"Two police procedurals in one"
Although her father is a drifter, a con man and a thief,
she loves him anyway even though she wants no part of his
life. Laine Tavish has made a new life for herself in
Angel's Gap Maryland, running her own business and fixing
up her home. Unfortunately her stable life begins to
unravel when she is dragged into her father's latest
scheme, a twenty-eight million-dollar jewelry heist. The insurance company wants to recover the diamonds and
hires private detective Max Gannon for the job. His search
finds him in Angel's Gap where he meets Laine and falls
instantly in love with her. When she finds out what Max is
after, she agrees to help him provided her father goes
free. Laine realizes she loves Max who reciprocates her
feelings but if they are going to have any chance at a life
together, she must find a way to return her father's half
of the diamonds and stop a killer who wants her father's
half in addition to his own. In New York in 2059, Max and Laine's granddaughter
Sammantha has written a book about their romance and the
diamonds that were never recovered. She comes home after
her book tour to find her home trashed and her house sitter
dead. Lt. Eve Dallas of the NYPSD is the lead on the case
and immediate see it doesn't look like an ordinary breaking
and entering gone wrong. She thinks it might have something
to do with the diamonds that were never found and
subsequent evidence gathered with her new partner proves
Eve's theory correct. REMEMBER WHEN is really two novels in one with the common
thread being the stolen diamonds. The first tale is a very
exciting work of romantic suspense written in Nora Robert's
fabulous writing style. The second part of the story is an
exciting police procedural written in J.D. Robb's (Nora
Roberts pseudonym) unique and realistically gritty style.
Although the same person wrote both works, it feels as if
two very different authors worked on the book. Readers who
are not familiar with J.D. Robb's "In Death" novels will
find themselves fans of the series and try to obtain the
backlist. Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted September 24, 2003
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted November 27, 2006
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