dallas, eve (fictional character)

Lieutenant Eve Dallas is called to an Upper West Side private school to investigate the murder of a popular history professor, but her investigation is hindered by Eve's jealousy of her husband's ex-girlfriend, who has turned up in New York with questionable motives.

Romance novelist Nora Roberts, writing as herself and as J.D. Robb, author of futuristic romantic suspense stories, presents two connected tales, the first in which a diamond heist brings together Laine Tavish, the thief's daughter, and insurance investigator Max Gannon, and the second in which their granddaughter, having written a book about the theft in 2059, becomes the target of someone who believes she has the still missing gems.

As Thanksgiving 2060 draws near, Lieutenant Eve Dallas, thankful for having Roarke and his family in her life, investigates the murders of the Reinholds and tries to locate their son, twenty-six-year-old Jerry, who killed them and has begun targeting anyone who has crossed him in the past.

In "Naked in Death," Eve Dallas is in over her head when she breaks the rules and falls in love with Roarke, an Irish billionaire and a suspect in her most recent case, and in "Glory in Death," Eve Dallas suspects there is a link between the murders of two beautiful and highly successful women.

In 2059 New York City, Detective Eve Dallas searches for a cold-blooded killer who has murdered a popular father-son team of doctors, but as she digs into the victims' past, she uncovers a shocking secret that may hold the key to their deaths.

In the year 2060, Detective Lieutenant Eve Dallas investigates the murder of Father Miguel Flores and uncovers shocking secrets about the man's past that suggest the beloved priest is not the man his parishioners thought.

Lieutenant Eve Dallas, of the New York City police force, investigates a series of murders that follow the pattern of Jack the Ripper, and she must discover the murderer from among some of the city's most influential and powerful men before she becomes the next victim.