New York to Dallas

In Death, Book 33

By: J. D. Robb

Narrated by: Susan Ericksen

Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins

Publisher's summary

Audie Award, Romance, 2012
RITA Award Winner, Best Romantic Suspense, 2012

It was one of Eve Dallas’s earliest takedowns, back in her uniform days. A monster named Isaac McQueen had been abducting young victims and leaving them scarred in both mind and body. Thanks to Eve, he wound up where he belonged, removed from civilized society in Rikers. But he’s not behind bars anymore.

After his escape, McQueen has two things in mind. One is to take up where he left off, preying on the young and innocent - when necessary, with the help of a female partner all too willing to be manipulated and to aid and abet his crimes. His other goal: to get revenge on the woman who stopped him all those years ago, now a high-profile lieutenant in the NYPSD and married to one of the city’s richest men.

Commanding Eve’s attention with a chilling and brazen crime, McQueen sets off the chase - forcing Eve down a road marked with blood and tears, a road that eventually leads southwest to Dallas, Texas, the home Eve fled long ago. And each new twist brings her closer to the harrowing memory of when she wasn’t a hardened detective but a vulnerable girl just like McQueen’s innocent prey. As her husband, Roarke, tries to rescue her from the nightmares that claw at her mind, and her partner, Peabody, doggedly works to support her, Eve must confront - and call upon - the darkest parts of her own soul in order to survive.

Crack another case with Eve Dallas.

©2011 J.D. Robb (P)2011 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Didn't sound like Eve

The woman who read it didn't sound like a Eve Dallas. The book is good. The endings are all beginning to sound a little alike.

A winner

Would you consider the audio edition of New York to Dallas to be better than the print version?

Yes

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

It needed more development.

What about Susan Ericksen???s performance did you like?

As always, she was great.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Roak's rescue of Eve from her horrific nightmare.

Any additional comments?

The idea of a culprit being Eva's mother is a little unbelievable.

It matters not, which of the 40 some odd books...

I liked all of them and I would probably listen to 40 more. JD Robb is astounding. I love her characters, Eve is the best, but I treasure each one of them. My concern is how will I continue to live after this series is over? I am nearing the end now. Before I started this, I downloaded number 37 or something in that range due to an Audible sale. Now, 35 books later, I can't believe that I made it to the point where I am worried about running out, Peabody is my friend. I keep thinking she's real and Eve too! I think I could listen to them again? Is that a viable option? Please submit your suggestions and I will read them with all of the desperation that I feel. I've read two authors that I like this much. If you tell me who my next author is, I will tell you who the equal to Robb is.

Decent Story But Too Long

Abridged would have been better. The pace dragged sometimes. I also missed the interaction with the usual cast.

Great book!

This was an intense book in the series but kept you on your toes. Performance was great as always!

New York to Dallas

A difficult one with a rough ending. The narrator continues to do a fantastic job!

A serial killer wants Eve Dallas

Years ago Eve Dallas apprehended a serial killer called The Collector. He had 22 very young girls locked up in a room. He was sent to prison but now, 10 years later, he has escaped and he wants to continue his work. Most of all he wants to harm Dallas in revenge. The killer's trail leads to Dallas, Texas. Eve Dallas and Roark go after him. Eve faces one of her worst nightmares when she returns to the city where she was raped by her father when she was 8 years old. At the time of her rape, Eve killed her father with a knife. She encounters someone just as evil and culpable as her father when she is in Dallas hunting the Collector. This book was pretty good, but went over the top melodramatic in the scene toward the end with Dr. Mira, Eve and Roark. I think the author has milked all there is out of Eve's tragic past Also, I just cannot understand why the wonderful, kind, handsome, rich Roark loves Eve so much when she is not very feminine, is sarcastic and mean to people who care about her, and thinks she is God's gift to victims. The narrator is excellent.

Eve Dallas does it again

I seem to always return to this series. Narration is spot on and storyline melds together with easy flow.

One of the Best in the Series

This is absolutely one of the best in the series. The murder procedural is done very well. The reveals for Eve of her past is gut wrenching. There are so many times I want to grab Eve and hug her. Roarke is pulled through the wringer watching his wife deal with her dreadful past.

Mira comes through as she always does. What an excellent surrogate for Eve's mother. She can see how a parent is supposed to support her child.

Susan Ericksen is the best narrator. She brings every character, every emotion to the surface and the reader feels the story as she tells it. Very well done.

loved it.

what a great book. JD Robb does it again. Eve and Roark are great together.