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Divided in death

Nora Roberts

579 pages

A razor-sharp blend of futuristic grit and passionate romance, where a hardened detective races against a ticking technological clock.

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What it feels like

Reading this installment feels like stepping into a sleek, neon-lit future where the shadows are just as dangerous as they are today. The narrative moves with a propulsive, ticking-clock energy, balancing the gritty, hard-boiled mechanics of a complex murder investigation with the deeply intimate, passionate dynamic between a fiercely competent detective and her enigmatic partner. The prose is punchy and dialogue-driven, crackling with sharp banter and high-stakes tension. It is an atmosphere soaked in suspense and technological paranoia, yet anchored by themes of unwavering loyalty and the pursuit of justice. This is a perfect fit for readers who love their police procedurals laced with intense romance, dark conspiracies, and a heroine who never backs down from a fight.

Mood
  • tense
  • neon-lit
  • passionate
  • atmospheric
Tone
  • gritty
  • pragmatic
  • suspenseful
  • sharp
Pace
propulsive
Themes
trust and betrayal · burden of justice · technological paranoia · loyalty and partnership
The writing
Punchy and dialogue-driven, the writing crackles with sharp banter and hard-boiled grit while leaving room for intense emotional intimacy.
The arc
The journey shifts from the cold shock of intimate betrayal to a high-stakes, unified fight to uncover a deadly conspiracy.
Who it's for
Readers who crave fierce, competent heroines, high-stakes murder mysteries, and deeply established, passionate romantic partnerships.
Content notes
  • murder
  • infidelity
  • violence
  • cyber-terrorism

About the book

21# Eve Dallas Investigation In Death

Found alone on the streets as a child, Eve Dallas has built a new identity and a new future as a cop. Now the hard-edged and coolheaded detective fights for truth and justice, but she still has one very human weakness-enigmatic Irish billionaire, Roarke. And when a trusted employee of Roarke Enterprises is a suspect in a double-homicide, Roarke comes to Eve for help.

Killing was too good for him. She wanted him to beg and plead like the gutter rat he was she wanted him to bleed and screamonly then the bastard could die. A slow, withering, agonizing death. Nobody, cheated on Reva Ewing. Reva was a former member of the Secret Service, and now a security specialist for Roarke Enterprises-until she was found standing over the dead bodies of her husband, renowned artist Blair Bissel, and her best friend. She is the prime suspect in a double homicide - accused of killing her adulterous husband and his lover - the woman Reva thought was her best friend.

But despite having every reason for wanting both of them dead, Reva protests her innocence and Lieutenant Eve Dallas believes her. Eve believes there was more to the killing than jealous rage, at the time of the murders all of Bissel's computer files were deliberately corrupted. At the time of the murders, Reva's husband's computer system was also sabotaged. To Roarke, it's the computer attack that poses the real threat. Roarke Industries have been working on a top secret government contract to develop a program that would shield against a new breed of hackers. The Doomsday Group are techno-terrorists who attack systems, steal data, and corrupt computer units on a large scale - and they kill anyone who gets too close. It's up to Lieutenant Eve Dallas to shut them down before the nightmare can spread to the whole country.

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