Introduction[]
Free-ager parents. Eve Dallas's current partner, Co-habitating with Ian McNab.
Eve noticed Peabody as an Officer in "Glory in Death" and made her an aide to train. Peabody becomes a Detective in "Imitation in Death" and thus, Eve's partner. Peabody is 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", Peabody receives 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 Peabody's obsession with her weight and love for frivolity including cosmetics and food. Peabody is one of the few people who are aware of Eve's traumatic past and childhood abuse.
Descriptions[]
- She has a calm, serious face.[3]
- A sturdy body and dark, straight hair.[5]
- Peabody clomped;[6] then clicked;[7] then walked almost soundlessly when she started wearing airsneaks;[8] then she boinged.[9]
- She has a sturdy body with dark brown hair, with a sassy little flip at her nape,[10] that frames her square face[11] (square-jawed).[12]
- She has dark eyes[14] (brown eyes),[15] a sassy little flip at the ends of her dark hair,[16] and a square face.[17]
- Peabody has a "very nice rack."[18]
- Her hair was pulled back in a stubby little tail that left her square face unframed and seemed to enlarge her brown eyes.[19]
Personality[]
- Dutiful, cool, and unperturbed
- Peabody is dependable[20] and efficient.[21]
- Peabody said she prefers affection and companionship in sexual encounters.[22]
- In Immortal in Death, Eve said Peabody's got potential - brains and guts.[23]
- When Peabody interviews witnesses or interrogates suspects, she has a 'confide-in-me' tone of voice that Eve thinks is one of her finest tools.[24]
- When Peabody arrived at the scene where Ava Marsterson was murdered, she said, "Black magic. Bad juju."[25] She said that to make two people behave in a way opposed to their character, they could be dealing with a spell; Peabody said something was in that suite, something left over.[26]
- Peabody said she enjoyed hearing about people's lives, especially when it involves sex.[27]
- Peabody giggles.[28]
- Speaking of the impression Amaryllis Coltraine left with people, Peabody 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."[29]
- Peabody said she hates bathing suits; she hates her in bathing suits.[30]
- Peabody 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.[31]
- She said she has two brothers and a sister;[32] Zeke is the 'baby'.[33]
- She said her brother wanted to be a carpenter and her sister, a farmer.[34]
- Her sister is a farmer.[35]
- One of Peabody's sisters is addicted on a daytime serial, The Heart of Desire (Desire being a small, charming seaside town but with intrigue under the surface).[36]
- She has many cousins ("my cousins are legion"[37] and "I’ve got dozens of cousins. Pretty great cousins."[38]).
- Has a male cousin in a Wiccan coven in Cincinnati, Ohio.[39]
- The apartment she lives in in Ceremony in Death, on Houston Street, used to be her cousin's, but she moved to Colorado to weave rugs, so she took it over - rent control.[40]
- Peabody has a cousin who made it to the Regional Ballet Company in Denver.[41]
- One cousin is named Freida.[42]
- Peabody had a second cousin who drowned when he was a kid.[43]
- Peabody has a cousin who makes soaps and body creams.[44]
- She said she had some soothing candles that her cousin made.[45]
- Another cousin is named Rainbow.[37]
- Has a cousin named Lydia Bench, who lives in the Ozarks (Pigeon Run), and along with her man and their boys, runs a farmer's market co-op. Will Banner's sister sells harvests there at least monthly.[46]
- Will make deadpan references to her granny on occasion.
- Boomer's apartment building reminded her of her granny's house.[47]
- Her 98-year-old granny had five lovers at the same time last month; Peabody hopes to take after her.[48]
- Peabody's granny is of Polish descent ("My granny's a Norwicki") and makes sassafras tea[49] and cherry-berry pie.[50]
- Her granny makes "the most incredible mincemeat pie" - "it's all kind of fruit and spices and I think some whiskey or something."[51]
- Says when she cooks it's like a hurricane's been through.[52]
- She brings her granny's homemade wine to Eve and Roarke's cookout in Possession in Death.[53]
- Has an aunt, Miriam, who's 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.[54]
- Phoebe Peabody did some little theater when Peabody 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.[55]
- Peabody's Uncle Jonas is an avid knitter.[56]
- Peabody has a nephew about Chad Kohli's age, although Eve says she has nephews every possible age.[57]
- One of Peabody's great-aunts is obsessed about making the bed as soon as she’s out of it every morning, because if she keels over and dies, she doesn't want anybody thinking she's a careless housekeeper.[58]
- Peabody's 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.[59]
- Peabody said her mother, her grandmother, and her sister bakes bread; her father gets his hands in sometimes. Peabody said she doesn't do it much and not in a while.[60]
- Peabody's 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.[61]
History[]
- Peabody said that when she was sixteen, she was obsessed with music, vid stars, and January Olsen.[62]
- In Glory in Death, Peabody showed light disdain for civilian delicacy when C. J. Morse threw up after finding the body of Louise Kirski.[63]
- Tagged Boomer as a weasel of Eve's.
- Peabody was a Girl Scout (all the way to Eagle).[64]
- Peabody was a Golden Glove shortstop while at the Academy.[65]
- In Ceremony in Death, Eve asked, "Baseball's closing in on the league titles, isn't it, Peabody?" Peabody sneezed again. "Baseball? I guess. Arena ball's my game."[66]
Personal Relationships[]
- Jake Casto called Peabody 'DeeDee' and they began a sexual relationship on July 1, 2058.[67]
- McNab and Peabody instituted Date Night when they realized they didn't want the cohab thing to take the romance out of things.[68]
- There are no plans for Peabody and McNab to have children; find Nora's comments here.
- Peabody and McNab agreed that they preferred noisy, crowded clubs better than grown-up, sophisticated ones.[69]
The Job[]
Advancement[]
- When Peabody 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 Peabody's liaison - student guide - at the school. Last year, Deena contacted Peabody for help with a report on Free-Agers.[70]
- Brought on by Eve as temporary aide in Glory in Death; Peabody 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.[71]
- Feeney said Peabody was good; slow and thorough. Eve agreed and said she'd move up[72] as she has a sharp eye and good instincts.[73]
- Peabody is permanently attached to Homicide in Immortal in Death.[74]
- Made a permanent aide in Rapture in Death.
- Becomes Detective 3rd Grade at the end of Imitation in Death. (Peabody's YANNIs)
- Dallas, Peabody's trainer and later partner, says "I trained her to work a case. She was already a cop."[75]
- First cold case closed – Marsha Stibbs murder (Reunion in Death)
- Peabody is awarded the NYPSD's Meritorious Police Duty Honor for Integrity in late summer 2060, for her role in Treachery in Death.[76]
Views[]
- Dallas assesses Peabody's 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."[77]
- Peabody says "I’ve been scared before. You’ve got to be scared going into some situations or you’re just stupid."[78]
- Peabody 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.[79]
- Peabody is sometimes uncomfortable in the morgue when autopsies are in progress.[80]
Nicknames[]
- She-body by McNab[81]
- DeeDee by Jake Casto[82]
- Detective Baby by McNab and Dallas[83]
- In Salvation in Death, McNab referred to her as a 'bleeding heart' prompting Dallas to later call her 'Detective Bleeding Heart.'[84]
- Callendar called her "the Peamiester".[85]
- Peabody is called "Detective Skank" by Eve [86]
- PIP (Pretty in Pink) (by Harve Greenbaum)[87]
Interesting Facts[]
- Peabody is a Sagittarius, which would mean her birthday is somewhere between Nov. 23 and Dec. 21[88]
- Peabody may be two or three years older than Troy Trueheart (age 22)[89]
- Peabody said she wasn't even competent at science.[90]
- Peabody "kind of likes" numbers[91] (as in accounting or math) but also calls herself "math-impaired".[92]
- Peabody drinks her coffee "light" (with cream)[93] or "light and sweet" (with cream and sugar).[94] She drinks her tea with milk and one sugar.[95]
- Peabody likes cream-filled doughnuts.[96][97]
- Peabody wanted to be a dancer.[98]
- She has off-planet clearance as it's a job requirement.[99]
- Peabody has a stuffed bunny named Mister Fluffytail.[100]
- Peabody was no particular fan of anything that skittered or slithered.[101]
- She doesn't like mice.[102]
- When Peabody lost a twenty dollar bet with Dallas, she complained that the money would come out of her Roarke fund. The Roarke fund is money Peabody has saved every payday and, when she has a decent amount, is planning to have Roarke invest it for her.[103]
- Nadine, Peabody, and Louise were making plans for the bridal shower/bachelorette party in Salvation.[104]
- Peabody is Louise's bridal attendant.[105]
- Peabody was holo'd for the first time in Kindred in Death.[106]
- She likes football. "Everybody wears those tight pants and has big shoulders."[107]
YANNIs[]
- Promotion/Rank
- Dallas recommends her for consideration for promotion to Detective First Grade in Purity in Death[108] though, at the end of Imitation in Death, she is referred to as Detective Third Grade.[109] (return to section)
- Siblings
- Peabody said she has two brothers and a sister.[110]
- She said Zeke is the 'baby'[111] 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."[112] In Ceremony in Death, she says she has a brother Jamie's age, which is sixteen.[113]
- She also said that "One of my sisters is... totally hooked on The Heart of Desire."[114]
- Peabody said her mother, her grandmother, and her sister bake bread; her father gets his hands in sometimes. Peabody said she doesn't do it much and not in a while.[60]
- In Random in Death, Peabody tells Jenna Harbough's brother, "I've got brothers."[115] (return to section)
- Trip to Scotland
- In Memory in Death, Eve gave Peabody and McNab a gift of transportation to Scotland for Christmas.[116] In Missing In Death, McNab mentioned his uncle Jacko, and Peabody said, "I met him last Thanksgiving when we went to Scotland."[117] (In Festive in Death, Peabody confirms that their visit was over Christmas.[118])
- Opera
- In Witness in Death, Peabody said, "I've been [to the opera] a few times. It's okay. Charles goes for that culture stuff"[119], 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.)[120]. In Devoted in Death, she asks Eve if she's been to the opera, saying "I think I'd like it - I mean to at least go," implying that she's never been.[121]
References[]
- ↑ 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".
- ↑ Glory in Death (ISBN 0-425-15098-4), pp. 168, 174
- ↑ Immortal in Death (ISBN 0-425-15378-9), p. 24
- ↑ Immortal in Death (ISBN 0-425-15378-9), p. 281
- ↑ Witness in Death (ISBN 0-425-17363-1), p. 14
- ↑ Seduction in Death (ISBN 0-425-18146-4), p. 74
- ↑ Remember When (ISBN 0-425-19547-3), pp. 287-288
- ↑ Divided in Death (ISBN 0-425-19795-6), p. 19
- ↑ Divided in Death (ISBN 0-425-19795-6), p. 227
- ↑ Kindred in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6), p. 21
- ↑ Strangers in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15470-6), p. 4
- ↑ Kindred in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6), p. 370
- ↑ Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), pp. 59-60
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 3
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 23
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 19; Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), p. 9
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 72
- ↑ Ritual in Death (ISBN 978-0-425-22444-1), p. 17
- ↑ Immortal in Death (ISBN 0-425-15378-9), p. 98
- ↑ Immortal in Death (ISBN 0-425-15378-9), p. 181
- ↑ Immortal in Death (ISBN 0-425-15378-9), p. 100
- ↑ Immortal in Death (ISBN 0-425-15378-9), p. 116
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 326
- ↑ Ritual in Death (ISBN 978-0-425-22444-1), p. 18
- ↑ Ritual in Death (ISBN 978-0-425-22444-1), pp. 40-41
- ↑ Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), p. 27
- ↑ Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), p. 247
- ↑ Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), p. 58
- ↑ Kindred in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6), p. 116
- ↑ Witness in Death (ISBN 0-425-17363-1), p. 171
- ↑ Immortal in Death (ISBN 0-425-15378-9), p. 32
- ↑ Loyalty in Death (ISBN 0-425-17140-X), p. 26
- ↑ Rapture in Death (ISBN 0-425-15518-8), p. 117
- ↑ Rapture in Death (ISBN 0-425-15518-8), p. 117; Survivor in Death (ISBN 0-425-20418-9), p. 279
- ↑ Witness in Death (ISBN 0-425-17363-1), p. 237
- ↑ 37.0 37.1 Concealed in Death, Chapter 3
- ↑ Echoes in Death, Chapter 21
- ↑ Ceremony in Death (ISBN 0-425-15762-8), p. 17
- ↑ Ceremony in Death, Chapter 4
- ↑ Witness in Death (ISBN 0-425-17363-1), p. 52
- ↑ Judgment in Death (ISBN 0-425-17630-4), p. 19
- ↑ Innocent in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15401-0), p. 280
- ↑ Creation in Death (ISBN 978-0-425-22102-0), p. 61
- ↑ Kindred in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6), p. 242
- ↑ Devoted in Death, Chapter 10
- ↑ Immortal in Death (ISBN 0-425-15378-9), p. 30
- ↑ Ceremony in Death (ISBN 0-425-15762-8), pp. 17-18
- ↑ Thankless in Death, Chapter 13
- ↑ Thankless in Death, Chapter 5
- ↑ Festive in Death, Chapter 3
- ↑ Indulgence in Death, Chapter 18
- ↑ Possession in Death, Chapter 1
- ↑ Judgment in Death (ISBN 0-425-17630-4), p. 19
- ↑ Witness in Death (ISBN 0-425-17363-1), p. 27
- ↑ Visions in Death, Chapter 3
- ↑ Judgment in Death, Chapter 2
- ↑ Divided in Death (ISBN 0-425-19795-6), p. 148
- ↑ Haunted in Death (ISBN 0-515-14117-8), p. 9
- ↑ 60.0 60.1 Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), pp. 254-255
- ↑ Random in Death, Chapter 17
- ↑ Kindred in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6), p. 126
- ↑ Glory in Death (ISBN 0-425-15098-4), p. 168
- ↑ Loyalty in Death (ISBN 0-425-17140-X), p. 338
- ↑ Rapture in Death (ISBN 0-425-15518-8), p. 232
- ↑ Ceremony in Death (ISBN 978-0-425-15762-6), p. 149
- ↑ Immortal in Death (ISBN 0-425-15378-9), pp. 117-118, 184
- ↑ Strangers in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15470-6), pp. 39, 56
- ↑ Strangers in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15470-6), p. 74
- ↑ Kindred in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6), p. 20
- ↑ Glory in Death (ISBN 0-425-15098-4), p. 259
- ↑ Glory in Death (ISBN 0-425-15098-4), p. 260
- ↑ Glory in Death (ISBN 0-425-15098-4), p. 280
- ↑ Immortal in Death (ISBN 0-425-15378-9), p. 280
- ↑ Strangers in Death, Chapter 9
- ↑ New York to Dallas, Chapter 2
- ↑ Treachery in Death, Chapter 2
- ↑ Treachery in Death, Chapter 3
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 334
- ↑ Ritual in Death (ISBN 978-0-425-22444-1), p. 32
- ↑ Divided in Death (ISBN 0-425-19795-6), pp. 352, 353; Creation in Death (ISBN 978-0-425-22102-0), p. 121; Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 335; Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), p. 247
- ↑ Immortal in Death, (ISBN 0-425-15378-9), pp. 117-118, 184
- ↑ Survivor in Death, (ISBN 0-425-20418-9), p. 278
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), pp. 313, 315
- ↑ Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), p. 327
- ↑ Fantasy in Death (ISBN 978-0-425-23589-8), p. 150
- ↑ Random in Death, Chapter 1
- ↑ Ceremony in Death (ISBN 0-425-15762-8), p. 33
- ↑ Conspiracy in Death (ISBN 0-425-16813-1), p. 17
- ↑ Immortal in Death (ISBN 0-425-15378-9), p. 34
- ↑ Born in Death, chapter 9
- ↑ Born in Death, chapter 16
- ↑ Immortal in Death (ISBN 0-425-15378-9), p. 236; Divided in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15154-0), p. 64
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Strangers in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15470-6), p. 157
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 87
- ↑ McNab tells her, "Got your cream-filled with sugar glaze right here.” Celebrity in Death, Chapter 18
- ↑ Witness in Death (ISBN 0-425-17363-1), p. 52
- ↑ Midnight in Death (ISBN 0-515-13109-1), p. 65
- ↑ Visions in Death (ISBN 0-425-20300-X), p. 279
- ↑ Divided in Death (ISBN 0-425-19795-6), p. 190
- ↑ Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), p. 267
- ↑ Strangers in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15470-6), p. 252
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), pp. 78-79, 170, 208
- ↑ Kindred in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6), p. 6
- ↑ Kindred in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6), p. 289
- ↑ Thankless in Death, Chapter 17
- ↑ Purity in Death (ISBN 0-425-18630-X), p. 249
- ↑ Imitation in Death (ISBN 978-0-425-19158-3), p. 340
- ↑ Immortal in Death (ISBN 0-425-15378-9), p. 32; Desperation in Death, Chapter 5
- ↑ Loyalty in Death (ISBN 0-425-17140-X), p. 26
- ↑ Portrait in Death (ISBN 0-425-18903-1), p. 240
- ↑ Ceremony in Death, Chapter 8
- ↑ Witness in Death (ISBN 0-425-17363-1), p. 237
- ↑ Random in Death, Chapter 6
- ↑ Memory in Death, Chapter 10
- ↑ Missing in Death (978-0-515-14718-6), p. 65
- ↑ Festive in Death, Chapter 3
- ↑ Witness in Death (ISBN 0-425-17363-1), pp. 52-53
- ↑ Seduction in Death (ISBN 0-425-18146-4), p. 117
- ↑ Devoted in Death, Chapter 3