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THE BOOKS
Putnam Hardcover | 978-0-399-15624-3
30th in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. Bart Minnock, founder of the computer-gaming giant U-Play, enters his private playroom, and eagerly can't wait to lose himself in an imaginary world—to play the role of a sword-wielding warrior king—in his company’s latest top-secret project, Fantastical. The next morning, he is found in the same locked room, in a pool of blood, his head separated from his body. It is the most puzzling case Eve Dallas has ever faced, and it is not a game... NYPSD Lieutenant Eve Dallas is having as much trouble figuring out how Bart Minnock was murdered as who did the murdering. The victim's girlfriend seems sincerely grief-stricken, and his quirky-but-brilliant partners at U-Play appear equally shocked. No one seemed to have a problem with the enthusiastic, high-spirited millionaire. Of course, success can attract jealousy, and gaming, like any business, has its fierce rivalries and dirty tricks—as Eve's husband, Roarke, one of U-Play's competitors, knows well. But Minnock was not naive, and quite capable of fighting back in the real world as well as the virtual one. Eve and her team are about to enter the next level of police work, in a world where fantasy is the ultimate seduction-and the price of defeat is death...
Praise for Fantasy in Death: “If you’re a long time fan, you certainly shouldn’t miss it—or any of them.” — All About Romance “J. D. Robb has managed to continue to surprise either with the central mystery, a changing character, or with the underlying theme that make the book more than just a police procedural/mystery. The one offers all three.” —SFRevu “Unequivocally this is one of the better in the series.” —Night Owl Reviews “A highly enjoyable story where the reader actually feels as if things are truly futuristic.” —Romance Readers Connection “Robb successfully mixes a classic locked-room murder with plenty of cutting-edge twenty-first century technology, and the end result is an ingenious tale of crime that delivers plenty of Robb’s patented dangerous chills and passionate thrills.” —Advance Reviews |
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Fantasy in Death