Need another mystery series to get locked into? Try the "In Death" series by J. D. Robb (complete list here). Two warnings: 1) there are over 20 of them so far; 2) Robb is Nora Roberts, about the most prolific romance/suspense writer currently on the planet. The result of not following the first warning is that you'll get hooked on the series; the result of the second is that you might be tempted to try some of Roberts' other books (which I've done; many of the post-1995 ones are pretty good reads).
The "In Death" series' main character is Eve Dallas, a cop in 2050's New York. The futuristic aspects are (mostly) not a big part of the books; they're really police procedurals, and they're reasonably good examples of the genre. They're not the 87th Precinct (the site of Ed McBain's wonderful books), but they're good enough. Roberts' skill seems to me to be characterization, and Dallas, her main foil/lover Roarke, and the other cops are or become people the reader cares about.
Posted by Linkmeister at March 10, 2007 01:30 PM | TrackBackMaybe I'll give them another try. I've read a couple of Nora Roberts books, but far from the whole series.
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Posted by: cassie-b at March 11, 2007 01:44 PM