Rapture in Death (1996) (edit title/settings)

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• Eve Dallas: NYPSD lieutenant and homicide detective; married to Roarke
• Roarke: Billionaire; married to Eve
• Officer Delia Peabody: Eve's aide
• Mavis Freestone: Eve's best friend and singing phenom
• Captain Ryan Feeney: Head of EDD; Eve's former partner and trainer
• Jess Barrow: Musician working to develop Mavis; musicologist
• S. T. Fitzhugh: Defense attorney; believed to have self-terminated
• Arthur Foxx: Fitzhugh's cohab
• Dr. Charlotte Mira: NYPSD profiler and psychologist
• Dr. Reeanna Ott: Scientist working for Roarke
• Leonardo: Mavis' co-hab; fashion designer
• Drew Mathias: Employee on Olympus who committed suicide; an electronics expert with a speciality in autotronics
• Nadine Furst: Ace reporter for Channel 75 and friend of Eve
• Commander Jack Whitney: Eve's boss
• Cerise Devane: Media head; believed to have self-terminated
• Summerset: Roarke's majordomo
• Galahad: Eve and Roarke's cat
• Jack Carter: assistant engineer who works for Roarke on his Olympus Resort; Drew Mathias' roommate
• Dr. Wang: Doctor on Roarke's Olympus Resort who pronounces Drew Mathias dead
• Lisa Cardeaux: landscape designer who works for Roarke on his Olympus Resort; dating Jack Carter
• William Shaffer: one of Roarke's employees who's working with Dr. Ott on a project
• Dickie Berenski: Chief lab tech for the NYPSD
• Frank Rabbit: Cerise Devane's assistant
• Chief Dudley: Chief of Security for Goverment Employees

Quotes edit see section history

• “How was Paris? How was the island? How was the resort? Did he screw your brains out everywhere?" "Beautiful, wonderful, interesting, and yeah, he did.”

  Mavis, Eve Dallas

• “My underwear's solid gold. It chafes some, but it makes me feel secure.”

  Eve Dallas

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• “You changed my life,” she said again. “At least part of it. I’m beginning to see it’s the best part of it. I want you to know that. I want you to remember that when we get back and things settle into routine, if I forget to let you know what I feel or what I think or how much you mean to me.”

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• People speak of the heart, Lieutenant, but it’s the brain that holds all the magic and mystery of the human species. It elevates us, separates us, defines us as individuals. And the secrets of it—well, it’s doubtful we’ll ever know them all.

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• Some things last, she thought. Some ordinary things. Like love.

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• “A ghra.” “Huh?” A line appeared between her brows. “Is that Gaelic again?” “Yes.” He brought their joined fingers to his lips. “Love. My love.”

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• All but doubled over with laughter, she threw her arms around him, hugged herself to his back. “Oh, I love you.”

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• “My underwear’s solid gold. It chafes some, but it makes me feel secure.”

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• “Let me tell you what I think about the branding at birth issue, Lieutenant. It’s a cop-out, plain and simple. It’s a crutch. I couldn’t help setting fire to that building and burning hundreds of people alive. I was born an arsonist. I couldn’t stop myself from battering that old woman to death for her handful of credits. My mother was a thief.”

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• eighteen chapter nineteen chapter twenty

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• Leanore Bastwick sat in her custom-made leather chair in the glass-walled corner office of Fitzhugh, Bastwick, and Stern.

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• Eve had recognized him. Naked, bled almost dry, and smiling up at his own reflection was the renowned defense attorney S. T. Fitzhugh.

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• New York
• East Washington
• Olympus Resort

Organizations edit see section history

• NYPSD: New York Police and Security Department

First Sentence edit see section history

Table of Contents edit see section history

Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by Immortal in Death, and followed by Ceremony in Death.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. J. D. Robb (Author)

Other Contributors:

1. Susan Ericksen (Reader)

First Edition edit see section history

Awards edit see section history

• RRA (1996: Best Romantic Suspense/Mystery/Adventure)
• AAR (1998: Top 100 Romances, #83)

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: CPB Box no. 519 vol. 3 Copyright Pbk Coll FT MEADE
• Dewey: 813.54

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Has sex scenes inappropriate for kids...not sure about for older teens (in my liberal opinion).

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Mystery › Women Sleuths
• Books › Romance › Romantic Suspense
• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Science Fiction
• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Police Procedurals
• Books › Literature & Fiction

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

• J. D. Robb: Author's website
• InDeath.Net: Everything "In Death"

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