Fantasy in Death

Publisher Marketing: Bart Minnock, founder of the computer gaming giant U-Play, enters his private room, and eagerly can t wait to lose himself in an imaginary world, to take on the role of a sword-wielding warrior king, in his company s latest top-secret project, Fantastical. The next morning, he is found in the same locked room, in a pool of blood, his head separated from his body. It is the most puzzling case Lieutenant Eve Dallas has ever faced, and it is not a game. . . . She is having as much trouble figuring out how Bart Minnock was murdered as determining who did the murdering. The victim s girlfriend seems sincerely grief-stricken, and his quirky but brilliant partners at U-Play appear shocked as well. No one seems to have had a problem with the enthusiastic, high-spirited millionaire. Of course, success can attract jealousy, and gaming, like any business, has its fierce rivalries and dirty tricks as Eve s husband, Roarke, one of U-Play s competitors, knows well. But Minnock was not naive, and he knew how to fight back in the real world as well as the virtual one. Eve and her team are about to enter the next level of police work, in a world where fantasy is the ultimate seduction and the price of defeat is death." Review Citations: Audio File 06/01/2010 pg. 56 (EAN 9781423383680, Compact Disc) - *Starred Review Entertainment Weekly 07/29/2011 pg. 77 (EAN 9780399156243, Hardcover) Library Journal Prepub Alert 10/01/2009 pg. 58 (EAN 9780399156243, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 12/21/2009 pg. 34 (EAN 9780399156243, Hardcover) Booklist 01/01/2010 pg. 18 (EAN 9780399156243, Hardcover) Romantic Times 02/01/2010 pg. 75 (EAN 9780399156243, Hardcover) Entertainment Weekly 03/19/2010 pg. 95 (EAN 9780399156243, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Robb, J D Nora Roberts is the number-one New York Times-bestselling author of more than 150 novels, including High Noon, Angels Fall, Blue Smoke, and Northern Lights. She is also the author of the bestselling futuristic suspense series written under the pen name J. D. Robb. There are more than 280 million copies of her books in print. Contributor Bio:  Ericksen, Susan Susan Ericksen, an Audie Award and "AudioFile" Earphones Award winner, has recorded many audiobooks, including "Naked in Death" by J. D. Robb.