Salvation in Death

J. D. Robb

Nov 2008 · Penguin

About this ebook

Ancient church rituals meet cutting-edge crime-solving in this thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling series featuring NYPSD Lieutenant Eve Dallas.

Seconds after partaking of wine during a Catholic funeral mass, Father Miguel Flores is dead on the altar. Detective Lieutenant Eve Dallas confirms that the consecrated wine contained enough potassium cyanide to kill a rhino. And though the East Harlem neighborhood is a long way from the stone mansion she shares with her billionaire husband Roarke, it’s the holiness flying around St. Christobal’s that makes her uneasy.

The autopsy reveals faint scars of knife wounds, a removed tattoo—and evidence of plastic surgery suggesting “Father Flores” may not be the man his parishioners thought. Now, as Eve pieces together clues that suggest identity theft, gang connections, and a deeply personal act of revenge, she hopes to track down whoever committed this unholy act. Until a second murder—in front of an even larger crowd of worshippers—knocks the whole investigation sideways...

Ratings and reviews

I was underwhelmed when I first read the book years ago, as it felt like JD Robb had phoned it in (stilted language, no character spark in Peabody, etc). It got better after a few re-reads, a year or two later. Interesting plot, though.

Nora Roberts spins a detailed story with life-like characters. Someone should scoop up her Eve Dallas series and make them into the heart-throbbing, sensitive and often spiced with wit into movies, or at least into several years worth of seasonal series'. Thank you, Nora for another great read,

Very good read

About the author

J. D. Robb is the pseudonym for a #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than 200 novels, including the bestselling In Death series. There are more than 500 million copies of her books in print.