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J. D. Robb

Pseudonym for Nora Roberts.



http://www.jdrobb.com

In the spring of 1995, J.D. Robb's first book, Naked in Death, appeared on bookshelves with very little fanfare. Robb introduced readers to New York City in the near future, 2058 to be exact, as seen through the eyes of Eve Dallas, a detective with the New York City Police and Safety Department. The Gothic Journal hailed Robb's work

as "a unique blend of hard-core police drama, science fiction and passionate romance" while The Paperback Forum called it "a fantastic new detective series."

The popularity of that first book built up through the release of the subsequent Eve Dallas books, Glory In Death, Immortal In Death, Rapture In Death, Ceremony In Death, Vengeance in Death, Holiday In Death, Conspiracy in Death, Readers were taken with Eve Dallas' integrity, strength and heart and her burgeoning relationship with the mysterious Roarke.

It's been a fairly open secret that J.D. Robb is the pseudonym of the more familiar New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts. But Ms. Roberts, and her publisher, Berkley, were content to let the Robb books build slowly with very little tie-in to the Nora Roberts' style of romantic suspense.

The pragmatic reason for creating J.D. Robb was the astounding pace at which Nora Roberts produces books. With nearly 100 published books to her credit by 1995, she had built up a surplus of titles to be released by her publishers, Berkley and Silhouette, and still was creating more. Reluctant to publish romantic suspense books akin to what she was already writing under a pseudonym, Ms. Roberts was convinced that readers would enjoy romantic suspense with a difference. Thus J.D. Robb was born. The initials were taken from Ms. Roberts' sons, Jason and Dan, while Robb was a shortened form of Roberts.

"I wanted to try something a little different. I love writing romance and suspense but also wanted a twist," explains Ms. Roberts. "The near future setting provided this and allowed me to more or less create a world. What would it be like in 2058? I could decide. And I could illustrate my own feeling that while the toys may change, people remain basically the same. They still love and hate and covet; they still have courage and cowardice. They're still human."

The In Death books have afforded Ms. Roberts an opportunity to explore a relationship beyond the ending of the first book. Her trilogies and family stories have been hugely popular with fans.

"One of the things I wanted to do was develop those characters over many books rather than tying it all up in one," she says. "I wanted to explore these people and peel the layers off book by book. Eve and Roarke have given me the opportunity to explore a marriage, as well. Each book resolved the particular crime or mystery that drives it, but the character development, the growth and the changes, the tone of the relationships go more slowly. I'm enjoying that tremendously."

The experiment has succeeded beyond expectations with the J.D. Robb books regularly hitting the New York Times bestseller list. Now, it's freely acknowledged that J.D. Robb and Nora Roberts are one and the same. The Robb books will appear every six months, much to the delight of Ms. Roberts' fans who are vocal in their demands for more of Eve Dallas and Roarke.

Nora Roberts - in any guise - will continue to delight that audience with her inimitable combination of romance and suspense in this century or the next.

P.E.A.R.L. AwardWinner PEARL AWARD 1999
LOYALTY IN DEATH: Best Futuristic
Nominated for PEARL AWARD 1999
CONSPIRACY IN DEATH - Finalist: Best Futuristic

PNR Paraphernalia Interview 2002

Books

New York to Dallas
(In Death)
March 6, 2012


When a monster named Isaac McQueen—taken down by Eve back in her uniform days—escapes from Rikers, he has two things in mind. One is to pick up where he left off, abducting young Read more...



Celebrity In Death
(In Death)
February 21, 2012


Lieutenant Eve Dallas is no party girl, but she’s managing to have a reasonably good time at the celebrity-packed bash celebrating The Icove Agenda, a film based on one of her famous cases. Read more...



The Unquiet
September 27, 2011


Five New York Times bestselling authors—five superlative stories.

From J. D. Robb: Eve and Rourke return to investigate a series of murders connected to a brilliant young surgeon in Chaos in Death.

From Read more...



New York to Dallas
(In Death)
September 13, 2011


The new novel from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author, which takes readers deeper into the mind of Eve Dallas than ever before.

The number-one New York Times-bestselling author J. D. Robb presents an Read more...



Treachery in Death
July 26, 2011


Detective Eve Dallas and her partner, Peabody, are following up on a senseless crime—an elderly grocery owner killed by three stoned punks for nothing more than kicks and snacks. This is Peabody’s first Read more...



Time of Death
(In Death)
June 28, 2011


From the #1 New York Times bestselling author: three popular Eve Dallas stories together for the first time in one volume.

J. D. Robb’s In Death novels have been praised as “Law & Read more...



Indulgence in Death
(In Death #31)
April 5, 2011


An indulgence for readers: the new Eve Dallas novel from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author.

First it was a limo driver shot through the neck with a crossbow. Then it was Read more...



Treachery in Death
(In Death)
February 22, 2011


In the latest from the #1 New York Times bestselling phenomenon, Eve Dallas tracks down those who break the law—including the ones sworn to uphold it.

Detective Eve Dallas and her partner, Read more...



The Other Side
November 30, 2010


Five New York Times bestselling authors cross over to a realm where suspense, desire, and love have no bounds.

J. D. Robb: Lieutenant Eve Dallas has always sought justice for the dead, Read more...



Indulgence in Death
November 2, 2010


An indulgence for readers: the new Eve Dallas novel from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author.

First it was a limo driver shot through the neck with a crossbow. Then it was Read more...



Fantasy in Death
July 27, 2010


The game started with a murder. Now, it’s Eve Dallas’s move.

It is the most puzzling case Eve Dallas has ever faced: the founder of the computer gaming giant U-Play is found decapitated Read more...



Kindred In Death
March 30, 2010


When the newly promoted captain of the NYPSD and his wife return a day early from their vacation, they were looking forward to spending time with their bright and vivacious sixteen-year-old daughter who Read more...



Big Jack
March 2, 2010


Originally published September 2003 in hardcover and May 2004 in mass market paperback as REMEMBER WHEN which contained dual stories writing as J. D. Robb and Nora Roberts.

In New York City in 2059, Read more...



Fantasy in Death
(In Death)
February 23, 2010


In the latest novel from #1 New York Times-bestselling author J.D. Robb, it is game over for the criminals pursued by NYPSD Lieutenant Eve Dallas.

Bart Minnock, founder of the computer-gaming giant U-Play, Read more...



The Lost
December 1, 2009


J. D. Robb's Missing in Death investigates a female tourist's disappearance during a ferry ride. Detective Eve Dallas wonders...if she didn't jump, and she's not on board, then where in the world is Read more...



Kindred in Death
November 3, 2009


When the newly promoted captain of the NYPSD and his wife return a day early from their vacation, they were looking forward to spending time with their bright and vivacious sixteen-year-old daughter who Read more...



Promises in Death
August 4, 2009


Amarylis Coltraine may have recently transferred to the New York City police force from Atlanta, but she's been a cop long enough to know how to defend herself against an assailant. When she's Read more...



Salvation in Death
June 2, 2009


Ancient church rituals meet cutting-edge crime solving in the latest novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series that's "Law & Order: SVU—in the future" (Entertainment Weekly).

In the year 2060, sophisticated investigative tools Read more...



Promises in Death
February 24, 2009


#1 New York Times bestselling author J. D. Robb takes us to the New York City of 2060, where Lieutenant Eve Dallas faces down a cop killer.

Amarylis Coltraine may have recently transferred Read more...



In Death: The First Cases
February 3, 2009


Naked in Death "In Death #1" (originally published in July 1995)
It is the year 2058, and technology now completely rules the world. But New York City Detective Eve Dallas knows that the irresistible Read more...



Salvation in Death
November 4, 2008


Ancient church rituals meet cutting-edge crime solving in the latest novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series that's "Law & Order: SVU—in the future" (Entertainment Weekly).

In the year 2060, sophisticated investigative tools Read more...



Suite 606
November 4, 2008


#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR Nora Roberts writing as J.D. Robb headlines a hot new anthology of paranormal romance.

FEATURING A NEW EVE DALLAS NOVELLA.

J.D. Robb plunges Lieutenant Eve Dallas into the violent Read more...



Strangers in Death
August 5, 2008


Technology may be different in 2060 New York, yet the city is still a place of many cultures and great divides. But as ever, some murders receive more attention than others—especially those in Read more...



Creation in Death
April 1, 2008


NYPSD Lieutenant Eve Dallas keeps the streets of a near-future New York City safe in this extraordinary series. But even she makes mistakes, and is haunted by those she couldn't save—and the Read more...



Strangers in Death
February 18, 2008


The new novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series.

Technology may be different in 2060 New York, yet the city is still a place of many cultures and great divides. But as ever, Read more...



Three in Death
February 5, 2008


Includes these three favorites: Interlude In Death, Midnight In Death, Haunted In Death.

Number-one New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts writing as J.D. Robb delivers a potent combination of futuristic suspense, thrills, and passion Read more...



Creation in Death
November 6, 2007


NYPSD Lieutenant Eve Dallas keeps the streets of a near-future New York City safe in this extraordinary series. But even she makes mistakes, and is haunted by those she couldn't save—and the killers Read more...



Dead of Night
October 30, 2007


Nora Roberts, writing as J.D. Robb, puts futuristic lieutenant Eve Dallas in a supernatural showdown with a most seductive criminal: a vampire.

An ancient coin whisks an American woman and a modern-day earl into Read more...



Innocent in Death
September 4, 2007


The phenomenal series set in a future New York City returns as NYPSD Lt. Eve Dallas hunts for the killer of a seemingly ordinary history teacher—and uncovers some extraordinary surprises. Craig Foster's death Read more...



Naked In Death
August 28, 2007


Here is the novel that started it all—the first book in J. D. Robb's number-one New York Times-bestselling In Death series, featuring New York City homicide detective Lieutenant Eve Dallas and Roarke.

It is Read more...



Born in Death
April 24, 2007


Eve Dallas has a grisly double homicide to solve when two young lovers—both employees of the same prestigious accounting firm—are brutally killed on the same night. It doesn't leave Eve a lot Read more...



Innocent in Death
February 20, 2007


Eve soon determines that Foster's homemade lunch was tainted with deadly ricin, and that Mr. Foster's colleagues have some startling secrets of their own. It's Eve's job to sort it out—and discover why Read more...



Born in Death
November 7, 2006


Eve Dallas has a grisly double homicide to solve when two young lovers—both employees of the same prestigious accounting firm—are brutally killed on the same night. It doesn't leave Eve a lot of Read more...



Interlude In Death
August 29, 2006


Memory in Death
July 5, 2006


Eve Dallas is one tough cop. She's got no problem dealing with a holiday reveler in a red suit who plunges thirty-seven stories and gives new meaning to the term "sidewalk Santa." But Read more...



Bump in the Night
March 28, 2006


Enter a world where no boundaries exist—and where every seduction is supernatural...

Follow four of today's most provocative authors to a place where love can transform reality—and anything can happen. Here they present stories Read more...



Origin In Death
January 31, 2006


Set in 2059 in New York City, the number-one bestselling In Death series has given fans a searing glimpse into near-future law and order. Now, as scientists work to expand the limits of Read more...



Memory In Death
(Eve Dallas - 'in Death' series)
January 24, 2006


The #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Survivor in Death has Lieutenant Eve Dallas walking a tightrope between her professional duties and her private demons.

Eve Dallas is one tough cop. She's got Read more...



Midnight in Death
October 4, 2005


Orignally published in the anthology, SILENT NIGHT, 11/98.

Lieutenant Eve Dallas must postpone her first Christmas with her new husband, Roarke, to hunt for an escaped serial killer—but she and Roarke will manage to Read more...



Survivor in Death
August 30, 2005


The members of the Swisher family were murdered in their beds with brutal, military precision. The state-of-the-art security was breached, and the killers used night-vision equipment to find their way through the cozy, Read more...



Origin in Death
(In Death)
July 12, 2005


A pioneer of modern reconstructive and cosmetic surgery, Dr. Wilfred B. Icove, is found dead in his office—murdered in a chillingly efficient manner: one swift stab to the heart. Struck by the immaculate Read more...



Immortal In Death
March 17, 2005


It is 2058, New York City. Lieutenant Eve Dallas uncovers a world where technology can create beauty and youth, but passion and greed can destroy them.

She was one of the most sought-after Read more...



Visions In Death
February 1, 2005


On one of the city's hottest nights, New York Police Lieutenant Eve Dallas is sent to Central Park-and into a hellish new investigation. The victim is found on the rocks, just above the Read more...



Survivor in Death
January 27, 2005


The members of the Swisher family were murdered in their beds with brutal, military precision. The state-of-the-art security was breached, and the killers used night-vision equipment to find their way through the cozy, Read more...



Glory in Death
October 11, 2004


From Nora Roberts writing as J. D. Robb comes the second novel in the number—one New York Times bestselling series starring New York Lieutenant Eve Dallas—now in a special hardcover Read more...



Divided in Death
September 1, 2004


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 Read more...



Visions in Death
August 5, 2004


On one of the city's hottest nights, New York Police Lieutenant Eve Dallas is sent to Central Park—and into a hellish new investigation. The victim is found on the rocks, Read more...



Remember When
May 1, 2004


Laine Tavish is an ordinary woman living an ordinary life in the small town of Angel's Gap, Maryland, as the proprietor of Remember When, an antique treasures and gift shop. Read more...



Naked in Death
March 8, 2004


It is the year 2058, and technology now completely rules the world. But New York City Detective Eve Dallas knows that the irresistible impulses of the human heart are still Read more...



Divided in Death
January 26, 2004


Reva Ewing 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 Read more...



Remember When
September 15, 2003


Laine Tavish is an ordinary woman living an ordinary life in the small town of Angel's Gap, Maryland, as the proprietor of Remember When, an antique treasures and gift shop. Read more...



Imitation in Death
August 26, 2003


Summer 2059. A man wearing a cape and a top hat approaches a prostitute on a dark New York City street. Minutes later, the woman is dead. Left at the Read more...



Portrait in Death
(In Death #15)
March 1, 2003


After a tip from a reporter, Eve Dallas finds the body of a young woman in a Delancey street dumpster. Just hours before, the news station had mysteriously received a Read more...



Purity In Death
(In Death #15)
August 1, 2002


Louie Cogburn had spent three days holed up in his apartment, staring at his computer screen. His pounding headache was unbearable - like spikes drilling into his brain. Read more...



Reunion In Death
(In Death #14)
March 1, 2002


At exactly 7:30 p.m., Walter Pettibone arrived home to find more than a hundred friends and family shouting, "Surprise!" It was his birthday. Although he had known about the planned Read more...



Seduction In Death
(In Death #13)
September 1, 2001


Dante had been courting his victim in cyberspace for weeks before meeting her in person. A few sips of wine and a few hours later, she was dead. The murder Read more...



Out Of This World
August 1, 2001


OUT OF THIS WORLD Four bestselling mystery authors contribute to this collection that features a theme of love, supernatural style. Includes a new Lt. Eve Dallas story Read more...



Betrayal in Death
(In Death #12)
March 1, 2001


2002 RITA Finalist

At the luxurious Roarke Palace Hotel, a maid walks into suite 4602 for the nightly turndown -- and steps into her worst nightmare. A killer leaves Read more...



Judgment in Death
(In Death #11)
September 1, 2000


In a uptown strip joint, a cop is found bludgeoned to death. The weapon's a baseball bat. The motive's a mystery. It's a case of serious overkill that pushes Eve Read more...



Witness in Death
(In Death #10)
March 6, 2000


Opening night at New York's New Globe Theater turns from stage scene to crime scene when the leading man is stabbed to death center stage. Now Eve Dallas has a Read more...



Loyalty in Death
(In Death #9)
October 1, 1999


An unknown bomber is stalking New York City. He is sending Eve Dallas taunting letters promising to wreak mass terror and destruction among the "corrupt masses." And when his cruel Read more...



Vengeance in Death
(In Death #6)
April 1, 1999


He is an expert with the latest technology...a madman with the mind of a genius and the heart of a killer. He quietly stalks his prey. Then he haunts the Read more...



Conspiracy in Death
(In Death #8)
March 1, 1999


J.D. Robb breaks out with her biggest book yet--and an exciting new look for her Eve Dallas thrillers. When a man is found dead on a New York sidewalk with Read more...



Ceremony in Death
(In Death # 5)
May 31, 1997


Conducting a top secret investigation into the death of a fellow police officer has Lieutenant Eve Dallas treading on dangerous ground. She must put professional ethics before personal loyalties. But Read more...



Rapture in Death
(In Death # 4)
October 31, 1996


They died with smiles on their faces. Three apparent suicides: a brilliant engineer, an infamous lawyer, and a controversial politician. Three strangers with nothing in common--and no obvious reasons for Read more...



Immortal in Death
(In Death # 3)
July 31, 1996


She was one of the most sought-after women in the world. A top model who would stop at nothing to get what she wanted -- even another woman's man. And Read more...



Glory in Death
(In Death # 2)
December 31, 1995


The first victim was found lying on a sidewalk in the rain. The second was murdered in her own apartment building. Police Lieutenant Eve Dallas had no problem finding connections Read more...



Naked in Death
(In Death #1)
July 1, 1995


In a world of danger and deception, she walks the line-- between seductive passion and scandalous murder...

Eve Dallas is a New York police lieutenant hunting for a ruthless killer. In over Read more...



Holiday in Death
(In Death # 7)
November 0, 0000


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 Lieutenant Eve Read more...



Silent Night
November 0, 0000


J.D. Robb's "Midnight in Death" features Lieutenant Eve Dallas hunting for an escaped serial killer... Susan Plunkett's "Christmas Promises" brings two lovers back together as they search for a missing child...Dee Read more...





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