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Delia Peabody

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“You always have a fine comeback. I could learn to hate you for that.” - Eve Dallas to Peabody, Immortal in Death[1]


Introduction[]

Free-ager parents. Eve Dallas’s current partner, co-habitating with Ian McNab.

Eve noticed her as an Officer in Glory in Death and made her an aide to train. She became a Detective in Imitation in Death and thus, Eve’s partner. She’s girly, sensitive, and fun-loving, balancing Eve’s cynicism. They make a good team, with Peabody often being the “Good Cop.” In New York to Dallas, she received a Medal of honor for uncovering a corrupt cop unit in Illegals from Treachery in Death.

Her relation with Ian McNab is often a source of embarrassment for Eve, especially when she talks of their physical relation. But despite the comic relief of their conversations, Eve finds them perfect for each other. Another running gag in the series is her obsession with her weight and love for frivolity including cosmetics and food. She’s one of the few people who are aware of Eve’s traumatic past and childhood abuse.

Descriptions[]

  • She has a calm, serious face.[4]
    • She said she’s got “this little pouch. Jake called it my jelly belly.”[5]
  • A sturdy body and dark, straight hair.[6]
  • She clomped;[7] then clicked;[8] then walked almost soundlessly when she started wearing airsneaks;[9] then she boinged.[10]
  • She has a sturdy body with dark brown hair, with a sassy little flip at her nape,[11] that frames her square face[12] (square-jawed).[13]
    • Though not comfortably/easily, she was strong enough to carry Dallas down two levels of stairs.[14]
  • She has dark eyes[15] (brown eyes),[16] a sassy little flip at the ends of her dark hair,[17] and a square face.[18]
  • She has a “very nice rack.”[19]
  • Her hair was pulled back in a stubby little tail that left her square face unframed and seemed to enlarge her brown eyes.[20]

Personality[]

  • Dutiful, cool, and unperturbed
  • She was dependable[21] and efficient.[22]
  • She said she prefers affection and companionship in sexual encounters.[23]
  • In Immortal in Death, Eve said she’s got potential - brains and guts.[24]
  • When she interviews witnesses or interrogates suspects, she has a “confide-in-me” tone of voice that Eve thinks is one of her finest tools.[25]
  • When she arrived at the scene where Ava Marsterson was murdered, she said, “Black magic. Bad juju.”[26] She said that to make two people behave in a way opposed to their character, they could be dealing with a spell; she said something was in that suite, something left over.[27]
  • She said she enjoyed hearing about people’s lives, especially when it involves sex.[28]
  • She giggles.[29]
  • Speaking of the impression Amaryllis Coltraine left with people, she said, “I guess you don’t think of how many people you brush up against, or how they might remember you... It all matters, what we leave behind with the people we brush up against.”[30]
  • She said she hates bathing suits; she hates her in bathing suits.[31]
  • She is constantly worried that her ass is too big or that eating or drinking something good will make it bigger.

Family[]

  • Family: Sam and Phoebe Peabody; Zeke Peabody is one of her brothers; she has one or two sisters. (Peabody’s YANNIs)
  • Her parents are Free Agers.
    • She said her father likes to build things.
    • Her mother plays violin.[32]
  • She said she had two brothers and a sister;[33] Zeke was the “baby.”[34]
    • She said her brother wanted to be a carpenter and her sister, a farmer.[35]
    • Her sister was a farmer.[36]
    • One of her sisters was addicted on a daytime serial, The Heart of Desire (Desire being a small, charming seaside town but with intrigue under the surface).[37]
  • She had many cousins (“my cousins are legion”[38] and “I’ve got dozens of cousins. Pretty great cousins.”[39]).
  • Made deadpan references to her granny on occasion:
    • Boomer’s apartment building reminded her of her granny’s house.[50]
    • Her 98-year-old granny had five lovers at the same time last month; she hopes to take after her.[51]
    • Says when she cooked it was like a hurricane had been through.[52]
    • She brought her granny’s homemade wine to Eve and Roarke’s cookout in Possession in Death.[53]
    • Her granny was of Polish descent (“My granny’s a Norwicki”) and made sassafras tea[54] and cherry-berry pie.[55]
    • Her granny made “the most incredible mincemeat pie” - “it’s all kind of fruit and spices and I think some whiskey or something.”[56]
    • Her grandmother was named in Vendetta in Death: Josie McNamara, who marched with Eloise Callahan in the first Stand Up protest.[57]
  • Had an aunt, Miriam, who had been married to her Uncle Jim for over forty years. They don’t talk about Jim’s work and Miriam has no idea how much Jim makes a year. They have four kids and nine grandkids.[58]
  • Phoebe Peabody did some little theater when she was growing up, and two of her cousins are actors, both live stage and small screen stuff. Her great-grandmother was a performance artist in San Francisco, before she retired.[59]
  • Her uncle Jonas was an avid knitter.[60]
  • She had a nephew about Chad Kohli’s age, although Eve says she has nephews every possible age.[61]
  • One of her great-aunts was obsessed about making the bed as soon as she was out of it every morning, because if she keeled over and died, she didn’t want anybody thinking she was a careless housekeeper.[62]
  • Her great-aunt Josie died eight years ago (c. 2052) and came back half a dozen times to nag her great-uncle Phil about fixing the leaky toilet. She left him alone after he called the plumber.[63]
  • She said her mother, her grandmother, and her sister bakes bread; her father gets his hands in sometimes. She said she doesn’t do it much and not in a while.[64]
  • Her aunt Margo works multiple craft projects of the same type at once, like Leonardo, but she can only do one type of each project at the same time.[65]
  • Her aunts Gracie and Lottie have been married for “forty-odd years,” with three grown children and six grandchildren. Gracie is a large animal vet and Lottie is a high school history teacher. She used it as an example of a strong family, despite not being heterosexual, and both women having careers, after Greg Barney posited that he knew better than Shauna Hunnicut, who was clearly corrupted by Erin Albright and heading for disaster.[66]

History[]

Personal Relationships[]

  • Jake Casto called her “DeeDee” and they began a sexual relationship on July 1, 2058.[72]
  • She and McNab instituted Date Night when they realized they didn’t want the cohab thing to take the romance out of things.[73]
    • There are no plans for McNab and her to have children; find Nora’s comments here.
  • She and McNab agreed that they preferred noisy, crowded clubs better than grown-up, sophisticated ones.[74]

The Job[]

Advancement[]

  • When she was a rookie and new to New York (four or five years ago), the police did a public service thing at the schools; Deena MacMasters was her liaison - student guide - at the school. Last year, Deena contacted her for help with a report on Free-Agers.[75]
  • Brought on by Eve as temporary aide in Glory in Death; she was working the parade for Freedom of the Six Counties Day when Eve contacted her about how she found Louise Kirski’s body. She was with the four oh two.[76]
  • Feeney said she was good; slow and thorough. Eve agreed and said she’d move up[77] as she has a sharp eye and good instincts.[78]
  • She was permanently attached to Homicide in Immortal in Death.[79]
  • Made a permanent aide in Rapture in Death.
  • Becomes Detective 3rd Grade at the end of Imitation in Death. (Peabody’s YANNIs)
    • Dallas, her trainer and later partner, said “I trained her to work a case. She was already a cop.”[80]
  • First cold case closed – Marsha Stibbs murder (Reunion in Death)
  • She was awarded the NYPSD’s Meritorious Police Duty Honor for Integrity in late summer 2060, for her role in Treachery in Death.[81]

Views[]

  • Dallas assesses her interrogation skills like this: “Your natural technique is to finesse, to relate and use that to cause the suspect to relate to you. It’s a good trait, Peabody. You can pull out the whoop-ass when you need to, but you’re better with the grease.”[82]
  • She said “I’ve been scared before. You’ve got to be scared going into some situations or you’re just stupid.”[83]
  • She said that some days she can’t believe she made it to New York, Cop Central, Dallas, a detective’s shield. And she knows somebody’s going to take a good look and say, what the hell, and send her back to the farm.[84]
  • She is sometimes uncomfortable in the morgue when autopsies are in progress.[85]

Nicknames[]

Interesting Facts[]

  • She’s a Sagittarius, which would mean her birthday is somewhere between Nov. 23 and Dec. 21[100]
  • She may be two or three years older than Troy Trueheart (age 22)[101]
  • She said she wasn’t even competent at science.[102]
  • She “kind of likes” numbers[103] (as in accounting or math) but also calls herself “math-impaired.”[104]
  • She drinks her coffee “light” (with cream)[105] or “light and sweet” (with cream and sugar).[106] She drinks her tea with milk and one sugar.[107]
  • She likes cream-filled doughnuts.[108][109]
  • She wanted to be a dancer.[110]
  • She had off-planet clearance as it was a job requirement.[111]
  • She had a stuffed bunny named Mister Fluffytail.[112]
  • She was no particular fan of anything that skittered or slithered.[113]
    • She doesn’t like mice.[114]
  • When she lost a twenty dollar bet with Dallas, she complained that the money would come out of her Roarke fund. The Roarke fund was money she has saved every payday and, when she has a decent amount, is planning to have Roarke invest it for her.[115]
  • Nadine, Peabody, and Louise were making plans for the bridal shower/bachelorette party in Salvation.[116]
    • She was Louise's bridal attendant.[117]
  • She was holo’d for the first time in Kindred in Death.[118]
  • She likes football. “Everybody wears those tight pants and has big shoulders.”[119]
  • She used Angel brand yarn for the scarf she wore in Dark in Death at the Sewing Basket.[120]

YANNIs[]

  • Promotion/Rank
  • Siblings
    • She said she has two brothers and a sister in Immortal in Death and Desperation in Death.[123]
    • She said Zeke was the baby[124], though later she said, “Older siblings have to beat on younger ones. Zeke used to just about drill a hole in my ribs with his finger. I really miss him.”[125] In Ceremony in Death, she said she had a brother Jamie’s age, which was sixteen.[126]
    • In Witness in Death, she said that “One of my sisters is... totally hooked on The Heart of Desire.”[127]
    • She has a sister[128] and brothers in Remember When'.[129]'
    • In Salvation in Death, she said her mother, her grandmother, and her sister bake bread; her father gets his hands in sometimes. She said she doesn’t do it much and not in a while.[64]
    • In Origin in Death she told Eve “I’m lucky to have them [her parents], and my brothers, my sisters, all the rest.”[130]
    • In Festive in Death, she related a story from her past: “My sister - the one closest to my age - and I had a serious thing for the same guy when we were teenagers. So we took an oath that neither of us would move on it. It turned out he’d have rather our brother moved on him, but we didn’t catch that until we'd taken the oath. Zeke didn’t move on him because he’s not into guys that way, but he’d’ve sworn an oath otherwise.”[131]
    • In Vendetta in Death, she has brothers.[132]
    • In Abandoned in Death, she has two brothers and a sister: “...my brothers would claim Dad was harder on them than my sister and me, and I can attest Mom was harder on my sister and me...”[133]
  • Trip to Scotland
    • In Memory in Death, Eve gave McNab and her a gift of transportation to Scotland for Christmas.[134] In Missing In Death, McNab mentioned his uncle Jacko, and she said, “I met him last Thanksgiving when we went to Scotland.”[135] (In Festive in Death, she confirmed that their visit was over Christmas.[136])
  • Opera
    • In Witness in Death, she said, “I’ve been [to the opera] a few times. It’s okay. Charles goes for that culture stuff,”[137] and in Seduction in Death, she mentions Charles exposing her to another side of life, partly by taking her to the opera (as well as galleries, amazing restaurants, etc.)[138]. In Devoted in Death, she asks Eve if she’d been to the opera, saying “I think I’d like it - I mean to at least go,” implying that she’s never been.[139]
  • Chrysler Building

References[]

  1. ↑ Immortal in Death, Chapter 19
  2. ↑ In Thankless in Death, she says she’s about Jerry Reinhold’s age, and he’s 26; in Golden in Death, Eve says 25 is “around your age.”
  3. ↑ Glory in Death (ISBN 0-425-15098-4), pp. 168, 174
  4. ↑ Immortal in Death (ISBN 0-425-15378-9), p. 24
  5. ↑ Immortal in Death (ISBN 0-425-15378-9), p. 281
  6. ↑ Witness in Death (ISBN 0-425-17363-1), p. 14
  7. ↑ Seduction in Death (ISBN 0-425-18146-4), p. 74
  8. ↑ Remember When (ISBN 0-425-19547-3), pp. 287-288
  9. ↑ Divided in Death (ISBN 0-425-19795-6), p. 19
  10. ↑ Divided in Death (ISBN 0-425-19795-6), p. 227
  11. ↑ Kindred in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6), p. 21
  12. ↑ Strangers in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15470-6), p. 4
  13. ↑ Kindred in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6), p. 370
  14. ↑ Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), pp. 59-60
  15. ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 3
  16. ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 23
  17. ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 15; Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), p. 9; Kindred in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6), p. 20
  18. ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 19; Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), p. 9
  19. ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 72
  20. ↑ Ritual in Death (ISBN 978-0-425-22444-1), p. 17
  21. ↑ Immortal in Death (ISBN 0-425-15378-9), p. 98
  22. ↑ Immortal in Death (ISBN 0-425-15378-9), p. 181
  23. ↑ Immortal in Death (ISBN 0-425-15378-9), p. 100
  24. ↑ Immortal in Death (ISBN 0-425-15378-9), p. 116
  25. ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 326
  26. ↑ Ritual in Death (ISBN 978-0-425-22444-1), p. 18
  27. ↑ Ritual in Death (ISBN 978-0-425-22444-1), pp. 40-41
  28. ↑ Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), p. 27
  29. ↑ Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), p. 247
  30. ↑ Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), p. 58
  31. ↑ Kindred in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6), p. 116
  32. ↑ Witness in Death (ISBN 0-425-17363-1), p. 171
  33. ↑ Immortal in Death (ISBN 0-425-15378-9), p. 32
  34. ↑ Loyalty in Death (ISBN 0-425-17140-X), p. 26
  35. ↑ Rapture in Death (ISBN 0-425-15518-8), p. 117
  36. ↑ Rapture in Death (ISBN 0-425-15518-8), p. 117; Survivor in Death (ISBN 0-425-20418-9), p. 279
  37. ↑ Witness in Death (ISBN 0-425-17363-1), p. 237
  38. ↑ 38.0 38.1 Concealed in Death, Chapter 3
  39. ↑ Echoes in Death, Chapter 21
  40. ↑ Ceremony in Death (ISBN 0-425-15762-8), p. 17
  41. ↑ Ceremony in Death, Chapter 4
  42. ↑ Witness in Death (ISBN 0-425-17363-1), p. 52
  43. ↑ Judgment in Death (ISBN 0-425-17630-4), p. 19
  44. ↑ Innocent in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15401-0), p. 280
  45. ↑ Creation in Death (ISBN 978-0-425-22102-0), p. 61
  46. ↑ Kindred in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6), p. 242
  47. ↑ Devoted in Death, Chapter 10
  48. ↑ Abandoned in Death, Chapter 18
  49. ↑ Payback in Death, Chapter 12
  50. ↑ Immortal in Death (ISBN 0-425-15378-9), p. 30
  51. ↑ Ceremony in Death (ISBN 0-425-15762-8), pp. 17-18
  52. ↑ Indulgence in Death, Chapter 18
  53. ↑ Possession in Death, Chapter 1
  54. ↑ Thankless in Death, Chapter 13
  55. ↑ Thankless in Death, Chapter 5
  56. ↑ Festive in Death, Chapter 3
  57. ↑ Vendetta in Death, Chapter 9
  58. ↑ Judgment in Death (ISBN 0-425-17630-4), p. 19
  59. ↑ Witness in Death (ISBN 0-425-17363-1), p. 27
  60. ↑ Visions in Death, Chapter 3
  61. ↑ Judgment in Death, Chapter 2
  62. ↑ Divided in Death (ISBN 0-425-19795-6), p. 148
  63. ↑ Haunted in Death (ISBN 0-515-14117-8), p. 9
  64. ↑ 64.0 64.1 Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), pp. 254-255
  65. ↑ Random in Death, Chapter 17
  66. ↑ Passions in Death, Chapter 23
  67. ↑ Kindred in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6), p. 126
  68. ↑ Glory in Death (ISBN 0-425-15098-4), p. 168
  69. ↑ Loyalty in Death (ISBN 0-425-17140-X), p. 338
  70. ↑ Rapture in Death (ISBN 0-425-15518-8), p. 232
  71. ↑ Ceremony in Death (ISBN 978-0-425-15762-6), p. 149
  72. ↑ Immortal in Death (ISBN 0-425-15378-9), pp. 117-118, 184
  73. ↑ Strangers in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15470-6), pp. 39, 56
  74. ↑ Strangers in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15470-6), p. 74
  75. ↑ Kindred in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6), p. 20
  76. ↑ Glory in Death (ISBN 0-425-15098-4), p. 259
  77. ↑ Glory in Death (ISBN 0-425-15098-4), p. 260
  78. ↑ Glory in Death (ISBN 0-425-15098-4), p. 280
  79. ↑ Immortal in Death (ISBN 0-425-15378-9), p. 280
  80. ↑ Strangers in Death, Chapter 9
  81. ↑ New York to Dallas, Chapter 2
  82. ↑ Treachery in Death, Chapter 2
  83. ↑ Treachery in Death, Chapter 3
  84. ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 334
  85. ↑ Ritual in Death (ISBN 978-0-425-22444-1), p. 32
  86. ↑ Immortal in Death, (ISBN 0-425-15378-9), pp. 117-118, 184
  87. ↑ Reunion in Death, Chapter 2
  88. ↑ Survivor in Death, (ISBN 0-425-20418-9), p. 278
  89. ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), pp. 313, 315
  90. ↑ Origin in Death, Chapter 6
  91. ↑ Vendetta in Death, Chapter 16
  92. ↑ Passions in Death, Chapter 4
  93. ↑ Fantasy in Death (ISBN 978-0-425-23589-8), p. 150
  94. ↑ Connections in Death, Chapter 7
  95. ↑ Random in Death, Chapter 1
  96. ↑ Holiday in Death, Chapter 15; Midnight in Death, Chapter 9; Conspiracy in Death, Chapter 12; Loyalty in Death, Chapter 9; Witness in Death, Chapter 12 and 21; Betrayal in Death, Chapters 9 and 14; Seduction in Death, Chapter 8; Reunion in Death, Chapter 18; Purity in Death, Chapters 5 and 14; Portrait in Death, Chapter 5; Imitation in Death, Chapter 7; Visions in Death, Chapters 14 and 20; Survivor in Death, Chapter 18; Memory in Death, Chapter 4; Born in Death, Chapter 18; Creation in Death (ISBN 978-0-425-22102-0), p. 121 and Chapter 17; Salvation in Death, Chapter 9; Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), p. 247; Kindred in Death, Chapter 11; Missing in Death, Chapter 8; Treachery in Death, Chapter 2; Calculated in Death, Chapter 19; Devoted in Death, Chapters 8 and 21; Brotherhood in Death, Chapter 16; Apprentice in Death, Chapter 12; Echoes in Death, Chapter 19; Secrets in Death, Chapters 2 and 19; Connections in Death, Chapters 13 and 14; Vendetta in Death, Chapter 2
  97. ↑ Holiday in Death, Chapter 5
  98. ↑ Creation in Death, Chapter 17; Fantasy in Death, Chapter 10; Remember When, Chapter 23; Obsession in Death, Chapters 13 and 17
  99. ↑ Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), p. 327
  100. ↑ Ceremony in Death (ISBN 0-425-15762-8), p. 33
  101. ↑ Conspiracy in Death (ISBN 0-425-16813-1), p. 17
  102. ↑ Immortal in Death (ISBN 0-425-15378-9), p. 34
  103. ↑ Born in Death, chapter 9
  104. ↑ Born in Death, chapter 16
  105. ↑ Immortal in Death (ISBN 0-425-15378-9), p. 236; Divided in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15154-0), p. 64
  106. ↑ Conspiracy in Death (ISBN 0-425-16813-1), p. 15; Origin in Death (ISBN 0-425-20426-X), p. 36; Memory in Death (ISBN 0-425-21073-1), p. 37
  107. ↑ Strangers in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15470-6), p. 157
  108. ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 87
  109. ↑ McNab tells her, “Got your cream-filled with sugar glaze right here.” Celebrity in Death, Chapter 18
  110. ↑ Witness in Death (ISBN 0-425-17363-1), p. 52
  111. ↑ Midnight in Death (ISBN 0-515-13109-1), p. 65
  112. ↑ Visions in Death (ISBN 0-425-20300-X), p. 279
  113. ↑ Divided in Death (ISBN 0-425-19795-6), p. 190
  114. ↑ Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), p. 267
  115. ↑ Strangers in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15470-6), p. 252
  116. ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), pp. 78-79, 170, 208
  117. ↑ Kindred in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6), p. 6
  118. ↑ Kindred in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6), p. 289
  119. ↑ Thankless in Death, Chapter 17
  120. ↑ Dark in Death, Chapter 14
  121. ↑ Purity in Death (ISBN 0-425-18630-X), p. 249
  122. ↑ Imitation in Death (ISBN 978-0-425-19158-3), p. 340
  123. ↑ Immortal in Death (ISBN 0-425-15378-9), p. 32; Desperation in Death, Chapter 5
  124. ↑ Loyalty in Death (ISBN 0-425-17140-X), p. 26
  125. ↑ Portrait in Death (ISBN 0-425-18903-1), p. 240
  126. ↑ Ceremony in Death, Chapter 8
  127. ↑ Witness in Death (ISBN 0-425-17363-1), p. 237
  128. ↑ Remember When, Chapter 21
  129. ↑ Remember When, Chapter 29
  130. ↑ Origin in Death, Chapter 18
  131. ↑ Festive in Death, Chapter 8
  132. ↑ Vendetta in Death, Chapter 18
  133. ↑ Abandoned in Death, Chapter 3
  134. ↑ Memory in Death, Chapter 10
  135. ↑ Missing in Death (978-0-515-14718-6), p. 65
  136. ↑ Festive in Death, Chapter 3
  137. ↑ Witness in Death (ISBN 0-425-17363-1), pp. 52-53
  138. ↑ Seduction in Death (ISBN 0-425-18146-4), p. 117
  139. ↑ Devoted in Death, Chapter 3
  140. ↑ Brotherhood in Death, Chapter 2
  141. ↑ Indulgence in Death, Chapter 5
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