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A violent death and a vault of stolen treasures has Eve Dallas struggling to solve crimes old and new in the next thriller in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series.
Synopsis:
A blow to the head with a block of amethyst has left multibillionaire Nathan Barrister dead—while nearby, a vault, its door ajar, sits filled with priceless paintings, jewelry, and other treasures. Lieutenant Eve Dallas’s husband, Roarke—who misspent his youth in Ireland as a scrappy thief—recognizes at least two stolen pieces among the hoard. The crime scene suggests a burglar caught in the act. But only one item seems to be missing.
Then it’s revealed that the vault had actually belonged to the victim’s late father—and no one in the household knew it was there until a recent remodeling project exposed it. To protect the family name and business, they explain to Eve, they’d been looking for a way to return the ill-gotten gains anonymously and avoid the police. But now the police are all over their elegant house, and have a bigger, bloodier mystery to solve.
By all accounts, Nathan Barrister was a good man, a generous employer, a devoted husband and father. As for his father—he clearly had secrets. Now it’s up to Eve and her team to find out if those secrets got Nathan killed—and if it was a crime of passion or revenge.
Review:
This series is a bit different in that it puts an old-school detective into the future (2058)- she uses tech when she needs to, but counts on old-fashioned people knowledge to find her suspects. Now married to a former thief, she has an unique in-house AI of criminality to call upon. Add in his money and inventions, and she and her team are a new breed of cop. Now they have a case where nothing is as it seems, and the closer they get to the truth, the more someone wants to take her out of the game, so she can't win. As Eve and her official and unofficial teams work together to save her life, it's a roller coaster read. This is book 62 in the series (!!), but you don't need to start at book 1, and this is a fun book to jump in, before going back and starting with book 1.
About the Author:
J. D. Robb is the pseudonym for #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts. She is the author of over 230 novels, including the futuristic suspense In Death series. There are more than 500 million copies of her books in print.
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