by J.D. Robb
Part of In Death, book 28
First published 2009
Detective Amarylis Coltraine transfers from Atlanta to New York's police force, ready to start fresh. She begins a relationship with Chief Medical Examiner Morris that promises a bright future. Then someone kills her outside her apartment using her own weapon. Lieutenant Eve Dallas must deliver the devastating news to Morris before launching into the investigation. Dallas questions Coltraine's colleagues, contacts, and neighbors while her husband Roarke searches digital records from the victim's Atlanta years. Their probe uncovers disturbing links to their own dark histories. The killer escalates by sending Coltraine's service weapons and badge to police headquarters with a threatening message for Dallas. The murderer promises to send Dallas's badge to someone else soon. Dallas refuses to back down from personal threats. She will solve this case no matter the cost to herself.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, detective
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, investigation, personal-stakes
Setting: Atlanta, New York
Period: 21st-century
352 pages · Hardcover · Putnam
Content warnings: death, murder, violence