History YMMV / InDeath

* StrawmanHasAPoint: One novel has another female character claim that Eve attempts to fit in with a male-dominated field by acting like a man and eschewing her femininity. This is presented in such a way that it's supposed to show the character as being shallow and arrogant, and simply using her sex appeal to get by. The thing is, she's right... Eve's desire to avoid anything "girly" often borders on obsession, and until several ''years'' into their marriage she freaks out at Roarke displaying affection for her in public for fear that someone she knows will see and think she's some weak emotional '''woman''' for kissing her husband. Notably, ''Portrait in Death'' contains a flashback to Eve's childhood in which her mother beat her for getting into her cosmetics, so Eve's aversion to girliness may in fact be rooted at least in part in her horrific childhood (and even the very first book notes outright that Eve secretly admires women who are good at putting themselves together in a classically feminine style like Dr. Mira and Roarke's admin Caro). The specific example cited above may be less a case of a misaimed strawman and more a case of an obnoxious person whose point is dismissed out of hand because she's being obnoxious about it. That being said, later novels do in fact have Eve allowing herself to embrace her femininity with the help and support of her friends and loved ones, signifying her own CharacterDevelopment and shaking off the inner demons haunting her past.

** At one point Eve is investigating the death of a woman who committed suicide after partaking in a VirtualReality session and, trying to figure out what caused it, plays the session in question==which turns out to be a porn sim, inducing Eve to ''orgasm'' before she even realizes what is going on. She's notably disturbed, not just by the artificial, electronically-induced climax itself that the sim more or less forced her to experience, but also the fact that people ''willingly'' plug into such recordings ''for this express purpose.''

* {{Squick}}: Eve and Roarke are examining the apartment of a sleazy murder victim (who they also discover to be a date rapist). In the process, Roarke remarks on (and handles) some [[TakeOurWordForIt vaguely defined]] but kinky sex toy. And then steals it, presumably to use on Eve later. Second hand sex toy, already ''very'' ew... second hand sex toy belonging to a rapist? '''Ugh'''.

* StrawmanHasAPoint: One novel has another female character claim that Eve attempts to fit in with a male-dominated field by acting like a man and eschewing her femininity. This is presented in such a way that it's supposed to show the character as being shallow and arrogant, and simply using her sex appeal to get by. The thing is, she's right... Eve's desire to avoid anything "girly" often borders on obsession, and until several ''years'' into their marriage she freaks out at Roarke displaying affection for her in public for fear that someone she knows will see and think she's some weak emotional '''woman''' for kissing her husband. Notably, ''Portrait in Death'' contains a flashback to Eve's childhood in which her mother beat her for getting into her cosmetics, so Eve's aversion to girliness may in fact be rooted at least in part in her horrific childhood (and even the very first book notes outright that Eve secretly admires women who are good at putting themselves together in a classically feminine style like Dr. Mira and Roarke's admin Caro). The specific example cited above may be less a case of a misaimed strawman and more a case of an obnoxious person whose point is dismissed out of hand because she's being obnoxious about it.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Are Eve's JerkAss tendencies part of her way of coping her DarkAndTroubledPast? Or is it InTheBlood now that [[spoiler:it's revealed how horrible her parents were]].

* ArchivePanic: 50 books as of early 2020, plus the second half of ''Remember When'', as well as 10 novellas. Fortunately, they're quick reads, and similar to shows like ''CSI'', you don't need to read them all.

* ValuesDissonance:
** Eve values the law as preventing total chaos. Roarke goes around it if the law is sufficiently inconvenient. It's a pretty low bar. Eve has come to see his point, reluctantly.
** Roarke has come to see that Eve has a point, too.

* StrawmanHasAPoint: One novel has another female character claim that Eve attempts to fit in with a male-dominated field by acting like a man and eschewing her femininity. This is presented in such a way that it's supposed to show the character as being shallow and arrogant, and simply using her sex appeal to get by. The thing is, she's right... Eve's desire to avoid anything "girly" often borders on obsession, and until several ''years'' into their marriage she freaks out at Roarke displaying affection for her in public for fear that someone she knows will see and think she's some weak emotional '''woman''' for kissing her husband. Notably, ''Portrait in Death'' contains a flashback to Eve childhood in which her mother beat her for getting into her cosmetics, so Eve's aversion to girliness may in fact be rooted at least in part in her horrific childhood (and even the very first book notes outright that Eve secretly admires women who are good at putting themselves together in a classically feminine style like Dr. Mira and Roarke's admin Caro). The specific example cited above may be less a case of a misaimed strawman and more a case of an obnoxious person whose point is dismissed out of hand because she's being obnoxious about it.

* ArchivePanic: Over 50 books so far. Fortunately, they're quick reads, and similar to shows like ''CSI'', you don't need to read them all.

* FridgeLogic: "Tubes" of soda, presumably plastic. Apparently the point is to say, "Look at us, the future isn't so enviro-meanie as to use ''cans''." But, aluminum is ''far'' easier to recycle than plastic (''Series/PennAndTellerBullshit'' has a good rundown on this). The supposed "eco-friendly" solution, in a world that is practically eco-''fascist'', is actually the ''less'' friendly solution.

* CompleteMonster:
** Richard Troy, father of the heroine Eve, stands out as depraved even in the massive sea of murderers and psychotics. A depraved pedophile, Troy [[ParentalIncest began to rape Eve]] when she was a child. This permanently traumatized her and prevented her from forming relationships until well into adulthood. Not content with this, Troy planned to make her into a prostitute he could sell to other child molesters.
** Patrick Roarke, father of Eve's beloved Roarke, manipulated the naive Siobhan Brody to father a child and then murdered her when she realized his true nature and tried to flee with their son. Patrick later [[WouldHurtAChild beat that child]], Roarke Jr, half to death [[ForTheEvulz for fun]]. He also betrays a squad of cops on his trail to a group of criminals, resulting in their slaughter.

** The vast majority of criminals-of-the-book Eve goes up against probably apply as well (likely to make her own rather unethical and sometimes outright illegal methods seem justified). Those that don't often shade closer to AntiVillain.

** I always assumed he took it home and reverse-engineered it to make one out of some super-rare and expensive substance. YMMV indeed.

* StrawmanHasAPoint: One novel has another female character claim that Eve attempts to fit in with a male-dominated field by acting like a man and eschewing her femininity. This is presented in such a way that it's supposed to show the character as being shallow and arrogant, and simply using her sex appeal to get by. The thing is, she's right... Eve's desire to avoid anything "girly" often borders on obsession, and until several ''years'' into their marriage she freaks out at Roarke displaying affection for her in public for fear that someone she knows will see and think she's some weak emotional '''woman''' for kissing her husband.

* HarsherInHindsight: In ''Rapture in Death'', published in 1996 and set in 2023, the Twin Towers are suspected to be the target of a terrorist attack. [[spoiler:The target turns out to be the Statue of Liberty.]]

---> '''Peabody''' ''(explaining her lateness):'' ..."Then I couldn't sleep because of the jitters, so I jumped [=McNab=] to sort of remind myself why I'm doing this..."
---> ...
---> "Was okay until the subway breakdown. That threw me off, and now I've got the jitters again."
---> '''Dallas:''' "You can just forget about jumping me to take your mind off them."

* HarsherInHindsight: In Rapture in Death, the Twin Towers is targeted in a terrorist attack. [[spoiler:It turned out to be the Statue of Liberty.]] Then 9/11 struck. The book takes place in 2023.
* LesYay - Dallas and Peabody, but only for humor, as they are both straight and in committed relationships.

* StrawmanHasAPoint:
** One novel has another female character claim that Eve attempts to fit in with a male-dominated field by acting like a man and eschewing her femininity. This is presented in such a way that it's supposed to show the character as being shallow and arrogant, and simply using her sex appeal to get by. The thing is, she's right... Eve's desire to avoid anything "girly" often borders on obsession, and until several ''years'' into their marriage she freaks out at Roarke displaying affection for her in public for fear that someone she knows will see and think she's some weak emotional '''woman''' for kissing her husband.
* {{Squick}} - Eve and Roarke are examining the apartment of a sleazy murder victim (who they also discover to be a date rapist). In the process, Roarke remarks on (and handles) some [[TakeOurWordForIt vaguely defined]] but kinky sex toy. And then steals it, presumably to use on Eve later. Second hand sex toy, already ''very'' ew... second hand sex toy belonging to a rapist? '''Ugh'''.

* FridgeLogic: "Tubes" of soda, presumably plastic. Apparently the point is to say, "Look at us, the future isn't so enviro-meanie as to use ''cans''." But, aluminum is ''far'' easier to recycle than plastic (PennAndTellerBullshit has a good rundown on this). The supposed "eco-friendly" solution, in a world that is practically eco-''fascist'', is actually the ''less'' friendly solution.

* JerkSue - Eve is rude, confrontational, antisocial, and has rage issues. She admits to delighting in upsetting people and making them hurt or angry, and using her position to do so... of course, [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality anyone who did the same thing to someone she cared about would be first on her Shit List]]. Threatening her friends and loved ones with bodily harm and humiliation is standard, and in-universe considered part of her charm. Any time she interacts with someone she knows well there's at least a fifty-fifty chance she's going to insult them deeply. And... well, honestly, this is longer than necessary already, you get the idea. With that said, ''New York To Dallas'' and stories after that have Eve beginning to realize that her {{Jerkass}} tendencies come from her biological mother, and that she may decide to tone them down a little, if only to act a little less like her mother.
* MarySue - Eve. Even if you don't agree that she is in execution, tell someone you know that you're reading a series about a female cop in the future who's pretty much the best police officer in the city, who constantly has bad guys work their entire plans around challenging themselves against her, and who is married to a drop-dead gorgeous guy who's the richest man in the universe.
* MarySuetopia: Parts of New York come off as this. But that's got nothing on the parts of Dallas, Texas that Eve goes to in ''New York To Dallas''. Those parts are so...perfect, sweet and squeaky-clean that Eve finds them a little creepy. It seems to serve the purpose of contrasting and highlighting just how vile, unnatural, monstrous, heinous, and disgusting Sylvia Prentiss and Isaac [=McQueen=] really are!
* PuritySue: Troy Trueheart is this, so very much! His purity had a LampshadeHanging put onto it more than once. In fact, ''Portrait In Death'' had a guy murdering [[PuritySue Purity Sues]] because he truly believed that by doing this, he would absorb the light of their pure souls into himself and never die, as well as show everyone else that they can avoid dying if they did this. Troy Trueheart almost ended up as one of his victims, in case you were wondering.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Are Eve's JerkAss tendencies part of her way of coping her DarkAndTroubledPast? Or is it InTheBlood now that [[spoiler:it's revealed that her parents were {{Complete Monster}}s?]]

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Are Eve's JerkAss tendencies part of her way of coping her DarkAndTroubledPast? Or is it InTheBlood now that [[spoiler:it's revealed that her parents were CompleteMonsters?]]

* HarsherInHindsight: In Rapture in Death, the Twin Towers is targeted in a terrorist attack. [[spoiler:It turned out to be the Statue of Liberty.]] Then 9/11 struck. The book takes place in 2023.

** Richard Troy, Eve's father, [[ParentalIncest raped his own daughter]] and intended to make her into a prostitute and sell her to child molesters.
** Patrick Roarke, Roarke's father, uses naive Siobahn Brody to have a kid when he was already married, murders Brody because she ran away from him with Roarke, beats his own son half to death for sport, and betrays both cops and criminals which resulted in the deaths of a squad of cops.