Abandoned in Death
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- 24,99 €
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- 24,99 €
Publisher Description
"Whether this is the listener's first or fiftieth In Death story, they're guaranteed an enjoyable listening experience."-AudioFile on Abandoned in Death
Homicide detective Eve Dallas must untangle a twisted family history while a hostage’s life hangs in the balance—in the new In Death novel by New York Times bestselling author J. D. Robb.
The woman’s body was found in the early morning, on a bench in a New York City playground. She was clean, her hair neatly arranged, her makeup carefully applied. But other things were very wrong—like the tattoo and piercings, clearly new. The clothes, decades out of date. The fatal wound hidden beneath a ribbon around her neck. And the note: Bad Mommy, written in crayon as if by a child.
Eve Dallas turns to the department’s top profiler, who confirms what seems obvious to Eve: They’re dealing with a killer whose childhood involved some sort of trauma—a situation Eve is all too familiar with herself. Yet the clues suggest a perpetrator who’d be roughly sixty years old, and there are no records of old crimes with a similar MO. What was the trigger that apparently reopened such an old wound and sent someone over the edge?
When Eve discovers that other young women—who physically resemble the first victim—have vanished, the clock starts ticking louder. But to solve this case she will need to find her way into a hidden place of dim light and concrete, into the distant past, and into the cold depths of a shattered mind.
A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
In J. D. Robb’s spine-chilling thriller, a deranged killer seeks revenge for his childhood trauma by targeting innocent young mothers. When Lauren Elder is found murdered in a New York playground with a note that reads “Bad Mommy” on her body, homicide detective Eve Dallas and her team must once again delve into the mind of a twisted killer. Abandoned in Death empathically explores issues of childhood trauma within the framework of a suspenseful police procedural. Robb (aka legendary author Nora Roberts) pulls fans and newcomers alike into her long-running In Death series by excavating her characters’ psyches and ratcheting up the tension. And narrator Susan Ericksen gives a fantastic vocal performance. This is one gripping listen.