by J.D. Robb
Part of In Death, book 47
First published 2018
Lieutenant Eve Dallas arrives at a Wall Street office building where marketing VP Paul Rogan has just blown himself up during a crucial airline merger meeting. The explosion killed Rogan and destroyed the conference room, but Dallas quickly determines this was no suicide. Two masked men had taken Rogan's wife and daughter hostage, forcing him to carry out the bombing to save their lives. The attack fails to stop the corporate merger it targeted, leaving Dallas to wonder about the real motive behind such a brutal scheme. She teams up with her billionaire husband Roarke to investigate suspects from both airline companies involved in the deal. The case forces Dallas to dig deep into corporate sabotage and family loyalty, searching for the twisted logic behind an act that destroyed innocent lives for unclear gains.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, thriller
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, investigation
Setting: Wall Street
Period: 21st-century
385 pages · Hardcover · St. Martin's Press
Content warnings: violence