History Literature / InDeath

* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: [[spoiler:Subverted and Inverted. Roarke's "mom" played along with Patrick Roarke in pretending to be his mother either by threat of physical violence or his golden gab since he killed Roarke's mom.]]

* SoapOperaRapidAgingSyndrome: A minor example, as Mavis's daughter Bella is born in January of 2060 in ''Born in Death'' but by the summer (''Treachery in Death'') she is up walking and (kind of) talking.

** It's eventually revealed that [[spoiler:Summerset]] was the one who killed Roarke's father. [[spoiler:He did so because Patrick was demanding Summerset hand Roarke back over to him, threatening to have both Roarke and Marlena raped and then use his connections in the local police to have Summerset accused of abusing them]].

* BrotherSisterIncest: [[spoiler: ''Holiday in Death'', Piper and Rudy Hoffman.]]

* NotSoFakePropWeapon: In ''Witness in Death''. [[spoiler:Subverted; the person who switched the prop out for a real knife was the actress who used it to stab the victim during the play, and knew all along what she was doing.]]

* {{Bishounen}}: Roarke has a talent for inspiring PerverseSexualLust in Eve's female associates, to her annoyance. There's also Charles Monroe, for whom it is an asset to his (former) line of work as a Licensed Companion. Chief Medical Examiner Li Morris, described by Peabody as "seriously sexy," is a LongHairedPrettyBoy with black hair, "exotic" dark eyes, and a sense of style that Eve describes as "like an uptown rock star."

* {{Deconstruction}}: The setting can be seen as one of the idea of a social utopia, as discussed in the Dystopia entry below: Sure, guns may be banned, killing animals for meat is virtually unheard of, welfare is better than ever, and prostitution and certain recreational drugs are legalized and regulated, but people are still murdered by psychopaths, terrorists still blow up monuments, and there is still a dark, nasty underbelly to society where the forgotten and out-of-luck citizens waste away from the world. Basically, despite all the "progressive" changes to the world, its still the same world that it is now and nowhere near the utopia that it is supposed to be.

** ''Witness in Death'' has her openly admit that she couldn't feel sorry for the victim, nor truly condemn his murderer. Richard Draco is characterized right out of the gate as a petty and thoroughly unlikable prima donna who is roundly detested by everyone who knew him; scratching the surface reveals that he was also a sexual predator who routinely drugged women and filmed himself having sex with them without their knowledge or consent. [[spoiler:Including his own daughter, who was unaware of their familial connection when she started sleeping with him. Draco, on the other hand, was not fully aware, he began the relationship after learning the familial connection from the eventual murderer! Is it any wonder why the murderer killed him?]]

** ''Witness in Death'' has her openly admit that she couldn't feel sorry for the victim, nor truly condemn his murderer. Richard Draco is characterized right out of the gate as a petty and thoroughly unlikable prima donna who is roundly detested by everyone who knew him; scratching the surface reveals that he was also a sexual predator who routinely drugged women and filmed himself having sex with them without their knowledge or consent. [[spoiler:Including his own daughter, who was unaware of their familial connection when she started sleeping with him. Draco, on the other hand, was fully aware.]]

* TranquilFury: Roarke is the champion of this trope within the series; Eve is actually more scared when he gets like this than when his anger shows in his actions. Compounded by the fact that his natural demeanor is calm, polite, and openly friendly, and that the change from genuine affability to "he-is-about-to-literally-murder-you-and-burn-everything-you-hold-dear-without-even-breaking-his-smile" is so subtle that victims of his wrath don't even realize the danger until he's holding them by the throat or [[ToThePain gleefully describing the ways he will destroy you.]]

* TranquilFury: Roarke is the champion of this trope within the series; Eve is actually more scared when he gets like this than when his anger shows in his actions. Compounded by the fact that his natural demeanor is calm, polite, and openly friendly, and that the change from genuine affability to "he-is-about-to- literally-murder-you-and-burn-everything-you-hold-dear-without-even-breaking-his-smile" is so subtle that victims of his wrath don't even realize the danger until he's holding them by the throat or [[ToThePain gleefully describing the ways he will destroy you.]]

* TranquilFury: Roarke is the champion of this trope within the series; Eve is actually more scared when he gets like this than when his anger shows in his actions.

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* ''Naked in Death'' (1995).
* ''Glory in Death'' (1995).
* ''Immortal in Death'' (1996).
* ''Rapture in Death'' (1996).
* ''Ceremony in Death'' (1997).
* ''Vengeance in Death'' (1997).
* ''Holiday in Death'' (1998).

* ''Conspiracy in Death'' (1999).
* ''Loyalty in Death'' (1999).
* ''Witness in Death'' (2000).
* ''Judgment in Death'' (2000).
* ''Betrayal in Death'' (2001).

* ''Seduction in Death'' (2001).
* ''Reunion in Death'' (2002).
* ''Purity in Death'' (2002).
* ''Portrait in Death'' (2003).

* ''Divided in Death'' (2004).
* ''Visions in Death'' (2004).
* ''Survivor in Death'' (2005).
* ''Origin in Death'' (2005).
* ''Memory in Death'' (2006).

* ''Born in Death'' (2006).
* ''Innocent in Death'' (2007).

* ''Creation in Death'' (2007).
* ''Strangers in Death'' (2008).

* ''Salvation in Death'' (2008).
* ''Promises in Death'' (2009).
* ''Kindred in Death'' (2009).

* ''Fantasy in Death'' (2010).
* ''Indulgence in Death'' (2010).

* ''Treachery in Death'' (2011).
* ''New York to Dallas'' (2011).

* ''Celebrity in Death'' (2012).
* ''Delusion in Death'' (2012).
* ''Calculated in Death'' (2013).
* ''Thankless in Death'' (2013).

* ''Concealed in Death'' (2014).
* ''Festive in Death'' (2014).
* ''Obsession in Death'' (2015).

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* SwissBankAccount: [[CorruptCop Chief Simpson]] uses one to hide his illegal transactions.

* RememberWhenYouBlewUpASun: A number of Eve's more sensational cases get brought up throughout the series, but the Icove case is the most popular. In the novels that follow ''Origin in Death'', the story gets turned into a bestselling book in-universe, and then into a movie.