Maxibus – The maxibus appeared and was mentioned in several books in the series. The first mention was in Naked in Death, where it had a humming electric motor.[1]
- When its horn was blown, it let out an ear-stinging screech.[2]
- Roarke would jump in front of a maxibus for Eve... they don’t go very fast.[3]
- She used those hands to whip around a farting maxibus with a few layers of paint to spare.[4]
- Maxibus with its humming electric motor...[5]
- Another guy got run over by a maxibus a couple of days ago.[6]
- In Vengeance in Death it was hyphenated: Eve “barely hissed when a maxi-bus lumbered across their path. Roarke punched for vertical, sending the car in a long sweeping rise that had Eve’s stomach pitching. they leapfrogged over the bus and dived for the street.” Also mentioned was that there was a maxi-bus lane[7]
- Other mentions.[8]
Also mentioned in the series are the airbus (Eve “was following the rattling journey of an aging airbus hauling laborers not fortunate enough to work in the city or by home-links” from her window[9]; “overhead the early airbuses farted cheerfully”[10]; other mentions[11]), the microbus[12] and the bus.[13]
References:
- ↑ Naked in Death (ISBN 0-425-14829-7), p. 180
- ↑ Glory in Death (ISBN 0-425-15098-4), pp. 14-15
- ↑ Witness in Death (ISBN 0-425-17363-1), pp. 167, 213
- ↑ Haunted in Death (ISBN 0-515-14117-8), p. 67
- ↑ Naked in Death (ISBN 0-425-14829-7), p. 180; Born in Death (ISBN 978-0-425-21568-5), p. 12
- ↑ Seduction in Death (ISBN 0-425-18146-4), p. 143
- ↑ Vengeance in Death, Chapter 17
- ↑ Holiday in Death, Chapters 6 and 19; Conspiracy in Death, Chapters 18 and 19; Betrayal in Death (ISBN 0-425-17857-9), p. 282; Remember When, Chapter 19; Memory in Death, Chapters 1, 2, 4, and 19; Strangers in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15470-6), p. 170; Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), pp. 19, 154; Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), p. 173; Kindred in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6), p. 242
- ↑ Naked in Death, Chapter 1
- ↑ Holiday in Death, Chapter 1
- ↑ Vengeance in Death, Chapters 1, 4, 12, and 16; Holiday in Death, Chapters 1 and 9
- ↑ Naked in Death (ISBN 0-425-14829-7), p. 97
- ↑ Portrait in Death (ISBN 0-425-18903-1), p. 43; Remember When, Chapters 21 and 22; Memory in Death, Chapter 4; Born in Death, Chapters 12-14 and 20; Creation in Death, Chapter 8; Strangers in Death, Chapters 15, 17, and 21; Salvation in Death, Chapters 16 and 21; Promises in Death, Chapter 9; Kindred in Death, Chapters 5 and 8; Fantasy in Death, Chapter 12; New York to Dallas, Chapter 1; Chaos in Death, Chapter 6; Thankless in Death, Chapters 4, 7, 9, and 15; Concealed in Death, Chapters 6, 13, and 20; Obsession in Death, Chapter 18; Devoted in Death, Chapter 18; Apprentice in Death, Chapters 4, 12, 16, 17, and 18; Secrets in Death, Chapter 13; Dark in Death, Chapters 17 and 18; Connections in Death, Chapter 11; Shadows in Death, Chapter 10; Forgotten in Death, Chapter 10; Abandoned in Death, Chapter 17; Desperation in Death, Chapters 10 and 11; Random in Death, Chapter 9