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“ The cop had a good, firm style. ”

—Glory in Death[1]


Character Info
Delia Peabody
Occupation Detective NYPSD, Cop Central
Gender Female
Age 24 or 25 (see below 'Interesting Facts')
Hair color Dark brown bowl cut with bangs
Eye color Brown
Married/Single Single
Spouse/Sig Other Ian McNab (co-hab)
First appeared in Glory in Death


Contents

Introduction

Peabody first appears on May 31, 2058.[2] Delia Peabody, aka "Shebody", "DeeDee", and Detective Baby.[3]

Descriptions

  • She has a calm, serious face.[4]
    • Peabody said she's got "this little pouch. Jake called it my jelly belly."[5]
  • A sturdy body and dark, straight hair.[6]
  • Peabody 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, Peabody is 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]
  • Peabody 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
  • Peabody is dependable[21] and efficient.[22]
  • Peabody said she prefers affection and companionship in sexual encounters.[23]
  • In Immortal in Death, Eve said Peabody's got potential - brains and guts.[24]
  • Eve considers Peabody's affecting of her 'confide-in-me' tone of voice one of her partner's finest tools.[25]
  • When Peabody 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; Peabody said something was in that suite, something left over.[27]
  • Peabody said she enjoyed hearing about people's lives, especially when it involves sex.[28]
  • Peabody giggles.[29]
  • 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."[30]
  • Peabody said she hates bathing suits; she hate her in bathing suits.[31]

Family

  • Family: Sam and Phoebe Peabody; Zeke Peabody is one of her brothers; she has one or two sisters. (Peabody's YANNIs)
  • She said her father likes to build things and her parents are Free Agers. 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]
    • One of Peabody's sisters is addicted on a daytime serial, The Heart of Desire (Desire being a small, charming seaside town but intrigue under the surface).[35]
  • Has a cousin in a Wiccan coven in Cincinnati, Ohio.[36]
  • She said she had some soothing candles that her cousin made.[37]
  • Will make deadpan references to her granny on occasion. Said Boomer's apartment building reminded her of her granny's house.[38] And that her 98-year-old granny had five lovers at the same time last month; Peabody hopes to take after her.[39]
  • 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. Peabody also has a cousin Freida.[40]
  • 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.[41]
  • Peabody has a cousin who made it to the Regional Ballet Company in Denver.[42]
  • 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.[43]
  • 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. [44]
  • Peabody had a second cousin who drowned when he was a kid. [45]
  • Peabody's sister has a farm.[46]
  • Peabody has a cousin who makes soaps and body creams.[47]
  • 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.[48]

History

Personal Relationships

  • Jake Casto called Peabody 'DeeDee' and they began a sexual relationship on July 1, 2058.[53]
  • McNab and Peabody instituted Date Night when they realized they didn't want the cohab thing to take the romance out of things.[54]
    • 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.[55]

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.[56]
    • 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.[57]
    • Feeney said Peabody was good; slow and thorough. Eve agreed and said she'd move up[58] as she has a sharp eye and good instincts.[59]
    • Peabody is permanently attached to Homicide in Immortal in Death.[60]
    • Made a permanent aide in Rapture in Death.
    • Becomes Detective 3rd Grade at the end of Imitation in Death. (Peabody's YANNIs)
  • 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.[61]
  • Peabody is sometimes uncomfortable in the morgue when autopsies are in progress.[62]

Interesting Facts

  • Peabody may be two or three years older than Troy Trueheart (age 22)[63]
  • Peabody said she wasn't even competent at science.[64]
  • Peabody's Coffee
    • "Light" (Cream)[65]
    • "Light and sweet" (Cream and sugar)[66]
      • She drinks her tea with milk and one sugar.[67]
  • Peabody likes cream-filled doughnuts.[68]
  • Peabody wanted to be a dancer.[69]
  • She has off-planet clearance as it's a job requirement. [70]
  • Peabody has a stuffed bunny named Mister Fluffytail.[71]
  • Peabody was no particular fan of anything that skittered or slithered.[72]
    • She doesn't like mice.[73]
  • 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.[74]
  • In Salvation in Death, McNab referred to her as a 'bleeding heart' prompting Dallas to later call her 'Detective Bleeding Heart'.[75]
  • Nadine, Peabody, and Louise were making plans for the bridal shower/bachelorette party in Salvation.[77]
    • Peabody is Louise's bridal attendant.[78]
  • Peabody was holo'd for the first time in Kindred in Death.[79]

YANNIs

  • Promotion/Rank
    • Dallas recommends her for consideration for promotion to Detective First Grade in Purity in Death[80] though, at the end of Imitation in Death, she is referred to as Detective Third Grade.[81] (return to section)
  • Siblings
    • Peabody said she has two brothers and a sister.[82]
    • She said Zeke is the 'baby'[83] 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."[84]
    • She also said that "One of my sisters is ... totally hooked on The Heart of Desire."[85]
    • 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.[86] (return to section)


References

  1. ↑ Glory in Death (ISBN 0-425-15098-4), p. 169
  2. ↑ Glory in Death (ISBN 0-425-15098-4), pp. 168, 174
  3. ↑ Divided in Death (ISBN 0-425-19795-6), pp. 352, 353; Survivor in Death (ISBN 0-425-20418-9), p. 278; 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
  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. ↑ Immortal in Death (ISBN 0-425-15378-9), p. 32
  33. ↑ Loyalty in Death (ISBN 0-425-17140-X), p. 26
  34. ↑ Rapture in Death (ISBN 0-425-15518-8), p. 117
  35. ↑ Witness in Death (ISBN 0-425-17363-1), p. 237
  36. ↑ Ceremony in Death (ISBN 0-425-15762-8), p. 17
  37. ↑ Kindred in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6), p. 242
  38. ↑ Immortal in Death (ISBN 0-425-15378-9), p. 30
  39. ↑ Ceremony in Death (ISBN 0-425-15762-8), pp. 17, 18
  40. ↑ Judgment in Death (ISBN 0-425-17630-4), p. 19
  41. ↑ Witness in Death (ISBN 0-425-17363-1), p. 27
  42. ↑ Witness in Death (ISBN 0-425-17363-1), p. 52
  43. ↑ Divided in Death (ISBN 0-425-19795-6), p. 148
  44. ↑ Haunted in Death (ISBN 0-515-14117-8), p. 9
  45. ↑ Innocent in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15401-0), p. 280
  46. ↑ Survivor in Death (ISBN 0-425-20418-9), p. 279
  47. ↑ Creation in Death (ISBN 978-0-425-22102-0), p. 61
  48. ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), pp. 254, 255
  49. ↑ Kindred in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6), p. 126
  50. ↑ Glory in Death (ISBN 0-425-15098-4), p. 168
  51. ↑ Loyalty in Death (ISBN 0-425-17140-X), p. 338
  52. ↑ Rapture in Death (ISBN 0-425-15518-8), p. 232
  53. ↑ Immortal in Death (ISBN 0-425-15378-9), pp. 117, 118, 184
  54. ↑ Strangers in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15470-6), pp. 39, 56
  55. ↑ Strangers in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15470-6), p. 74
  56. ↑ Kindred in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6), p. 20
  57. ↑ Glory in Death (ISBN 0-425-15098-4), p. 259
  58. ↑ Glory in Death (ISBN 0-425-15098-4), p. 260
  59. ↑ Glory in Death (ISBN 0-425-15098-4), p. 280
  60. ↑ Immortal in Death (ISBN 0-425-15378-9), p. 280
  61. ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 334
  62. ↑ Ritual in Death (ISBN 978-0-425-22444-1), p. 32
  63. ↑ Conspiracy in Death (ISBN 0-425-16813-1), p. 17
  64. ↑ Immortal in Death (ISBN 0-425-15378-9), p. 34
  65. ↑ Immortal in Death (ISBN 0-425-15378-9), p. 236; Divided in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15154-0), p. 64
  66. ↑ 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
  67. ↑ Strangers in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15470-6), p. 157
  68. ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 87
  69. ↑ Witness in Death (ISBN 0-425-17363-1), p. 52
  70. ↑ Midnight in Death (ISBN 0-515-13109-1), p. 65
  71. ↑ Visions in Death (ISBN 0-425-20300-X), p. 279
  72. ↑ Divided in Death (ISBN 0-425-19795-6), p. 190
  73. ↑ Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), p. 267
  74. ↑ Strangers in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15470-6), p. 252
  75. ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), pp. 313, 315
  76. ↑ Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), p. 327
  77. ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), pp. 78, 79, 170, 208
  78. ↑ Kindred in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6), p. 6
  79. ↑ Kindred in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6), p. 289
  80. ↑ Purity in Death (ISBN 0-425-18630-X), p. 249
  81. ↑ Imitation in Death (ISBN 978-0-425-19158-3), p. 340
  82. ↑ Immortal in Death (ISBN 0-425-15378-9), p. 32
  83. ↑ Loyalty in Death (ISBN 0-425-17140-X), p. 26
  84. ↑ Portrait in Death (ISBN 0-425-18903-1), p. 240
  85. ↑ Witness in Death (ISBN 0-425-17363-1), p. 237
  86. ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), pp. 254, 255
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