Remember When

Author: Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb

Published: April 27, 2004 (Berkley)

Category: Romantic Suspense

Rating: 7/10

I had been reading Memory in Death, and Eve and Roarke refer to his Christmas gift of fabulous diamonds as the jewels from the O'Hara heist, like it was a big deal. At first, I thought I had read too many J.D. Robb titles too quickly and have forgotten details. However, it turns out that the J.D. Robb portion of Remember When takes place between Imitation in Death and Divided in Death.

The first half of book is the Nora Roberts part, telling the story of Laine Tavish, daughter of a con man named Big Jack O'Hara. She wanted to live a straight life, so she changed her name and opened an antique shop. And then one of her father's partners shows up to tell her something important, and dies in a car accident outside her shop. Turns out he left a stash of stolen diamonds with her, but she doesn't know where. Enter handsome Max Gannon, the investigator hired by the diamonds' insurance company. He sets himself up as her bodyguard when her home is ransacked, and figures that she's his best source for clues. In the end, not all the diamonds are found and it's up to Eve Dallas to find them fifty years later.

The second half of the book is the J. D. Robb portion, and it's not the best of the Eve Dallas books, but entertaining enough. The villain was disappointing; he's a spoiled rich kid who wants more because he feels entitled to it. I think I spent most of the time being annoyed with him.