takes over in Part II. Almost half a century later, she is called to a murder scene at the house of O'Hara's granddaughter, author of a popular book about the missing diamonds. Soon Eve, with help as usual from hubby Roarke and sidekick (now fellow detective) Peabody, is headlong into both the new murders as well as hunting for the diamonds. Meanwhile, it seems Alex Crew's descendents may be trying to gain what is their "due", setting up a race to the finish that keeps we readers doing the same thing!
We're devoted fans of Robb but had never read "Roberts" before. We had no doubt the popular author was inventive, and that she carries the co-author charade to the extent of two pictures on the back cover tells of her own humor and lust for life. For Eve Dallas fans, this novel is an incredible treat; and for those Robert's fans who haven't met her, enjoy!
Rating: 4
Summary: Very good romance/mystery
Comment: I've been reading Nora Roberts for nearly as long as she's been writing, and have enjoyed seeing her talent grow as a writer. Here, she combines both her personas/aliases into one book. Part one is more standard romantic suspense; Part Two is the futuristic detective mystery featuring Eve Dallas. The entire story centers around a diamond heist, and the stones that were stolen. I found myself reading more for the mystery element and found the occasional bits of steamy hot sex to be mildly distracting. If you're familiar with Ms. Roberts work under either her own name or her pseudonym of J.D. Robb, you'll probably be satisfied with this book. If you've never read her before, this isn't one I'd necessarily recommend as a "starter" - Part Two relies heavily, I think, on prior knowledge of Eve Dallas and her world, and so some characters aren't as fully fleshed out in Part Two as they are in Part One.
While the mystery/suspense portions are fairly simple (I figured out who was the Big Bad fairly early in the book), the writing remains Ms. Roberts's typical style - that is, her characters act and talk like real people; she's not afraid to use pop culture to flesh out her world; the sex isn't written in such purple prose that you laugh out loud at the descriptions, nor is it so descriptively pornographic that you're offended [though this is definitely a PG-15 book with the descriptions of blood, violence, and sex]; and overall, it's a fairly enjoyable reading.
What I didn't like, and what keeps this from being a 5 star review, is the sheer length of the story. Some of the scenes dragged on too long, some of the descriptions for the characters were unnecessary (Peabody seemed to take more center stage than she should have, which I would find distracting if I didn't understand there's a story arc with her through the other Eve Dallas stories), and the Bad Guys were cardboard villians. Additionally, the ending felt flat, too Hollywood, and I didn't feel like anyone tried too hard to get anything. Nora Roberts did a much better job with thieves, IMO, in one of her older books, and writing as J.D. Robb, I think she did Eve Dallas better when Eve Dallas was newer.
Rating: 4
Summary: The same author, two different styles
Comment: For the longest time, many readers including myself did not know that Nora Roberts and J.D. Robb were the same the same person. This new book "Remember When" combines these two talents together. The book opens up the stealing of diamonds in 2004 and the love between a P.I. and the suspect daughter's The second takes us to the future where once again the diamonds are up for graps and Roarke and Eve Dallas are on the case.
I have to admitt that I enjoyed the second part of the book with Dallas and Roarke than the first half. The action in the first seem to drag and I couldn't wait to get the second half. This is a great book, but the first section did seem a bit slow.
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Title: Divided in Death by J. D. Robb, Nora Roberts ISBN: 0399151540 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 26 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Imitation in Death by J. D. Robb, Nora Roberts ISBN: 0425191583 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 26 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Key of Light by Nora Roberts ISBN: 051513628X Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: 28 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Key of Knowledge by Nora Roberts ISBN: 0515136379 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: 25 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Key of Valor (Roberts, Nora. Key Trilogy, 3.) by Nora Roberts ISBN: 0515136530 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: 30 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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