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The ...in Death series of novels and novellas is written by Nora Roberts under her pseudonym J. D. Robb. Set in a mid-21st-century New York City, they feature NYPSD ("New York City Police and Security Department") lieutenant Eve Dallas and her husband Roarke. The stories also regularly feature other characters, including Captain Ryan Feeney, Detective Delia Peabody, Detective Ian McNab and Dr. Charlotte Mira.

The series was first published in 1995, and, as of 2024, includes over 50 novels. Roberts has stated that the series will never contain one of Eve and Roarke's children,[1] as the series will end with Eve's eventual pregnancy.[2]

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Below are all deaths – murder victims, murder investigations and others – that occur in the span of the In Death books, including weapon, cause of death and the perpetrator. This list does not include any attacks on persons that do not result in death.

Book Victim Cause of Death Weapon Perpetrator
Naked in Death Sharon DeBlass shot in head, chest and groin Smith & Wesson Model 10 Gerald DeBlass
Lola Starr (Alice Williams) SIG 210, 1980 Derrick Rockman
Georgie Castle Ruger P90
Gerald DeBlass gunshot   suicide
Joseph Finestein poisoned custard pie Hetta Finestein
Glory in Death Cicely Towers slash across throat long-bladed knife C. J. Morse
Yvonne Metcalf
Louise Kirski
C. J. Morse's mother (pre-book)
C. J. Morse stabbed in throat own knife Roarke
Immortal in Death Boomer (Carter Johannsen) strangulation & blunt trauma thin baseball bat Lt. Jake Casto
Hetta Moppett (pre-book) blunt trauma to the head
Pandora excessive trauma cane
Cockroach (Lament Ro) blunt trauma to the head iron pipe
Jerry Fitzgerald drug overdose Immortality, morphine and Zeus
Rapture in Death Drew Mathias hanging suicide by mind control via subliminals found in virtual reality goggles Dr. Reeanna Ott
S. T. Fitzhugh slashed wrists
Senator Pearly jumping
Cerise Devane
Dr. Reeanna Ott electric shock to the throat police stunner suicide
Ceremony in Death Det. Sgt. Frank Wojinsky cardiac arrest by drugs Digitalis and Zeus Selina Cross & Alban
Alice Lingstrom chased into street and hit by car paranoia
Lobar (Robert Allen Mathias) removal of heart athame
Thomas Wineburg stabbed in heart
Louis Trivane stabbed in throat & disembowelment Mirium Hopkins
Selina Cross slashed throat Alban
Alban stabbed in heart Jamie Lingstrom
Vengeance in Death Thomas X. Brennen disembowelment, amputation   Liam Calhoun
Shawn Conroy exsanguination
Jennie O'Leary slow hanging rope
Liam Calhoun overload of nervous system stunner Roarke
Holiday in Death Marianna Hawley rape, sodomy, strangulation Christmas garland Simon Lastrobe
Sarabeth Greenbalm
Donnie Ray Michael
Brent Holloway
Midnight in Death 8 victims unknown; torture unknown David "Dave" Palmer
Judge Harold Wainger torture and hanging

(strangulation)

nylon strapping rope (hangman's noose)
Carl Neissan
APA Stephanie Ring
David Palmer electrocution stunner; electric cage Eve Dallas and misadventure
Conspiracy in Death Snooks (Samuel Petrinsky) removal of heart surgical instruments Dr. Michael Waverly
Erin Spindler (pre-book) removal of kidneys
Jilessa Brown removal of liver
Officer Ellen Bowers blunt trauma metal pipe
Dr. Tia Wo injection of barbiturates drug overdose
Jan the nurse blunt trauma to head, single blow  
Dr. Westley Friend (pre-book) injection of barbiturates drug overdose
Loyalty in Death J. Clarence Branson drilled to the wall through the heart Branson 8000 Drill Lisbeth Cooke
Colonel Howard (Fixer) Bassi beaten and drowned in river Droids Cassandra (Clarissa & B. Donald Branson)
300+ unlisted victims bomb explosion in Tea Room of Plaza Hotel terrorist bombs
Lieutenant Anne Malloy and "less than 400" unlisted victims bomb explosions and panicked stampede for exits in Madison Square Garden
B. Donald Branson fall from crown of Statue of Liberty gravity misadventure
Clarissa Branson (Charlotte Rowan) jump from crown of Statue of Liberty suicide
Witness in Death Richard Draco stabbed in heart during stage performance of Witness for the Prosecution butcher knife Areena Mansfield
Linus Quim coerced suicide hanging
Judgment in Death Detective Taj Kohli blunt trauma to head metal baseball bat Sergeant Arthur Clooney
Lieutenant Alan Mills chest cut, from neck to stomach; disembowelment knife
Captain Boyd Bayliss drowning taped-down to bathtub
unnamed former NYPSD officer (pre-book)[3] hanged originally ruled self-termination
unnamed NYPSD officer (pre-book)[3] drowning after slipping in bathtub originally ruled accidental
Lewis unknown drug pressure syringe to heart unknown female assassin
'Clarence Haggerty' Yawly shot in the head police issued weapon Eve Dallas
Officer Thad Clooney (pre-book)[3] exsanguination unspecified unnamed (orders from Max Ricker)
Betrayal in Death Justice Thomas Werner raped, beaten and strangled two-foot sterling silver wire Sylvester Yost
Monique Rue
Nigel Luca
Britt Hague
Joseph Hague
Winifred C. Cates
Darlene French
Jonah Talbot
Sylvester Yost slashed across throat mug shard suicide
Mick Connelly stabbed in stomach knife Michel Gerade
Interlude in Death Reginald Weeks bludgeoned to death metal bat Bryson Hayes
Zita Vinter suicide drugs drugged in wine
Douglas Skinner (former Commander) suicide drugs voluntary suicide
Seduction in Death Bryna Bankhead rape and drug overdose rape drugs Whore & Rabbit Kevin Morano
Grace Lutz Lucias Dunwood
Dr. Theodore McNamara bludgeoning, drowning lamp Lucias Dunwood & Kevin Morano
Kevin Morano poisoned unidentified drug Lucias Dunwood
Lucias Dunwood suicide
Reunion in Death Marsha Stibbs (pre-book) hit to the head glass table Maureen Brighton
Julianna's three husbands (pre-book) poisoned cyanide Julianna Dunne
Walter C. Pettibone
Henry Mouton
Eli Young
Spencer Campbell
Purity in Death Ralph Wooster bludgeoned baseball bat Louis K. Cogburn
Louis K. Cogburn police stunner(s) light & sound frequencies, severe inter-cranial pressure driving victim to suicide The Purity Seekers
Detective Kevin Holloway tranqed
Chadwick Fitzhugh slit own throat
Mary Ellen George hanged self
Nick Greene stabbed self in heart
Hannah Wade stabbed repeatedly kitchen knife Nick Greene
Dru Geller   light & sound frequencies The Purity Seekers
Portrait in Death Rachel Howard stabbed through heart stiletto Gerald Stevenson (Steve Audrey)
Kenby Sulu
Alicia Dilbert
Siobhan Brody (Roarke's mother, pre-series) beaten to death   Patrick Michael Roarke
Imitation in Death Jacie Wooton slit throat, massive blood loss (killed à la Jack the Ripper) scalpel Niles Renquist
Lois Gregg sexually assaulted and strangled (killed à la Boston Strangler) robe sash/belt
Remember When Andrea Jacobs slash across throat stiletto Trevor Whittier
Tina Cobb severe trauma to head, torso, set on fire baton
Divided in Death Felicity Kade stunned, 14 stab wounds to chest bread knife Blair Bissel
Carter Bissel stunned, 18 stab wounds to chest
Chloe McCoy suicide pills drugged
Joseph Powell laser to carotid artery military laser
Visions in Death Jasper K. McKinney (pre-book)[4] fall from apartment building gravity misadventure
Elisa Maplewood beating, rape, strangulation, removal of eyes red ribbon John Blue
Lily Napier
Marjorie Kates
Breen Merriweather
Ineza Blue
Lena Greenspan (pre-book)[5]
Sarie Parker (pre-book)[5]
8 unnamed women (pre-book)[6]
Annalisa Sommers Celina Sanchez[6]
Survivor in Death Inga Snood slash across throat combat knife Sergeant Roger Kirkendall, Sergeant Isaac Clinton, Corporal Jilly Isenberry
Grant Swisher
Keelie Swisher
Coyle Swisher
Linnie Dyson
Meredith Newman
Detective Owen Knight
Detective James Preston
Dr. Jaynene Brenegan (pre-book, 2055)[7] multiple stab wounds unnamed
Judge Thomas Moss and son Evan Moss (pre-book, 2057)[7] explosion car bomb
Karin Duberry (pre-book, 2058)[7] strangulation manual
Corporal Jilly Isenberry broken neck fall down stairs  
Origin in Death Dr. Wilfred B. Icove stabbed in chest scalpel Deena Flavia
Dr. Wilfred Icove, Jr. Avril Icove
Evelyn Samuels Deena Flavia
Deena Flavia laser blast laser Jonah Delacourt Wilson (clone)
Dr. Wilfred B. Icove (clone)
Jonah Delacourt Wilson (clone) Eve Dallas and Roarke
Memory in Death Rosie O'Hara and 150+ unlisted victims (pre-book)[8][9] explosion in nightclub bomb unnamed terrorists
Max "Tubbs" Lawrence jumped out of window under the influence of drugs Zeus misadventure
Leo Jacobs crushed by falling body   Max Lawrence
Trudy Lombard fractured skull by multiple blows sap Zana Lombard (Marnie Ralston)
Haunted in Death Radcliff C. Hopkins III bullets to torso, arm and head 9mm Smith & Wesson Maeve Buchanan
Bobbie Bray (pre-book) single bullet to head Radcliff "Hop" C. Hopkins I
Born in Death Sophia Belego (pre-book) unknown unknown Winfield Chase (all except the last on orders on conspiracy with Madeline Bullock)
Emily Jones (pre-book) head trauma
Natalie Copperfield strangulation after torture manual
Bick Byson
Randall Sloan hanging tranquilized then hanged
Madeline Bullock broken neck manually
Innocent in Death Trevor Straffo (pre-book) broken neck, head trauma push down stairs Rayleen Straffo
Adele Versy (pre-book) overdose sleeping pills
Craig Foster poisoned ricin
Reed Williams paralyzed by poison, drowned surgical paralytic substance
Creation in Death Edwina Spring (pre-book) torture, exsanguination by cut wrist rope, knives, scalpel, needles, sap, blow torch, laser, dry ice, electric shock and drugs Robert Lowell Sr.
Corrine Dagby (pre-book) Robert Lowell Jr., a.k.a. The Groom
Melissa Congress (pre-book)
Anise Waters (pre-book)
Joley Weitz (pre-book)
18 unnamed women and unknown number of other victims (pre-book)
Sarifina York
Gia Rossi
Eternity in Death Gregor Pensky (pre-book) exsanguination from twin puncture wounds in neck artificial vampire fangs Dorian Vadim
Tiara Kent
Allesseria Carter
Strangers in Death Reginald Thomas Anders (pre-book) fractured skull shoved in the shower and slammed head into Italian marble Ava Anders
Ned Custer (pre-book) slit throat and castration knife
Thomas Aurelius Anders strangulation tranquilized then strangled by rope Suzanne Custer
Salvation in Death Nick Soto (pre-book) multiple stab wounds knife Lino Martinez and Penelope Soto
Ronni Edwards (pre-book) bombing at a school auditorium in 2043 bomb The Soldados/Lino Martinez & Penelope Soto
Kobie Smith (pre-book) bombing at convenience store in 2043
Quinto Turner (pre-book)
Three unnamed minors (pre-book)
Joseph Turner (pre-book, year 2044) hanging   Suicide
José Ortega (pre-book) drug overdose unnamed drugs unintentional suicide
Miguel Flores (pre-book) stabbed unknown Steve Chávez
Steve Chávez (pre-book) unknown unknown Lino Martinez
Lino Martinez poisoning potassium cyanide Juanita Rodriguez Turner
Jimmy Jay Jenkins Billy Crocker
Ritual in Death Ava Marsterson ritual killing, slit throat, multiple stab wounds multiple drugs, knives Silas Pratt, Ola Pratt, Lawrence Collins, Bria Collins, Leah Burke, Kiki, Rodney, 6 others
Brian Trosky hammer to cave in his own skull drugged and hypnotized
Promises in Death Amaryllis Coltraine full impact to throat police issue stunner Detective Cleo Grady (on command of Max Ricker)
Rod Sandy stabbed through torso stiletto
Kindred in Death Deena MacMasters raped, beaten, sodomized, strangled   Darrin Pauley
Karlene Robins
Missing in Death Dana Buckley slit throat bone dagger Ivan Draski
Fantasy in Death Bart Minnock beheaded sword (holo game) Levar (Var) Hoyt
Indulgence in Death Holly Curlow strangled manually Kevin Donahue
Melly Bristow (pre-book) broken neck manually Winston Dudley IV and Sylvester Moriarity III
Sophia Ricci (pre-book) unknown (body never found) unknown
Linette Jones (pre-book) beaten tire iron
unnamed architect (pre-book) garroted wire
Larinda Villi (pre-book) stabbed through heart unknown
Jamal Houston bolt through neck crossbow Sylvester Moriarity III
Ava Crampton stabbed through heart bayonet Winston Dudley IV
Luc Delaflote impaled through heart harpoon Sylvester Moriarity III
Adrianne Jonas hanged bullwhip Winston Dudley IV
Possession in Death Gizi Szabo stabbed dagger Sasha Korchov
Vanessa Warwich, Allegra Martin, Lucy Quinn and five others (pre-book) slit throat
Treachery in Death Charlie Ochi electrocution homemade Jammer Bruster Lowe, a.k.a. Skid; Leon Slatter, a.k.a. Slash; and Jimmy K Rogan, a.k.a. Smash
Rickie Keener, street name "Juicy" poisoned apparent (manipulated) overdose Detective Carl Bix (on orders from Lieutenant Renee Oberman)
Detective William Garnet slit throat military knife
Detective Gail Devin (pre book) broken neck unknown unknown (on orders from Lieutenant Renee Oberman)
Detective Harold Strumb (pre-book) stabbed unknown unknown, possibly Detective Marcell) (on orders from Lieutenant Renee Oberman)
New York to Dallas Alice McQueen (pre-book) slit throat knife Isaac McQueen
Carla Bingham (pre-book)
Patricia Coppley (pre-book)
Nancy Draper (pre-book)
4 unnamed victims (pre-book)
Riker's Nurse (pre-book)
Sylvia Prentice (a.k.a. Stella)
Officer Malvie laser scalpel Sylvia Prentice (a.k.a. Stella)
Chaos in Death Jennifer Darnell strangulation manual Dr. Chaos (alter ego to Ken Dickerson)
Coby Vix bludgeoned pipe
Wilson Bickford multiple stab wounds 4-inch, jagged-edged knife
Eton Billingsly multiple stab wounds and bites knife and teeth
Celebrity in Death Cecil Silcock head trauma cast-iron skillet Paul Havertoe
K. T. Harris head trauma, drowned pushed, dragged into pool Joel Steinburger
A. A. Asner smashed skull Maltese falcon statue
Bryson Kane (pre-book) broken neck and other injuries fall/pushed down stairs
Marlin Dessler (pre-book) internal bleeding and other injuries fall/pushed off cliff
Angelica Caulfield and unborn fetus (pre-book) overdose drugs
Jacoby Miles (pre-book) beaten ten-pound dumbbell
Sherri Wendell (pre-book) fall, drowned drugs, pushed
Buster Pearlman (pre-book) overdose drugs and alcohol
Allys Beaker (pre-book) fractured skull slipped in shower
Delusion in Death Lance Abrams, John Burke, Joseph Cattery, Paul Garrison, D B Graham, Travis Greenspan, Evie Hydelburg, Wendy McMahon, Cherie Quinz, Cate Simpson, Hilly Simpson, Macie Snyder, Amie Stewart, Gwen Talbert, Brenden Wang, Katrina and 68 unnamed victims. multiple and varied injuries from weapons of opportunity psycho-active chemical warfare gas Lewis Callaway
Jeni Curve, Brenda Deitz, Carly Fisher, Allison Nighly and 40 unnamed victims.
Calculated in Death Marta Dickenson broken neck manually Clinton Frye (on orders from Sterling Alexander)
Chaz Parzarri asphyxiation manually
Jake Ingersol blunt head trauma claw hammer
Thankless in Death Barbara Reinhold multiple stab wounds kitchen knife Jerald "Jerry" Reinhold
Carl Reinhold blunt trauma baseball bat
Lori Nuccio strangulation cord
Edie Barrett Farnsworth asphyxiation taped plastic bag
Taken in Death Darcia Jordan multiple stab wounds, slit throat ritualist knife Maj Borgstrom
Concealed in Death Linh Carol Penbroke, Shelby Ann Stubacker, Angel West (Jane Doe), Lupa Dison, Mikki Wendall, Iris Kirkwood, Merry Wolcovich, Crystal Hugh, LaRue Freeman, Carlie Bowen, Kim Terrance and Shashona Maddox drowning bathtub Montclair Jones
Festive in Death Trey Ziegler blunt head trauma trophy Natasha Quigley
Catiana Dubois fractured skull marble ledge (pushed)
Obsession in Death Leanore Bastwick strangled garrote Lottie Roebuck
Wendall Ledo stabbed pool cue
"Wonderment in Death", Down the Rabbit Hole anthology Marcus Fitzwilliams stabbed scissors Darlene Fitzwilliams
Darlene Fitzwilliams fall from height defenestration suicide
Devoted in Death Robert Jansen (pre-book) blunt trauma tire iron and fists Ella-Loo Parsens and Darryl James
Melvin Little, Noah Paston, Ava Enderson, Jacob Fastbinder and 24 unnamed victims (pre-book) torture then exsanguination variety of tools
Samuel Zed (pre-book) blunt trauma
Dorian Kuper torture then exsanguination variety of tools
Brotherhood in Death Edward Mira hanged chandelier/torture Women assaulted by "The Brotherhood"
Jonas Wymann
Frederick Betz
William Stevenson (pre-book) hanged suicide
Apprentice in Death Susann Prinz Mackie (pre-book) hit car Brian T. Fine
Ellissa Wyman shot tactical laser rifle Reginald and Willow Mackie
Brent Michaelson
Alan Markum
Fern Addison
Officer Kevin Russo
Nathaniel Jarvits
David Chang
Jonah Rothstein and 17 unnamed victims at Madison Square Garden Willow Mackie
Echoes in Death Anthony Strazza blunt force trauma vase Daphne Strazza
Xavier Carver slit throat scalpel Kyle Knightly
Miko Carver strangled rope
Secrets in Death Larinda Mars stabbed in arm scalpel William Hyatt
Kellie Lowry stabbed in leg
Dark in Death Rosie Kent strangled white ribbon Ann Elizabeth Smith
Chanel Rylan stabbed in the neck ice pick
Loxie Flash poisoned cyanide
Leverage in Death 12 people including Paul Rogan suicide bombing (Rogan forced to commit attack) bombs Lucius Iler and Oliver Silverman
Jordan Banks broken neck manually Oliver Silverman
5 people including Wayne Denby suicide bombing (Denby forced to commit attack) bombs Lucius Iler and Oliver Silverman
Connections in Death "Low-Rent Illegals Dealer" stabbed in throat knife ("sticker") "Dobber," a junkie
Stuart Adler broken neck, knife to abdomen pocket knife, trip and fall (down stairs while peeling apple with knife while intoxicated) Self, Accidental
Lyle Pickering apparent (staged) drug overdose tranquilized, then forcibly injected with "Go," "Out" Dinnie "Banger" Duff, Barry "Fist" Aimes, Denby "Snapper" Washington and Burke "Ticker" Chesterfield (performed the injection); performed on the orders of Kenneth "Bolt" Jorgenson (and recommendations of Samuel Cohen)
Dinnie Duff beating, gang-rape, manual strangulation manual Barry "Fist" Aimes, Denby "Snapper" Washington and Burke "Ticker" Chesterfield; performed on the orders of Kenneth "Bolt" Jorgenson (and recommendations of Samuel Cohen)
Barry Aimes slashed throat knife Denby "Snapper" Washington, Burke "Ticker" Chesterfield and Kenneth "Bolt" Jorgenson; (performed on the recommendations of Samuel Cohen)
Vendetta in Death Nigel B. McEnroy torture/electrocution, castration various tools (torture), ceremonial blade (castration) Darla Pettigrew (as "Lady Justice")
Thaddeus Pettigrew
Arlo Kagen
Golden in Death Lucas "Loco" Sanchez (pre-book) stabbed kitchen/steak knife Stephen "Steve" Whitt and Marshall Cosner
Dr. Kent Abner poisoned mix of sarin and sulfur trioxide (gold plastic egg filled with chemically engineered nerve agent (aerosolized sulfur trioxide and sarin gas, with additive for quick death and minimal dispersal))
Elise Duran
Marshall Cosner drugged and poisoned mix of sarin and sulfur trioxide (drugged, then convinced to handle improperly sealed nerve gas egg) Stephen "Steve" Whitt
Shadows in Death Smuggler, unknown name beaten to death manual Frankie Nalley
Galla Modesto slashed throat knife Lorcan Cobbe, (professional hit; hired by Jorge Tween)
443 murders (pre-book) stabbed or slashed throat knife Lorcan Cobbe (professional hit)
Ellen and Thaddeus Solomen (pre-book) slashed throat knife Lorcan Cobbe and Thomas "Big Tom" Ivan, (professional hit; hired by Colin "Boss" Boswell)
Adam Solomen (pre-book) tortured, gutted
Thomas "Big Tom" Ivan (pre-book) stabbed knife Lorcan Cobbe
Sweetie (cat) slashed throat knife
Ingrid Frederick (pre-book) unknown unknown
Kaylee Skye beaten, manual strangulation manual
400+ (unknown number of) murders (pre-book) unknown unknown Lorcan Cobbe
Faithless in Death Ariel Byrd blunt force trauma mallet Mirium Wilkey (daughter of Stanton Wilkey, head of Natural Order)
Keene Grimsley (pre-book) unknown unknown; cremated post-mortem[10] Unknown (on orders of Natural Order)
Karyn Keye (pre-book) suicide by hanging unknown Suicide (Guilt from involvement with Natural Order's human trafficking, etc.)
Marcia Piper blunt force trauma/beaten to death manual Lawrence "Larry" Piper
Forgotten in Death Alva Quirk (Alva Elliot, Alva Wicker) head trauma crowbar Alexei Tovinski
Carmine Delgato apparent (staged) suicide by hanging tranquilized with Dexachlorine, then forcibly hanged with rope
Johara Murr, pregnant with male viable fetus (pre-book) shot 32-caliber handgun Elinor Bolton Singer
Abandoned in Death Lauren Elder slit throat pocketknife Andrew "Andy" Dawber

(John McKinney, John Church)

Anna Hobe
Dr. Joseph "Joe" Fletcher (pre-book) car accident "drunk driver" Unknown, DUI
Violet Fletcher (Lisa McKinney)

(pre-book)

overdose prescription medication, "sleeping pills" Self, Suicide
Desperation in Death Mina Cabot Speared in chest Plank of old wood Devin Kunes (night security)
Jonah K. Devereaux stabbed in throat Knife Amara Gharbi (aka: Luna)
Marlene Williamson (Matron) unknown body disposed via cremation ordered by "Auntie" Iris Beaty/Iris Swan
Unnamed Nurse unknown
Encore in Death Brant Fitzhugh poison cyanide in glass of champagne Eliza Lane
Debra Bernstein poison cyanide in glass of vodka
Rose Bernstein

(pre-book)

accidental overdose pills placed in bottle of vodka Assisted by Eliza Lane
Payback in Death Captain Martin Greenleaf, Retired Electric Shock to the throat Police Stunner Denzel Robards

(Planned and ordered by Elva Arnez)

Brice Noy

(Pre-Book)

Hanging Rope Suicide
Captain Louis Noy

(Pre-Book)

Electric Shock to throat Police Issue Stunner Suicide
Random in Death Jenna Harbough Overdose Drugs/STDs cocktail injected while distracted at concerts Francis Bryce
Arlie Dillon

Note: "stunner" and "laser" are both terms used interchangeably for the fictional weapons that the NYPSD carry in the In Death books; they release a strong electrical, laser-like stun that can do anything from incapacitating to killing the victim.

Bibliography

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1 Naked in Death Jul 1995 ISBN 978-0-425-14829-7
2 Glory in Death Dec 1995 ISBN 978-0-425-15098-6
3 Immortal in Death Jul 1996 ISBN 978-0-425-15378-9
4 Rapture in Death Oct 1996 ISBN 978-0-425-15518-9
5 Ceremony in Death May 1997 ISBN 978-0-425-15762-6
6 Vengeance in Death Oct 1997 ISBN 978-0-425-16039-8
7 Holiday in Death Jun 1998 ISBN 978-0-425-16371-9
7.5[11] Midnight in Death Nov 1998 Silent Night

Three in Death

ISBN 978-0425219713
8 Conspiracy in Death Apr 1999 ISBN 978-0-425-16813-4
9 Loyalty in Death Oct 1999 ISBN 978-0-425-17140-0
10 Witness in Death Mar 2000 ISBN 978-0-425-17363-3
11 Judgment in Death Sep 2000 ISBN 978-0-425-17630-6
12 Betrayal in Death Mar 2001 ISBN 978-0-425-17857-7
12.5[11] Interlude in Death Aug 2001 Out of this World

Three in Death

ISBN 978-0425210628
13 Seduction in Death Sep 2001 ISBN 978-0-425-18146-1
14 Reunion in Death Mar 2002 ISBN 978-0-425-18397-7
15 Purity in Death Sep 2002 ISBN 978-0-425-18630-5
16 Portrait in Death Mar 2003 ISBN 978-0-425-18903-0
17 Imitation in Death Sep 2003 ISBN 978-0-425-19158-3
17.5[11] Remember When Sep 2003 ISBN 978-0-399-15106-4 with Nora Roberts
18 Divided in Death Jan 2004 ISBN 978-0-399-15154-5
19 Visions in Death Aug 2004 ISBN 978-0-399-15171-2
20 Survivor in Death Feb 2005 ISBN 978-0-399-15208-5
21 Origin in Death Jul 2005 ISBN 978-0-399-15289-4
22 Memory in Death Jan 2006 ISBN 978-0-399-15328-0
22.5[11] Haunted in Death Apr 2006 Bump in the Night

Three in Death

ISBN 978-0749958480
23 Born in Death Nov 2006 ISBN 978-0-399-15347-1
24 Innocent in Death Feb 2007 ISBN 978-0-399-15401-0
25 Creation in Death Nov 2007 ISBN 978-0-399-15436-2
25.5[11] Eternity in Death Nov 2007 Dead of Night

Time of Death

ISBN 978-0749958480
26 Strangers in Death Feb 2008 ISBN 978-0-399-15470-6
27 Salvation in Death Nov 2008 ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2
27.5[11] Ritual in Death Nov 2008 Suite 606

Time of Death

ISBN 978-0749958497
28 Promises in Death Feb 2009 ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2
29 Kindred in Death Nov 2009 ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6
29.5[11] Missing in Death Dec 2009 The Lost

Time of Death

ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6
30 Fantasy in Death Jan 2010 ISBN 978-0-749-94078-2
31 Indulgence in Death Nov 2010 ISBN 978-0-399-15687-8
31.5[11] Possession in Death Nov 2010 The Other Side ISBN 978-0349400563
32 Treachery in Death Feb 2011 ISBN 978-0-399-15703-5
33 New York to Dallas Sep 2011 ISBN 978-0-399-15778-3
33.5[11] Chaos in Death Sep 2011 The Unquiet ISBN 978-0349400563
34 Celebrity in Death Feb 2012 ISBN 978-0-399-15830-8
35 Delusion in Death Sep 2012 ISBN 978-0-399-15881-0
36 Calculated in Death Feb 2013 ISBN 978-0-399-15882-7
37 Thankless in Death Sep 2013 ISBN 978-0-399-16442-2
37.5[11] Taken in Death Oct 2013 Mirror, Mirror ISBN 978-0349400563
38 Concealed in Death Feb 2014 ISBN 978-0-399-16443-9
39 Festive in Death Sep 2014 ISBN 978-0-399-16444-6
40 Obsession in Death Feb 2015 ISBN 978-0-399-17087-4
41 Devoted in Death Sep 2015 ISBN 978-0-399-17088-1
41.5[11] Wonderment in Death Sep 2015 Down the Rabbit Hole ISBN 978-0515155471
42 Brotherhood in Death Feb 2016 ISBN 978-0-399-17089-8
43 Apprentice in Death Sep 2016 ISBN 978-1-101-98797-1
44 Echoes in Death Feb 2017 ISBN 978-1-250-12311-4
45 Secrets in Death Sep 2017 ISBN 978-1-250-12315-2
46 Dark in Death Jan 2018 ISBN 978-1-250-16153-6
47 Leverage in Death Sep 2018 ISBN 978-0-349-41791-2
48 Connections in Death Feb 2019 ISBN 978-1250201577
49 Vendetta in Death Sep 2019 ISBN 978-1250207173
50 Golden in Death Feb 2020 ISBN 978-1250207203
51 Shadows in Death Dec 2020 ISBN 978-1250207234
52 Faithless in Death Feb 2021 ISBN 978-1250771827
53 Forgotten in Death Sep 2021 ISBN 978-1250272812
54 Abandoned in Death Feb 2022 ISBN 978-1250278210
55 Desperation in Death Sep 7, 2022 ISBN 978-1250278234
56 Encore in Death Feb 7, 2023 ISBN 978-1250284082
57 Payback in Death Sep 5, 2023 ISBN 978-1250284099
58 Random in Death Jan 23, 2024 ISBN 978-1250289544
59 Passions in Death Sep 3, 2024 ISBN 978-1250289568
60 Bonded in Death Feb 4, 2025

Anthologies and collections

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Silent Night Midnight in Death Nov 1998 ISBN 978-0-515-12385-2
Out of this World Interlude in Death Aug 2001 ISBN 978-0-515-13109-3
Bump in the Night Haunted in Death Apr 2006 ISBN 978-0-515-14117-7
Dead of Night Eternity in Death Nov 2007 ISBN 978-0-515-14367-6
Three in Death Interlude in Death

Midnight in Death

Haunted in Death

Jan 2008 ISBN 0425219712, 9780425219713
Suite 606 Ritual in Death Nov 2008 ISBN 978-0-425-22444-1
The Lost Missing in Death Dec 2009 ISBN 978-0-515-14718-6
The Other Side Possession in Death Nov 2010 ISBN 978-0-515-14867-1
Time of Death Eternity in Death #30

Ritual in Death #33

Missing in Death #36

Jun 2011 ISBN 0425240827, 9780425240823
The Unquiet Chaos in Death Sep 2011 ISBN 978-0-515-14998-2
Mirror, Mirror Taken in Death Oct 2013 ISBN 0515154075, 9780515154078
Down the Rabbit Hole Wonderment in Death Sep 2015 ISBN 978-1-501-22377-8

Major characters

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Eve Dallas

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Eve was found in an alley in Dallas, Texas with severe injuries and evidence of extensive physical and sexual abuse. Her social worker named her and put Eve into a foster home. After reaching the age of majority, Eve has a big desire to move to New York City, where she hopes to become a police officer. Throughout the series, her memories return, mostly through a series of nightmares, revealing a history of incestual rape and the patricide of her father, Richard Troy.

Roarke

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In his mid-thirties, Roarke is an immigrant from Dublin, Ireland; in New York City, he is the CEO of Roarke Industries. He owns an old mansion off Central Park that he remodeled to his specifications with very high-tech security. He convinces Eve to move in with him in Glory in Death and then proposes at the end of the book.

Captain Ryan Feeney

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Eve's former partner and the man who trained her. He no longer works Homicide, but is instead the captain of the Electronics Detection Division (EDD). Feeney likes to dress a bit messily and loves his electronics. He is a dedicated cop and a good husband to his wife, Sheila. They have several children and grandchildren. He is often seen eating a bag of candied nuts, which he may offer to Eve when they are deep in conversation about a case.

Mavis Freestone

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Mavis is Eve's best and first real friend. The two met when Eve arrested her for being a con artist and they ended up becoming friends. Mavis is described as a tiny, pale woman who radically changes her appearance daily, sporting different lengths, styles, and colors of hair with often matching or contrasting eye color. She has an almost innocent personality which belies the very real street knowledge she possesses; she is also very loyal to Eve.

Lawrence Charles Summerset

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Summerset is the major-domo of Roarke's home, and his most trusted friend (after Eve). He used to go by the name 'Basil Kolchek' back in Ireland in the 2030s. He and Eve have an adversarial relationship.

Commander Jack Whitney

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Eve's police commander; her immediate superior. He is one of the few characters in the series, along with the Chief of the NYPSD, Tibble, who is identified as black. Eve respects him greatly. Whitney is a solid, excellent police officer, and for the most part is always on Eve's side. He has at least one daughter (a lawyer) with his wife, Anna Whitney, and endures stoically the parties his wife loves throwing. Surprising Eve, he gets along very well with Roarke and the two have, on rare occasions, smoked and drunk together.

Nadine Furst

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Nadine is one of the intended victims of the murderer in Glory in Death, but is saved by Eve, who is the primary investigator on the case. She is an ambitious but ethical reporter, who will always protect her source. Nadine is a sharp dresser, a fact Eve finds odd.

Dr. Charlotte Mira

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Mira is the resident psychiatrist and profiler for the NYPSD. She has several children with her husband, Dennis, and has grandchildren as well. She is a pretty and feminine woman whom Eve often consults on her cases. Eve loves Charlotte very much but has not admitted it to her face; nevertheless, Charlotte knows. Charlotte thinks of Eve as a daughter, a fact which annoyed Mira's own daughter at one point, and throughout the series has gotten Eve to open up to her more and more.

Officer (Detective) Delia Peabody

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Although her first name is Delia, she is referred to by her surname 'Peabody' throughout the books, as is standard for other police officers. Peabody has a very close relationship with Eve. Peabody comes from a family of "Free-Agers", which is a fictional extension of the New Age movement from the 1980s. Her family is peaceful and pacifistic, but Delia prefers exercising justice the police way. She is a responsible officer, but as the books continue, she becomes more confident in her cases and in teasing Eve, particularly about her sex life with McNab and her sexual fantasies.

Detective Ian McNab

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Of a Scottish background, Ian is a detective in Feeney's Electronics Detection Division. He is particularly good with computers, though not as good as Roarke. Ian is a flashy dresser who, in Eve's words, "prances" rather than walks. Feeney describes him as a known candy thief, and he has been caught at least once pilfering candy bars from Eve's office.

Detective David Baxter

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Another detective from Homicide. Baxter enjoys teasing Eve about anything he can, usually relating to her relationship with Roarke and associated changes; despite this teasing Roarke views Baxter as a solid cop and easygoing person.

Chief Medical Examiner Li Morris

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Chief Medical Examiner Morris is the medical examiner Eve requests on all of her high-priority cases. He is mentioned as having 'oddly exotic almond-shaped eyes', and sports a small tattoo of the Grim Reaper on his left pectoral. He has a long black ponytail, which he often ties back with fasteners that match his clothes. He plays the saxophone and sometimes plays gigs at various clubs. He listens to music while performing autopsies and calls Eve his prize pupil for her quick-witted deductions.

Notes

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  1. ^ Roberts, Nora (18 April 2014). "Eve And Roarke With No Body". Fall Into The Story. Retrieved 7 December 2017. So, no babies, not now. No charming orphans of any age. No pregnancy scares, no miscarriages, no foundlings, no street-wise kid who needs a good home. Did I leave anything out? If so, fill it in, then answer no.... I'm sorry some readers are disappointed I'm not taking the series and the characters in this direction, but I'm not. Repeat: I. Am. Not. The readers who insist on telling me why this could/should work are wasting their time. I don't agree, and I write the books.
  2. ^ Robb, J.D. "FAQ". J.D.ROBB. When will Eve and Roarke have a baby? Nora has said repeatedly that a baby would signal the end of the series. In her opinion, a baby changes everything (for the better) and the focus of the series would change radically. In no way does this mean Nora thinks a mother can't be an excellent police officer (or attorney or any other type of professional). It does mean that many of the things readers love about Eve and Roarke's life together would change (i.e., leaving home for hours on end only to return to continue working in their home offices).
  3. ^ a b c Robb, J.D. (2000). "Chapter Twenty". Judgment in Death. Penguin Publishing Group. ISBN 9781101203798.
  4. ^ Robb, J.D. (2005). "Chapter One". Visions in Death. Penguin Publishing Group. ISBN 9781101204979.
  5. ^ a b Robb, Visions in Death, Chapter Twenty-two.
  6. ^ a b Robb, Visions in Death, Chapter Twenty-three.
  7. ^ a b c Robb, J.D. (2005). "Chapter Thirteen". Survivor in Death. Penguin Publishing Group. ISBN 9781101205006.
  8. ^ Robb, J.D. (2006). "Chapter 21". Memory in Death. Penguin Publishing Group. ISBN 9781101205488.
  9. ^ Memory in Death, "Chapter 16".
  10. ^ Laura (2021-02-09). "Faithless in Death discussion spot". Fall Into The Story. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Fiction DB".

Further reading

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  • Little, Denise, & Hayden, Laura, The Official Nora Roberts Companion (New York: Berkley, 2003). ISBN 0-425-18344-0
  • Ali, Kecia, Human in Death: Morality and Mortality in J. D. Robb's Novels (Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press, 2017). ISBN 9781481306270
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