by J.D. Robb
Part of In Death, book 53
First published 2021
Lieutenant Eve Dallas stares at a woman's body dumped like garbage. The victim sold paper flowers on the streets and fed information to police about petty crimes. Her notebook of observations has vanished. Before Eve can dig deeper, construction workers uncover older remains at a nearby building site. These bones wear expensive jewelry and fine clothes from decades past. The property belongs to Roarke, Eve's billionaire husband, though his vast Manhattan holdings make this coincidence less surprising than it should be. Eve must navigate the murky world of real estate deals and buried family secrets. Two women from different eras connect through violence and neglect. The recent murder links to the cold case in ways that force Eve to examine how the powerful dispose of the inconvenient. She races to deliver justice for victims whose lives were discarded by those who saw them as worthless.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, detective
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: amateur-sleuth, cold-case, police-procedural
Setting: Manhattan
Period: Decades Past
384 pages · Hardcover · St. Martin's Press
Content warnings: death, murder, violence