Witness in Death / J. D. Robb / 517 pages

Set in the near future, 2059, Witness in Death features detective Eve Dallas investigating a death that occurs on stage opening night at New York's new Globe Theater, owned by Eve's husband, billionaire Roark.  Eve is also a witness to the murder as she is in the audience when the female lead stabs the male lead as called for in script, but the mock knife has been replaced by a real one.  The presence of androids, communicators, etc. are distracting and a bit contrived, but are trademark to the Eve Dallas novels by this Nora Roberts pseudonym.