Strangers in Death: 26

Robb, J D

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0425222896 ISBN 13: 9780425222898

Publisher: Berkley Books, 2008

Lieutenant Eve Dallas explores the hidden connections among friends and lovers, enemies and strangers in this thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling In Death series.

In 2060 New York, some murders still get more attention than others, especially those in which the victim is a prominent businessman, found in his Park Avenue apartment, tied to the bed--and strangled--with cords of black velvet. Fortunately, homicide cop Lt. Eve Dallas's billionaire husband Roarke happens to own the prime real estate where Thomas Anders's sporting-goods firm was headquartered, giving her some help with access. Before long, she's knocking on doors--or barging through them--to look for the answers she needs.

But some things don't add up--and everyone's alibi checks out, from the wife who was off in the tropics to the nephew who stood to inherit millions. Was this a crime of passion--or a carefully planned execution? It's up to Dallas to solve a sensational case in which those who seem to be intimates sometimes guard secrets from each other--and strangers may be connected in unexpected, and deadly, ways...

Review:

"Robb's strong, hard-nosed heroine once again generates the kind of heat that keeps fans turning the pages."--Publishers Weekly

"Settle back for another eminently entertaining chapter in this first-rate and long-running detective series. Early on strong-willed Lt. Eve Dallas pegs her suspect, but what follows is a thriller that also becomes a personal battle of wills. Robb has created a cunning killer who uses money and a sympathetic façade to divert suspicion. But, as many a killer can attest, never bet against Eve Dallas!"--RT Book Reviews

More Praise for the In Death series

"Robb is a virtuoso."--Seattle Post-Intelligencer

"It's Law & Order: SVU--in the future."--Entertainment Weekly

"J. D. Robb's In Death novels are can't-miss pleasures."--#1 New York Times bestselling author Harlan Coben

"Anchored by terrific characters, sudden twists that spin the whole narrative on a dime, and a thrills-to-chills ration that will raise the neck hairs of even the most jaded reader, the J. D. Robb books are the epitome of great popular fiction."--New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane

Book Description:

The new and reissued J. D. Robb classic from the 'In Death' series, in which Eve grapples with a murder without suspects, but surrounded by secrets . . .