In Death Books in Order
A long-running near-future police procedural series by Nora Roberts writing as J.D. Robb, following NYPSD homicide lieutenant Eve Dallas as she hunts killers in a high-tech mid-21st-century New York. Each novel is a self-contained case, but Eve's relationships and the ensemble cast deepen across the series.
Publication order
In the order the books were originally released.
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Buy on Amazon1995 · Nora Roberts
In a futuristic New York City of 2058, hard-edged homicide detective Eve Dallas hunts a killer who has murdered a senator's granddaughter, a licensed…
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Buy on Amazon1995 · Nora Roberts
When a prominent prosecuting attorney is found murdered in the street, Eve Dallas catches a case that quickly reaches into the upper levels of New…
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Buy on Amazon1996 · Nora Roberts
A celebrated supermodel is brutally killed, and the chief suspect is one of Eve Dallas's closest friends, Mavis's lover. The trail leads into the…
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Buy on Amazon1996 · Nora Roberts
Now married to Roarke, Eve Dallas investigates a series of apparent suicides that don't add up. The deaths are linked to a cutting-edge entertainment…
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Buy on Amazon1997 · Nora Roberts
Eve Dallas looks into the death of a young woman with ties to a secretive cult practicing occult rituals in New York. The case grows personal when it…
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Buy on Amazon1997 · Nora Roberts
A killer is torturing and murdering powerful men, and the gruesome staging suggests revenge. The investigation turns chillingly personal when Eve…
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Buy on Amazon1998 · Nora Roberts
During the Christmas season, a murderer dressed as Santa Claus is killing victims in ways tied to the gifts of the holiday song. Eve Dallas works to…
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Buy on Amazon1999 · Nora Roberts
Homeless people are turning up dead with their organs surgically removed, the work of a killer with medical precision. Eve Dallas pursues a murderer…
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Buy on Amazon1999 · Nora Roberts
A terrorist group calling itself Cassandra threatens New York with destruction, mixing political manifestos with deadly attacks. Eve Dallas must…
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Buy on Amazon2000 · Nora Roberts
A famous actor is killed onstage during a live performance, his prop knife switched for a real blade in front of a full audience. Eve Dallas must…
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Buy on Amazon2000 · Nora Roberts
When a cop is murdered in a club secretly owned by Roarke, Eve Dallas faces a case that threatens her marriage and her badge. The victim was dirty,…
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Buy on Amazon2001 · Nora Roberts
A series of thefts and murders at luxury hotels points to a master thief turned killer, and the case has chilling ties to Roarke's past. Eve Dallas…
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Buy on Amazon2001 · Nora Roberts
A charming predator is seducing young women, drugging them, and recording their deaths as part of a sadistic game. Eve Dallas hunts a killer who…
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Buy on AmazonReunion in Death (In Death, 14)
2002 · Nora Roberts
A black widow who marries wealthy men and murders them resurfaces, and this time the killer has a personal grudge against Eve Dallas. As the…
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Buy on Amazon2002 · Nora Roberts
A computer virus is turning ordinary people into raging, homicidal killers before it destroys them. Eve Dallas and Roarke race to trace the digital…
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Buy on Amazon2003 · Nora Roberts
A killer is photographing his young female victims, capturing their final moments as twisted art before staging their bodies. Eve Dallas pursues a…
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Buy on Amazon2003 · Nora Roberts
A murderer is recreating the crimes of history's most infamous serial killers, leaving notes that taunt Eve Dallas directly. As the copycat works…
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Buy on Amazon2004 · Nora Roberts
A high-tech security expert is found murdered, and the case exposes a covert government program with deadly implications. Eve Dallas uncovers…
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Buy on Amazon2004 · Nora Roberts
A serial killer is strangling women in the parks of New York and leaving their bodies posed with their eyes gouged out. To catch him, Eve Dallas…
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Buy on Amazon2005 · Nora Roberts
An entire family is slaughtered in their home, with only a young girl surviving by hiding. Eve Dallas takes the traumatized child under her…
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Buy on Amazon2005 · Nora Roberts
A renowned cosmetic surgeon is murdered, and Eve Dallas uncovers a sinister operation involving cloning and the creation of perfect human beings. The…
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Buy on Amazon2006 · Nora Roberts
A woman from Eve Dallas's traumatic childhood reappears, dredging up the buried horrors of her past. When that woman turns up dead, Eve becomes…
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Buy on Amazon2006 · Nora Roberts
When Mavis's accountant friend vanishes and a connected woman is murdered, Eve Dallas investigates a case of financial fraud turned deadly. At the…
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Buy on Amazon2007 · Nora Roberts
A beloved teacher at an exclusive private school is poisoned, and Eve Dallas must investigate among children and colleagues. The case grows…
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Buy on Amazon2007 · Nora Roberts
A serial killer Eve Dallas failed to catch years earlier resurfaces, resuming his methodical torture and murder of women. Haunted by the cold case,…
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Buy on Amazon2008 · Nora Roberts
A wealthy, respected man is found dead, apparently the victim of a sex game gone wrong, but Eve Dallas suspects a calculated murder. The…
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Buy on Amazon2008 · Nora Roberts
A priest is murdered with poisoned sacramental wine during Mass, and Eve Dallas investigates a killing inside a Spanish Harlem church. The crime is…
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Buy on Amazon2009 · Nora Roberts
When a fellow detective and friend of Eve Dallas is murdered, the case strikes the heart of the department. The victim was the partner of Eve's own…
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Buy on Amazon2010 · Nora Roberts
A game designer is killed inside a virtual-reality fantasy program, his death blurring the boundary between simulation and reality. Eve Dallas…
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Buy on Amazon2010 · Nora Roberts
A licensed companion is murdered, and the trail leads Eve Dallas into a world of wealthy excess and self-indulgence. As more victims appear, the…
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Buy on Amazon2011 · Nora Roberts
Eve Dallas uncovers corruption within her own police department, a ring of dirty cops involved in theft and murder. Investigating the betrayal puts…
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Buy on Amazon2011 · Nora Roberts
A child predator Eve Dallas captured as a rookie escapes from prison, intent on revenge against the detective who stopped her. The killer lures Eve…
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Buy on Amazon2012 · Nora Roberts
During the filming of a movie based on one of Eve Dallas's own cases, a despised actress is murdered, with the killing eerily mirroring the script.…
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Buy on Amazon2012 · Nora Roberts
Ordinary people in a downtown bar suddenly turn into raging killers, slaughtering one another in a frenzy before the violence stops. Eve Dallas…
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Buy on Amazon2013 · Nora Roberts
An accountant is murdered, her body staged to look like a mugging, but Eve Dallas sees a calculated crime. The investigation uncovers a web of…
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Buy on Amazon2013 · Nora Roberts
A young man brutally murders his own parents and then continues a violent, escalating spree across the city. Eve Dallas hunts a killer fueled by…
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Buy on Amazon2014 · Nora Roberts
During the demolition of an old building Roarke owns, the bodies of twelve teenage girls are discovered hidden behind a wall. Eve Dallas works to…
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Buy on Amazon2014 · Nora Roberts
A philandering man is found stabbed to death, a festive bow stuck to his chest, during the busy holiday season. Eve Dallas investigates among the…
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Buy on Amazon2015 · Nora Roberts
A killer obsessed with Eve Dallas begins murdering people in her name, believing the crimes are tributes to the detective. As the deranged admirer…
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Buy on Amazon2015 · Nora Roberts
A pair of lovers travels across the country on a killing spree, torturing and murdering as twisted proof of devotion. When their path reaches New…
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Buy on Amazon2016 · Nora Roberts
When Dennis Mira's cousin is abducted and a body turns up, Eve Dallas uncovers a conspiracy among powerful, respected men hiding monstrous secrets.…
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Buy on Amazon2016 · Nora Roberts
A skilled sniper begins killing seemingly random victims from a distance across New York. Eve Dallas discovers the shooter is alarmingly young,…
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Buy on Amazon2017 · Nora Roberts
Eve and Roarke encounter a naked, bloodied woman in the street, the survivor of a brutal home invasion that left her husband dead. Eve Dallas…
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Buy on Amazon2017 · Nora Roberts
A popular society fortune-teller who trades in other people's secrets is murdered, and Eve Dallas finds no shortage of suspects with something to…
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Buy on Amazon2018 · Nora Roberts
A killer begins staging murders that exactly recreate scenes from a popular series of crime novels. Eve Dallas realizes the murderer is following the…
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Buy on Amazon2019 · Nora Roberts
A wealthy family is targeted by a killer driven by old grudges, and the murders are calculated acts of payback. Eve Dallas investigates a vendetta…
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Companion & related books
Short-story collections and companion titles in this series.
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Buy on Amazon2005 · Nora Roberts
In this holiday novella, a sadistic killer Eve Dallas helped convict escapes and sets out to murder everyone connected to his imprisonment, including…
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Buy on Amazon2006 · Nora Roberts
In this novella, Eve Dallas investigates a death inside one of Roarke's properties, a building with a haunted reputation and a violent history. As…
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Buy on Amazon2006 · Nora Roberts
In this novella, Eve Dallas reluctantly travels off-planet to a police seminar at one of Roarke's resorts. There she crosses paths with a ghost from…
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Buy on AmazonIn Death The First Cases (Naked in Death / Glory in Death)
2009 · Nora Roberts
This collection brings together the first two installments of the In Death series, Naked in Death and Glory in Death. It introduces detective Eve…
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Frequently asked questions
What order should I read the In Death books in?
Publication order — Recommended by the author's official site (Nora Roberts / J.D. Robb at fallintothestory.com) and widely by readers and book-order sites Start with “Naked in Death.”
How many books are in the In Death series?
We list 46 books by Nora Roberts , published between 1995–2019.
Where can I buy the In Death books?
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Reading order compiled from author/publisher guidance and verified bibliographic data. Spotted an error? We continuously correct the catalog.