Peabody, Phoebe
Appeared in Reunion in Death (July 4-12, 2059), mentioned in Salvation in Death (c. May 2060), appeared in New York to Dallas (Late summer, 2060)[1], and mentioned in Encore in Death (Monday, June 28 - Thursday, July 1, 2061)[2], Payback in Death (July-August, 2061)[3], and Passions in Death (Monday, August 15 - Friday, August 19, 2061)
Personal Information[]
- Description: A robust, pretty woman.[4]
- Hair: Dark brown
- Eyes: Dark brown
- Body: Robust
- Relationships: Sam Peabody (husband); Delia Peabody (daughter); Zeke (son); one unnamed son and daughter
Description[]
- Remarkably pretty with long dark brown hair
- A softer face than her daughter’s with lines of time fanning out from the corners of her direct and gleaming brown eyes
- She moved like a dancer
- Warm hands that were slightly rough.[5]
Interesting Facts[]
- The Peabody family are Free-Agers.
- She was an amateur botanist.[6]
- She did some little theater when Peabody was growing up.[7]
- She played the violin.[8]
- Peabody said her mother had the power to make people do things they wouldn’t normally do; she called it The Look (it was a look that was part of being a mother but Phoebe had it in spades).[9]
- Gave Eve and Roarke a pair of candlestick that she and Sam made together. They were slender and fashioned from glossy stone in greens and purples that melted together. They were made from fluorite, “For cleansing the aura, peacefulness of mind, clarity of thought.”[10]
- The next day, she spoke to Eve alone and gave her another gift: “She’s the goddess. Carved in alabaster. She represents the strength, courage, the wisdom, the compassion that is uniquely female...The goddess belonged to her great-great grandmother and has been passed down from female to female until it passed to [her]...” Eve said she couldn’t accept that gift as it should remain in Phoebe’s family. She told Eve that she was keeping it in the family.[11]
- According to Roarke, she was an excellent and creative potter.[12]
- She, her mother, and one of her daughters bakes bread. Her husband gets his hands in sometimes.[13]
- She and Sam visited New York for Peabody's medal ceremony, when she was awarded the NYPSD’s Meritorious Police Duty Honor for Integrity.[1]
- She and Sam made a partner’s desk and blown-glass ceiling light for Peabody and McNab and for Mavis and Leonardo, “a charming little child’s picnic table with benches, and a lovely family sculpture -- Mavis holding an infant, Leonardo holding Bella. A thank-you for opening their family to Peabody and McNab.” They were to be on their way by the end of the week (August 19, 2061).[14]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 New York to Dallas, Chapter 2
- ↑ Encore in Death, Chapter 8
- ↑ Payback in Death, Chapter 9
- ↑ Reunion in Death (ISBN 0-425-18397-1), p. 21
- ↑ Reunion in Death (ISBN 0-425-18397-1), p. 22
- ↑ Ceremony in Death (ISBN 0-425-15762-8), p. 67
- ↑ Witness in Death (ISBN 0-425-17363-1), p. 27
- ↑ Witness in Death (ISBN 0-425-17363-1), p. 171
- ↑ Reunion in Death (ISBN 0-425-18397-1), pp. 24-25
- ↑ Reunion in Death (ISBN 0-425-18397-1), pp. 31-32
- ↑ Reunion in Death (ISBN 0-425-18397-1), p. 65
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 209
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 254
- ↑ Passions in Death, Chapter 11