Kindred in Death (In Death 35) by J. D. Robb

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When the newly promoted captain of the NYPSD and his wife return a day early from their vacation, they were looking forward to spending time with their bright and vivacious sixteen-year-old daughter who had stayed behind. Not even their worst nightmares could have prepared them for the crime... read more

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While on vacation, Eve gets a call from her Captain. The murder of another captain's sixteen year old daugther has hit home. The captain askes Eve to take charge of the case. He knows her reputation for getting justice for those who can't speak for themselves. As the case develops Eve... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Cast of Characters/Important People

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Eve Dallas: Add a description of this character.
Roarke: Roarke is in his mid-thirties; he is an immigrant from Dublin, Ireland; in NYC, he is the CEO of Roarke Industries, and one of the richest men in the world, possibly the richest. He owns an old mansion off of Central Park that he remodeled to his specifications with very high tech security. Also in the home is his own personal collection of firearms, which are illegal in 2058 unless one possesses a collector's license. Roarke also owns maces, swords, daggers, medieval armor, and other assorted weapons. He is quite skilled in electronics and can dismantle any type of security, lock, or coding, as well as hacking into any electronic database—including but not limited to the FBI, Interpol, and Homeland Security.
Captain Ryan Feeney: Eve's former partner and the man who trained her, picking her up as an officer after finding her working a crime scene. He no longer works Homicide, but is instead the captain of the Electronics Detection Division (EDD).
Mavis Freestone
Summerset
Commander Jack Whitney: Eve's police commander; her immediate superior, since Eve oddly enough does not have a captain. He is one of the few black characters in the series, along with the Chief of the NYPSD, Tibble. Eve respects him greatly. Whitney is a solid, excellent police officer, and for the most part is always on Eve's side. He recognizes that she is an excellent cop; if it weren't for the fact that Eve prefers being on the street, he would have promoted her to captain himself. However, that and the fact that other high-ranking members of the police force frown on her marriage to Roarke have made the promotion more difficult, something he does not agree with. He does not aspire to higher political positions than the one he has; he also has been a cop as long as Feeney has, and the two were apparently in uniform together (covered in Ceremony). He has at least one daughter (a lawyer) with his wife, Anna Whitney, and endures stoically the parties his wife loves throwing. He also states in 'Reunion' that he has more than one son as well as grandchildren in another book.
Nadine Furst: Channel 75 news reporter, on the crime beat. She is the intended victim of the murders in Glory in Death, but Eve is the one who stops the murders. She is an extremely ambitious reporter, but an ethical one; she will always protect her source (in these books, the source is Eve) and follows her cases thoroughly. The transactions between Nadine and Eve are usually the same: when Eve is in the early stages of investigating a case, Nadine will call her repeatedly, asking for information. Eve usually responds (or calls back) on the third or fourth call and gives Nadine a few key pieces of information. From there, Eve expects Nadine to do some more digging (which she does more quickly and effectively than the police), return the facts to Eve, and ultimately be rewarded with an exclusive interview when the case breaks.
Dr. Charlotte Mira: Mira is the resident psychologist and profiler for the NYPSD; Eve comments in Naked that she could have opened a much more profitable private practice, but Charlotte wanted to work with the police. Charlotte tells Eve that she was raped as a child by her stepfather, when she was twelve, and the rapes went on for several years before she finally admitted it. Her mother divorced her stepfather and remarried Charlotte's birth father, and her parents are happy to this day. Charlotte has several children with her husband, Dennis Mira, and has grandchildren as well. Eve loves Charlotte very much but has not admitted it to her face; nevertheless, Charlotte knows. Charlotte thinks of Eve as a daughter, and throughout the series has gotten Eve to open up to her more and more. Charlotte knows all about Eve's life: her rapes as a child, her killing of her father in self-defense, her subsequent foster care, subsequent time spent in juvenile detention, her reasons for being a police officer, and her life with Roarke. Charlotte is also one of the few that knows that Homeland Security had a hand in covering up Eve's father's death.
Officer (Detective) Delia Peabody: Temporary aide in Glory and Immortal in Death Permanent aide: from Rapture in Death through to Imitation Partner: Promotion to Detective, third grade in Imitation in Death. Delia comes from a family of "Free-agers" , which is a fictional extension of the New Age movement from the 1980s. Her family is very peaceful and pacifistic, but Delia prefers exercising justice her way - the police way. She is a very responsible and sober police officer, but as the books continue, her personality relaxes. She dates Charles Monroe for a little while starting in Holiday in Death, but she quickly realizes that she thinks of him as a brother. Nevertheless, they continue to go out on excursions together, confusing Ian McNab. Ian McNab is Delia's lover; she meets and clashes with him in his introduction during Vengeance in Death. They start a sexual relationship in Loyalty in Death, break them off in Betrayal in Death, and officially start dating in Seduction in Death. He meets her parents in Reunion in Death, they move in together and sign a lease in Visions in Death, and she visits his family in Memory in Death (they live in Scotland). She's very happy with him, but as she states to Eve once, she's fine living with him - marriage is very far off.
Detective Ian McNab: 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 also a very flashy dresser, wearing bright, spangly clothes and earrings. 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: nother detective from Eve's division, Homicide. A very able police officer, he begins making regular appearances in "Conspiracy in Death". He was originally a member of the anti-crime division, but transferred over to Homicide well before his first appearance. He 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 esaygoing person. This did not, however, prevent a short altercation between Roarke and Baxter in Conspiracy in Death, when Baxter is responsible for interviewing Eve as a suspect in a homicide Roarkes punches him in the face. Whenever Eve has a fairly large team for a big investigation, she brings Baxter in. He is a bachelor and is described as being good looking; however, he has not been romantically tied to any particular person. In Purity in Death, Eve urges Baxter to take Trueheart under his supervision, meaning that Trueheart serves him the same way Delia did Eve. He admits in rare moments that he's very fond of Trueheart, often referring to him as 'the kid' or 'the boy'. His capabilities as a good cop and trainer are demonstrated through Truehearts sharpening skills.
Chief Medical Examiner Li Morris
Galahad: Eve's third victim is the owner of a cat; Eve takes the cat into custody. However, the victim's daughter is too distraught to take the cat, and Eve has it at her apartment, not knowing what to do with it. When the perpetrator of the book has Eve at gunpoint, the cat brushes past his leg, distracting him and giving Eve the leverage she needs to fight back. Eve thus names the cat Galahad, after the Arthurian Knight, because he was her knight in shining armor. The cat is Eve's, Roarke's, and Summerset's pet; he is often fed by all of them and takes food as he pleases, and occasionally steals it. On occasion, Eve has had bad dreams from which she wakes up to find Galahad trying to wake and comfort her. When Nixie, the title character from Survivor in Death, stays at their home, she stays mostly with Galahad, as he comforts her. Eve mentions later in Memory in Death that the cat has been neutered. The cat makes minor appearances in almost every book. He is described as a fat gray cat with dual colored eyes, one green and one gold.
Leonardo
Officer Troy Trueheart: The most naive character in the series; like his name, he is a young, honest, innocent, and enthusiastic young officer (in "Witness in Death" he thanks Eve for giving him the mission of standing outside in the cold all night long). He has a single mother whom he loves very much, and who makes a brief appearance in Witness in Death when he is badly injured (by other police officers) while chasing a suspect. It is also mentioned in this book that he is twenty-two.
Dr. Louise Dimatto
Charles Monroe
Bella