Obsession in Death by J.D. Robb | Summary & Analysis

By IRB Media

This companion to Obsession in Death includes:

• Summary of the book

• Character Analysis

• A Discussion on Themes

• and much more!

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 27, 2015
• ISBN: 9781943427499

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Obsession in Death

by

J. D. Robb

Summary & Analysis

Table of Contents

| Summary |      3

Main Characters      12

| Analysis |      14

Character Analysis      14

Character Relationships      18

Themes      21

Author’s Style      31

| Summary |

Set in 2060, Obsession in Death is a murder mystery by J.D. Robb that features homicide detective, Lieutenant Eve Dallas. This is the fortieth book in this futuristic crime series.

Lieutenant Eve Dallas is called to the scene of a murder. Leanore Bastwick, a defense attorney, is the murder victim. A message to Dallas is written on the wall at the murder scene claiming it was done for Dallas and that justice has been served.

Dallas and her partner, Detective Delia Peabody, check the security disc recording from the location of the murder. The killer is dressed as a delivery person carrying a box. The person’s face is hidden. Charlotte Mira, a police psychologist and profiler who works with the New York Police and Security Department (NYPSD), tells Dallas that the murderer is obsessed with her. The killer believes that he or she is a friend and supporter of Dallas. Mira thinks the murderer will strike again and will target others who have betrayed or disrespected Dallas. Eventually, Mira believes, the murderer will target the friends and family of Dallas.

Dallas and Peabody learn that Bastwick was hit with a stunner first and then strangled with piano wire. The killer left behind no trace