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FROM: Sarah Brown <[removed]@tcpl.lib.in.us>
REC'D: 12/2/04, 3:16 PM
Particularly, what appeals to me about this series is Eve, herself- she's a
tough, in-your-face heroine who'll hit you if you see her crying. She's crusty
on the outside, but all gooey soft on the inside. She's caustic and sarcastic,
doesn't hesitate to communicate her displeasure or demands. She's what I would
term a "wounded soul," having been physically and sexually abused as a child,
and is now a NYC police investigator. She's a homicide cop and "stands for the
dead," even if it means going up against the rich and famous, fellow police
officers, or the big government. She's loyal - her friends know they can count
on her - even when it's doing something she's not particularly comfortable with
(ie. being her best friend's birth coach). She's not exactly nice - in fact,
frequently blunt and threatening.
The suspense is great, and the murders grisly. The series is set ~2050's, but
the setting is not that different from a modern police department.
And, last but CERTAINLY not least, I like the relationship between Eve and her
husband, Roarke - another wounded soul. He grew up abused, in the slums of
Ireland, made a very good, but shady life for himself and has now gone
completely legal - because his wife is a cop (ah, true love).
I am familiar with her works as Nora Roberts and enjoy most of those as well,
but the Eve Dallas series is much grittier than her Roberts works.
Thanks in advance!!
Sarah Brown
FROM: Kathy Willis <[removed]@elmhurst.edu>
REC'D: 12/2/04, 3:38 PM
Sarah Brown wrote:
>Can any of you recommend good read-alike matches for JD Robb's Lt. Eve Dallas
>series. I've checked the archives, but didn't find much.
>
>Particularly, what appeals to me about this series is Eve, herself- she's a
>tough, in-your-face heroine who'll hit you if you see her crying. She's crusty
>on the outside, but all gooey soft on the inside. She's caustic and sarcastic,
>doesn't hesitate to communicate her displeasure or demands. She's what I would
>term a "wounded soul," having been physically and sexually abused as a child,
>and is now a NYC police investigator. She's a homicide cop and "stands for the
>dead," even if it means going up against the rich and famous, fellow police
>officers, or the big government. She's loyal - her friends know they can count
>on her - even when it's doing something she's not particularly comfortable with
>(ie. being her best friend's birth coach). She's not exactly nice - in fact,
>frequently blunt and threatening.
>
>The suspense is great, and the murders grisly. The series is set ~2050's, but
>the setting is not that different from a modern police department.
>
>And, last but CERTAINLY not least, I like the relationship between Eve and her
>husband, Roarke - another wounded soul. He grew up abused, in the slums of
>Ireland, made a very good, but shady life for himself and has now gone
>completely legal - because his wife is a cop (ah, true love).
>
>I am familiar with her works as Nora Roberts and enjoy most of those as well,
>but the Eve Dallas series is much grittier than her Roberts works.
>
>
>Thanks in advance!!
>
>Sarah Brown
>
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FROM: "Jessica Moyer" <[removed]@richland.edu>
REC'D: 12/2/04, 3:50 PM
Thursday is also a tough no nonsense kind of girl and she never
hesitates to shoot when its necessary (most literary detectives don't
even know how to use a gun.) And she also goes heads up with her local
administrators as well as taking on Goliath, the mega corporation that
controls most everything in England.
Jessica E. Moyer, M.S., C.A.S.
Director of Academic Resources, Learning Resources Center
Richland Community College, One College Park, Decatur, IL 62521
Phone: 217 875 7211 ext 294 Email: [removed]@richland.edu
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From: Sarah Brown [[removed]@tcpl.lib.in.us]
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 3:10 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: JD Robb Read-Alikes
Can any of you recommend good read-alike matches for JD Robb's Lt. Eve
Dallas series. I've checked the archives, but didn't find much.
Particularly, what appeals to me about this series is Eve, herself-
she's a tough, in-your-face heroine who'll hit you if you see her
crying. She's crusty on the outside, but all gooey soft on the inside.
She's caustic and sarcastic, doesn't hesitate to communicate her
displeasure or demands. She's what I would term a "wounded soul,"
having been physically and sexually abused as a child, and is now a NYC
police investigator. She's a homicide cop and "stands for the dead,"
even if it means going up against the rich and famous, fellow police
officers, or the big government. She's loyal - her friends know they
can count on her - even when it's doing something she's not particularly
comfortable with (ie. being her best friend's birth coach). She's not
exactly nice - in fact, frequently blunt and threatening.
The suspense is great, and the murders grisly. The series is set
~2050's, but the setting is not that different from a modern police
department.
And, last but CERTAINLY not least, I like the relationship between Eve
and her husband, Roarke - another wounded soul. He grew up abused, in
the slums of Ireland, made a very good, but shady life for himself and
has now gone completely legal - because his wife is a cop (ah, true
love).
I am familiar with her works as Nora Roberts and enjoy most of those as
well, but the Eve Dallas series is much grittier than her Roberts works.
Thanks in advance!!
Sarah Brown
FROM: "Margaret Dunn Library" <[removed]@caledon.library.on.ca>
REC'D: 12/2/04, 4:19 PM
Donna
FROM: Jane Jorgenson <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 12/2/04, 5:09 PM
From the romance end of the spectrum you might try
Double Trouble by Claire Cross, which I loved for the
snarky first person narrative of the heroine. Linda
Howard has also done some suspense/romances with tough
but wounded heroines/heros. Some titles: Dream Man,
After the Night and Shades of Twilight.
And in the realm of science fiction there is Elizabeth
Moon's Esmay Suiza series - Once a Hero is first and
David Weber/Steve White have a fabulous survivor of a
heroine in In Death Ground.
Jane Jorgenson
Alicia Ashman Branch - MPL
Madison, WI
--- Sarah Brown <[removed]@tcpl.lib.in.us> wrote:
> Can any of you recommend good read-alike matches for
> JD Robb's Lt. Eve Dallas
> series. I've checked the archives, but didn't find
> much.
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REC'D: 12/2/04, 9:20 PM
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From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org] On Behalf Of Sarah Brown
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 3:10 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: JD Robb Read-Alikes
Can any of you recommend good read-alike matches for JD Robb's Lt. Eve
Dallas
series. I've checked the archives, but didn't find much.
Particularly, what appeals to me about this series is Eve, herself-
she's a
tough, in-your-face heroine who'll hit you if you see her crying. She's
crusty
on the outside, but all gooey soft on the inside. She's caustic and
sarcastic,
doesn't hesitate to communicate her displeasure or demands. She's what
I would
term a "wounded soul," having been physically and sexually abused as a
child,
and is now a NYC police investigator. She's a homicide cop and "stands
for the
dead," even if it means going up against the rich and famous, fellow
police
officers, or the big government. She's loyal - her friends know they
can count
on her - even when it's doing something she's not particularly
comfortable with
(ie. being her best friend's birth coach). She's not exactly nice - in
fact,
frequently blunt and threatening.
The suspense is great, and the murders grisly. The series is set
~2050's, but
the setting is not that different from a modern police department.
And, last but CERTAINLY not least, I like the relationship between Eve
and her
husband, Roarke - another wounded soul. He grew up abused, in the slums
of
Ireland, made a very good, but shady life for himself and has now gone
completely legal - because his wife is a cop (ah, true love).
I am familiar with her works as Nora Roberts and enjoy most of those as
well,
but the Eve Dallas series is much grittier than her Roberts works.
Thanks in advance!!
Sarah Brown
FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 12/3/04, 2:38 PM
FROM: "Jan Doxtator" <[removed]@fibernetcc.com>
REC'D: 12/3/04, 5:32 PM
Jan Doxtator
Stevens Point, WI
FROM: "Robin Deffendall" <[removed]@cumberland.lib.nc.us>
REC'D: 12/6/04, 9:33 AM
One correction though: it's CAROL O'Connell, not Cathleen. She is AWESOME!
Robin Deffendall
Bordeaux Branch Library
Cumberland County Public Library and Information Center
Fayetteville, NC
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From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org [[removed]@maillist.webrary.org]
On Behalf Of Jan Doxtator
Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 5:46 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: RE: JD ROBB Readalikes
Cathleen O'Connell's character Kathleen Mallory is so crusty she's nearly
impenetrable emotionally. The series begins with 1994's Mallory's Oracle.
Jan Doxtator
Stevens Point, WI
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