by J.D. Robb
Part of In Death, book 22.5
First published 2007
Lieutenant Eve Dallas arrives at Number Twelve, a legendary nightclub from the 1960s that now sits empty in 2060 New York City. The building's new owner, Radcliff Hopkins, lies dead from multiple gunshot wounds. Hopkins had purchased the property to restore it to its former glory, but someone used a banned weapon to stop his plans permanently. The grandson of the man who originally made Number Twelve famous, Hopkins becomes the latest victim in a building locals whisper is haunted and cursed. Eve dismisses the supernatural talk and focuses on physical evidence. Her investigation takes an unexpected turn when she discovers connections to a rock star who vanished from the same location eighty-five years earlier. The decades-old disappearance seems impossible to link to the present murder, yet the evidence points toward a connection that defies logical explanation. Eve must navigate between concrete facts and inexplicable occurrences as she pursues a killer who may not be entirely human.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, detective, paranormal, 21st-century
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: detective-story, inexplicable-occurrences, unsolved-mystery
Setting: New York City, Number Twelve
Period: 1960s, 2060
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