Fantasy in Death

In Death, Book 30

By: J. D. Robb

Narrated by: Susan Ericksen

Length: 12 hrs and 50 mins

Publisher's summary

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.

Lt. 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 shocked as well. 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 naïve, and he knew how to fight 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.

Crack another case with Eve Dallas.

©2010 J.D. Robb (P)2010 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Intricate and fun

As always the author has created a story that keeps the reader interested and motivated to keep reading until the end. This book is exactly why I love to read, to escape into a world of intrigue and adventure.

Best book so far

I have the enitre series and Fantasy is by far the best one out of the series. It keeps you guessing whats going to happen and just storyline is really good. Cannot wait for the next book. I wish they made the series in a film or tv show better than Bones or CSI.

When does Virtual Reality end and

the "real world" begin? A growing gaming company has a new game that's a real killer.

Fantasy on Death

I can’t imagine ever getting tired of listening to this series. The narrator is terrific and each book just adds another layer to a wonderful world the author has built.

Dallas does it again!

What about Susan Ericksen’s performance did you like?

Susan Ericksen, in my opinion, is the best narrator that I have ever heard on an audio book. Her vocal characterizations are spot on.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

As with all the books in the series, I planned my days around when I could listen to the book.

Love this series!!

I have been reading on this series it seems like forever and it always delivers. This one was really good!! I love all the characters Eve,Roark, Peabody , McNab all of them. The narrator is superb . I've run out of superlatives.

Friendship and Murder

Friendship and Murder are the theme of this new homicide case for Eve Dallas , Rourke and all the others main and supporting characters in the In Death series.

This story had a very interesting plot ; virtual reality , holograms and their capabilities.

By 2020 and book 30 of continuous timeline series, being written since the 90's, only those who enjoy the books will be at this point ; therefore , saying that Susan Ericksen had done a great job as a narrator is a given.

Wait..

If this game was so secret and in R&D…who was he playing against???

Great Addition to the Series

Since creating the Eve Dallas series, J.D. Robb (Nora Roberts) has made each new book in the series express growth in the characters and overall story of their lives. This book continues that tradition. The growth element in this book examines what "friendship" means to different people. The author twines this thoughtful and accurate assessment with a great 2060 E-game science fiction plot line. The detail she uses when writing about potential technology in the future makes the story so plausable -- it makes you excited to see those things actually created. I have read many complete series by different authors in sci-fi, fantasy, suspense, historical fiction, etc. All to often the characters remain mostly the same as they experience different events in new books. In this series, the characters grow, struggle with their less than stellar qualities, open their hearts to the risk of caring about others,... in other words...they evolve just like real people do in their own lives if their not sleep walking. There are many wonderful things in the way these stories are crafted, but this one aspect puts this series at the top of my list.

Fantastic - real brain twister!!

I really loved the pure mystery of this one. The clues were there but obscure enough that you had to really pick up on the subtleties to guess who the killer is. I absolutely love this series and Susan Ericksen does a fabulous job of capturing the listener with her narration! Can't wait for the next installment.