Origin In Death(ISBN=) 英文原版

　　Set in the year 2059, this latest in Robb’s long-running
series (Naked in Death, etc.) featuring acerbic Lt. Eve Dallas of
the New York police is the best in recent memory. In the past, Robb
has kept whiz-bang futuristic effects to a minimum, allowing her
world to grow organically out of dialogue and characterization;
this time she incorporates science fiction elements—including the
future of cosmetic surgery, cloning, scientific morality and
physical mortality—into her plot, giving the series a big shot of
adrenaline. Eve and her partner, Det. Delia Peabody, are visiting
the Wilfred B. Icove Center for Reconstructive and Cosmetic Surgery
on a celebrity murder case when the center’s founder, old Wilfred
Icove, is discovered with a scalpel rammed into his heart. Wilfred
Jr., also a surgeon at the center, is grief stricken, as is his
family and most of the rest of the country. Wilfred Sr., everyone
agrees, was a saint. Except he wasn’t, as Eve and savvy mystery
readers will have already guessed. Eve gathers her usual
crime-fighting crew around her, including her drop-dead gorgeous,
fabulously wealthy, staggeringly brilliant husband, Roarke. Robb
tones down the romance and ups the action ante as the team uncovers
an increasingly horrific crime that builds to a
race-against-the-clock climax that will have readers cheering.
(July)