Review—Memory in Death
Memory in Death was written by Nora Roberts writing as J.D. Robb. The Putnam Publishing Group published the book in January 2006. The book has 337 pages.
It’s Christmas in New York City
Eve had a very rough start in life; it ended with the death of her father at her hands, and then her placement in the foster system. Trudy Lombard now sits at her desk, smiling and talking as if they were old friends and that Eve should be grateful for having had such a caring foster mother. Eve remembers it differently; this woman took a young, hurt, and vulnerable girl and made her life miserable for the short time they lived together. Eve remembers cold, dark spaces and cleaning floors with toothbrushes and many more issues with this woman sitting in front of her. These memories stir up other pieces of the past for Eve and she knows where she needs to be right now, and that is at home so she can maybe close some of these open wounds in private. Her husband Roarke is home and though she thought she wanted solitude all she really wants and needs is his love, strength, and security. Trudy is ambitious and predictable, in that the next day she visits Roarke at one of his many multi-million dollar offices; there, she makes him an offer she thinks he can’t refuse.
Trudy’s life comes to an end and her death places Eve and Roarke in the precarious positions of being possible suspects. Through determination of spirit and the toughness her earlier life created, Eve will search for a killer and maybe clear a part of her past. A past that she had thought was as dead as Trudy.
The series of books written by J. D. Robb, also known as Nora Roberts, are always entertaining and the characters enjoyable. They are complex, sympathetic, and often amusing. There are more than 20 books in this collection and I recommend each one. Eve and Roarke make a fascinating couple in combination with all of their friends who are more like family.
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