Podcast in Death

AJ and Jen are on their own again this week and because we both read Nora Roberts’ “Legacy,” we decided to break from our normal podcast and do a review of a Nora Roberts book!

Let us say up front, that when it comes to characters and dialog and cute pets, you just can’t beat a Nora Roberts book. Her writing in those areas is always top notch.

That having been said, just to prove that you can’t please all the people all the time, AJ and Jen both had very different reactions to this book. Jen loved it, AJ thought it could have been better.

Does Roarke have a first name? Will Eve and Roarke have a baby? Is Eve’s father really her father? Is he still alive? Does Roarke wear boxers or briefs? When does Eve have time to shave her legs? Is Eve turning into a dirty cop? Is Roarke pussywhipped/circumcised/too perfect? Does [...]

This week Tara is off doing drama things, so AJ and Jen are on their own! So we decided to talk about the various statements that Nora Roberts has made and questions she has answered about the “In Death” series over the last several years.

Many of the questions she answered were asked at ADWOFF.com, the website that Nora used as her main fan forum until she moved everything to Facebook. On ADWOFF, they had what they called “Stupid Questions for Nora,” and in those threads, Nora would answer any question that any of the members of ADWOFF would ask her. She answered TONS of “In Death” related questions there, and when we created our original wiki, Jen spent TONS of time documenting each question that was asked and Nora’s answer to that question. This whole series of questions and answers from Nora is still on our current Wiki over at Fandom.com.

For this episode, we go over some of the most asked and some of our personal favorites, such as:

Does Roarke have a first name?

Will Eve and Roarke have a baby?

Is Eve’s father really her father? Is he still alive?

Does Eve wear a bra?

Does Roarke wear boxers or briefs?

When does Eve have time to shave her legs? (That was Jen’s question)

Is Eve turning into a dirty cop?

Is Roarke pussywhipped?

Has Roarke ever loved or been in love with another woman?

Does Roarke have chest hair?

Does Roarke have any Nora Roberts books in his library?

Is Roarke circumcised?

Is Roarke too perfect?

Are there videos of Siobhan Brody that Roarke can watch?

How could Eve and Roarke never have known about each other before “Naked?”

We also go through the “Nine Thinks that You Will Never See” in the “In Death” series, based on a post made on FallIntoTheStory.com, Nora’s official blog.

This week Tara is off doing drama things, so AJ and Jen are on their own! So we decided to talk about the various statements that Nora Roberts has made and questions she has answered about the “In Death” series over the last several years.

Many of the questions she answered were asked at ADWOFF.com, the website that Nora used as her main fan forum until she moved everything to Facebook. On ADWOFF, they had what they called “Stupid Questions for Nora,” and in those threads, Nora would answer any question that any of the members of ADWOFF would ask her. She answered TONS of “In Death” related questions there, and when we created our original wiki, Jen spent TONS of time documenting each question that was asked and Nora’s answer to that question. This whole series of questions and answers from Nora is still on our current Wiki over at Fandom.com.

For this episode, we go over some of the most asked and some of our personal favorites, such as:

Does Roarke have a first name?

Will Eve and Roarke have a baby?

Is Eve’s father really her father? Is he still alive?

Does Eve wear a bra?

Does Roarke wear boxers or briefs?

When does Eve have time to shave her legs? (That was Jen’s question)

Is Eve turning into a dirty cop?

Is Roarke pussywhipped?

Has Roarke ever loved or been in love with another woman?

Does Roarke have chest hair?

Does Roarke have any Nora Roberts books in his library?

Is Roarke circumcised?

Is Roarke too perfect?

Are there videos of Siobhan Brody that Roarke can watch?

How could Eve and Roarke never have known about each other before “Naked?”

We also go through the “Nine Thinks that You Will Never See” in the “In Death” series, based on a post made on FallIntoTheStory.com, Nora’s official blog.

We feel like Nora celebrated this occasion by writing a book that gives the fans a present: Everything they love about this series crammed into one book: A great case; Eve giving Peabody the chance to investigate a cold case; Peabody's parents are in town; the first mention of the [...]

It’s Eve and Roarke’s first wedding anniversary!

We feel like Nora celebrated this occasion by writing a book that gives the fans a present: Everything they love about this series crammed into one book: A great case; Eve giving Peabody the chance to investigate a cold case; Peabody’s parents are in town; the first mention of the closet fairy; the candy thief makes an appearance; Mavis makes an appearance; we meet Dennis Mira for the first time; Eve having to go back to Dallas for the first time and all of the emotional stuff that goes along with that; but also chasing the suspect all the way to Italy and back; PLUS, their anniversary celebration!

Not only do we have one of the best cases we have had so far in this series that features a villain who is one of the smartest killers that we’ve had so far. Julianna Dunne is someone that Eve help put away 10 years before, but has been released from prison, and it coming after Eve because she was the only woman on the team that brought Julianna down.

But before that, Eve picks out a cold case and gives it to Peabody to solve, and Peabody is elated and excited and scared all at once. That’s made even better when Eve and Peabody go back to Cop Central and find that Peabody’s parents are in town!

Peabody’s mother, Phoebe, puts the whammy on Eve and gets her to invite them to the mansion for dinner. Later, they put the whammy on Roarke and got an invite to stay at the Mansion while they are in New York, and we have the rare opportunity to see Roarke baffled by how much of an easy mark he was.

Also, while Sam and Phoebe Peabody are staying with Eve and Roarke, and Eve still decides to go for a swim naked where, as per usual, her guest, Phoebe, walks in on her swimming naked. We think Eve should know better, but, then again, maybe Eve’s a closet exhibitionist? In this case, Eve kind of forgives Phoebe because she’s brought croissants and a gift: a goddess statue that has been in her family for generations. When Eve tells her that the statue should stay in her family, Phoebe says: “I am keeping it in my family.” Awwww…

Jen goes on a little bit of a rant about the book saying something about “12-year-old anorexics.” We get that these are still early books where we as a society weren’t as cognizant of that kind of thing, but it’s just not a great comment.

Eve questions one of Julianna’s former prison mates, Maria Sanchez about what she knows about Julianna, and in order to get her to talk, Eve promises to get her a conjugal visit from a licensed companion. She didn’t necessarily mean Charles, but Charles volunteered, and really took one for the team. Another of Julianna’s pals in prison tells Eve that Julianna talked about visiting “The Bone Man” (which is her first victim), “The Sheep Man,” “The Cowboy,” and “The Dallas Dude.” Eve immediately thinks that “The Dallas Dude” could be Roarke. But, also: The Cowboy could be Julianna’s stepfather who lives in Dallas, Texas.

So, Eve realizes that she will have to take a trip to Dallas to question Julianna’s stepfather, but knows she will also need to take the opportunity to confront some of her demons.

Speaking of Demons, Sam Peabody, while helping Eve with a headache, accidentally sees a memory from Eve’s past, and that causes a huge problem between Eve and Sam, and it’s really heartbreaking for both of them.

Speaking of heartbreaking, the trip that Roarke and Eve take to Dallas and them finding the room Eve and her father were in when Eve finally kills him, is one of the most heartbreaking scenes in the entire series.

Back in New York, Eve spots Julianna outside of Cop Central, but when Eve tries to go after Julianna, Eve ends up getting severely beat up by people that J

It's Eve and Roarke's first wedding anniversary!

We feel like Nora celebrated this occasion by writing a book that gives the fans a present: Everything they love about this series crammed into one book: A great case; Eve giving Peabody the chance to investigate a cold case; Peabody's parents are in town; the first mention of the closet fairy; the candy thief makes an appearance; Mavis makes an appearance; we meet Dennis Mira for the first time; Eve having to go back to Dallas for the first time and all of the emotional stuff that goes along with that; but also chasing the suspect all the way to Italy and back; PLUS, their anniversary celebration!

Not only do we have one of the best cases we have had so far in this series that features a villain who is one of the smartest killers that we've had so far. Julianna Dunne is someone that Eve help put away 10 years before, but has been released from prison, and it coming after Eve because she was the only woman on the team that brought Julianna down.

But before that, Eve picks out a cold case and gives it to Peabody to solve, and Peabody is elated and excited and scared all at once. That's made even better when Eve and Peabody go back to Cop Central and find that Peabody's parents are in town!

Peabody's mother, Phoebe, puts the wammy on Eve and gets her to invite them to the mansion for dinner. Later, they put the wammy on Roarke and got an invite to stay at the Mansion while they are in New York, and we have the rare opportunity to see Roarke baffled by how much of an easy mark he was.

Also, while Sam and Phoebe Peabody are staying with Eve and Roarke, and Eve still decides to go for a swim naked where, as per usual, her guest, Phoebe, walks in on her swimming naked. We think Eve should know better, but, then again, maybe Eve's a closet exhibitionist? In this case, Eve kind of forgives Phoebe because she's brought croissants and a gift: a goddess statue that has been in her family for generations. When Eve tells her that the statue should stay in her family, Phoebe says: "I am keeping it in my family." Awwww...

Jen goes on a little bit of a rant about the book saying something about "12-year-old anorexics." We get that these are still early books where we as a society weren't as cognizant of that kind of thing, but it's just not a great comment.

Eve questions one of Julianna's former prison mates, Maria Sanchez about what she knows about Julianna, and in order to get her to talk, Eve promises to get her a conjugal visit from a licensed companion. She didn't necessarily mean Charles, but Charles volunteered, and really took one for the team. Another of Julianna's pals in prison tells Eve that Julianna talked about visiting "The Bone Man" (which is her first victim), "The Sheep Man," "The Cowboy," and "The Dallas Dude." Eve immediately thinks that "The Dallas Dude" could be Roarke. But, also: The Cowboy could be Julianna's stepfather who lives in Dallas, Texas.

So, Eve realizes that she will have to take a trip to Dallas to question Julianna's stepfather, but knows she will also need to take the opportunity to confront some of her demons.

Speaking of Demons, Sam Peabody, while helping Eve with a headache, accidentally sees a memory from Eve's past, and that causes a huge problem between Eve and Sam, and it's really heartbreaking for both of them.

Speaking of heartbreaking, the trip that Roarke and Eve take to Dallas and them finding the room Eve and her father were in when Eve finally kills him, is one of the most heartbreaking scenes in the entire series.

Back in New York, Eve spots Julianna outside of Cop Central, but when Eve tries to go after Julianna, Eve ends up getting severely beat up by people that Julianna purposely set up to do exactly that. Then Louise and Sam Peabody are VIPs in this series by being Eve's doctors. Not only that, more people see Eve naked.

Roarke is a big jerk in this series for going over Eve's back to Whitney to talk to him about setting up a sting to c

In this episode, we talk about a subject suggested by listener Mary, who called the number: The people that intimidate Eve. There are really only a few people that we know of that intimidate Eve: Mrs. Whitney, Trina and Mira’s Admin. We talk about the reasons why she may be [...]

Here we are again with another "We Review the Reviews Episode" where we find out that: people need to pay more attention when reading a book set in the future, nobody gets away with calling John Keats "stupid," Eve is horrible for needing extra care, and Roarke is horrible for [...]