I really like this series and look forward to a new one every six months. It there an estimate on how long the saga will go on for? The characters of Eve and Rourke are involving and complex but *sigh* I know it can't go on forever

i love them
actually i love all Nora Roberts books, but In Death is my favorite series.

oh this is great! I was thinking...man, am I reading the most unpopular book series ever with no replys, lol.

Eve & Rourke are really amazing characters. I wondered if they would even attempt a movie on one of the books and who would play them.

superstringtheory there was some more back and forth in an earlier thread: Nora Roberts new book

I actually went to her site as well hoping for a little more on how long she was going to continue to write with the series but *alas* no

It will be interesting if Eve & Rourke decide to start a family

I love this series, I don't know if you went to this site or not but they talk of this series to Death

http://adwoff.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi

It's a pretty good board and Nora posts on it

Bump from the dead!

So my sister in law is a big fan of this series, and has loaned me some of the books. Is there a good reading order available? The one on the official site looks to be wrong (Midnight is listed as number 5 and number 25), and there are novellas thrown in along the way as well. The first 24 or so seem to match on most lists that I've seen, but after that it seems to get confusing.

Naked in Death (1995)
Glory in Death (1996)
Immortal in Death (1996)
Rapture in Death (1996)
Ceremony in Death (1997)
Vengeance in Death (1997)
Holiday in Death (1998)
Midnight in Death (1998) [novella]
Conspiracy in Death (1999)
Loyalty in Death (1999)
Witness in Death (2000)
Judgment in Death (2000)
Betrayal in Death (2001)
Interlude in Death (2001) [novella]
Seduction in Death (2001)
Reunion in Death (2002)
Purity in Death (2002)
Portrait in Death (2003)
Imitation in Death (2003)
Remember When (2003)
Divided in Death (2004)
Visions in Death (2004)
Survivor in Death (2005)
Origin in Death (2005)
Memory in Death (2006)
Haunted in Death (2006) [novella]
Born in Death (2006)
Innocent in Death (2007)
Eternity in Death (2007) [novella]
Creation in Death (2007)
Strangers in Death (2008)
Salvation in Death (2008)
Promises in Death (2009)
Kindred in Death (??)

Thanks, that is exactly what I was looking for. It's actually a better list than appears on her website.

Welcome!

I read (and reviewed) one of them a couple years ago... I can't remember which one, since the titles are so generic. It was better than I expected it would be, but not enough so to motivate me to read any more. But they're certainly quite popular.

Basically a romance novelist masquerading as a mystery novelist. Bland and generic. Mediocre writing. For people who like James Patterson. Not for people who like Michael Connelly, Ian Rankin or George Pelacanos.

And what if you like James Patterson and Michael Connelly, as I do? Although if you click the link in my signature, you'll see what I have thought about most of Patterson's more recent work.

I'll give it a try, but I am not expecting much.

I find it hard to believe someone could like both-Connelly is a very good writer, good characterization, dialogue, sense of place. Patterson's books read like an outline for a book-bland writing, dialogue, characterization is non existent. Connelly is like Goodfellas, Patterson is like a Lifetime network movie.

I know plenty of people who like both Connelly and Patterson. I consider Connelly to be the superior writer, of course, but that's not to say that Patterson (et al) doesn't occasionally produce an entertaining work.

Still, few match up to Connelly in my judgment. Looking forward to cracking open The Scarecrow.

IMO, Patterson is fast paced, but Connelly got more depth. I enjoy books from both of them.