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VENDETTA IN DEATH, published in 2019, is a romantic suspense novel by JD Robb. It is book 49 in the In Death series. JD Robb is a pseudonym for Nora Roberts.
VENDETTA IN DEATH spent 1 week at #1 on the NYT Bestseller List. Between 2009 and 2018, Nora Roberts spent a total of 29 weeks at #1 on the NYT Bestseller list (16 weeks as Nora Roberts + 13 weeks as JD Robb).
NO MATTER YOUR RACE, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, OR POLITICAL AFFILIATION, WE PROTECT AND SERVE*, BECAUSE YOU COULD GET DEAD.
*EVEN IF YOU WERE AN ASSHOLE.
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VENDETTA IN DEATH Synopsis
She calls herself Lady Justice. And once she has chosen a man as her target, she turns herself into a tall blonde or a curvaceous redhead, makes herself as alluring and seductive as possible to them. Once they are in her grasp, they are powerless.
The first victim is wealthy businessman Nigel McEnroy. His company’s human resources department has already paid out settlements to a couple of his young victims—but they don’t know that his crimes go far beyond workplace harassment. Lady Justice knows. And in one shocking night of brutality, she makes him pay a much steeper price.
Now Eve Dallas and her husband, Roarke, are combing through the evidence of McEnroy’s secret life. His compulsive need to record his misdeeds provides them with a wide range of suspects, but the true identity of Lady Justice remains elusive. It’s a challenging case, made even more difficult by McEnroy’s widow, who reacts to the investigation with fury, denial, and threats. Meanwhile, Lady Justice’s criminal crusade is escalating rapidly, and if Eve can’t stop this vigilante, there’s no telling how much blood may be spilled…
VENDETTA IN DEATH Analysis Of:
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VENDETTA IN DEATH Reviews
If you’ve read the 48 books before this one, you’re probably heavily invested in the characters. Perhaps you’ll be satisfied with the novel.
I haven’t read the whole series and I wasn’t satisfied with this book. I’ve read a couple of other entries in the series and was never overly impressed but this one? This one had basically no plot.
{Spoiler Alert} Eve Dallas, the main character, decides that her gut knows best and so she solves the case. She’s granted a warrant based on limited circumstantial evidence and “her gut” and everything ends up fine.
To make matters even more boring, if you haven’t read a solid portion of the prior novels, you probably won’t understand the characters. Random characters from prior novels show up without explanation and it’s expected the reader will know who they are.
If you’ve haven’t read at least a dozen of the series (heavily focused on the most recent ones), skip this. There are WAY better things you could be reading.
But that’s just my opinion. What do others think?
…there isn’t anything particularly special about this entry in the series.
Reading Reality
…a solidly good–but not top–entry into the series.
Errant Dreams
What a load of crap.
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Writing Prompts & Exercises for VENDETTA IN DEATH
It’s time to practice YOUR writing using Vendetta in Death as inspiration.
Prompt: The Opening Paragraph(s)
This is the opening paragraph of the novel. Ignore everything you know about the story and use it as a writing prompt.
Your Task: Using as much detail as possible, write another 300+ words.
Chapter 1
He needed killing.
She’d researched, studied, planned the who, when, how, and why for more than a year, and had chosen Nigel B. McEnroy to be the first.
Exercise: Mix & Match
This exercise is all about being creative. We’re going to merge a character from VENDETTA IN DEATH with a scene from LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD.
Your Task: Add a character from VENDETTA into the scene of your choice in RED.
Need An Idea?
- Red & her grandmother are found dead. Write a scene featuring Eve investigating their deaths.
- Red is staying at An Didean and Jake is teaching her to play guitar.
- An Didean is a children’s shelter that was first mentioned in book 38 (CONCEALED IN DEATH). Jake Kincaide is a rock star dating Nadine and first appeared in book 43 (APPRENTICE IN DEATH).
- Eve is Red’s mother. Write the opening scene where Eve sends Red to visit her grandmother.
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