• Holiday in Death

  • In Death, Book 7
  • By: J. D. Robb
  • Narrated by: Susan Ericksen
  • Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (4,192 ratings)

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Holiday in Death

By: J. D. Robb
Narrated by: Susan Ericksen
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Publisher's summary

No one likes to be alone during the holidays. For New York's most posh dating service, Personally Yours, it is the season to bring lonely hearts together. But Lt. Eve Dallas, on the trail of a ritualistic serial killer, has made a disturbing discovery: all of the victims have been traced to Personally Yours. Eve soon enters an elite world of people searching for their one true love - and one killer searching for his next victim.
Crack another case with Eve Dallas.
©2006 J. D. Robb (P)2006 Brilliance Audio

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Awesome!

These books are great! This is my 6th read in this series & I can not imagine any other narrator. Ms Ericksen has become these characters for me. I love the In Death/Eve Dallas series & will keep purchasing them as long as she keeps writing them.

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". . . My True Love Gave to Me . . ."

In the midst of preparations for Christmas 2058, a murderer begins killing people. There is a murder each day, and each corpse is decorated with jewelry depicting a day from the Christmas carol : a partridge in a pear tree, etc. By the time of the 4th murder, it is clear that clients of an exclusive and expensive computer dating service are being targeted.

Meanwhile, back at the Roark estate, Roark is really getting into the holiday spirit, planning a huge Christmas party, decorating everything in sight, and buying gifts -- many gifts. He has not had a festive holiday since he was a youngster living with Somerset in Dublin. Eve has never had the experience, so she doesn't understand all the fuss. And she has a problem -- what can you give to the richest man on earth? When she finally has an idea, Somerset helps her obtain the gift -- after Eve saved his life, there has been a truce between them for the holiday season. Not that they're friendly, just not so openly hostile.

As usual with the "In Death " books, the best part is the development of characters and relationships. When the team on the murder case includes McNabb, Peabody protests -- she really dislikes him. Of course, Roark sees and informs Eve that McNabb "is sweet on " Peabody. The relationship between Eve and Peabody has deepened enough to survive a rather serious difference on a personal level. Eve and Roark grow closer and their love deepens and matures as they begin to establish their own personal holiday traditions.

Once again, Susan Ericksen delivers an excellent performance in her narration. Her familiar and distinctive voices for each of the characters have become old friends.

I really enjoyed this 7th installment of the Eve Dallas adventures. My only quibble with the story was that the identity of the killer seemed to come out of left field, with very little information to establish a motive or explain a neurosis. That is unusual in this series. Even so, I am eager to read the next book, but will try to wait a bit in order to get full enjoyment from each adventure.

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Great Story - Great Reader!

What made the experience of listening to Holiday in Death the most enjoyable?

I love all of the In Death books and this is one of my favorites. Susan Ericksen IS the voice of Dallas and Roarke. She was great in the first book and gets better every time. Each character has a distinct and instantly recognizable voice. I can't imagine one of these books without her.

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Pleasantly surprised by Lt. Eve Dallas

I didn’t look too closely at the description of “Holliday in Death” when I found it on my sale list, and it wasn’t what I was expecting. I thought I was getting a legal/criminal procedural thriller with a strong sense of place – like Kathy Reich’s forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan series (the basis for television’s “Bones”); Linda Fairstein’s series based New York District Attorney Alex Cooper; or Lincoln Child’s Pendergast series.

“Holliday in Death” is a legal/criminal procedural thriller, based on a future New York. I was so dismayed when I realized I’d gotten a sci-fi romance criminal mystery thriller, I would have returned the book – but at the time, I was on a long drive with no reliable internet access, and I was stuck. So I listened – and was hooked..

The main character, Lt. Eve Dallas, is strong, no nonsense, and fun. I like Robb’s technique of not describing her in too much detail, so it’s possible to imagine her how you want her to look. She’s also vulnerable, and needs the people who love her to help her.

The plot was twisty, and pleasantly unpredictable – and it kept me wondering “Who done it?” until close to the end.

The narration left me confused – since it was the first J.D. Robb book I’d listened to, I wasn’t sure by the narration if Dallas’ assistant, Peabody, was a person or a droid. The narration of that key character was clipped and mechanical. I’ve discovered when a narration is remembered because it changes a character, it’s not a good narration.

I don’t see myself ever reading Norah Roberts, the romance writer. That’s a genre I never took to. However, I expect I will listen to more of Norah Roberts writing as J.D. Robb.

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Eve is just intolerable in this one

In all the "In Death" books, Eve has certain quirks; she overworks herself & gets teed off when anyone suggests she take a break, she bites people's heads off when they make friendly overtures because she wasn't shown love when she was growing up, she freaks out when aspects of the murder make her relive her childhood abuse. It's part of the formula, and if you don't mind repetition, the way Robb spins out the formula can make enjoyable books.

However, in this one Eve is just intolerably abusive to her long-suffering friends & Roarke. They seem like dumb masochists for putting up with her childish stupidities, because her obnoxiousness is really over the top, to the point of viciousness. She's just too mean to put up with this time.

I can listen to the "In Death" books repeatedly, after I let some months pass, because they're basically brainless fun and the details just drain out of my ears over time (kind of like Robin Cook), and because Susan Erickson does such an excellent job that they're a pleasure for the ears. I'm going to make a note to myself to not ever listen to this one again, though, because I absolutely cannot stand Eve this time around.

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Susan Ericksen is EVERYTHING!!!

Seriously. Nora Roberts is my fave author. I love them all. But Susan Ericksen just takes the In Death series to a whole new level! She is, by far, the best narrator EVER! She simply brings these books to life. She IS Eve and Roarke and Peabody and Whitney and Somerset, etc! I hope she gets paid a pretty penny. This series would just not be the same without her voice. Voices!!

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Fun Holiday Thriller

To be honest, I decided to buy this book because a fellow reviewer reported that the book would have been good if the main character, Eve Dallas, didn't "use the lord's name in vain so often." I just thought that was hilarious - that a reader would select a *murder mystery* book and then be so upset that the main cop character was cursing. I figured it was worth a try if someone like that didn't like it.

And I was totally right! This book was great! Starting with a juicy, holiday-themed mystery to solve, this book then kept me guessing, had me laughing and gripped my attention from top to bottom. I found it extremely satisfying that this book takes place so far in the future, that the protagonist is female and that her subordinates call her 'sir.' This future world still had it's own weird cultural things, but it was clear that some serious social progress had been made in regards to women in authority positions.

Susan Ericksen did a fantastic job with narration - I could tell who was speaking without the character having to be named explicitly. "Holiday in Death" was a solid and fun murder mystery book that I would recommend to any of my friends who enjoy this genre! 10/10

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Leaves you guessing right to the end

Just one more great novel from JD Robb, this one had me guessing "who " right till the end. Though the story did drag a bit , I still love all of this series!

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Spend the holidays with Eve Dallas

Great addition to the series. It is was interesting spending the holidays with Eve.

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Great story but offensive language

The author is obviously gifted and crafts innovative, suspenseful plots. However, a recurring concern I have is the frequent use of foul language, in particular using God's name in vain. This adds nothing to the plot. denigrates an otherwise admirable character (Lt. Dallas) and is offensive to many readers/listeners like myself.

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