"A new twist on a familiar storyline."
Reviewed by Sandi Shilhanek
Posted October 31, 2011
Romance Suspense | Suspense | Thriller
NEW YORK TO DALLAS is the thirty-third installment in the
popular In Death series from J. D. Robb and is the first to
not contain the words In Death in the title. It also
takes Eve from her comfort zone of New York and her normal
work team into the place of her nightmares...Dallas, Texas. Isaac McQueen was the first person Eve arrested as a rookie,
but now he has managed to escape from prison, and is again
on a crime spree. While there are similarities to his past
crimes he is not following the same exact patterns, and he
wants Eve to know he is free and to come to him so that he
may exact his revenge on her for the years he spent in prison.
He kidnaps a previous victim, one that Eve helped free when
he was originally arrested. That victim is in Dallas and
the ability to rescue her and recapture Isaac is what sends
Eve and Roarke to Dallas. The rest of Eve's team is still
in New York working the case from there, and Eve must rely
on members of the Dallas Police Dept. to find the victim and
recapture Isaac. While Eve and Roarke are smart they are
unable to capture
Isaac before he strikes again. How many girls and women
will he be able to use in his evil ways before he is
captured again? With every In Death title Eve manages to
get into the head of the perpetrator and uses that
information with the assistance of her team to capture them.
Being in Dallas and the nature of the crimes that Isaac
commit bring Eve smashing back into her own past. I feel
that being forced to confront her past and deal with it
while trying to retain her professionalism was a good twist
to the story and helps to move Eve into a new phase of her
life.
NEW YORK TO DALLAS takes a storyline that has been enjoyed
by many for a long time, and gives it in my opinion an
exciting new twist. It helps to somewhat soften Eve, but
not to the point where we lose the Eve Dallas that we all
know and love but to the point where I believe that once
settled back in New York we shall see an evolution of Eve as
she deals with those on her team when the next homicide
comes their way.
SUMMARY
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 intense and terrifying new case for New York
homicide cop Eve Dallas, one that will take her all the way
to the city that gave her her name-and plunge her into the
nightmares of her childhood. 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
victims and leaving them scarred in both mind and body. The
other is to get revenge on the woman who stopped him all
those years ago.
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Comments
1 comment posted.
Re: A new twist on a familiar storyline.
I love this series, and have reread many of the books. They are my favorite couple.
(Marie Manolio 11:39am November 30, 2011)
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