Fantasy in Death

Product Description

In the latest novel from #1 New York Times-bestselling author J.D. Robb, it is game over for the criminals pursued by NYPSD Lieutenant Eve Dallas. Bart Minnock, founder of the computer-gaming giant U-Play, enters his private playroom, and eagerly can't wait to lose himself in an imaginary world, to play the role of a sword-wielding warrior king, in his company's latest top-secret project, Fantastical. The next morning, he is found in the same locked room, in a pool of blood, his head separated from his body. It is the most puzzling case Eve Dallas has ever faced, and it is not a game. . . . NYPSD Lieutenant Eve Dallas is having as much trouble figuring out how Bart Minnock was murdered as who did the murdering. The victim's girlfriend seems sincerely grief-stricken, and his quirky-but-brilliant partners at U-Play appear equally shocked. No one seemed to have a prob­lem with the enthusiastic, high-spirited millionaire. Of course, success can attract jealousy, and gaming, like any business, has its fierce rivalries and dirty tricks-as Eve's husband, Roarke, one of U- Play's competitors, knows well. But Minnock was not naive, and quite capable of fighting back in the real world as well as the virtual one. Eve and her team are about to enter the next level of police work, in a world where fantasy is the ultimate seduction-and the price of defeat is death. . . .

Product Details

  • Author: J.D. Robb
  • Publication Date: 2010-02-23
  • Publisher: Putnam Adult
  • Product Group: Book
  • Manufacturer: Putnam Adult
  • Binding: Hardcover, 368 pages
  • Features:
    • ISBN13: 9780399156243
    • Condition: New
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  • Item Dimensions:
    • Dimensions: 950L x 625W x 124H
    • Weight: 124
  • Package Dimensions:
    • Dimensions: 880L x 620W x 140H
    • Weight: 125
  • List Price: $26.95
  • ISBN: 0399156240
  • ASIN: 0399156240

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Customer Reviews

Average Amazon User Rating: 4.0 stars

5 stars Fantasy In Death Book on CD 2010-07-30

Reviewer: William G. Smrek

My wife loves these stories. Thanks for the book on CD. It was exactly as advertized.

5 stars its Nora, nuff said... 2010-07-25

Reviewer: carrottop

all books by this author are great...i have quite a collection and plan on continueing to collect...

4 stars A classic takes on the future 2010-07-19

Reviewer: Ariel Johnson

Robb always delivers, but this was not my favorite "In Death" book. The story is a classic locked-door mystery. You figure out HOW the victim is killed a few hundred pages before Eve does, but the WHO isn't completely obvious. I felt that this book was disappointment in its lack of character development and interpersonal relationships. Additionally, this isn't a mystery that sucks you in and grips you. I just sort of sat back and waited for it to finish. A fun, mindless treat, as most of Nora Robberts novels are, but this is not one you will remember.

2 stars so so... 2010-07-12

Reviewer: M. Au

As a fan, I have bought and read all the books in this series. I find myself bored with this book. This book follows the same formula as previous books, in which, Eve caught a case, try to solve it, and try to handle her personal life in between. After the first 20 books, I began to get tired of Eve and her workaholic ways. The relationship between Eve and Roarke just seems so one way. As the series comes along, Roarke bends over backwards to fit into Eve's life, while Eve continue to be a bitch just because she has a difficult past, and "it's her way or the highway" attitude. I can't say I understand sexual abuse and the torment that follows, but after close to 30 books, I say there should be some kind of peace for Eve and it should stop being a motive that drives Eve or the excuse that made Eve the unbendable bitch. And while Roarke rhapsodizes how Eve changed/filled his life, I failed to see how Eve reciprocates that feeling since she's all about the case and torments of her past. Oh yeah, sometimes she would realize how lucky she is to have Roarke when he begs or strong-armed her into a meal together, but then she snarks about it. Why does she have to snark at everything and everyone? About relashionship/marriage..snark, about friendship...snark, about her partner...snark, her case...snark...ahhhhhh....

Maybe I'm getting burned out by this series. I mean, reading 20 something books straight would probably do that I guess. Maybe the quality of the story has lessened because my annoyance with the characters, with Eve particularly, is much more noticeable in this latest book. Whatever the case, I think I'm heading for the library for the next one instead of buying a copy for myself.

5 stars Fantastic 2010-06-15

Reviewer: Anonymous Book Worm

As always, J.D. Robb's Fantasy series drew me right in and I couldn't put the book down. Eve and Rourke are fascinating characters and it has been fun watching Eve's personal life change and grow. She is slowing realizing how important real relationships are and has reluctantly formed many amazing especially with her husband. I look forward to the day when Eve and Roarke actually take the leap and become parents. I think it will be hilarious to watch Eve handle becoming a parent; she will be scared and very protective from the start. And of course, following along with Eve's keen mind during cases is captivating reading and this particular book was enjoyable and imaginative in the world of technology and murder.