Salvation in Death
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4.5 • 641 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Ancient church rituals meet cutting-edge crime-solving in this thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling series featuring NYPSD Lieutenant Eve Dallas.
Seconds after partaking of wine during a Catholic funeral mass, Father Miguel Flores is dead on the altar. Detective Lieutenant Eve Dallas confirms that the consecrated wine contained enough potassium cyanide to kill a rhino. And though the East Harlem neighborhood is a long way from the stone mansion she shares with her billionaire husband Roarke, it’s the holiness flying around St. Christobal’s that makes her uneasy.
The autopsy reveals faint scars of knife wounds, a removed tattoo—and evidence of plastic surgery suggesting “Father Flores” may not be the man his parishioners thought. Now, as Eve pieces together clues that suggest identity theft, gang connections, and a deeply personal act of revenge, she hopes to track down whoever committed this unholy act. Until a second murder—in front of an even larger crowd of worshippers—knocks the whole investigation sideways...
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Holy communion spells death for Fr. Miguel Flores, a popular Catholic priest in New York City's Spanish Harlem, after he swallows wine laced with cyanide during a funeral in bestseller Robb's unusually introspective 27th crime thriller to feature Lt. Eve Dallas (after Strangers in Death). The ensuing homicide investigation suggests that Flores could actually be Lino Martinez, a former member of a disbanded gang, the Soldados, suspected of two bombings before he disappeared. The death by cyanide of another religious figure, Jimmy Jay Jenkins, founder of the Church of Eternal Light, complicates matters. Are the two murders connected? Sussing out the answer to that question involves some serious digging. Dallas's husband, Roarke, and fun sidekick, Det. Delia Peabody, lend support. Robb offers a multilayered solution to several crimes that serves as yet another reminder that wolves sometimes hide in sheep's (or priest's) clothing, but justice, like faith, has no expiration date.
Customer Reviews
Great story. Very interesting. Police procedural.
An interesting complex story line in a policy procedural, which can border boring. Not this one. My mind got twisted in knots following the reasoning. But it made perfect sense if you understand people. Great explanations. Cerebral.
Salvation in Death
I love to read J.D.Robbs books. Her Eve Dallas books are the best. This one with a priest that’s not really a priest. About a con that takes years. You have all these murders that cross over each other. And just when you think you know who did the murder then that person gets murdered. It’s a great story just like all the Eve Dallas books
Another Great JD Robb
Very good read! Captivating, lots of characters both alive and dead and plenty of plots around the main plot. It moves well and is never boring. You won’t want to put it down.