Death By
Gossip
J.D. Robb is
the name Nora Roberts uses to write her crime books. Lt . Eve Dallas is the
heroine of the futuristic ‘Death’ series, a cop married to a handsome Irish
millionaire. Roarke is a criminal turned business baron, who not just keeps his
wife in designer clothes, but also helps with her investigations using
resources only he can pull out of his hat.
In Secrets In Death (the 45th in
the series, set in 2061), Dallas has just dropped into a fancy Manhattan bar (owned
by her husband), that she finds too fancy, to meet a woman she does not like --
forensic anthropologist Dr. Garnet DeWinter. In
no time a murder has been committed, and she finds herself in the unenviable
role of investigator and witness; the victim, who bleeds to death in front of
the shocked eyes of the bar’s wealthy patrons, is the much hated gossip
columnist Larinda Mars. Many people have reason to kill Larinda, who ruthlessly
wrecked the lives and careers of those who did not bow to her blackmailing for
money and dirt on others.
As Dallas and her partner Delia Peabody starts
to dig into Larinda’s life, they realise just how greedy and evil she was, but
that does not mean that her murderer can get away.
The relationship between Eve and Roarke is as
romantic and the trail of the murderer is exciting. A breezy read for
Robb/Roberts fans.
Secrets In Death
By J.D. Robb
Publisher: St. Martin's
Pages: 384
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