by J.D. Robb
Part of In Death, book 38
First published 2014
Lieutenant Eve Dallas faces a grim discovery when her husband Roarke demolishes an old New York building. The structure once served as The Sanctuary, a temporary refuge for troubled teens. Workers find two skeletons wrapped in plastic, but Eve's investigation reveals ten more bodies. All twelve victims are young women with different backgrounds. One was a tattooed drug dealer. Another was a runaway from a wealthy medical family. Each girl had her own story and dreams of escape. As Eve digs deeper into the cold cases, she uncovers a personal connection to the victims that shakes her. The investigation forces her to confront the dark history of The Sanctuary and the killer who destroyed so many young lives. Eve must expose the evil that turned a place of supposed safety into a graveyard.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, thriller
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: amateur-sleuth, personal-connection
Setting: New York
Period: 21st-century
416 pages · Hardcover · Berkley
Content warnings: death, violence