The only lead is the last person to see the first victim alive: the aforementioned Roarke, who also owns the building she lived in, and who also has a collection of antique guns. Rourke's larger than life personality and his developing relationship with Eve made an appreciated counterbalance to the mystery involving horrible misogyny and violence against women.

I have since listened to every book up to date, some I’ve enjoyed more than others but most of them have pushed each character’s story forward. But after hearing such glowing things about this series from most of my Goodreads friends--especially about Roarke--I had to finally bight the bullet and get the first book. New York Police and Security Department detective Lieutenant Eve Dallas's main suspect in the death of a high-profile prostitute is the enigmatic Irish businessman, Roarke, in 2058.I can identify with the fact that she lets work take over her life, and I'm glad that Rourke is there to make that harder for her to do that. This was a stunningly well written murder romance set just far enough into the future to give it a different feel.

I won't commit to almost forty books/stories, just yet, but I think I can agree to the next several.Must not forget the fact that this is a crime novel and as well as romance there is a great story line and a mystery to be solved. Was this the same woman who wrote about and Irish girl who trained a horse for the Kentucky Derby - cannot even remember the storyline now cos it totally pissed me off. I knew that JD Robb also wrote as Nora Roberts and I had read another book by Ms Roberts and hated it . I wasn't convinced that a series could stay interesting and fresh enough with the same characters for 30+ books, but I don't think there could ever be enough of Roarke. I like that he pushed and she pulled it wasn’t anything frustrating or OTT I say it was just right for their personalities.