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Abandoned in Death

In Death, Book 54

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Abandoned in Death

By: J. D. Robb
Narrated by: Susan Ericksen
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In this brand-new thriller in the Sunday Times best-selling series, Lieutenant Eve Dallas races to untangle a twisted family history while a hostage's life hangs in the balance.

Say goodnight, baby darling.

Three young women have gone missing. They're all pretty, mid-'20s- someone clearly has a type. But no one links their disappearances until the first - Lauren Elder - is found lying peacefully on a bench in a children's playground. She is neatly dressed with a wide black velvet ribbon covering where her neck has been precisely slit. Her hands are folded over a childish sign on which is written in black crayon - 'BAD MOMMY'.

Lt Eve Dallas and her team are brought in to investigate Lauren's murder and uncover the links to the other two women. Can they find out enough about the missing women and unmask their captor before they kill again?

©2022 Nora Roberts (P)2022 Hachette Audio UK Crime Fiction Modern Detectives Mystery Police Procedural Suspense Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Fiction
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"If you're a crime fiction fan and haven't discovered them yet, welcome to the very best day of your life." (Heat Magazine)
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the book was very good and I was vey surprised by who turned out to be the Killer.
I was touched by the scene with the first victim's co- habit.
As always, I am eagerly awaiting the next Eve Dallas/Rourke book.

as always a fantastic book

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child voice was annoying, but meant to be, overall one of the better recent books

enjoyed the history scenes for context

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There are three missing, but they don't tie them together until they find the body of the first...can Eve crack the case fast enough to save the other two women?
This is a race against time that Eve takes personally... although she could never forsee just how personally this will hit them all when they finally find the perpetrator. Heartbreaking, creepy and wrong in so many ways.
I listened to this on Audible.

Simple yet impossibly complex

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These books always deliver and this one is no exception. An abandoned child, 3 kidnapped women, Madness? It is great that some of the characters missing from the last few make a reappearance and that some of the constant but more minor characters have more to do.

Another stunning mystery

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I enjoyed this book enormously saying that it wasn’t the best in death book I have ever read. I always read the book twice as I have a habit of rushing it the first time as I have looked forward to it so much. And always take in more detail second time around.

Not the best JD book but definitely enjoyable.

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